Tea shops · Hamamatsu, Japan
A Hamamatsu grower-merchant since 1939 that steams and finishes every leaf it sells from its own gardens, and pours it fresh at the counter.
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The house
Muramatsu Shoten, trading as Kaneta no Meicha, has grown tea in Hamamatsu for generations and dates its founding to 1939. The firm is an agricultural producer first and a shop second: it picks the leaf in its own gardens on the western side of the city, steams it long in the Hamamatsu deep-steamed style and finishes it, so nothing on the shelf was bought in. The shop stands at 2365 Nishiyama-cho, in Chuo-ku, and opens from 9:00 to 18:30 every day except Monday and Tuesday.
Walk in and you are handed a cup of the freshly made tea with a small sweet, so you can try what a cultivar does before choosing a bag. Yabukita is the garden's main variety and the house calls its Suiko the representative Hamamatsu deep-steamed tea; Saemidori Maika is the rounder, upper grade; Sayamakaori is the punchy one the shop also recommends for cold brewing; Tsuyuhikari carries a faint flowery note. Wakamidori is the everyday bag, and there are hojicha, genmaicha, stem tea and powdered teas beside them.
The same gardens also give teas that are rare for a Shizuoka shop: an oolong and a powdered green tea made from the Benifuuki cultivar, and a loose-leaf Japanese black tea from Tsuyuhikari. The shop runs cha-kabuki, the old blind-tasting game in which players name the tea in each cup, and posts video of it on its site. Online orders are taken through its separate shop host, 394108.jp, with free shipping from ¥10,000 per address; gift boxes for seasonal occasions are made up at the counter.
Hamamatsu · Japan
2365 Nishiyama-cho, Chuo-ku, Hamamatsu 432-8001 (静岡県浜松市中央区西山町2365)
Published hours: 9:00–18:30 · closed Mondays and Tuesdays
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The FindMeTea edit
01 · Green tea
The garden's main cultivar in the house style: the deep-steamed Yabukita the shop itself calls the representative Hamamatsu tea.
from ¥ 1,296· 100 g
Explore this tea →02 · Green tea
The upper grade, from the Saemidori cultivar: rounder and greener in the cup than the Yabukita, and the one to compare it against.
¥ 1,512· 100 g
Explore this tea →03 · Green tea
The everyday bag of the same gardens, deep-steamed and sold in 100 g, 200 g and 500 g: the tea to drink by the pot while the others wait for guests.
from ¥ 648· 100 g
Explore this tea →The one worth the trip
An oolong made in Hamamatsu from the Benifuuki cultivar, by a grower whose trade is deep-steamed green tea: 80 g of something you will not find in the other shops on this page, or in most of Shizuoka.
¥ 1,188· 80 g
Prices
Prices are indicative. Each price keeps its currency and pack size; this selection does not necessarily cover the house's complete range.
8 prices
| Tea | Type | Price / pack |
|---|---|---|
| Wakamidori Hamamatsu deep-steamed sencha 100g | Green tea | from ¥ 648100 g |
| Tsuyuhikari wakocha Japanese black tea, loose leaf 60g | Black tea | ¥ 71260 g |
| Hojicha roasted green tea 200g | Green tea | ¥ 864200 g |
| Jo-genmaicha roasted rice green tea 200g | Green tea | ¥ 864200 g |
| Kukicha stem green tea 200g | Green tea | ¥ 1,188200 g |
| Benifuuki oolong, own-garden Hamamatsu leaf 80g | Oolong tea | ¥ 1,18880 g |
| Yabukita Suiko deep-steamed sencha, single cultivar 100g | Green tea | from ¥ 1,296100 g |
| Saemidori Maika deep-steamed sencha, single cultivar 100g | Green tea | ¥ 1,512100 g |
Indicative prices, with each product’s pack size. Prices may change; check with the shop. Price verification dates: 2026-10-28.
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