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Kagoshima Prefecture has overtaken Shizuoka Prefecture to become Japan s top producer of green tea. | KYODO
Jiji May 16, 2021
Kagoshima/Shizuoka – Kagoshima Prefecture is struggling to make a name for itself as a green-tea powerhouse despite dethroning Shizuoka Prefecture as Japan’s biggest producer.
The southwestern prefecture surprised the tea industry when statistics released in March showed that it produced ¥25.2 billion-worth of tea leaves in 2019, beating Shizuoka Prefecture’s ¥25.1 billion.