The World's Farms
Niigata Prefecture
Rice harvesting
(October 18, 2009)
Fully grown ears of rice await to be cropped in a village in Uonuma, Niigata prefecture, north of Tokyo, on October 18, 2009. Uonuma, famous throughout Japan for its delicious rice, faces a serious social problem - lack of workers who are willing to succeed in farming. (Photo by Natsuki Sakai/AFLO) [3615] -mis-