Umazou Fujita, the founder of the company, became independent in 1916 and opened the tea supplement "Shizuokaen" in Kameido, Tokyo. The Japanese tea industry, an ancient Japanese culture, is highly competitive and requires something special to survive. It was the kelp tea that he who was seeking the new taste which was not in the other store paid attention to.
The kelp tea that continues continuously from the Edo period is simple only to pour hot water on the kelp. There is the flavor peculiar to the kelp, but it can be said that the feature is only that. Umazou thought. He thought, "If I elaborate the taste and make it possible to drink more easily, kelp tea should become the luxury goods like coffee and tea. He went on a trip to Tohoku, Hokkaido, Sakhalin (present Russian Federation Sakhalin state), he walked along the coastline looking for kelp everywhere, in the train he kept chewing the kelp he got, in the inn he made the boiling water thicker or thinner and licked it, I heard. In 1930, he developed green tea (added sugar). After that, the factory was newly established in Tokorozawa, the branch was put out to Osaka, Nagoya, and Niigata, the sales route was expanded to the whole country, and it became the leader company of the kelp tea. While expanding the sales route to the recent overseas Japanese food boom, we will try our best to develop better products. Thank you for your cooperation.