This year's gyokuro is finally complete. It takes a lot of care and patience, but that gentle, lingering umami when you take your first sip — it makes every bit of effort worth it. We've captured the whole process on video, so please come watch it with us!

Quality starts with how you pick. We don't leave it to machines. Instead, we follow the tradition of ichi-shin ni-you — picking only the new bud and the two tender young leaves just below it, one by one, entirely by hand. It takes time. It takes effort. But that's okay — we wouldn't have it any other way. ☺️ We are proud to grow tea here in Uji, and we want to keep delivering something we can hand over with confidence — now, and for years to come. Even after picking, we keep

Another brilliant blue sky today, and we've been at work since the early hours, crafting our gyokuro. Take a look at the photo — freshly picked tea leaves glistening in the morning sun. Deep, vivid green. Firm, resilient texture. Each and every leaf carries the concentrated umami that makes gyokuro truly special. The defining feature of gyokuro lies in its "shaded cultivation" method. For approximately 20 days before harvest, the entire tea garden is covered with shading shee

Day 3 of tea picking — and we're loving it! 🍵 Yesterday was a surprise rainy day, which left our tea leaves totally soaked 😅 But this morning? Bright sunshine and fresh air — perfect picking weather! ☀️ Before we could get started though, we had to head out early and shake all that rainwater off the leaves. Today we're picking early-harvest Gyokuro Samidori our prized first flush with a naturally sweet, aromatic taste that only comes around once a year. Can't wait to share

We're so excited!! Tea picking season is officially open! 🎉🌿 The tea leaves have been growing beautifully and they are absolutely ready to be picked! ☀️ Whether it's your first time or you come back every year, we'd love to have you join us out in the fields. It's always such a fun and special experience ! Come on out and enjoy the fresh air, the green views, and of course — the tea 🍵😊 We can't wait to see you!

It's almost time. The most electric season on the Uji tea farm is nearly here — the hand-picking harvest. Walking between the rows of tea bushes, the new shoots are already emerging. Pale, translucent green, impossibly tender. They sway gently in the breeze, and it's hard not to feel a quiet excitement just standing among them. Hand-picking reaches a place that machines simply cannot. The softness of a shoot between your fingertips, the faint sound of each pluck, the fresh, g

Tucked beside the emerald rice paddies of Ubud, Chon Tea is a cafe that feels quietly extraordinary. Warm timber frames the view outside, and the hush of the surrounding fields drifts gently into the space. Chon Tea uses premium matcha from Kojima Seicha, our family tea company. Served over ice in a simple tumbler, the deep, vivid green of the matcha drink seems to echo the landscape beyond the window — as if the field itself found its way into the glass. Alongside it, a spar

This year, I submitted This is the『Clean tea production pledge』 For us producers, keeping a production management ledger and managing fertilizer application safely and securely is a given. Submitting this pledge with this in mind gives me a sense of determination.

Happy New Year! Following on from last year, we would like to continue working hard this year to produce high-quality tea. Thank you for your continued support.

As the gentle warmth of spring fills the air, we’re happy to announce that our tea-picking season has officially begun for 2025! We are...

Hello from Yamahei Kojima Tea Farm in Shirakawa, Uji, Kyoto! 🌿 Yesterday, we hand-picked our spring Gyokuro variety “Goko” under the...

For the renewal of the "Kojima Tea Homepage", we had a drone photograph of our tea plantation. It is the first tea plantation to start...

Kojima Seicha has 60K and 35K lines of equipment, and can produce 1,500kg to 2,000kg of fresh buds per day.

There is even a proverb that goes, "Tea is all about the water," and no matter how high-quality the tea is, if the water tastes bad, the fla

In the summer, drinking tea from a teapot is delicious, but drinking it as cold brewed tea has a refreshing taste. We will show you how to

How to enjoy tea If you add enough hot water that has been cooled to 40-50°C to soak the tea leaves, the needle-like curled leaves will grad