Private company
Yamamotoyama
Logo: 事前登録受付中, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons3
Japanese tea and seaweed manufacturer
Yamamotoyama (Japanese: 山本山) is a Japanese tea and seaweed manufacturer which traces its company's roots to 1690, claiming to be the oldest tea company in the world. The company began as a tea shop in Nihonbashi, and pioneered the production of gyokuro green tea in 1835.2 It employed 350 people.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
Overview
- HeadquartersNihonbashi Takashimaya Mitsui Building1
- Websitewww.yamamotoyama.co.jp
- Legal formkabushiki gaisha1
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Yamamotoyama (Japanese: 山本山) is a Japanese tea and seaweed manufacturer which traces its company's roots to 1690, claiming to be the oldest tea company in the world. The company began as a tea shop in Nihonbashi, and pioneered the production of gyokuro green tea in 1835.2
Products and brands
- green tea
- nori
Listed on Wikidata.1
Timeline
- 1690Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.yamamotoyama.co.jp1
- X (Twitter)x.com/yamamotoyama_jp1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/yamamotoyama.japan1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/yamamotoyama_japan1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UC9yH2p4SVPgVDMk-6HxGtvg1
- WikipediaYamamotoyama (company)
- More imagesWikimedia Commons
- WikidataQ11469017
Sources
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- 1WikidataYamamotoyama on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaYamamotoyama on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsYamamotoyama logo by 事前登録受付中, CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4Wikimedia CommonsYamamotoyama photo by 事前登録受付中, CC BY-SA 4.0