SHIZUOKA—Long the top tea-growing prefecture in Japan, Shizuoka has been surpassed by Kagoshima, dropping into second place for the first time since record-keeping began in 1959. For many years ...

While America's love affair with Japanese foods and ingredients, from ramen and sushi to yuzu, has been an ongoing obsession, ...

Farmers have begun harvesting the first green tea leaves of the year in the central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka. Harvesting of the Kondo-wase variety began on Wednesday in Shizuoka City's ...

Shizuoka is home to Mount Fuji, an icon of Japan’s natural beauty. While the mountain is visible throughout most of Shizuoka Prefecture, it is best experienced by visiting towns like Gotemba and ...

A tea grower in Shizuoka Prefecture provides visitors with a private teatime experience that offers sweeping views of his farm and Mt. Fuji. A woman samples matcha green tea made from a machine ...

in Shizuoka. Scientists are especially intrigued by several key components in green tea — an amino acid called theanine and a group of plant antioxidants known as catechins. Theanine ...

SHIZUOKA--A wooden terrace sits overhanging a steep slope on a mountain in the middle of tea plantations in the city's Shimizu Ward. Living up to its name, "Tenku no Chanoma," or "Tearoom in the ...

the first tea picking was held at the Matsukawa Chaen tea field in the city of Shizuoka on April 9. Here, they are cultivating the Kondo Wase variety. This tea can be picked about 10 days earlier ...

Farmers pick tea leaves in the city of Shizuoka's Suruga Ward, April 9, 2025. While there are voices expressing confusion over the United States' reciprocal tariffs in Shizuoka Prefecture ...