“Kouro” means good tea and “an” means small house. As such, Kouroan is translated to mean, a small house where you can have Japanese tea. Kouroan has several tea rooms in which you may enjoy a variety of teas such as: tencha, matcha, gyukuro, hojicha, sencha, as well as several other teas. Additionally, visitors are invited to try traditional Japanese sweets and pickles.
Kouroan`s owner has been in the tea business for about 10 years and has been cultivating his own tea for 6 years. The process for tea cultivation at Kouroan is meticulously adhered to in order to ensure that customers receive the highest quality of tea with a consistency in flavor. Kouroan grows three types of tea plants: tencha, sencha, and gyokuro, on six separate farms located in Ujitawara, which is just east of Uji. Uji is well known for it`s widespread tea production and is regarded as one of the foremost locations for tea cultivation in Japan due to it`s proximity near Kyoto as well as it`s fertile soil which is rich in nutrients from nearby rivers. Harvesting tea consists of careful selection of the most lush tea leaves, drying of these tea leaves, and packing these leaves for distribution.
Address :
Post code 603-8231
17-1 Murasakino Daitokuji-cho Kita-ku Kyoto
TEL +81 75(494)0677
FAX +81 75(494)0678
open : 9:00am to sunset
E-mail info@kouroan.com