Visiting Japan's Tea Fields

Tea tourism is gentle tourism: fields, factory shops and picking experiences in Japan's tea towns.

The classic stops pair easily with sightseeing: Uji for matcha culture near Kyoto, the Makinohara plateau in Shizuoka under Mt Fuji views, Wazuka (Kyoto) for terraced field scenery, Chiran in Kagoshima for fields plus a samurai district, and Ureshino in Saga for tea with an onsen town. Many producer shops offer picking or whisking experiences in season (spring first flush is busiest); book through the shop or town tourism site, and treat field paths as working farmland — stay on paths and do not enter fields uninvited.

Sources: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) crop statistics; Ministry of Finance trade statistics; Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); prefectural and municipal official information. Checked 5 November 2026.