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Towns tagged “Tea country”
42 towns that Machigatari wrote up under “Tea country”, across 16 prefectures.
“Tea country” is an editorial tag, chosen town by town. This is not a complete count of every town in Japan that fits, and a town missing here is not a town that doesn't fit. Towns are listed by prefecture in local government code order, with no ranking.
Ibaraki Prefecture2
Ibaraki Prefecture pageSaitama Prefecture4
Saitama Prefecture pageTokyo2
Tokyo pageGifu Prefecture4
Gifu Prefecture page- Ibigawa TownMulberry fields became tea, about 300 m.Kamigare tea fields
- Ikeda TownRound burial mounds dot the foot of Mount Ikeda.Ganjoji Nishitsukanokoshi Kofun
- Shirakawa TownSteel bridge links village and station.Shirakawa Bridge, Hida River
- Higashishirakawa VillageThe monument's mason split it in four.Namu Amida Butsu monument
Shizuoka Prefecture9
Shizuoka Prefecture page- Shizuoka CityThe world’s plastic models start here.
- Hamamatsu CityWhere Japan's big 3 motorcycle makers began.Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki
- Shimada CityOnce bridgeless, now the world's longest wooden footbridge.Hōrai Bridge
- Kakegawa CityJapan's first castle keep rebuilt in wood.Kakegawa Castle keep
- Fujieda CityIts primary, middle and high schools all became national football champions.
- Kikugawa CityAstringent tea, changed by steaming it longer.Fukamushi Kikugawa-cha
- Makinohara CitySamurai laid down their swords and cleared tea fields.Makinohara Plateau tea
- Kawanehon TownThe one train in Japan that climbs on a cogwheel.Ikawa Line, Abt rack
- Mori TownThe town a geographer called "little Kyoto".Shiga Shigetaka's little Kyoto
Aichi Prefecture1
Aichi Prefecture pageMie Prefecture1
Mie Prefecture pageKyoto Prefecture7
Kyoto Prefecture page- Uji CityTea fields ring a restored stone spur.Uji River Taiko Embankment Ruins
- Joyo CityMounds in a shrine mark temple bases.Kuse Haiji, Kuse Shrine grounds
- Kyotanabe CityShrine still offering the Hayato dance.Hayato Dance, Tsukiyomi Shrine
- Ide TownMost tea fields went back to forest.Mori no Chaen, forest tea garden
- Ujitawara TownSencha spreader's thatched birthplace.Nagatani Soen Birthplace, Hoiro
- Wazuka TownShowa machinery made these tea hills.Yamanari tea fields, Ishidera
- Minamiyamashiro VillageA covering hall holds several shrines.Rokusho Shrine, Nodono
Nara Prefecture1
Nara Prefecture pageOkayama Prefecture1
Okayama Prefecture pageTokushima Prefecture2
Tokushima Prefecture pageEhime Prefecture1
Ehime Prefecture pageKochi Prefecture3
Kochi Prefecture pageFukuoka Prefecture1
Fukuoka Prefecture pageSaga Prefecture2
Saga Prefecture pageNagasaki Prefecture1
Nagasaki Prefecture pageLANGUAGEEnglish日本語