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治宇南洛
UJI
The village Uji which lies in the east of Yodo is a yery famous for tea in this country. There are very old tea trees at least two or three hundred years old. The ground in this village is so fit for tea trees that no other place can be equal in Japan. Almost all people of this village live in planting the tea trees, and taking the care of the plants.
A great many quantities of tea are sent out all over this country and even foreign countries. That is most principale production in this country.
In the spring women and girls pick the leaves of the plants and that is very beautiful sight.
It is in the direction of the south west from this city and the distance to the village from Sanjio is 3 Ris.
