The southern Kyoto region, where rivers such as the Ujigawa and Kizugawa flow, has optimal tea-growing conditions including annual rainfall, soil quality, and gently sloping terrain; Uji tea has been produced there since the Kamakura period and was promoted by the Ashikaga shogunate in the Muromachi period.

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