2018 Volume 2018 Issue 126 Pages 37-39
The government of Japan, in the early Meiji era, established Chinese Black Tea Training Centers in several places, in order to promote the export of black tea by leveraging native tea (Yamacha). One of them, the Chinese Black Tea Training Center in Hitoyoshi was established in 1876 (Meiji 9). According to a document, it was located, in Tamachi, Hitoyoshi. A map of Tamachi between the late Meiji and the Taisho era revealed that the Chinese Black Tea Training Center had been near the Juhuku Brewery of today.