“Somewhere in those hills is a tea garden.” It was a phrase I kept repeating with increasing determination as I drove in seemingly aimless circles on the busy roads of Yame town. A few wrong turns, one stop for directions and I found the little lane just past a store selling tea (what else) that led deeper and deeper into the heart of Yame’s tea-growing region. What the brochure called a garden was in reality hundreds of acres of tea bushes, a veritable green sea. From the viewpoint at the crest of a hill, I gazed down on the hazy fields. Even in winter, with the bushes not yet nearing the picking season, the panorama was breathtaking. You can arrange tours of the fields in spring and summer but on this day, it was enough to just sit and soak up the scenery.
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Yame Central Tea Garden
Tracking down tea at its source in Fukuoka
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By Mandy Bartok
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![The green fields of Yame Central Tea Garden](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/3670-22821/1000/fukuoka-yame-central-tea-garden-22821.jpg)
The green fields of Yame Central Tea Garden
![Rows upon rows of tea bushes](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/3670-22822/1000/fukuoka-yame-central-tea-garden-22822.jpg)
Rows upon rows of tea bushes
![A closer look at Yame's tea bushes](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/3670-22823/1000/fukuoka-yame-central-tea-garden-22823.jpg)
A closer look at Yame's tea bushes
![Bushes as far as the eye can see](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/3670-22824/1000/fukuoka-yame-central-tea-garden-22824.jpg)
Bushes as far as the eye can see
![Just a sea of green](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/3670-22825/1000/fukuoka-yame-central-tea-garden-22825.jpg)
Just a sea of green
![Tricks of color and shadow on the tea fields](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/3670-22826/1000/fukuoka-yame-central-tea-garden-22826.jpg)
Tricks of color and shadow on the tea fields
![A view from the hill overlooking the garden](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/3670-22827/1000/fukuoka-yame-central-tea-garden-22827.jpg)
A view from the hill overlooking the garden
![Tea bushes a few months from the first harvest of the year](https://a0.cdn.japantravel.com/photo/3670-22831/1000/fukuoka-yame-central-tea-garden-22831.jpg)
Tea bushes a few months from the first harvest of the year
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