Yame
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About Yame
Yame (八女) is a city in Fukuoka prefecture. Yame tea (八女茶) is one of the largest Japanese tea production areas, and as famous as other places like Shizuoka, Uji and Chiran.
Yame travel guide
Understand
The name "Yame" (八女) comes from a passage in the Nihon Shoki, the oldest text of Japanese history and legends, that states that a goddess named Yame Tsuhime lives in the mountains in this area, so the city is named after her.
Tourist information site The local tourist association has a multilingual guide site.
See
Yametsuhime Shrine (八女津媛神社). The shrine was built in the mountains where the mountain goddess Yame Tsuhime is said to reside according to the Nihon Shoki. The city is named after her. It is said to have existed here for 1300 years. (updated Nov 2024) Yame-Fukushima Historic District (八女福島). A historic preservation district of white-walled storehouses from the Edo, Meiji, and Taisho periods. (updated Nov 2024)
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Overview adapted from Wikipedia, travel guide fromWikivoyage (CC BY-SA)。Photography via Wikimedia Commons.