History of tea in Japan
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The history of tea in Japan began as early as the 8th century, when the first known references were made in Japanese records.
Tea plantation and Mount Fuji (Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
Workers harvesting tea from a Japanese plantation in the late 19th century
Plantation based on the traditional tea-grass integrated system (Kakegawa City, Shizuoka Prefecture)
Emperor Saga (786–842; reigned 809–823)
Kabusecha
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Kabuse tea, or kabusecha, is a class of Japanese tea leaf. Kabuseru literally means to cover or place on top, as a hat on a head, therefore kabuse tea is a tea leaf harvested from a tea plant that, fo
