Japan is famous for combining ancient traditions with futuristic cities, but it also has a surprising side. Scattered across the country are places that look like they belong somewhere else entirely: ...

Farmers must incessantly weed rice paddies to maintain water flow through the terraces. Rice ... Indeed, as a matter of tradition, the Japanese government strictly prohibits the import of rice ...

Illuminations are a popular winter event all across Japan, and one of the more unusual spectacles this year is this massive light-up of rice terraces in Wajima, Ishikawa prefecture. Located in the ...

The prefecture is called “the Land of Sunshine” because of its pleasant climate, but farmers working among the paddy fields and ancient rice terraces ... around 15% of Japanese paddy fields ...