CHIRAN GREEN TEA ASSOCIATION
An active organization promoting Green Tea
Presentation of the Association
Minami-Kyushu City was established on December 1st, 2007. At the same time, the city became Japan’s biggest production area of green tea. Since then, it has won a number of national awards, including grand championships for 4 consecutive years.
As members one of the leading areas of Japanese green tea production, all the producers of Minami-Kyushu city have strong commitment and responsibility toward their products, collaborate with each other for the promotion of the local tea industry, to ensure a stable development of the tea industry of the entire city.
Mr. GOTO MASAYOSHI
Chairman of the Association
Position:
- Chairman of the Kagoshima Prefecture Tea Producers’ Association
- Chairman of the Minami-Kyushu City Tea Industry Promotion Association
Career :
Date of Birth: April 6th, 1942
1964- CEO of Goto Seicha
1988-1994 Chairman of the Chiran Premium Tea Research Group
1993-1995 Executive Director of the Kawanabe Region Tea Promotion Bureau
2005 Vice Chairman of the Chiran Town Tea Industry Promotion Association
2008 Executive Director of the Kagoshima Prefecture Tea Producers’ Association
2013 Chairman of the Minami-Kyushu City Tea Industry Promotion Association
2013 Chairman of the Kagoshima Prefecture Tea Producers’ Association
OUR ACTIVITIES
Dedicated to make Chiran Tea known to the world
（１）General Assembly (Once a year)
（２）Board Meeting (4 times a year)
（３）Tea Industry Promotion Project
（４）Project Team for Quality Improvement
（５）Seminars and Lectures on Tea Production
（６）Tea Harvest Competition (see article)
（７）Bus Tour to Promote Chiran Tea
（８）Encouraging Various Tea Competitions
（９）Logistic and Sales Promotion, Encouraging International Certification
（１０）Tea Promotion and Advertisement