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July 11, 2010

Escarpment



Do you like a view from the hill?




West Japan in the Edo period(1603-1868), the small size of the clan, many of them narrow alluvial plain too.
Therefore, to increase the incomes of the clan, often paddy fields were made to the slope of mountain.
Tradition of Rice Terraces(棚田, Tanada) is succeeded to now.

2 comments:

  1. superbe paysage, superbement photographié...

    Loves from France,

    'Tsuki

    PS : your blog is really one of the best way to visit Japan... ;)

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  2. What beauty of photos... Green Fields as tapestries, where the rice grows; blue skies and flowers turned pink with his(her,your) aromatic ostentations.

    Since(As,Like) always, precious(beautiful) be afraid.

    Regards,
    Luis.

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