Established 79 years ago in the heart of Tenmonkan. A stately facade in keeping with the retail shop of a well-established green tea manufacturing company.
THE LEAFIES International Tea Awards 2024 Green Steamed – Gold
In November 2024, it won [The Gold Award], the highest award in the green tea category, at the international leaf tea contest <THE LEAFIES 2024> in the UK. It has been decided that it will be sold at Fortnum & Mason, which is given to some of the winning teas.
To date, it has won [The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Award] and [The Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Award] 14 times in total, the first place [Grand Prize for Japanese Tea] at twice, and the first place [Grand Prize] in two categories at in France, as well as [The Japanese Ambassador to France’s Special Prize] . The “Yukifuka” and “Wakawakatsumi”, produced by the Highest Rank,10-dan tea connoisseurs of National Tea Judging Technology Competition yield delicate taste with umami, and the aesthetics of Japanese tea, created through the technique of blending tea leaves, deeply reaches your heart.
Ocha no Tokkoen
099-224-2679
Address:4-21 Gofuku-cho, Kagoshima City
Access:1 minute walk from the Tenmonkan-dori streetcar stop.
Business hour:9:30 am~6:30 pm
Closing dates : Wednesdays
WEBSITE : http://www.tokkoen.co.jp/