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 ...

SHIZUOKA—Long the top tea-growing prefecture in Japan ... 3 percent more than it did in 2023, according to farm ministry statistics released on Feb. 18. Production in Shizuoka fell to 25,800 ...

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 ...

Tamura eventually returned to Suruga, and to Tamura Tea Farm, but on his own terms. Suruga is a province that today makes up the central part of Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan. It’s mountainous, ...

While the mountain is visible throughout most of Shizuoka Prefecture, it is best experienced by visiting towns like Gotemba and Fujinomiya, which are situated near the base of the mountain.