THE ISHITERA TEA FIELDS IN WAZUKA, A DESIGNATED HERITAGE SITE
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The Yamashiro region of Kyoto Prefecture, which boasts approximately 40% of the prefecture’s tea production, is famous for producing Uji tea, a premium brand of Japanese tea, and the valleys and hills in this region are covered with vast “tea fields.” The “tea fields of Ishidera” have been designated as Kyoto Prefecture’s scenic asset No. 1, and have also been recognized as a Japan Heritage site, and can be said to be the “original landscape of tea fields” that always appears in various tea discussions.