For tea learners
According to Kyoto Prefecture’s tea statistics, Wazuka Town ranked No. 1 within Kyoto Prefecture for crude-tea (aracha) production every year for the 7 years from FY2019 to FY2025 (Reiwa 1–7); its share of the prefectural total in FY2020–FY2025 (Reiwa 2–7) was 43.5–49.2%. In the most recent year, FY2025 (Reiwa 7), crude-tea production was 884,889 kg. These figures are a place to start learning about tea.
By the numbers
- No. 1 in Kyoto Prefecture for crude-tea production (FY2019–FY2025 / Reiwa 1–7; 7 years in a row)
- Share of the prefectural total: 43.5–49.2% (FY2020–FY2025 / Reiwa 2–7)
- Crude-tea production in FY2025 (Reiwa 7): 884,889 kg
- For gyokuro alone, Ujitawara Town is No. 1 (67.8 t of the prefecture’s total of 94.3 t, or about 70%; FY2025 / Reiwa 7). Wazuka Town ranks 5th; its main teas are sencha, kabusecha and tencha (the raw material for matcha).
Source: Kyoto Prefecture tea statistics (FY2025 / Reiwa 7). The crude-tea ranking and share of the prefectural total also appear on this site’s page “Kyoto Prefecture’s Largest Tea-Growing Area”.
Articles and broadcasts
- “We have a sense of crisis that sencha will die out if things go on like this”: the people protecting the “Kyoto of Tea” and linking its history to the future (Japanese) FRaU web · 28 May 2026
- Matcha boom: highest winning bid for Uji tea is 500,000 yen per kilo for hand-picked gyokuro; sencha at 1.2 times last year (Japanese) Yomiuri Shimbun · 25 April 2026
- Kyoto: Uji tea, deep and mellow — first market of the season in Joyo, top price 500,000 yen per kilo (Japanese) Yomiuri Shimbun · 25 April 2026
- Sold out in 15 minutes… the “matcha boom” brings unusual changes to Kyoto’s tea fields! Sencha, now produced in smaller amounts, is also rising in price (Japanese) Kansai TV (Kantele) · broadcast 29 May 2025
- Record-high winning bid at the first Uji tea market of the season in southern Kyoto Prefecture — anticipating demand from more inbound visitors? (Japanese) Kyoto Shimbun · 23 April 2025
- Hand-rolled sencha in southern Kyoto Prefecture: young growers take on the traditional method — “the give-and-take is what I enjoy” (Japanese) Kyoto Shimbun · 17 April 2025
- Let’s go to the “Chagenkyo Matsuri” in Wazuka, Kyoto Prefecture: tea tasting and sales by tea farmers, plus hands-on hand-rolled tea making (Japanese) Kyoto Shimbun · 30 October 2025
- In between takes of “Hakkutsu! Nippon Nakamaru-jirushi”… #57 (Japanese) ABC TV · broadcast 18 May 2024
This list is compiled from the titles of newspaper, magazine, broadcast and official-website items in this site’s records, and from the wording of each page. The content is as of the date of each item. (Article titles are our translations of the Japanese originals.)