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Kagoshima Tea Guide: Sencha, Chiran Tea, Cultivars & Southern Japan’s Tea Country

At the southern end of Japan’s main islands, Kagoshima has developed into one of the country’s great tea-producing regions. Its warm climate, abundant sunshine, broad agricultural plains and unusually diverse selection of tea cultivars allow growers to produce teas with a character quite different from those of Uji or Shizuoka. Kagoshima is particularly known for …

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