Mariko Tea

"The manufacturing plant for ""Mariko Kocha"", a domestic black tea. Black tea manufacturing using native species is performed in this location of Mariko, an area relevant to Motokichi Tada-the originator of green tea and black tea in Japan. Having studied the techniques of black tea manufacturing of the world as an official of the Meiji government, Motokichi Tada built up the fundaments of modern Japanese tea development through tea breed improvement, organic cultivation, and technician development. Niroku Muramatsu inherited the spirit of Motokichi and brought about the birth of Japan's first black tea breed, ""Benifuki"". You can experience actual tea-making at the adjacent ""Mariko Tea Factory."""