This is the report of World O-CHA Festival held from October 5th through 8th in 2001 as a special event to search for further potentials of tea. The festival successfully ended with 111,227 visitors, which was more than what we had initially expected.

THE EXECUTEIVE COMMITTEE OF WORLD O-CHA(TEA) FESTIVAL (O-CHA(tea) promotion Office, Shizuoka Prefectural Govermment) Shizuoka O-CHA Plaza, 14-1 Minamicho, Suruga-ku, Shizuoka City, Shizuoka Prefecture, 422-8067 Japan Tel:+81-54-221-3335 Fax:+81-54-221-1480 E-mail:wof@pref.shizuoka.lg.jp