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From Mizuga-tsuka Parking, the 2nd station of Mt.Fuji, we started a short hike. Even in winter, around the 2nd station is avaialble for Hike. There are several courses in the woods but as we had only an hour and half to stay here, we too...

Traditional tea hand-rolling experience at Nukumori-en Yururi, in the mountain region of Shizuoka City.  Nukumori-en is a tea farm and Kyoko-san, the old tea lady, is actually a grand tea master of tea hand-rolling!! Tea is steamed right...

A new destination is being developed in Shizuoka City.  Mariko is known as a region of a part of Old Tokaido and famous for Tororo grated yam and here at Mariko, new project is going on. Takumi-shuku is a comprehensive facility of tradit...

“Maruhide Iwazaki Tea Shop” is located in Cha-machi tea area in Shizuoka City, and can be reached around 20 min walk from Shizuoka Station. Now, I’m not telling you about their varieties of tea selections.  Have you ever known how real g...

Kanebun Tea Farm, Shizuoka City, has an expansive tea plantation on the mountainside of 500m high.  The tea master, Mr. Shiratori, is, so to speak, a single-origin tea developer who does everything by himself from growing, harvesting, pr...

Kawane Region in Shizuoka is known as one of the major tea producers.  Here, near Aobe Station of Oigawa Railway, is Masui Tea Farm. The tea master, Etsuro Masui studied agriculture in the States when he was young, and he taught it in Af...

Yaizu City is located in the middle part of Shizuoka Prefecture, in Suruga District, and known as the city of fish port, especially for Tuna and Bonito. Getting off the train at Yaizu, you can reach the port in 10 min and another 10 min ...

In Shizuoka, we have 8 tea regions and Makinohara Plateau is one of them.  Located in the middle of the prefecture, you will find it on your way from Tokyo to Kyoto, or Osaka, because Shinkansen, trains, and even highway passes through i...

Driving up into mountains in Fujieda City, Shizuoka, I just came across a fabulous café in the woods.  This town is called Yurubiku-mura village and there are 3 shops in the forest.  “Aima” is one of them.  Beside the café is a hammock c...

Traditionally, we drink matcha in a special occasion like tea ceremony but do you know how matcha is processed ? Today, I visited Matcha More that is run by Matcha Organic Japan in Shimada City, Shizuoka.  Here you can learn all about ma...