Located in the Nakasato district of Setodaya, in the north of the city of Fujieda (Shizuoka Prefecture), nestled within a peaceful mountain environment, Happy Mukoujimaen is a pioneer in organic tea cultivation, a practice initiated in 1982 without pesticides or chemical fertilisers, and subsequently developed by the next generation to encompass growing, processing, and marketing. The first to obtain JAS organic certification for tea in Japan in 2000, the estate applies the "Ippon-jitate" method, based on wider spacing between the bushes to encourage exceptional development of the trunk and roots, thereby strengthening the vitality of the plants and improving the nutritional value and antioxidant power of the tea, in keeping with its natural expression.
