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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. Akemi Ishimoto
  3. AOI Seicha
  4. Asano
  5. Ashigaracha Labo
  6. Ashikubo Teaworks
  7. Asuka Tea Factory
  8. Ayumi Farms
  9. Azuma Tea Garden
  10. Baisa Nakamura
  11. Bizenya
  12. Bushuya
  13. Chakouan
  14. Chasandai Tea Factory
  15. Chiyonoen Tea Garden
  16. Creha Tea
  17. Dobashien Tea Company
  18. Dokodemosora Tea Farm
  19. Endo White Thumb
  20. Fujiki Denshiro
  21. Fujisou Ceramics Studio
  22. Fujita Tokuta
  23. Fundodai Goyo
  24. Furuichi Seicha
  25. Furyu Bancha Specialty Shop
  26. Gotanbayashi Kama
  27. Gyokkou Kiln
  28. Hachimanjyu Yakushima Tea
  29. Haimen
  30. Hakusan Porcelain
  31. Higashiyamacha
  32. Hinokuni Kumamoto
  33. Hiragana
  34. Hiraoka Tea Garden
  35. Hiroshi Hirai
  36. Hvala
  37. Iba Takahiro Tea Garden
  38. Iba Yu Tea Garden
  39. Iguchi Ceramics
  40. Iijima Seitarou Shoten
  41. Ikegawa Tea Farm Coop
  42. Ikenaga Ironworks
  43. Isekatagami
  44. Isobe Ceramics
  45. Iyo Yuinoh Center
  46. JA Kagoshima Chagyo
  47. JA Kochi
  48. Japan Library
  49. Jinsui Kiln
  50. Kajihara Tea Garden
  51. Kamagari Bussan Co., Ltd.
  52. Kameya Foods
  53. Kamigata Ryugi
  54. Kamikatsu Bancha
  55. Kanazawa Daichi
  56. Kaneroku Matsumoto Tea Garden
  57. Kanes Tea Factory
  58. Kaneta Ota Tea Garden
  59. Kaoli Nakamura
  60. Kikizu Tea Garden
  61. Kimoto Glass Tokyo
  62. Kiroku Tea Garden
  63. Kiyosawa Tea Gardens
  64. Kizoku Club
  65. Kodama Toki
  66. Koizumi
  67. Konishi Tea Coop
  68. Koukien Tea Garden
  69. Kouyoudo
  70. Kuki Sangyo
  71. Kuma Tea Gardens
  72. Kunitaro Tea Factory
  73. Kunitomo Tea Garden
  74. Kunohe Village Revitalization Project
  75. Kuon
  76. Kurihara Tea Farm
  77. Kutaniyaki Bizan Kiln
  78. Kutaniyaki Miyama Kiln
  79. Kyo no Kanbutsuya
  80. Kyoto Obubu Tea Farms
  81. Little Tsumami
  82. LOLO
  83. Maeda Senko
  84. Maehara Tea Farm
  85. mami.mano
  86. Mannen
  87. Marushige Shimizu Tea Farm
  88. Maruyama Tea
  89. Masui Etsuro
  90. Mikuniya
  91. Mino Bunzan Kiln
  92. Mitsui Meicha
  93. Miyahara Hikari Seicha
  94. Miyama Lacquerware
  95. Miyama Tableware
  96. Miyano Tea Factory
  97. Miyazaki Sabou Tea Garden
  98. Morimasa Kiln
  99. Morita Beans
  100. Morita Tea Garden
  101. Morita Tea Shop
  102. Murakami Tea Garden
  103. Murata Tea Garden
  104. Muromachi Printing
  105. Nabeshima Meicha
  106. Nagai Nori
  107. Nagao Kitamura
  108. Nagatani Tea
  109. Nakai Tea Farm
  110. Nakamura-en
  111. Nakayama Stoneworks
  112. Nakazen
  113. Nankei Pottery
  114. NaturaliTea
  115. Nishide Tea Factory
  116. Nishimoto Co., Ltd.
  117. Ocha no Sankoen
  118. Oda Pottery
  119. Ogura Tea Garden
  120. Ohana Botanica
  121. Oishi Tea Farm
  122. Oiso Studio
  123. Okugawa Ceramics
  124. Okuizumo Rose Garden
  125. Okumura Seikan
  126. Okutomi Tea Garden
  127. Ooigawachaen Tea Factory
  128. Osada Tea
  129. Oshima Stoneworks
  130. Ota Yusuke
  131. Otoyo Town Goishicha Producer's Association
  132. Otsuchi Sashiko Recovery Project
  133. Paradise Plan
  134. Plumeria Inc.
  135. Saikai Ceramics
  136. Satsukikai
  137. Seikoen
  138. Seiwa Packaging
  139. Setoya Megumi Tea Garden
  140. Shinichi Kihara
  141. Shinkai Shio
  142. Shinro Yamamoto
  143. Shizukan
  144. Shogyokuen Tea Factory
  145. Shoko Kiln
  146. Shotoen Ceramics
  147. Shouhou Kiln
  148. Shuchi Tea Garden
  149. Subaru
  150. Sueyoshi Tea Atelier
  151. Suikaen
  152. Suzuki Ceramics
  153. Takakuwa Metal
  154. Takeo Tea Farm
  155. Tarui Tea Farm
  156. Tea Farm Mitocha
  157. Teruyuki Kiln
  158. Tomizawa Shoten
  159. Tomizawa Tea Garden
  160. Touetsugama
  161. Toyo Sasaki Glass
  162. Tsujiki Tea Garden
  163. Tsujiri Ichihonten
  164. Tsuzuki Yutaka
  165. Uejima Tea Farm
  166. Uogashi Meicha
  167. Wada Corporation
  168. Wakoen Tea Farm
  169. Yabe-en Tea Shop
  170. Yamaki Ikai
  171. Yamane-en
  172. Yamani Tableware
  173. Yamatane
  174. Yamatsu Kiln
  175. Yancha
  176. Yokota Tea Garden
  177. Yoshida Tea Garden
  178. Yoshimura Pack
  179. Yoshino Tea Garden
  180. Yunomi Lifestyle
  181. Yunomi Pantry
  182. Yunomi Services
  183. Yunomi Tea
  184. Yunomi.life
  185. za tta na
  186. 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