In the Sengoku period (Period of Warring States), its position as high-class tea representing Japan was consolidated by the ooishita chaen (covered tea garden), and in the Edo period, the tea pot journey to present Uji cha to the Edo Shogunate was seen marching on the streets from Uji to Edo.
戦国時代(日本)には覆下茶園により日本を代表する高級茶の地位を固め、江戸時代には江戸幕府に献上されるお茶壷道中が宇治から江戸までの道中を練り歩いた。