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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...

Shizuoka is well known as the state of green tea and Mt. Fuji, and recently, varieties of tea experience programs are being designed to promote "Tea". Green Eight Cafe is one of them ! Today, let me introduce a special packaged program t...

Farm Stay Experience is now very popular in Japan.  This experience is to stay overnight in a real farmer’s house as a member of family.  You are not expected as a guest, unlike hotels.  You help them by harvesting, cooking and washing d...

“Tokaido”, the old main road of Japan, originated from the old way connecting Nara, Kyoto, and Kanto area (around Tokyo) 1300 years ago.  About 400 years ago, the route was re-designed between Kyoto and Tokyo ranging 487.8 km long, and 5...

Wasabi, another No1 as well as green tea, began to be planted more than 400 years ago, said, under the authority of Tokugawa government and allegedly just kept among them for its fascinating taste. In mid-18th century, wasabi cultivation...

Is Tuna familiar in your country ? It’s said (one of) the most popular fish in Japan and Shizuoka accounts for No1 amount of catch and consumption in Japan, especially, Yaizu Port and Shimizu Port for the frozen one. Accordingly, there a...

“Mt. Fuji is the highest mountain in Japan”. This is the typical sentence used when we learn English superlative form, as it is such an iconic image of Japan. Now, what is “Mt. Fuji” ?  It is a mountain that was created by the eruption s...

From April begins tea harvesting.  In Shizuoka, there are 8 major tea regions widespread from the east to the west, and from the north to the south.  Sounds of harvesting machines, processing machines, and scent of green tea are harmoniz...