Wazuka, Kyoto 和束町
(重定向自Wazuka)
Wazuka(和束町,Wazuka-chō) is a town located in Sōraku District, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan.
As of 2008, the town has an estimated population of 5,011. The total area is 64.87 km².
Wazuka is mostly a farming town and prides itself in its top quality green tea actually said by many connoisseurs of tea to be no. 1 in all of Japan. Wazuka is home to roughly 300 tea growing families. The area was selected in the Kamakura period (1192 – 1333) for tea production and has enjoyed an 800-year history as one of the main production areas of Ujicha. Today, while Ujicha comprises only 3% of the tea produced in Japan, it enjoys royal status as one of the most highly prized and respected teas in the country. Also a considerable crop of rice is produced among other agricultural products.