Dairy life with Kakegawa green tea

Kakeagwa city is one of the top green tea producing centers in Japan where the climate ism perfect for growing green tea and nature is abundant.
Fukamushicha, deep steamed green tea is a perfectly fit for the quality of tea leaves in Kakegawa.You can enjoy the deep green color and natural sweet taste.

Kakegawa, Green Tea Producing Center of the World with Pride

Green tea farmers' handwork to produce better tea is awarded the top class green tea in the world. Kakegawa is extremely valuable farming area where coexistence of agricultural activities and dynamic biodiversity are preserved.

Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems
Traditional Tea-grass Integrated System inShizuoka (Chagusaba)

Chagusaba Farming Method is a traditional agricultural technique in this area. It maintains grasslands around tea fields to supply mulch and improve the quality of tea. Green tea farmers cut the grass in late autumn. Then they dry and cut them to cast in between the tea bush farrows. This time and labor consuming process is added co regular green tea farming to produce high quality green tea leaves.
The decreasing number of plant species in Japan such as Sasayuri (Lilium Japonicum) and Kawaranadeshiko (Dianthus Superbus) grow in this area. You can also find many animals and insects including grasshoppers called Kakegawa fukibatta which are indigenous species in Shizuoka. This farming method has preserved the coexistence of agricultural activities and biodiversity.
*Chagusaba Farming Method in Shizuoka was designated as Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System(GIAHS) in 2013.

GIAHS

GIAHS is the acronym of the official term, Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems, a program established in 2002 with the purpose of conserving and sustaining traditional agricultures and cultures as well as landscapes that are in decline due to the effects of globalization, deterioration of the environment, and increasing populations.
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), an international organization aiming at ensuring food safety, established GIAHS with the purpose of passing down to future generations not only globally important agricultures and land usage, but also cultural elements related co agriculture, including ecology systems, landscapes, customs, and traditional cultures.