Vendors

Return to Top

Drinking tea is about sharing a moment with another person. Meet the people behind the tea of Japan here at Yunomi.life. 

And remember, there is a human story behind every product and knowing that story makes each cup taste just a little better.

Alphabetical Listing Yunomi Brands & Services Tea Farms & Coops Tea Factories Tea Merchants Tea Ware Gourmet Food Lifestyle

Commitment to helping small businesses

We define small businesses as those having 100 people or fewer. But scale is relative, and in the Japanese tea industry, while there are companies who have hundreds of employees and a few with thousands, most are family-managed operations with fewer than 20 employees. Farms especially rarely have more than 5 non-family employees (often apprentice farmers who will work for a few years to gain experience before starting their own farm).

The alphabetical listing below details every single producer we are selling, while the other sections are updated manually (and hasn't been updated since prior to 2020, so is due for an update soon!).

We encourage you to instead click on the producer's link on product pages and collection pages to learn more about the producer of a specific tea or other product you are considering purchasing. Every item has a human story behind it!

Alphabetical List of Vendors

  1. 4th-market
  2. Aiyu
  3. AOI Seicha
  4. Ashigaracha Labo
  5. Ashikubo Teaworks
  6. Asuka Tea Factory
  7. Ayumi Farms
  8. Azuma Tea Garden
  9. Baisa Nakamura
  10. Bizenya
  11. Bushuya
  12. Chakouan
  13. Chasandai Tea Factory
  14. Chiyonoen Tea Garden
  15. Creha Tea
  16. Dobashien Tea Company
  17. Dokodemosora Tea Farm
  18. Endo White Thumb
  19. Fujiki Denshiro
  20. Fujisou Ceramics Studio
  21. Fujita Tokuta
  22. Fundodai Goyo
  23. Furuichi Seicha
  24. Furyu Bancha Specialty Shop
  25. Gotanbayashi Kama
  26. Gyokkou Kiln
  27. Hachimanjyu Yakushima Tea
  28. Haimen
  29. Hakusan Porcelain
  30. Higashiyamacha
  31. Hinokuni Kumamoto
  32. Hiragana
  33. Hiraoka Tea Garden
  34. Hiroshi Hirai
  35. Hvala
  36. Iba Takahiro Tea Garden
  37. Iba Yu Tea Garden
  38. Iguchi Ceramics
  39. Iijima Seitarou Shoten
  40. Ikegawa Tea Farm Coop
  41. Ikenaga Ironworks
  42. Isekatagami
  43. Isobe Ceramics
  44. Iyo Yuinoh Center
  45. JA Kagoshima Chagyo
  46. JA Kochi
  47. Japan Library
  48. Kajihara Tea Garden
  49. Kamagari Bussan Co., Ltd.
  50. Kameya Foods
  51. Kamigata Ryugi
  52. Kamikatsu Bancha
  53. Kanazawa Daichi
  54. Kaneroku Matsumoto Tea Garden
  55. Kanes Tea Factory
  56. Kaneta Ota Tea Garden
  57. Kaoli Nakamura
  58. Kikizu Tea Garden
  59. Kimoto Glass Tokyo
  60. Kiroku Tea Garden
  61. Kiyosawa Tea Gardens
  62. Kizoku Club
  63. Kodama Toki
  64. Koizumi
  65. Konishi Tea Coop
  66. Koukien Tea Garden
  67. Kouyoudo
  68. Kuki Sangyo
  69. Kuma Tea Gardens
  70. Kunitaro Tea Factory
  71. Kunitomo Tea Garden
  72. Kuon
  73. Kurihara Tea Farm
  74. Kutaniyaki Bizan Kiln
  75. Kutaniyaki Miyama Kiln
  76. Kyo no Kanbutsuya
  77. Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms
  78. Little Tsumami
  79. LOLO
  80. Maeda Senko
  81. Maehara Tea Farm
  82. mami.mano
  83. Mannen
  84. Marushige Shimizu Tea Farm
  85. Maruyama Tea
  86. Masui Etsuro
  87. Mikuniya
  88. Mino Bunzan Kiln
  89. Mitani Sugar
  90. Mitsui Meicha
  91. Miyahara Hikari Seicha
  92. Miyama Lacquerware
  93. Miyama Tableware
  94. Miyano Tea Factory
  95. Miyazaki Sabou Tea Garden
  96. Morimasa Kiln
  97. Morita Beans
  98. Morita Tea Garden
  99. Morita Tea Shop
  100. Murakami Tea Garden
  101. Murata Tea Garden
  102. Muromachi Printing
  103. Nabeshima Meicha
  104. Nagai Nori
  105. Nagao Kitamura
  106. Nagatani Tea
  107. Nakai Tea Farm
  108. Nakamura-en
  109. Nakayama Stoneworks
  110. Nakazen
  111. Nankei Pottery
  112. NaturaliTea
  113. Nishide Tea Factory
  114. Nishimoto Co., Ltd.
  115. Ocha no Sankoen
  116. Oda Pottery
  117. Ogura Tea Garden
  118. Oguri Tea Farms
  119. Ohana Botanica
  120. Oishi Tea Farm
  121. Oiso Studio
  122. Okugawa Ceramics
  123. Okuizumo Rose Garden
  124. Okumura Seikan
  125. Okutomi Tea Garden
  126. Ooigawachaen Tea Factory
  127. Osada Tea
  128. Oshima Stoneworks
  129. Ota Yusuke
  130. Otoyo Town Goishicha Producer's Association
  131. Otsuchi Sashiko Recovery Project
  132. Paradise Plan
  133. Plumeria Inc.
  134. Saikai Ceramics
  135. Satsukikai
  136. Seikoen
  137. Seiwa Packaging
  138. Shinichi Kihara
  139. Shinkai Shio
  140. Shinro Yamamoto
  141. Shizukan
  142. Shogyokuen Tea Factory
  143. Shoko Kiln
  144. Shotoen Ceramics
  145. Shouhou Kiln
  146. Shuchi Tea Garden
  147. Subaru
  148. Sueyoshi Tea Atelier
  149. Suikaen
  150. Suzuki Ceramics
  151. Takakuwa Metal
  152. Takeo Tea Farm
  153. Tarui Tea Farm
  154. Tea Farm Mitocha
  155. Teruyuki Kiln
  156. Tomizawa Shoten
  157. Tomizawa Tea Garden
  158. Touetsugama
  159. Toyo Sasaki Glass
  160. Tsujiki Tea Garden
  161. Tsujiri Ichihonten
  162. Tsuzuki Yutaka
  163. Uejima Tea Farm
  164. Uogashi Meicha
  165. Wada Corporation
  166. Wakoen Tea Farm
  167. Yabe-en Tea Shop
  168. Yamaki Ikai
  169. Yamane-en
  170. Yamani Tableware
  171. Yamatane
  172. Yamatsu Kiln
  173. Yancha
  174. Yokota Tea Garden
  175. Yoshida Tea Garden
  176. Yoshimura Pack
  177. Yoshino Tea Garden
  178. Yunomi Lifestyle
  179. Yunomi Pantry
  180. Yunomi Services
  181. Yunomi Tea
  182. Yunomi.life
  183. za tta na
  184. Zenkouen Tea Garden

Yunomi Brands

  1. Yunomi Lifestyle
  2. Yunomi Pantry
  3. Yunomi Services
  4. Yunomi Tea

Tea Farms & Agricultural Cooperatives

Most independent farmers operate their own processing factory and may have their own finishing equipment or outsource the finishing step of their teas. This list includes farms, farm + factory operations, and farming cooperatives, so not may not always represent a "single estate".

  1. Azuma Tea Garden - Wazuka, Kyoto. Family-operated (Azuma family). Partially certified organic, other tea fields are awaiting certification. No pesticides used in production. Organic fertilizer only.
  2. Ashigaracha Labo - Ogikubo, Odawara, Kanagawa. Cultivating Yabukita tea leaves without the use of pesticides with her son and the NPO's supporters.
  3. Dokodemosora Tea Farm - Wakayama. Artisanal (Individual farmer: Dai Oizumi). No pesticides used in production, organic fertilizer only.
  4. Hachimanjyu Yakushima Tea - Yakushima Island, Kagoshima. Family-operated (Watanabe Family) tea farm & factory (buying from other farmers). Certified organic.
  5. Haruo Ogose - Shizuoka. Artisanal (Individual farmer). No pesticides, no fertilizer used in cultivation.
  6. Higashiyamacha - Higashiyama, Shizuoka. Agricultural Coop.
  7. Hinokuni Kumamoto - Kumamoto. Family-operated (Fujisako family). Certified organic.
  8. JA Kagoshima Chagyo - Kagoshima. Agricultural Coop.
  9. JA Kochi - Kochi. Agricultural Coop.
  10. Kaneroku Matsumoto Tea Garden - 3rd generation tea farmer Hiroki Matsumoto has been experimenting widely with smoking his black teas.
  11. Kuma Tea Gardens - Operated by the Kuma family in mountains above Yame City, Fukuoka, farmer Masahiro Kuma won the 2017 Minister's Award in the Gyokuro category of the National Tea Competition--literally the best gyokuro farmer in 2017.
  12. Kunitomo Tea Garden - Family owned tea farm and factory creating tea from wild tea plants, and cultivating fields derived from those plants.
  13. Kurihara Tea Farm - One of our oldest partners, the Kurihara family are award winning specialists in Gyokuro tea, based in the picturesque Yabe Village, Yame, Fukuoka.
  14. Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms - Our mentors in the tea industry, these farmers are the reason Yunomi exist! Wazuka, Kyoto.
  15. Kyoto Tea Agricultural Cooperative
  16. Maehara Tea Farm - Family-owned tea farm & factory. Kagoshima.
  17. Makita Tea Garden - Family-owned artisanal tea farm. Sayama, Saitama.
  18. Marushige Shimizu Tea Farm - Family-owned tea farm & factory. Suizawa, Mie. 
  19. Morita Tea Garden - Family-owned artisanal tea farm. Sayama, Saitama.
  20. Moriya Itoman - Family-owned artisanal tea farm. Okinawa
  21. Murakami Tea Garden - Yoshiwara, Shizuoka.
  22. Murata Tea Garden - Kikugawa, Shizuoka.
  23. Nagao Kitamura - Family-owned artisanal tea farm. Otoyo Town, Kochi Prefecture.
  24. Nakai Tea Farm - Tea farm & factory. Wazuka, Kyoto.
  25. NaturaliTea - Tea farm, factory, and farming cooperative. Fujieda, Shizuoka. JAS certified organic cultivation.
  26. Nozomu Goto - Artisanal tea farmer, Minami Satsuma, Kagoshima. (Sourced from Creha Tea)
  27. Oishi Tea Farm - Family-owned artisanal tea farm. Tsushima Island, Nagasaki Prefecture.
  28. Okutomi Tea Garden - Masahiro Okutomi, 15th generation tea farmer, 7-time Minister's Award Winner, Sayama, Saitama Prefecture.
  29. Otoyo Town Goishicha Producer's Association
  30. Shinichi Kihara - Uji, Kyoto Prefecture.
  31. Sumiyoshi Kuwazuru - Chiran Village, Kagoshima.
  32. Takarabako Tea Farm - Eco-farmer certified by Shimane Prefecture.
  33. Takeo Tea Farm - Organic, Mie Prefecture.
  34. Tarui Tea Farm - Organic, Shizuoka Prefecture.
  35. Tomizawa Tea Garden - Kumamoto Prefecture.
  36. Tsukigase Kenko Chaen Tsukigase, Nara Prefecture.
  37. Uejima Tea Farm - Wazuka Village, Kyoto Prefecture.
  38. Wacha Tea Garden - Wazuka Village, Kyoto Prefecture.
  39. Yokota Tea Garden - Sayama, Saitama Prefecture.

Tea Factories

  1. AOI Seicha
  2. Asuka Tea Factory
  3. Chasandai Tea Factory
  4. Furuichi Seicha
  5. Hagimura Tea Factory
  6. Hagiri Tea Factory
  7. Hishiwaen
  8. Homme Asakichi Tea Factory - Family business established in 1868.
  9. Koukaen Tea Factory
  10. Kunitaro Tea Factory
  11. Maruhide Iwasaki Seicha
  12. Marunaka Tea Factory
  13. Miyano Tea Factory
  14. Morita Tea Shop
  15. Nakazen
  16. Nishide Tea Factory
  17. Oguri Tea Farms
  18. Onocha Tea
  19. Ooigawachaen Tea Factory
  20. Osada Tea 
  21. Oshikawa Seicha
  22. Seiko Tea
  23. Seikoen
  24. Shogyokuen Tea Factory
  25. Union Foods

Tea Merchants

  1. Cha no Ikedaya
  2. Chakouan
  3. Creha Tea
  4. Dobashien Tea Company
  5. Furyu Bancha Specialty Shop
  6. Nabeshima
  7. Nakamura-en
  8. Ocharaka Tea Shop
  9. Oisakien Tea Shop
  10. Shumpo Tea Shop
  11. Thes du Japon
  12. Uji Moritoku
  13. Uogashi Meicha
  14. Yabe-en Tea Shop
  15. Yamane-en
  16. Yorozuya

Tea Ware Vendors

  1. 4th-market
  2. Aiyu
  3. Fujisou Ceramics Studio
  4. Gotanbayashi Kama
  5. Isobe Ceramics
  6. Hiroshi Hirai
  7. Kaoli Nakamura
  8. Kenzan Kiln
  9. Kizoku Club
  10. Koizumi
  11. Maruei Takeo Shoten
  12. Marukatsu
  13. Miyama
  14. Miyama Tableware
  15. Mutsumi Yamada
  16. Nakayama Stoneworks
  17. Nanzan Ito
  18. Oiso Studio
  19. Okugawa Ceramics
  20. Okumura Seikan
  21. Saikai Ceramics
  22. Sawa Houzan
  23. Subaru
  24. tomboy ceramix works
  25. ttyokzk
  26. Yamaki Ikai
  27. Yamatane

Specialty Gourmet Vendors

  1. Bushuya
  2. Hamatomi
  3. Hoshiko
  4. Kamagari Bussan Co., Ltd.
  5. Kameya Foods
  6. Kanazawa Daichi
  7. Kawahito
  8. Kesennuma Kuwacha Eitoku
  9. Kouyoudo
  10. Kunohe Village Revitalization Project

Lifestyle Product Vendors

  1. Haimen
  2. Hiragana
  3. Ishigaki Sangyo
  4. Iyo Yuinoh Center
  5. Kamigata Ryugi
  6. Little Tsumami
  7. Maeda Senko
  8. mami.mano
  9. Muromachi Printing
  10. Naoyuki Ashino
  11. Nishimoto Co., Ltd.
  12. Office 67
  13. Otsuchi Sashiko Recovery Project
  14. Plumeria Inc.
  15. Saki-Pon
  16. Seiwa Packaging
  17. Shinko Studio
  18. tohachiya