This list of the 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 of academics from nominations by each prefecture, in 117 municipalities from Tōhoku to Kyūshū.
Terraces
Terrace Prefecture Municipality Image Coordinates Area (ha) Average Gradient No. of Paddies Development RefYamabuki Iwate Ichinoseki 5.0 1 in 6 50 Heian to Muromachi period; since 1946 Sawajiri Miyagi Marumori 4.1 1 in 8 56 Sengoku to Edo period; since 1946 Nishiyama Miyagi Kurihara 2.0 1 in 11 30 Meiji period onwards Kunugidaira Yamagata Asahi 10.5 1 in 20 208 since 1946 Ōwarabi Yamagata Yamanobe 3.4 1 in 7 27 Meiji to 1945 Shikamura Yamagata Ōkura 12.5 1 in 20 135 Meiji to early Shōwa Ishibatake Tochigi Motegi 2.4 1 in 8 180 unknown Kunimi Tochigi Nasukarasuyama 2.1 1 in 11 50 Meiji to 1945 Ōyama-senmaida Chiba Kamogawa 3.1 1 in 5 375 Medieval Kamufinakura Niigata Jōetsu 29 1 in 10 410 since 1946 Kitsunezuka Niigata Tōkamachi 19 1 in 5 84 Sengoku to Edo period; 1982 to 1987 Hasuno Niigata Jōetsu 30.6 1 in 6 28 since 1946 Hananosaka Niigata Kashiwazaki 8.8 1 in 15 46 Meiji to 1945 Nashinokida Niigata Kashiwazaki 2.8 1 in 8 47 Sengoku to Edo period; 1998 Ōbiraki Niigata Kashiwazaki 12.0 1 in 6 52 Meiji to 1945 Kitaimogawa Niigata Sanjō 9.5 1 in 20 280 unknown Nagasaka Toyama Himi 10.5 1 in 10 150 Sengoku to Edo period Minori Toyama Toyama 14.8 1 in 20 95 from the Meiji period Okuyamada Ishikawa Tsubata 1.7 1 in 20 15 Meiji period to 1945 Ōsasanami-suiden Ishikawa Shika 1.15 1 in 20 180 Meiji period to 1945 Shirayone-senmaida Ishikawa Wajima 1.2 1 in 3 2092 Sengoku to Edo period Nashigadaira-senmaida Fukui Echizen 3.5 1 in 3 300 Sengoku to Edo period Hibiki Fukui Takahama 3.36 1 in 5 204 Sengoku to Edo period Utsuboiri Nagano Komoro 8.0 1 in 10 180 Sengoku to Edo period Inakura Nagano Ueda 8.4 1 in 9 87 Sengoku to Edo period Himegozawa Nagano Tomi 14.0 1 in 9 153 Sengoku to Edo period Takinosawa Nagano Tomi 8.0 1 in 8 75 Sengoku to Edo period Yokonetanbo Nagano Iida 3.0 1 in 4.3 110 Sengoku to Edo period Jūtarō Nagano Ōmachi 3.8 1 in 4 52 Sengoku to Edo period Aoni Nagano Hakuba 4.2 1 in 15 80 Edo period Keishioki Nagano Nagano 2.0 1 in 10 25 Meiji to 1945 Negoshioki Nagano Nagano 3.0 1 in 15 50 Meiji to 1945 Haradaoki Nagano Nagano 1.5 1 in 10 25 Meiji to 1945 Obasute Nagano Chikuma 25 1 in 7 2000 Sengoku to Edo period Shiomoto Nagano Nagano 6.0 1 in 8 259 modern Tochikura Nagano Nagano 6.2 1 in 5 42 since 1946 Ōnishi Nagano Nagano 4.0 1 in 8 45 Meiji to 1945 Tazawaoki Nagano Nagano 1.1 1 in 8 18 since 1946 Fukushima-shinden Nagano Iiyama 10.0 1 in 12 150 Edo period Shōgahora Gifu Gujō 2.7 1 in 6 24 Sengoku to Edo period Kamidaida Gifu Yaotsu 5.0 1 in 6 123 unknown Sakaori Gifu Ena 14.0 1 in 7 468 Sengoku to Edo period Tadokoro-ke Gifu Takayama 1.2 1 in 7 47 Meiji to 1945 Nakaida Gifu Takayama 2.1 1 in 7 43 unknown Kurumeki Shizuoka Hamamatsu 7.7 1 in 5.7 800 Heian to Muromachi period Ōguriyasu Shizuoka Hamamatsu 8.6 1 in 3 481 Sengoku to Edo period Arahara Shizuoka Izu 2.0 1 in 10 25 Sengoku to Edo period Shitanodan Shizuoka Izu 1.5 1 in 6 40 Sengoku to Edo period Kitayama Shizuoka Numazu 1.52 1 in 7 20 Sengoku to Edo period Yotsuya-senmaida Aichi Shinshiro 7.4 1 in 4 852 Heian to Muromachi period Nagae Aichi Shitara 3.4 1 in 8 90 Meiji to 1945 Maruyama-senmaida Mie Kumano 7.2 1 in 4 1340 Sengoku to Edo period Fukano-no-Dandanta Mie Matsusaka 4.7 1 in 15 550 Meiji to 1945 Sakamoto Mie Kameyama 12 1 in 10 130 Sengoku to Edo period Hata Shiga Takashima 15.4 1 in 6 359 Heian to Muromachi period Kehara Kyōto Fukuchiyama 5.0 1 in 10 600 Sengoku to Edo period Sodeshi Kyōto Kyōtango 11.8 1 in 10 400 Sengoku to Edo period Shimo-Akasaka Ōsaka Chihayaakasaka 7.4 1 in 6 250 Muromachi period Nagatani Ōsaka Nose 5.9 1 in 5 200 Meiji period to 1945 Isarigami Hyōgo Taka 11.8 1 in 6 344 Sengoku to Edo period Otsuōkidani Hyōgo Sayō 23 1 in 20 988 Heian to Muromachi period Ueyama Hyōgo Kami 3.1 1 in 5 39 unknown Nishigaoka Hyōgo Kami 6.9 1 in 2.8 126 Heian to Muromachi period Kannabi-no-Sato (Inabuchi) Nara Asuka 21.5 1 in 4 315 Heian to Muromachi period Aragijima Wakayama Aridagawa 2.34 1 in 12.4 54 Sengoku to Edo period Yokoo Tottori Iwami 25 1 in 16 500 Sengoku to Edo period Tsukuyone Tottori Wakasa 4.36 1 in 5 100 Sengoku to Edo period Nakagaachi Shimane Masuda 6.2 1 in 4 376 Heian to Muromachi period Sannōji Shimane Unnan 19 1 in 8 200 Sengoku to Edo period Ōhara-shinden Shimane Okuizumo 4.9 1 in 8 38 Heian to Muromachi period Kandani Shimane Ōnan 12 1 in 10 128 Sengoku to Edo period Tsukawa Shimane Hamada 6.7 1 in 10 200 Heian to Muromachi period Murodani Shimane Hamada 28 1 in 10 4000 Heian to Muromachi period Ōidani Shimane Yoshika 8.2 1 in 6 639 Sengoku to Edo period Kitashō Okayama Kumenan 88 1 in 7.5 2700 Meiji to 1945 Kamimomi Okayama Kumenan 22 1 in 7 1000 Meiji to 1945 Koyama Okayama Misaki 5.5 1 in 10 30 Meiji to 1945 Ōhaga-nishi Okayama Misaki 42.2 1 in 5 850 Meiji to 1945 Ini Hiroshima Akiōta 10.1 1 in 6 324 Medieval, modern Higashi-Ushiro-bata Yamaguchi Nagato 7 1 in 15 210 Sengoku to Edo period Kashihara Tokushima Kamikatsu 5.5 1 in 3.7 546 Heian to Muromachi period Shimokage Tokushima Miyoshi 1.1 1 in 4 30 Meiji to 1945 Nakayama-senmaida Kagawa Shōdoshima 12.4 1 in 5 888 Medieval, modern Izumitani Ehime Uchiko 4.0 1 in 3 95 Meiji to 1945 Dōnosako Ehime Seiyo 1.5 1 in 5 100 Heian to Muromachi period Okuuchi Ehime Matsuno 20 1 in 7 600 ancient Senmaida Kōchi Yusuhara 2.5 1 in 10 250 Heian to Muromachi period Hirouchi-Uebaru Fukuoka Yame 5.9 1 in 3.6 200 Sengoku to Edo period Tsuzura Fukuoka Ukiha 6 1 in 6.7 300 Sengoku to Edo period Shirakawa Fukuoka Asakura 2.3 1 in 8 40 unknown Take Fukuoka Tōhō 13 1 in 10 400 Sengoku to Edo period Warabino Saga Karatsu 40 1 in 4 1050 Sengoku to Edo period Ōura Saga Karatsu 35.4 1 in 5 1096 Heian to Muromachi period Hamanoura Saga Genkai 11.5 1 in 7 283 Sengoku to Edo period Take Saga Arita 28.6 1 in 5 570 Sengoku to Edo period Eriyama Saga Ogi 16.4 1 in 5 592 Heian to Muromachi period Nishinotani Saga Saga 5 1 in 10.3 74 unknown Oniki Nagasaki Hasami 50 1 in 6 700 Heian to Muromachi period Doya Nagasaki Matsuura 10 1 in 4 400 Meiji to 1945 Hinata Nagasaki Kawatana 6 1 in 15 80 Meiji to 1945 Ōnakao Nagasaki Nagasaki 6.5 1 in 20 300 Sengoku to Edo period Tanimizu Nagasaki Minamishimabara 4.5 1 in 5 230 Meiji to 1945 Shimizu Nagasaki Unzen 10 1 in 5 260 Meiji to 1945 Ōgi Kumamoto Ubuyama 2.1 1 in 10 17 Sengoku to Edo period Nichikō Kumamoto Yatsushiro 2 1 in 5 232 Sengoku to Edo period Tenjinkoba Kumamoto Yatsushiro 2 1 in 5 60 Sengoku to Edo period Bishō Kumamoto Yatsushiro 1.3 1 in 10 52 Sengoku to Edo period Ōsakuyama-senmaida Kumamoto Kamiamakusa 13 1 in 7 110 Hiean to Muromachi period Seishukassō Kumamoto Yamaga 1.1 1 in 6.6 80 Meiji to 1945 Oninokuchi Kumamoto Kuma 2 1 in 5 80 unknown Matsutani Kumamoto Kuma 4 1 in 4 60 unknown Samukawa Kumamoto Minamata 10 1 in 6 469 Meiji to 1945 Mine Kumamoto Yamato 12.2 1 in 20 215 Sengoku to Edo period Sugesakoda Kumamoto Yamato 40.8 1 in 15 517 Sengoku to Edo period Yufugawa-Okuzume Ōita Yufu 4.5 1 in 4 87 Sengoku to Edo period Uchinari Ōita Beppu 41.7 1 in 10.4 1000 Sengoku to Edo period Jikumaru Ōita Bungo-ōno 51.6 1 in 10.5 1100 Sengoku to Edo period Yamaurasōzu Ōita Kusu 6.0 1 in 5 120 Meiji to 1945 Ryōai Ōita Usa 7.0 1 in 5 147 Sengoku to Edo period Hadaka Ōita Nakatsu 4.9 1 in 10 70 Sengoku to Edo period Masaki Miyazaki Ebino 0.8 1 in 8.5 33 since 1946 Otonokuchi (Kamigami-no-Sato) Miyazaki Takachiho 16.4 1 in 10 780 Meiji to 1945 Tochimata Miyazaki Takachiho 24.5 1 in 10 748 Meiji to 1945 Tokubettō Miyazaki Takachiho 25.4 1 in 12 720 since 1946 Ishigaki-no-Mura Miyazaki Hinokage 6 1 in 4 178 Meiji to 1945 Tori-no-Su Miyazaki Gokase 2.14 1 in 12 49 Meiji to 1945 Shimonoharu Miyazaki Gokase 5.7 1 in 15 105 Meiji to 1945 Hizoe Miyazaki Gokase 7.5 1 in 18 Meiji to 1945 Sakamoto Miyazaki Nichinan 3.5 1 in 5.7 120 Meiji to 1945 Mukae Miyazaki Nishimera 3.2 1 in 6 61 Nara period Harunohira Miyazaki Nishimera 3.6 1 in 10 67 Meiji to 1945 Uchinoo Kagoshima Satsumasendai 10.9 1 in 6 75 Sengoku to Edo period Kōda Kagoshima Yūsui 10 1 in 16 102 Sengoku to Edo period Tsukuda Kagoshima Minamikyūshū 24 1 in 1 127 from 1993
See also 100 Fishing Village Heritage Sites (Japan) 100 Soundscapes of Japan Rice
References
External links 100 Terraced Rice Fields of Japan (JARUS (The Japan Association of Rural Solutions for Environmental Conservation and Resource Recycling)) 100 Terraced Rice Fields of Japan (Rice Terrace Network (NPO))