Farmers have begun harvesting the first green tea leaves of the year in the central Japanese prefecture of Shizuoka.

Ahead of the full-scale start of the new tea season, the first tea picking was held at the Matsukawa Chaen tea field in the city of Shizuoka on April ･･･ ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...