About six hundred years ago a famous high priest in the Kamakura era named Shinko Shoichi Kokushi , who brought back tea seeds with him on his returning from China after his study of Buddhism for several years and seeded them in the gorge of Ashikubo , tributary of Abekawa river , near his native place . This was entirely original tea plantation in this country and since then tea plants were multiplied by degrees and until the times of Kyoho (1730) it was known as the most distinguished tea producing place under the title of Abe-tea Suruga province , but after that Abe-tea has fallen into decay year after year and at present we can scarcely find the actual spot where the aforementioned priest first planted tea-seeds . In the early years of Tenmei(1781) Chikumei Nishimura , the first ancestor of Chikumei-do deeply regretted this decadance Having desired eagerly to restore the reputation of Shizuoka tea and the industry of his native place , he exploited a new tea-garden .� ��
For more over 200years, this old signboard has stood in front of the shop.
After his untiring endeavours and numerous difficulties , finaly he could succeed in making a perfect tea-garden and also accomplished to make very satisfactory tea to the popular taste . 　Thenceforth , tea-business has has become developed year by year and since the opening of Yokohama Port it has become one of the most important export items-thus , with wonderful increase the occupies 70 percent of the consumption of the whole country now .

【Making and drinking of Green Tea .】 　Green Tea is divided into three kinds , viz . Gyokuro , Natural Tea and Powered Tea by the process of manufacture , and Natural Tea is used generally among the people widely .To make Natural Tea properly at home you had better use a tea set consisting of 1 teapot , 5 teacups and 1 Yuzamashi bowl ( small porcelain bowl to cool boiled water to suitable temperature ) . ◆1：In the first place water should be boiled and then pour necessary quantity into the Yuzamashi bowl and lower the temperature of boiled water to about 60 C . ◆2：Teapot must be warmed with boiling water and the water should be taken out . ◆3：Put 3 teaspoonfuls of tea leaves in the teapot . ◆4：Pour the prepared water of suitable temperature into into the teapot evenly on the tea leaves and put on the lid . ◆5：Pour out into required teacups within one minutes . However , in order to make even thickness tea� we recommend you to pour tea half quantity into each cup one by one from A.B.C.D.E . first and the remaining tea should be poured quickly into E.D.C.B.A. conversely . The last drop of tea is so-called the life of tea-therefore , don't remain even a drop in the teapot .