A sencha cultivar developed in Shizuoka in the 1940s by Arima Toshiharu. Grown from a Manipuli-15 tea seed brought back from India in 1923 and planted at the Shizuoka research centre, it is a cross between an Indian variety and a Japanese variety. Very powerful and tannin, this variety also has a very special strong floral fragrance that was not especially popular at the time it was developed despite its creator’s insistence on the need for a strong variety with flavours able to accompany the westernization of Japan’s eating habits. Very rare today, Inzatsu-131 has nonetheless been attracting some producers’ attention for wilted teas, sencha and also kama-iri cha. It is at the origin of other mellower “inzatsu” cultivars, particularly through crossing with Yabukita. Time of harvest: early.