A good cup of tea could help you solve today's Geo Quiz. Not just any tea, though. Green tea. Matcha green tea.
It's a finely ground, powdered tea that's been part of traditional Zen Buddhist tea ceremonies for centuries. We're looking for a Japanese city that's famous for its macha green tea plantations.
The city is in the central Japanese prefecture of Aichi. It's just an hour and half by train from Nagoya, the capital of Aichi.
Right now its harvest time in this city. Tea leaves will be hand-picked, dried, cut and and frozen to preserve their freshness.
So name this green tea city if you can...where an American tea producer is harvesting the green.
One last clue... it's located on the main Japanese island of Honshū along the Pacific coast.
