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About the brand

Kane7 Hatakeyama Seicha

カネ七畠山製茶

Kane7 Hatakeyama Seicha (株式会社カネ七畠山製茶, カネシチ) is a Uji tea manufacturing and wholesale company established in the first year of Horeki (宝暦元年, 1751) in the Edo period, based in Mukojima, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto. Now led by the 20th-generation proprietor Hatakeyama Tomoharu (畠山友晴), the company began as a merchant household supplying Uji tea, transitioned to tea farming in the 7th generation, incorporated in the 18th generation, and expanded exports under the 19th generation. Today, Kane7 is one of Japan's premier certified organic Uji matcha producers, holding simultaneous JAS Organic, EU Organic (HOAS), USDA National Organic Program, Canadian Organic Regime (COR), and FDA certifications — enabling direct export to over 60 countries. Their consumer brand KANESHICHI ORGANIC TEA features a curated line of four matcha grades under elegant single-character Japanese names: 響 (Hibiki, resonance), 霞 (Kasumi, haze), 詩 (Uta, poem), and 恵 (Megumi, blessing). The 響 matcha — hand-picked Goko cultivar — won Gold at the Japanese Tea Selection Paris 2019. The company operates KANE7 Matcha Lab, an experience café and consultation space at its Fushimi headquarters. Address: 〒612-8111 京都市伏見区向島橋詰町786. Contact: via 7noshin.com (general enquiries). Hours: Mon–Fri 8:00–18:00. Note: consumer matcha products periodically sell out due to high global demand.