Restoration of the Terasaka terraced rice paddies begins.
June 19, 2018, Yokose-machi, Japan - It's time for planting in the terraced rice-fields, the largest of its kind in Saitama Prefecture, in It's time for planting in the terraced rice-fields, the largest of its kind in Saitama Prefecture, in Terasaka, some 50 km northeast of Tokyo, on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. once abandoned for cultivation due to lack of farm successors and difficulties of maitenance and management Once abandoned for cultivation due to lack of farm successors and difficulties of maitenance and management, four hectares of the total 5.2-hectare paddy field have been re-cultivated by volunteer local farmers since 2001. Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) AYF -mis-