It looks like boxwood. However, sometimes in Asia they trim tea plants
(camellia sinensis) into this shape, which is also how they appear in
pictures of tea plantations. At this distance it's hard to see the size of
the leaves. Camellia sinensis leaves would be larger than boxwood for sure,
which has very small leaves (about the size of a dime, vs. the size of a
silver dollar).
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http://www.rivartestudio.com/images/Japanese-Tree-A.gif

can someone tell me what the round trees are?