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 ...

A tea merchant in this central Japan city has launched an original green tea blend inspired by the illustrations on packaging ...

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.