About Yamamotoyama

In 1690, the Yamamoto family moved from Kyoto to the new capital of Tokyo and established a tea shop. Yamamotoyama is the oldest tea company and remains family owned and operated, drawing from its heritage and provide deliciously innovative foods. Yamamotoyama’s culture of innovation continued with Kahei Yamamoto VI and the invention of gyokuro, the pinnacle of green tea, in 1835. We are the tea companies that grows our product, with tea gardens producing delicious organic green tea according to methods developed over 330 years. Yamamotoyama is the household name in Japan for seaweed. Yamamotoyama is the major provider of nori seaweed to Japanese restaurants worldwide.