Everywhere you walk in Yuyadani you see small wild camellia plants sprouting.

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   Beyond the tea fields the woodland has been allowed to go to seed, with tea plants springing up here and there.

   Japanese tea cultivation began in Ujitawara in Kamakura times (1185-1333), and the method of manufacturing green tea developed here in the mid-Edo period (1603-1867).

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