Living in Wazuka Town

A main production area of Uji tea where terraced tea fields cover the mountain slopes. There is no railway station and it takes about an hour and a half by car to the city center, so a car is practically essential, and the tea-field scenery itself is the character of this village.

A main production area of Kyoto's Uji tea, a village called 'Chagenkyo' (the tea utopia), where terraced tea fields that have continued for more than 800 years cover the mountain slopes. There is no railway station, so you change to a bus at JR Kamo Station, and it takes 80 to 90 minutes by car to central Kyoto or Osaka, so a car is practically essential. The tea-field scenery itself is special enough to be designated a Japan Heritage site and draws many tourists, but commuting to a big city is realistically difficult here. It is a neighborhood that suits newcomers moving to the countryside who want tea farming and the relaxed pace of nature.