KYOTO, Japan -- Jintaro Yamamoto grows and sells green tea much in the same way his elders did before him since the family business began in the mid-19th century.
Jintaro Yamamoto uses straw to shade tea leaves grown for matcha at his family's farm in Uji, Japan, rather than plastic sheeting: The use of traditional materials and methods can be quite labor intensive. (Photo by Ken Kobayashi)
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