Tea sprouts are growing at a good rate on Makinohara upland thanks to the good climate. In this year, there are no frost damage and other climate disasters.

Now new leaves are opening one by one. The best time to plucking is when tea shoot opens 5 new leaves, and it is required to pluck two and a bud (or three and a bud) from the matured shoot which has opened 4 or 5 leaves.

Tea sprouts growing with elapse time. Depicted on an educational pamphlet.

Tea sprouts are growing fairly in all areas of tea production in Shizuoka as follows.

Tea sprouts and cherry blossoms on the mountainside in the north area of Shizuoka city.

Tea sprouts and tea plantations on Mt. Takakusa in Yaizu city.

Last weekend, the best blooming days of cherry blossoms!

Tea sprouts on the background of cherry blossoms. The lines over tea plants and black curtain are the apparatus for shading. Shading can make tea shoots of rich umami.

The harmony of tea plantations, cherry blossoms, spring flowers and the concert of birds singing and murmur of brooks… this IS the symbol of Shizuoka, one of the best Japanese tea estates.

Four seasons in Shizuoka will welcome you by tremendous varieties of natural wealth, of course including seasonal expressions of tea plants and teas!!