For amazing Ureshino tea,
look no further than Ureshino's Kawahara
In 1911 Zen master Eisai cultivated the first green tea plant of Japan on the slopes of Mt Sefuri in Saga prefecture. He then formed the beginning of Japanese tea culture right in Saga, which was then taken and spread across Japan by another monk named Baisao. Among those first teas the quality of Ureshino tea was considered exceptional, and even today the remarkable teas for which the area became famous are still produced here. Kawahara delivers consistently excellet Ureshino tea to customers by starting from the careful cultivation and maintainence of the land and plants, to the meticulous control of production, right down the selection of the best teas for sale.
