Why Organic Foods Aren't Popular in Japan In Japan, organic farming accounts for only about 0.7% (approximately 30,000 hectares) of total cultivated land. While large...
About Japanese Tea
Uji Matcha is is a trademark held by Kyoto Prefecture Tea Cooperative Association (25 Uji Oriya, Uji City, Kyoto Prefecture). Uji Tea is tea produced in...
The taste of tea is determined by the climate, the soil and terrain (earth), and the craftsmanship (people). Wazuka Town meets all these criteria,...
For this article I will be focusing on tea cultivated in town of Wazuka, which is also referred to affectionately as Wazuka-cho. Wazuka-cho is located...
In Kyoto, the production amount of the high grade green tea is biggest in Japan. Shizuoka (middle part of Japan) and Kagoshima (south part of...