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Kawane-honcho is located at the mountain area in the center of Shizuoka prefecture, with about 94% of the area covered by forest. Currently the Oigawa Railway main line is closed between Kawane Onsen Sasamado Station and Senzu Station du...

Hiking start from Subashiri 5th station, one of the entrance of climbing Mt.Fuji. While the mountain is open, you have to leave your car at the road station Subashiri(free parking) if you come by your own car or a rental car. Then you ca...

Getting off Shinkansen bullet train at Shizuoka Station, I rode a JR train to Okitsu Station.  It’s not so bad for me to take a local train as I can find lots of local treasures through the window. At Okitsu Station, my guide was wa...

Students from the US came to a school in Shizuoka city on June. Students from California visited a school in Shizuoka city on June. They are all learning Japanese and some of them could speak Japanese really well. They were all excited t...

Green tea is now very popular all over the world but have you ever heard of “Gyokuro” green tea ?  It is regarded as the best green tea and is grown mainly in 3 regions in Japan, that is, Yame in Fukuoka, Uji in Kyoto, and Asahina in Shi...

It was a beautiful day with Mt. Fuji ahead.  Picked up by the host family at the station, we became a member of the family.  In the Farm Stay experience, you are not a guest any more, you have to become a member of the family, that is, y...

Once upon a time, there lived a girl in a village by the river called Kunowaki and on the other side of the river, there lived a boy in a village called Jina. Now, you can imagine how this old story went, right, they fell in love each ot...

One of our recommended experiences for the education tour is a hike on Mt. Fuji.  Hoei crater is said erupted more than 300 years ago.  At that time, people say black ash covered the whole sky for weeks and that reached as far as Tokyo. ...

"Shizuoka is Japan’s top tea-producing region, thanks to its warm climate and ideal amount of rainfall, which create perfect conditions for tea cultivation. About 40% of Japan’s total tea-growing area, fresh tea leaf harvest, and crude t...