Japanese Green Tea

About 1200 years ago in Japan, green tea was highly valued and treasured as precious medicine. With the advent of new harvesting and processing techniques, it soon became the country's most popular beverage. Today, Japanese green tea's health benefits are widely known not only in Japan, but around the world.

Tea leaves and Matcha grown in Uji, Kyoto have played an important role in building traditional Japanese tea culture. Japanese tea culture sustained by Uji tea made an enormous impact on Japanese architectural style, habits, costume and cuisine, porcelain, lacquer, painting, and literature.

We, at Japanese Green Tea Hibiki-an, provide you with genuine Japanese green tea in convenient styles and prices for your every need.

Updated on March 4 '10:
We would like you to rediscover the value of our Karigane items for monthly recommendation.
Karigane is less expensive than tea leaves because it is a by-product. It is sorted from high grade tea leaves, and therefore has a better flavor than tea leaves of a similarly low price. In Japan some Gyokuro lovers tend to search for Gyokuro Karigane sorted from much higher grade Gyokuro. Karigane lovers are usually repeat customers - once they try Karigane they want to drink it all the time because it has such a great flavor and is an excellent value.
For more information, please click here.

Updated on February 24 '10:
We are very pleased to announce the arrival of two new Sencha teas that are of an excellent quality and value. To meet our many customer demands, we added House Sencha and Sencha Fukamushi Premium. Though our House Sencha is entry grade Sencha, it is a good quality tea and an excellent value. Sencha Fukamushi Premium, which has the unique mellow sweet taste, is our middle grade Sencha Fukamushi. You will certainly be delighted with our new teas. Please give them a try!

Updated on November 20 '09:
On the other day we added some New Gift Items to respond to customers' requests. They are all perfect for any special or romantic occasion.
Would you check them up once?
All of them will surely please everybody!

Updated on June 1 '09:
At last, almost of our most popular regular Sencha and Gyokuro items have been already replaced by new crop harvested in this May. You can see "The status of replacement of regular Sencha and Gyokuro items" by click here.
Celebrate the first tea harvest of the year and enjoy its wonderful fresh flavor!

Updated on February 13 '09:
We started to carry six best quality handmade Raku Yaki (ceramic matcha bowls) items. Four of them are patterned after the most treasured matcha bowls in Japan by the three great ancestors of Raku Yaki (Chohjiroh Raku, Kohetsu Honami, and Kichizaemon Raku), and two of them are the best quality and most elegant Raku Yaki Matcha bowls in Japan, which creates an atmosphere that attracts every viewer.
They are all subtly and finely created by Shohraku Sasaki, who is one of the most talented and traditional Raku Yaki artisans in Kyoto.

Updated on November 1 '07:
We created new reading page, "Choosing a Japanese Tea".
This page offers help for those who are new to Japanese green tea and would like to know which of our teas they might like the best. We hope this information about the different varieties of tea we offer here at Hibiki-an will help you to discover the perfect tea that is right for you.

Updated on August 13 '07:
We created new reading page, "Organic Tea Farm".
The advancement of each approach of organic and modern cultivation is completely different, and each has advantages. We, at Hibiki-an pay respects to both ways and would like to pass along an introduction to them.

Updated on July 23 '07:
We created new reading page, "Japanese Tea Ceremony". We would like to pass along an introduction to the Japanese tea ceremony as simply and comprehensibly as possible.
Would you see once?