8 reasons to experience Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
Bright green tea fields stretch like a saturated photograph against the mountains in this small prefecture between Tokyo and Nagoya. An abundance of cherry shrimp and Meguro tuna comes from the long coast on Sagami Bay and, inland, a healthy harvest of chestnuts, soft fruit and tea leaves supply the family-run restaurants and dessert shops of Atami, Hamamatsu and Iwata.