Initially the tea farmers switched only reluctant to the new variety but since 1999 about 95.6% of the tea farms use Yabukita. In other prefectures Yakubita is also used. In Mie are up to 84%, 77%, Fukuoka, Saitama 72%, 62%, and in Kyoto, Kagoshima 40% of all tea plants are Yabukita. Extrapolated to whole Japan these are 77% of all tea plants. | Initially the tea farmers switched only reluctant to the new variety but since 1999 about 95.6% of the tea farms use Yabukita. In other prefectures Yakubita is also used. In Mie are up to 84%, 77%, Fukuoka, Saitama 72%, 62%, and in Kyoto, Kagoshima 40% of all tea plants are Yabukita. Extrapolated to whole Japan these are 77% of all tea plants. |