In November 2024, the local newspaper Kyoto Shimbun reported that the explosion ... the shogunate encouraged the development of tea plantations, helping to build Uji tea’s first-class reputation.

The town of Wazuka in southern Kyoto Prefecture has recently been ... The vista of the mountain tea plantations attracts many tourists. Discover how farmers running a popular guesthouse ...

From Shiojiri, 2.5 hrs by train from Tokyo, we'll ride the 400-year-old Nakasendo highway that linked Edo and Kyoto ... we scale the steep slopes of a tea plantation. A sleepy post station ...