Restaurateurs are often proud to serve a particular brand of rice to their clientele, but they hardly ever mention where their tea comes from.

To restaurateurs who believe complimentary tea is a way to reward their clientele, we say that good customers will come because of good quality, not freebies.

More so than the use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers in rice production, the release of radioactive material after the March 11 disaster is a grave issue for Japanese society. We are thorough about the tea we grow at Fujisako Tea Estate being free from chemical fertilizers and pesticides. We are not only certified by the Japan Agricultural Standard (JAS), but we also conduct systematic inspections to test for radioactive material and residual pesticides.