With the Hojicha, it’s over in 10. Shizuoka produces 40 per cent of Japan’s tea, mostly on small family plantations like Shigeta’s, that grow tea bushes where otherwise there’d be rice.

Here, the team at Tourism Shizuoka Japan summarises some of the unmissable events in the region for each season… Winter – Japanese noon tea, early blossoms and dolls… Shizuoka is Japan’s ...

SHIZUOKA, Japan (Bernama-Kyodo): A "pocket park" in Shizuoka Prefecture, central Japan, has been recognised by Guinness World Records as the world's smallest, measuring just 0.24 square metre with ...

SHIZUOKA, Japan -- The town office of Higashiizu, along a peninsula southwest of Tokyo well known for its hot springs, has come up with a novel approach to attracting tourists, unstaffed souvenir ...

TOKYO – A “pocket park” in the central Japan prefecture of Shizuoka has been recognised by the Guinness World Records as the world’s smallest, measuring only 0.24 sq m with space for just ...