If you visit to Shizuoka, please enjoy seeing Mt. Fuji, of course seeing tea plantation and tasting various teas also. In Shizuoka prefecture, we can see Mt. Fuji from almost everywhere.

Mt. Fuji beyond tea plantations as follows.

At Shirai area in the central part of Makinohara upland in Dec. 2015.

 At Shizutani area in the west part of Makinohara upland in Dec. 2015.

At Susuki area in the south part of Makinohara in Dec. 2015.

At Sugegaya area in southwest part of Makinohara in Jan. 2016. Mt. Fuji beyond tea bushes with slightly crimson background due to light scattering of sunset sunshine.

At Hatsukura area in north east part of Makinohara in Jan. 2016.
Especially this area has many places perfect to watch such beautiful view including Mt. Fuji. This nice view, Mt Fuji beyond nice tea plantations, made the prominent tea professional so touched, resulting in his expression “Tea Nirvana in the Shadow of Mt. Fuji” described in his blog. I think this is meaningful and just as well. Nirvana is one of Sanskrit words (Buddhism term), which is similar to paradise. In Japan, tea industry has developed with Buddhism, as written before. Buddhism established the philosophy of diligence, interacting with the other religions such as Shinto and Confucianism. Especially in Edo era, the virtue of diligence became popular to general people such as farmers[173]. Makinohara upland was began to opened from the end of Edo era by the former retainers of Tokugawa shogunate, thus the former Samurais had developed Makinohara upland to establish tea plantations with great mind of diligence. In Buddhism, the mental sophistication by ascetic trainings can lead everyone to the utopia of enlightenment, Nirvana. Therefore, I think the diligent efforts of tea farmers’ ancestors could open the load to Tea Nirvana, resulting in the great tea plantations in the present Makinohara upland.

At the forest around tea garden in Nihondaira (left) and “Nihondaira peak” (right) in Jan. 2016.
The slope of loads surrounding tea garden was too steep to take photo of Mt.Fuji with tea plants.

 At the peak (left) and tea garden (right) of Mt. Kajiwara in Jan. 2016.

I feel this sacred moutain enpowers us everywhere in Shizuoka.
If you visit Shizuoka prefecture, please enjoy seeing Mt. Fuji everywhere!

— Reference —
[173] Shimizu R. (1992), Diligence in Creditability Society Its Origin and Collapse., Mita Business Review 35:1-14.