The use of tea started when Buddhist monks, who had gone to china for study, returned to Japan bringing tea with them as a medicinal beverage.
Tea is a miraculous medicine for the maintenance of health.
Tea has an etraordinary power to prolong life. Anywhere a person cultivates tea, long life will follow. In ancient and modern times, tea is the elixer that creates the mountain-dweller immortal. Every other culture with a tea history have their own tea legend. Soon we hope to place more tea legends online.