The farm, D:matcha, is located in Wazuka, an hour from Kyoto. It's owned by Daiki Tanaka, a Japanese farmer in his late 30s, who left his job as the president of a doughnut company to work in ...

This family-owned Japanese tea farm has been around for more than 70 years. Here's how it's using technology to increase global exports. Created by Insider Studios with the Government of Japan .

As part of her MBA, Cherie Luo interned on a matcha farm near Kyoto, Japan. It made her reflect on being in "hyper-growth mode" all the time.

See the beauty of Japan’s small towns and countryside all under the nearby shadow of Mount Fuji. Majestic Mount Fuji Shizuoka is home to Mount Fuji, an icon of Japan’s natural beauty.

My feet are sore from a busy couple of days in Tokyo. Fortunately, most of this morning’s itinerary involves being seated on trains. The next stop on Intrepid’s Japan Highlights tour sees our small ...

A tea ceremony was held near the summit of Mount Fuji on Sept. 7, in a special tea room set up at the eighth station of the Yoshida trail, before the summer mountain climbing season ends on Sept. 10.

In 2024, matcha accounted for over half of the 8,798 tonnes of green tea exported from Japan, according to agriculture ministry data — twice as much as a decade ago. Advertisement 5 Story ...

Less than two hours from Tokyo, Yoshida Tea Farm offers tours (in either Japanese or English) of its tea gardens and production facilities, as well as tea tastings. Visitors can learn how tea is grown ...

Amid the rising demand, the number of tea plantations in Japan has fallen to a quarter of what it was 20 years ago. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.