Tour of Japan's Top 100 Rice Terraces: Selected by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
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Japan's Top 100 Rice Terraces" is a selection of 134 terraced rice fields designated by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 1999 (some areas are no longer individually recorded due to abandonment, etc.). Rice terraces are organized by region nationwide.
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Tohoku
Kanto
Chubu
Kinki
The "Shimoakasaka" terraced rice fields in Chihayaakasaka Village, Osaka Prefecture. It is one of the "100 Famous Terraced Rice Fields of Japan" (134 districts) selected by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
Chugoku
Shikoku
Kyushu/Okinawa
The terraced rice fields of Genkai Town, Higashimatsuura District, Saga Prefecture, "Hamanoura." It is one of the "100 Selected Terraced Rice Fields of Japan" (134 districts) selected by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
The terraced rice fields of Arita Town, Nishimatsuura District, Saga Prefecture, "Take." It is one of the "100 Selected Terraced Rice Fields of Japan" (134 districts) selected by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
The terraced rice fields of Hinokage Town, Miyazaki Prefecture, "Ishigaki no Mura - Togawa." It is one of the "100 Selected Terraced Rice Fields of Japan" (134 districts) selected by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
The terraced rice fields of Nishi-Mera Village, Miyazaki Prefecture, "Mukae." It is one of the "100 Selected Terraced Rice Fields of Japan" (134 districts) selected by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
The terraced rice fields of Nishi-Mera Village, Miyazaki Prefecture, "Haruno-hira." It is one of the "100 Selected Terraced Rice Fields of Japan" (134 districts) selected by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
The terraced rice fields of Satsumasendai City, Kagoshima Prefecture, "Uchinoo." It is one of the "100 Selected Terraced Rice Fields of Japan" (134 districts) selected by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
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