Aerial view of the Asatora mountain site in Shibushi — the retreat clearing taking shape among the tea fields

静寂の宿 この山に、建設中

Asatora matcha tin — kraft canister engraved with the Shibushi landscape
三代続く茶農家鹿児島・志布志新しいお茶の体験

Single-origin Japanese matcha, shade-grown and stone-milled on one Kagoshima mountain.

30g · first harvest

Shade-grown, stone-milled, sealed by hand.

¥4,800

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30g · refill

The same matcha, for the tin you keep.

¥4,200

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One garden · 正福茶園

Traceable to one mountain. Never blended.

The story

Asatora matcha tin — kraft canister engraved with the Shibushi tea terraces, sealed in matcha-green wax

One mountain, in Shibushi

Shade-grown, stone-milled at first light.

鹿児島・志布志 正福茶園

Field reports from the mountain

Grown under shade. Milled on granite. Everything we make comes from one mountain in Shibushi — and nowhere else.

Field reports

Get the dispatches
Tea fields worked under lights at night, 正福茶園, April

Night over the rows

No. 01 · 一番茶四月
Mist over the new tea leaf at 正福茶園, April

Mist over the new leaf

No. 02 · 新芽四月
The first plucking of the season at 正福茶園, May

The first plucking

No. 03 · 手摘み五月
Sorting the first-flush leaf by hand at 正福茶園, May

Sorting by hand

No. 04 · 仕上げ五月

Dispatches from the mountain.

A single guest container glowing at dusk on the mountain

Eight guests. One mountain.
Seven days.

A practice where the matcha grows. Opening soon.

Reserve your stay

Reserve your stay

Eight seats per cohort, held in the order requests arrive. Every reservation ships the mountain to your door first — you arrive already knowing the tea.

Asatora matcha tin, 30g first harvest
朝虎 抹茶 · 30gships ahead
Fukucha sencha pouches, 45g and 100g, from Marumasa Fukuchaen
福茶 煎茶 · 45g / 100gships ahead
Fukucha genmaicha pouch, 200g, from Marumasa Fukuchaen
福茶 玄米茶 · 200gships ahead
Fukucha hojicha pouch from Marumasa Fukuchaen
福茶 ほうじ茶seasonal

Teas grown by 正福茶園, the family garden behind Asatora — sent the week your reservation is confirmed.

The Day

¥15,000/ person

One morning on the mountain — practice, the mill room at work, matcha served where it was ground.

  • Morning practice in the training hall
  • The glass-walled stone-mill room, running
  • Matcha service and lunch from the dining hall
  • Ships ahead: your choice of one 福茶 tea

Founding cohort · 8 seats

The Seven Days

¥600,000/ person · 7 days

A full week where the matcha grows. One solo lodge, all meals, the whole practice — one of eight.

  • Solo container lodge, seven nights
  • Every meal from the dining hall
  • Daily practice, milling at first light
  • Your name in the founding register
  • Ships ahead: 朝虎 抹茶 30g + your choice of two 福茶 teas

The Whole Mountain

¥4,800,000/ 8 guests · 7 days

All eight lodges, one cohort of your own. The mountain, the mills and the week are yours.

  • Every lodge, every seat — private
  • The full seven-day practice, your people only
  • Milling, dining and training halls to yourselves
  • Ships ahead: eight 朝虎 tins + the full 福茶 library, one set per guest

Request your reservation

We confirm every stay by hand. After you write, we reply within a week with available cohort dates and a deposit invoice — 20% holds your seat, the balance is due 60 days before you arrive. No payment is taken on this site. Prices are what they are; we don't discount.

What ships ahead

    No date chosen — we'll propose cohort weeks.

    Notes & releases

    First harvest — limited release

    Retreat waitlist open

    The Mountain Letter begins

    A note from the mountain

    Harvest news and brewing notes — weekly.