The Wazuka area is well known for its mountain tea fields, whose terraced slopes and fog make for the perfect conditions for growing tea. Someone who knows the town’s centuries-long history better than most is Megumi Hori, the fifth-generation owner of Kiroku Tea Garden: “Almost 100 years ago, my great-grandfather came to the mountains here in Wazuka and cleared the forest for our farm. Back then there were no cars or machinery. Early every morning he would walk to the mountain to clear it by hand. It took him five years,” Hori says. After the death of her father five years ago, Hori took over the running of the farm with her mother and sister. “Men in the village asked to buy the farm from us. They didn’t think we’d be able to run it on our own,” she says. “But I knew we could. My mother was always doing men’s work. When my father was sick, she would be the one to tend the fields.” Read more with the link in our bio. 📸 Rachel E.T. Davies
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