Here, we offer farm stays in Kakegawa City and the adjacent Oigawa River basin—one of the premier tea-producing regions in Shizuoka Prefecture—where you can enjoy the vast tea plantations alongside the local farmers.
Your guests can enjoy tea picking anytime from late April—the start of the new tea season—through October, when the year's final harvest takes place.
Furthermore, even during the winter months starting in November, unique farming activities take place here; you can observe these processes and, if you wish, even lend a hand.
This tea cultivation method—which involves cutting grasses such as pampas grass and bamboo around the tea fields and spreading the dried grass between the rows—has been passed down for nearly 200 years to produce high-quality tea. As a result, the area maintains a habitat for some 300 species of rare flora and fauna. Recognized in 2013 as "Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems: Shizuoka's Tea-Grass Field Farming Method."
We recommend this local farm stay—hosted by producers who practice this cultivation method in line with the SDGs—for educational travel groups, corporate training programs, and MICE events, as well as for independent travelers (FIT) from Europe, the U.S., and Australia who love tea.
Incidentally, this fiscal year, approximately 80% of visitors to the area have been from Europe, the U.S., and Australia.
If you're even slightly interested, please feel free to stop by the farm stay booth for more information.