Matsushita Eiichi (松下栄市) is the 4th generation head of Shōjuen and continues his family's legacy of growing tea in the southernmost parts of Japan. It was under his leadership that Tanegashima tea became available on the retail market; before this, tea from this island was only sold as crude tea to tea wholesalers
Shōjuen (松寿園) is located in the warm and scenic northern part of Tanegashima, an area ideal for growing delicious tea, with ocean breezes carrying minerals and morning mist. Founded in 1909 by Shizuoka tea farmers, who were searching for land that could produce delicious tea. Today, Shōjuen is headed by the descendents of these original farmers.
