Rice production in Japan
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Rice production in Japan is important to the food supply in Japan, with rice being a staple part of the Japanese diet. Most people in Japan see this food as a substantial part of their daily diet.
Rice paddies in Aizu, Fukushima
Rice fields in Sawara, Katori, Chiba
Peasants planting rice, by Hiroshige, c. 1847
Japanese women rice farmers taken between 1914 and 1918.
History of rice cultivation
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The history of rice cultivation is an interdisciplinary subject that studies archaeological and documentary evidence to explain how rice was first domesticated and cultivated by humans, the spread of
Bas-relief at Karmawibhanga Museum in Central Java of 9th century Borobudur describes rice barn and rice plants being infested by mouse pestilence. Rice farming has a long history in Indonesia.
Banaue Rice Terraces in Luzon, Philippines
Rice broker in 1820s Japan of the Edo period ("36 Views of Mount Fuji" Hokusai)
Paddy field in West Bengal, India