Today, Eisai is regarded as the Father of Japanese Tea Culture and it is believed that the tea fields that currently grow in Uji, Japan are the descendants of some of the first tea plants that Eisai brought from China and gave to another monk who planted the seeds in Uji. | Today, Eisai is regarded as the Father of Japanese Tea Culture and it is believed that the tea fields that currently grow in Uji, Japan are the descendants of some of the first tea plants that Eisai brought from China and gave to another monk who planted the seeds in Uji. |