A Buddhism priest, Kobo-daishi transmitted the production method of Yamato-cha green tea when he returned from Tang in China in 806 with seeds of tea and sowed them in an area which is currently Akahani in Harihara Town in Uda County, and the tea mortar which was also brought by him is preserved until today in Butsuryu-ji temple in Akahani, and the tea seeds are also preserved in the precincts of this temple as 'garden of moss' and, this is also said to be the origin of 'Yamato-cha'.'
「大和茶は大同元年（806年）に弘法大師が唐より帰朝の際茶の種子を持ちかえり、これを現在の宇陀郡榛原町赤埴に播種して、その製法を伝えられました。またその際持ち帰った茶臼は赤埴の仏隆寺に現在も保存されております。茶の実もまた同境内に「苔の園」として保存されており、これが「大和茶」の初めとも言われております。」