An Exploratory Study on Inter-regional Tea Industry between Chollanamdo Province in Korea and Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan.

Korea and Japan have a long history of Green Tea plant cultivation and tea drinking. Currently, the methods of tea cultivation and processing in korea are still of conventional type, but Japan's tea plant cultivation and processing methods are more advanced and modern. By the way. Koreans' tea consumption quantity have been increased every year throughout the country. Also, the whole quantity of black tea is imported and an low price green tea is likely to be imported to Korea by an open import policy. Originally, Korea have a lot of genetic resources of tea plants. Also, some good flavors of panning tea enables to export to Japan and have an international competitiveness.