farm ministry officials said. According to the ministry, tea-growing areas in Shizuoka have shrunk 30 percent over the past 10 years or so, while those in Kagoshima have dropped only 5 percent.

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 ...

A tea grower in Shizuoka Prefecture provides visitors with a private teatime experience that offers sweeping views of his farm and Mt. Fuji ...

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