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  2. 100 Terraced Rice Fields of Japan - Wikipedia

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    This list of the 100 Terraced Rice Fields of Japan (日本の棚田百選, Nihon no tanada hyakusen) is an initiative by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to promote the maintenance and preservation of the terraces alongside public interest in agriculture and rural areas. In 1999, some 134 terraces were selected by a committee ...

  3. Wajima, Ishikawa - Wikipedia

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    Wajima, Ishikawa. Wajima (輪島市, Wajima-shi) is a city located in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. As of 31 January 2018, the city had an estimated population of 27,698 in 12768 households, and a population density of 65 persons per km². [1] The total area of the city was 426.32 square kilometres (164.60 sq mi).

  4. Terrace (earthworks) - Wikipedia

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    Rice terrace in the Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. In agriculture, a terrace is a piece of sloped plane that has been cut into a series of successively receding flat surfaces or platforms, which resemble steps, for the purposes of more effective farming. This type of landscaping is therefore called terracing.

  5. Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama - Wikipedia

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    The Historic Villages of Shirakawa-gō and Gokayama are one of Japan's UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The cultural property consists of three historic mountain villages over an area of 68 hectares (170 acres) in the remote Shogawa river valley, stretching across the border of Gifu and Toyama Prefectures in central Japan.

  6. Paddy field - Wikipedia

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    Farmers planting rice in Cambodia. A paddy field is a flooded field of arable land used for growing semiaquatic crops, most notably rice and taro. It originates from the Neolithic rice-farming cultures of the Yangtze River basin in southern China, associated with pre-Austronesian and Hmong-Mien cultures.

  7. Longsheng Rice Terraces - Wikipedia

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    The terraced fields are built along the slope winding from the riverside up to the mountain top, between 600 and 800 metres (2,000 and 2,600 ft) above sea level. [1] A coiling terrace line that starts from the mountain foot up to the mountain top divides the mountain into layers of water in spring, layers of green rice shoots in summer, layers ...

  8. Rice paddy art - Wikipedia

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    Rice paddy art. Depiction of Naoe Kanetsugu, a commander from the Sengoku period, in a rice field. Rice paddy art or tambo art (田んぼアート, tanbo āto) is an art form originating in Japan where people plant rice of various types and colors to create images in a paddy field. [1][2]

  9. Built on backs of slaves: New mapping shows clearer picture ...

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    July 2, 2022 at 5:00 AM. More than 236,000 acres of rice fields spanning 160 miles once covered coastal South Carolina, according to a recent mapping project that used modern tools to document the ...