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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...