Have you chosen Holiday gifts? In Japan, green tea is often presented as a gift because it symbolizes a wish of good health and longevity. This tradition of giving green tea as a gift is as popular today as it has been throughout history. We give the gift of green tea for good health and long life of friends, family, and loved ones. A gift of genuine Japanese tea would make perfect this Holiday gifts.

In Japan, Japanese green tea is often presented as a gift to celebrate for following reasons. We give the gift of green tea for a good health and a long life of friends, family, or professional colleagues. It is perfect for any special or romantic occasion such as holidays, birthdays, Valentine's Day, Mother’s day, weddings, or the purchase of a new home.

- Japanese green tea has been highly valued and treasured as a precious medicine for health and longevity since green tea was introduced to Japan in A.D. 805 by Buddhist monks.
- Beginning in A.D. 1738, Sohen Nagatani invented the Japanese green tea processing methods which are still used today to pick and prepare the leaves. Green tea has always been the most popular beverage in Japan, believed to contribute to health and well being. Today, we understand some of the reasons why green tea is so healthy. It is full of nutrients such as Catechin, Teanin, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, Vitamin A and many others.
- Tea trees are not deciduous; they do not loose their leaves. Even after continual harvesting, the tea trees sprout patiently and energetically, especially in spring. Tea trees are very strong and resilient and live for many years. That analogy transfers directly into the tea leaf and then into your tea cup providing you and your loved ones health and long life.

We have chosen and combined some of our most popular items which would make perfect gifts for friends, family, and professional colleagues, or any special or romantic occasion such as holidays, birthdays, Valentine's Day, weddings, or the purchase of a new home. Our most popular green tea items, combined together and packaged for a beautiful presentation, makes a wonderful gift that the recipient is sure to love. Please visit our "Gifts" category to learn more.

- Genuine Japanese tea packaged in the traditional Japanese style is sent from Kyoto.
- It is attached with "Mizuhiki" ornament or wrapped with "Furoshiki" wrapping fabric.
- Your gift message can be included with no extra charge. (*)
- Free shipping on all gift items!
- You are able to add five persons' addresses to the address book on our system. It is useful for you to send gifts.

(*) You are able to enclose the gift cards written your original messages into the gift parcels only when you order the items at Gifts category NOT at ordinary category (Gyokuro, Sencha, Matcha, Tea ware, and so on).

HIBIKI-AN Gift Card (email delivery)

In response to an enormous number of requests from our customers, at last we added HIBIKI-AN Gift Card (email delivery) on our website. Whether it's to celebrate special occasions such as holidays, birthdays, Valentine's Day, or weddings, or to send wishes of good health and long life to friends, family, and colleagues, our Gift Card is the perfect present.
This Gift Card Email Delivery can be sent with a personal message. Once you place an order, the Gift Card email including the claim code will be sent to your recipient directly. You can also receive the Gift Card email and then forward it to your recipient. The recipient can spend their Gift Card right away or deposit it into their Hibiki-an account and wait for seasonal limited items for up to one year.
Hibiki-an has a wide range and various kinds of genuine Japanese tea, tea ware, snacks and candy, and ships worldwide from Kyoto, Japan. The gift recipient will certainly be pleased with a HIBIKI-AN Gift Card and the green moment.

Wish List

You can share your Wish List with your family and friends by email, Facebook or Twitter. Of course, it is useful just to keep track of items you are interested in or want to order in the future. Would you try creating a Wish List?

We would like to introduce some of the most popular items in our Gifts category, which have good reputations and are most often chosen by our customers to send as gifts. We hope that it will help you choose holiday gifts for your friends and family who love green tea.

We added some FUROSHIKI Gift Items to respond to customers' requests. They are carefully wrapped with FUROSHIKI Japanese traditional wrapping fabric. Please take a look. These items would make perfect gifts for friends, family, and professional colleagues, or any special or romantic occasion!

We added some FUROSHIKI Wrapping Fabric Items to respond to customers' requests. They are suitable to wrap tea or snacks / candy purchased on our website for gift. It is of course reusable and perfect for wrapping anything from a gift to a Bento lunch box. It can also be used as a decorative wall hanging, table cloth, scarf, and so on. It depends on your idea.

Large FUROSHIKI Wrapping Fabric items
The FUROSHIKI wrapping fabric is suitable to wrap tea or larger size items, such as tea sets and teaware sets, two bottles of wine, or even a 7-inch birthday cake packed in a cake box. It is of course reusable and perfect for wrapping anything from a bento lunchbox to larger items, like an 18-inch laptop PC.

Japanese tea combined with handcrafted tea ware makes a wonderful gift. Atmospheric handcrafted tea ware enhances the green moment. All handcrafted tea ware available at Hibiki-an, created by artisans in Kyoto, Shigaraki, and Tokoname, is both traditional and sophisticated. Listed below are our most popular items. Since these are our most popular and well-loved items, you can get an idea of what might make the perfect gift!

We would like you to rediscover the value of our Teabag items for Gifts. At Hibiki-an, we use only the highest quality tea leaves in our tea bags. Each specially-designed nylon bag is filled with whole-leaf tea, so you can enjoy the elegant flavor of genuine Japanese tea in no time at all. The individual tea bags are much larger than standard paper tea bags - over 2 x 2 inches in a unique pyramid shape.

We have designed our Teabag teas to brew quickly and easily in the shortest possible time, while still retaining the fullest flavor and aroma, even when brewed in a teacup and not a teapot. We finished each kind of tea leaf for our tea bags in a special way, so that they will brew easily with teacups in a very short time. Of course, like all our teas, our tea bags may be reused three times. Each infusion will have a unique flavor and aroma.

If you want a quick and easy way to enjoy genuine Japanese tea, our Teabag teas are perfect for you. And we are certain that it is also perfect for the office, taking along on a trip, and so on. Teabags are also a great way to introduce genuine Japanese tea to beginners who may not own a teapot!

Japanese tea combined with Japanese Snacks / Candy makes a wonderful gift.

OHIGASHI is one of the most traditional Japanese confectionary which is often served at Japanese tea ceremony and pairs very well with Japanese green tea. OHIGASHI is made from premium fine-grain Japanese sugar called WASANBON and shaped into flowers or other auspicious symbols of the four seasons of Japan.

OKAKI rice cracker is one of the most popular and classic snacks in Japan. This OKAKI is traditionally-made by hand using only natural ingredients sourced only in Japan.

CONPEITOH is a Japanese traditional sugar confectionery which came to Japan from Portugal in the 16th century. We packaged three kinds of premium CONPEITOH made by traditional processing methods with carefully selected ingredients using sophisticated modern recipes.

KUROMAME Snack has a refined subtle flavor: a balance of pleasant nutty aroma of roasted beans and gentle sweet taste of the coating. Only carefully selected ingredients are used and an original manufacturing method is developed.

<--!> MATCHA GENMAI SENBEI, this special box of premium SENBEI crackers includes two flavors: MATCHA and GENMAI roasted rice. These modern sophisticated handmade crackers are made by traditional methods, and match very well with all kinds of Japanese tea. MATCHA SENBEIMATCHA GENMAI SENBEIare a fresh, light green color, made with high grade, ceremonial style Matcha grown in Kyoto. They are not too sweet, but subtly sweet with a crisp texture. The rich flavor and mellow aroma of the Matcha lingers in the mouth and has a lovely finish.

The combination of green tea with gold flakes makes a beautiful presentation. Gold is an ancient symbol of prosperity, and adds significance to any special occasion.

At Hibiki-an, we offer Golden Celebration Gyokuro and also Golden Celebration Matcha. Golden Celebration teas are also a perfect gift for any special occasion. In Japan people enjoy Golden Celebration tea on New Year's Day as part of a long-standing tradition. The tea is consumed while praying for the welfare of the household, and appreciating the good fortune of the previous year. It is a special moment, full of happiness and hope for the future.

Please sprinkle the gold flakes over each cup of tea after brewing or each bowl of Matcha after preparing the Matcha. The smooth flavor of Gyokuro or Matcha creates a peaceful atmosphere, and the lovely glimmering gold flakes as they float on the surface of the tea delights and occupies the mind.

We hope you enjoy the beauty and flavor of this special blend of gold and our finest tea.