✨ A Green Tea Day Trip in Shizuoka 🍵


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Last week, we visited a green tea food and experience park in Shizuoka. You may not know this, but Shizuoka has the largest tea-growing area in Japan!

We brewed our own tea, enjoyed delicious matcha ice cream, and even experienced what it’s like to be a tea leaf!

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Japan’s Green Tea Paradise in Shizuoka

We took a day trip to Shizuoka Prefecture to visit a large green tea experience park!

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