Tea House

 

For 169 years...
The Maruyama Nori company was founded in 1854, at the end of the Edo period, in the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo (which was still called Edo at the time). Its initial focus was the wholesale trade of dried seaweed. Our founder, Hikobei Tsushima, established the company under the name Kawaguchiya, marking the beginning of our company's history.
Hikobei supplied Kyoto's gourmet aristocrats with perfect seaweed. The reputation of his products was established and spread.
An innovator, Hikobei packaged seaweed not in traditional ceramic pots but in modern tin boxes: he designed a storage box specifically for Nori seaweed that was both suitable for preservation and practical for transport. The ambitious and enterprising spirit of our founder remains alive and well at Maruyama Nori today. Today, Maruyama Nori supplies seaweed to some three thousand restaurants throughout Japan and a good dozen of the Michelin Guide Tokyo starred restaurants.

Jugetsudo House
In 1980, the Japanese tea brand Jugetsudo was created within the company, according to the same criteria of very high quality and innovation.
This is the most beautiful legacy of the old nori trade: to transmit to customers, through the grace of tea, a certain spirit of Japanese taste, guaranteeing authentic values and delicate flavors.

Jugetsudo means "the place from which one looks at the moon". 
Since ancient times, the Japanese have been deeply sensitive to the worship of nature, savoring its beauties, such as the spectacle of the moon rising in the sky and shining on the mountainside, reflected in the water... Contemplating this scene, they wrote poems, drank tea, and made offerings to the full moon at harvest time... When we founded Jugetsudo, we kept in mind this feeling for nature so characteristic of the Japanese heart, when it deeply appreciates the presence and passage of the seasons. We would like to share the art of Japanese tea in this place.

Jugetsudo is now embarking on exporting our authentic products worldwide. Through our green tea and various activities, we hope to share with you a little of Japanese culture and atmosphere.