SHIZUOKA, Japan - Machine-processed new Japanese tea leaves from central Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture fetched a top price of 1.18 million yen ($7,400) per kilogram at the season's inaugural auction on Monday.
The green tea leaves were grown in the city of Shizuoka, and sold at the Shizuoka Japanese Tea Market's annual auction of the latest crop. Market officials said this year's tea grew steadily, helped by early spring rainfall that supported strong bud growth.
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