jan 1, 710 - Introduction of tea in Japan (around 710)

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During the Nara and Heian periods (710-1185), multiple envoys were sent to Tang Dynasty China. On several occasions, these envoys were accompanied by Japan's leading Buddhist scholars, including Saicho, Kukai and Eichu. These Buddhist monks brought back with them tea seeds and planted them in isolation.

Before this, in the 6th century, Tea trade between Japan and China had commenced. It does not state what Japan traded in return for the tea.

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