Shizuoka Prefecture
I love tea. With no relation to the fact that I’m a Japanophile , I love tea. Ever since I was young, I’ve never really liked coffee, so when it was cold outside I would (for the most part) drink tea. Ever since moving to the land of the rising sun , I’ve tried many varieties of Japanese tea that aren’t in other countries and throughout doing so, have come to enjoy tea all the more. In Japan, there are a number of regions known for its tea. Two of those regions are Kyoto prefecture and Shizuoka prefecture. As I’m sure you may know, tea is made from tea leaves. These leaves are picked and then processed into tea. There are a few places across Japan (for a slight fee) in where you can pick tea leaves yourself and bring them home with you. I’ve wanted to pick tea leaves for some time now, so in May I headed to Shizuoka prefecture and did just that! Seeing as I was going to go all the way to Shizuoka prefecture, I decided to make a bit of a trip out of it and spent 3 days exploring