Existence of uvarovite has not been reported so far in Japan. Specimens labeled uvarovite crystals from 19 localities in Sakurai Collection were analysed by an electronprobe microanalyser, confirming some uvarovite crystals. Uvarovite and Cr-bearing andradite occur in a fine vein in aggregate of chromite or magnesiochromite. In serpentine with diopside or talc occur uvarovite, Cr-bearing andradite and Cr-bearing grossular.