Mikatagahara Daichi & Makinohara

For many people the name Mikatagahara is best known for the battle of Mikatagahara, which took place between Takeda Shingen and Ieyasu Tokugawa in 1572 during the Sengoku period.

Among the many places in Shizuoka prefecture that produce green tea, Mikatagahara Daichi and Makinohara were some of the hardest places to grow anything due to the landscape and limited water access.

The green tea grown in these area have thick leaves due to the strong sunlight which differentiates it from the green tea grown in Shizuoka city. With many struggles, farmers discovered “Fukamushi Cha”. “Fukamushi” means longer steaming. They steam the green tea leaves two or three times longer than green teas that have thinner leaves.

We have great Fukamushi cha from Honme Asakichi Shoten.

Honme Asakichi Shoten has been in tea business since 1868. They make authentic green tea, customized green, and are also certified organic. Honme Asakichi Shoten has been awarded gold medals from world green tea contests twenty-four times since 2006. Tetsuya Homme, CEO of the Homme Asakichi Shoten, is the 6th generation tea producer in his family’s business and is currently ranked as a 9th dan（段）Tea master out of a total10 dan（段）. There have only been 20 people in Japan that have been certified at the 10th dan in the last 70 years.

We are honered to serve their green tea.