100 Terraced Rice Fields of Japan

This list of the 100 Terraced Rice Fields of Japan (日本の棚田百選, Nihon no tanada hyakusen) 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	Ref
Yamabuki 山吹	Iwate	Ichinoseki		39°01′37″N 141°23′23″E	5.0	1 in 6	50	Heian to Muromachi period; since 1946	[1]
Sawajiri 沢尻	Miyagi	Marumori		37°56′47″N 140°42′03″E	4.1	1 in 8	56	Sengoku to Edo period; since 1946	[2]
Nishiyama 西山	Miyagi	Kurihara		38°51′41″N 140°56′08″E	2.0	1 in 11	30	Meiji period onwards	[3]
Kunugidaira 椹平	Yamagata	Asahi		38°18′52″N 140°08′31″E	10.5	1 in 20	208	since 1946	[4]
Ōwarabi 大蕨	Yamagata	Yamanobe		38°17′11″N 140°11′59″E	3.4	1 in 7	27	Meiji to 1945	[5]
Shikamura 四ヶ村	Yamagata	Ōkura		38°36′49″N 140°12′47″E	12.5	1 in 20	135	Meiji to early Shōwa	[6]
Ishibatake 石畑	Tochigi	Motegi		36°35′30″N 140°12′17″E	2.4	1 in 8	180	unknown	[7]
Kunimi 国見	Tochigi	Nasukarasuyama		36°36′04″N 140°11′27″E	2.1	1 in 11	50	Meiji to 1945	[8]
Ōyama-senmaida 大山千枚田	Chiba	Kamogawa		35°07′50″N 139°58′27″E	3.1	1 in 5	375	Medieval	[9]
Kamufinakura 上船倉の棚田	Niigata	Jōetsu		37°04′31″N 138°29′46″E	29	1 in 10	410	since 1946	[10]
Kitsunezuka 狐塚の棚田	Niigata	Tōkamachi		37°02′41″N 138°35′04″E	19	1 in 5	84	Sengoku to Edo period; 1982 to 1987	[11]
Hasuno 蓮野の棚田	Niigata	Jōetsu		37°07′25″N 138°30′18″E	30.6	1 in 6	28	since 1946	[12]
Hananosaka 花坂の棚田	Niigata	Kashiwazaki		37°11′20″N 138°34′03″E	8.8	1 in 15	46	Meiji to 1945	[13]
Nashinokida 梨ノ木田の棚田	Niigata	Kashiwazaki		37°12′46″N 138°37′44″E	2.8	1 in 8	47	Sengoku to Edo period; 1998	[14]
Ōbiraki 大開の棚田	Niigata	Kashiwazaki		37°11′20″N 138°34′03″E	12.0	1 in 6	52	Meiji to 1945	[15]
Kitaimogawa 北五百川の棚田	Niigata	Sanjō		37°32′38″N 139°07′47″E	9.5	1 in 20	280	unknown	[16]
Nagasaka 長坂	Toyama	Himi		36°56′50″N 136°59′24″E	10.5	1 in 10	150	Sengoku to Edo period	[17]
Minori 三乗	Toyama	Toyama		36°34′19″N 137°07′20″E	14.8	1 in 20	95	from the Meiji period	[18]
Okuyamada 奥山田	Ishikawa	Tsubata		36°39′28″N 136°43′46″E	1.7	1 in 20	15	Meiji period to 1945	[19]
Ōsasanami-suiden 大笹波水田	Ishikawa	Shika		37°12′04″N 136°41′08″E	1.15	1 in 20	180	Meiji period to 1945	[20]
Shirayone-senmaida 白米の千枚田	Ishikawa	Wajima		37°25′32″N 136°59′58″E	1.2	1 in 3	2092	Sengoku to Edo period	[21]
Nashigadaira-senmaida 梨ヶ平地区千枚田	Fukui	Echizen		35°59′18″N 135°58′09″E	3.5	1 in 3	300	Sengoku to Edo period	[22]
Hibiki 日引	Fukui	Takahama		35°32′30″N 135°28′19″E	3.36	1 in 5	204	Sengoku to Edo period	[23]
Utsuboiri 宇坪入	Nagano	Komoro		36°21′36″N 138°26′19″E	8.0	1 in 10	180	Sengoku to Edo period	[24]
Inakura 稲倉	Nagano	Ueda		36°24′21″N 138°19′03″E	8.4	1 in 9	87	Sengoku to Edo period	[25]
Himegozawa 姫子沢	Nagano	Tomi		36°23′19″N 138°20′52″E	14.0	1 in 9	153	Sengoku to Edo period	[26]
Takinosawa 滝の沢	Nagano	Tomi		36°22′53″N 138°22′24″E	8.0	1 in 8	75	Sengoku to Edo period	[27]
Yokonetanbo よこね田んぼ	Nagano	Iida		35°25′41″N 137°52′21″E	3.0	1 in 4.3	110	Sengoku to Edo period	[28]
Jūtarō 重太郎	Nagano	Ōmachi		36°29′32″N 137°54′16″E	3.8	1 in 4	52	Sengoku to Edo period	[29]
Aoni 青鬼	Nagano	Hakuba		36°43′11″N 137°53′49″E	4.2	1 in 15	80	Edo period	[30]
Keishioki 慶師沖	Nagano	Nagano		36°31′07″N 138°00′07″E	2.0	1 in 10	25	Meiji to 1945	[31]
Negoshioki 根越沖	Nagano	Nagano		36°30′16″N 137°58′35″E	3.0	1 in 15	50	Meiji to 1945	[32]
Haradaoki 原田沖	Nagano	Nagano		36°28′50″N 137°58′51″E	1.5	1 in 10	25	Meiji to 1945	[33]
Obasute 姨捨	Nagano	Chikuma		36°30′13″N 138°05′54″E	25	1 in 7	2000	Sengoku to Edo period	[34]
Shiomoto 塩本	Nagano	Nagano		36°33′28″N 138°00′43″E	6.0	1 in 8	259	modern	[35]
Tochikura 栃倉	Nagano	Nagano		36°36′32″N 138°02′06″E	6.2	1 in 5	42	since 1946	[36]
Ōnishi 大西	Nagano	Nagano		36°36′32″N 138°02′06″E	4.0	1 in 8	45	Meiji to 1945	[37]
Tazawaoki 田沢沖	Nagano	Nagano		36°36′32″N 138°02′06″E	1.1	1 in 8	18	since 1946	[38]
Fukushima-shinden 福島新田	Nagano	Iiyama		36°53′02″N 138°25′58″E	10.0	1 in 12	150	Edo period	[39]
Shōgahora 正ヶ洞	Gifu	Gujō		35°56′29″N 136°49′48″E	2.7	1 in 6	24	Sengoku to Edo period	[40]
Kamidaida 上代田	Gifu	Yaotsu		35°30′27″N 137°08′44″E	5.0	1 in 6	123	unknown	[41]
Sakaori 坂折	Gifu	Ena		35°31′04″N 137°17′13″E	14.0	1 in 7	468	Sengoku to Edo period	[42]
Tadokoro-ke 田頃家	Gifu	Takayama		36°13′26″N 137°31′55″E	1.2	1 in 7	47	Meiji to 1945	[43]
Nakaida ナカイ田	Gifu	Takayama		36°01′33″N 137°18′18″E	2.1	1 in 7	43	unknown	[44]
Kurumeki 久留女木の棚田	Shizuoka	Hamamatsu		34°54′04″N 137°42′11″E	7.7	1 in 5.7	800	Heian to Muromachi period	[45]
Ōguriyasu 大栗安の棚田	Shizuoka	Hamamatsu		34°56′47″N 137°44′19″E	8.6	1 in 3	481	Sengoku to Edo period	[46]
Arahara 荒原の棚田	Shizuoka	Izu		34°53′30″N 138°56′38″E	2.0	1 in 10	25	Sengoku to Edo period	[47]
Shitanodan 下ノ段の棚田	Shizuoka	Izu		34°53′09″N 138°53′56″E	1.5	1 in 6	40	Sengoku to Edo period	[48]
Kitayama 北山の棚田	Shizuoka	Numazu		34°58′06″N 138°48′45″E	1.52	1 in 7	20	Sengoku to Edo period	[49]
Yotsuya-senmaida 四谷千枚田	Aichi	Shinshiro		35°02′54″N 137°33′58″E	7.4	1 in 4	852	Heian to Muromachi period	[50]
Nagae 長江の棚田	Aichi	Shitara		35°06′37″N 137°35′23″E	3.4	1 in 8	90	Meiji to 1945	[51]
Maruyama-senmaida 丸山千枚田	Mie	Kumano		33°52′27″N 135°57′15″E	7.2	1 in 4	1340	Sengoku to Edo period	[52]
Fukano-no-Dandanta 深野のだんだん田	Mie	Matsusaka		34°29′18″N 136°24′09″E	4.7	1 in 15	550	Meiji to 1945	[53]
Sakamoto 坂本	Mie	Kameyama		34°55′34″N 136°24′41″E	12	1 in 10	130	Sengoku to Edo period	[54]
Hata 畑の棚田	Shiga	Takashima		35°17′42″N 135°55′45″E	15.4	1 in 6	359	Heian to Muromachi period	[55]
Kehara 毛原	Kyōto	Fukuchiyama		35°26′50″N 135°09′43″E	5.0	1 in 10	600	Sengoku to Edo period	[56]
Sodeshi 袖志	Kyōto	Kyōtango		35°45′45″N 135°12′30″E	11.8	1 in 10	400	Sengoku to Edo period	[57]
Shimo-Akasaka 下赤阪の棚田	Ōsaka	Chihayaakasaka		34°27′32″N 135°37′06″E	7.4	1 in 6	250	Muromachi period	[58]
Nagatani 長谷の棚田	Ōsaka	Nose		34°58′00″N 135°22′15″E	5.9	1 in 5	200	Meiji period to 1945	[59]
Isarigami 岩座神	Hyōgo	Taka		35°07′29″N 134°53′13″E	11.8	1 in 6	344	Sengoku to Edo period	[60]
Otsuōkidani 乙大木谷	Hyōgo	Sayō		35°02′00″N 134°19′39″E	23	1 in 20	988	Heian to Muromachi period	[61]
Ueyama うへ山	Hyōgo	Kami		35°26′29″N 134°31′37″E	3.1	1 in 5	39	unknown	[62]
Nishigaoka 西ヶ岡	Hyōgo	Kami		35°30′12″N 134°34′53″E	6.9	1 in 2.8	126	Heian to Muromachi period	[63]
Kannabi-no-Sato (Inabuchi) 神奈備の郷(稲淵)	Nara	Asuka		34°27′25″N 135°49′10″E	21.5	1 in 4	315	Heian to Muromachi period	[64]
Aragijima 蘭島	Wakayama	Aridagawa		34°05′32″N 135°25′15″E	2.34	1 in 12.4	54	Sengoku to Edo period	[65]
Yokoo 横尾	Tottori	Iwami		35°30′33″N 134°24′07″E	25	1 in 16	500	Sengoku to Edo period	[66]
Tsukuyone 舂米	Tottori	Wakasa		35°21′23″N 134°29′25″E	4.36	1 in 5	100	Sengoku to Edo period	[67]
Nakagaachi 中垣内	Shimane	Masuda		34°38′54″N 131°44′16″E	6.2	1 in 4	376	Heian to Muromachi period	[68]
Sannōji 山王寺	Shimane	Unnan		35°21′29″N 133°00′19″E	19	1 in 8	200	Sengoku to Edo period	[69]
Ōhara-shinden 大原新田	Shimane	Okuizumo		35°07′32″N 133°04′21″E	4.9	1 in 8	38	Heian to Muromachi period	[70]
Kandani 神谷	Shimane	Ōnan		34°52′55″N 132°40′25″E	12	1 in 10	128	Sengoku to Edo period	[71]
Tsukawa 都川	Shimane	Hamada		34°47′36″N 132°17′21″E	6.7	1 in 10	200	Heian to Muromachi period	[72]
Murodani 室谷	Shimane	Hamada		34°48′47″N 132°01′02″E	28	1 in 10	4000	Heian to Muromachi period	[73]
Ōidani 大井谷	Shimane	Yoshika		34°27′46″N 131°50′52″E	8.2	1 in 6	639	Sengoku to Edo period	[74]
Kitashō 北庄	Okayama	Kumenan		34°27′46″N 131°50′52″E	88	1 in 7.5	2700	Meiji to 1945	[75]
Kamimomi 上籾	Okayama	Kumenan		34°27′46″N 131°50′52″E	22	1 in 7	1000	Meiji to 1945	[76]
Koyama 小山	Okayama	Misaki		34°58′46″N 133°52′34″E	5.5	1 in 10	30	Meiji to 1945	[77]
Ōhaga-nishi 大垪和西棚田	Okayama	Misaki		34°58′46″N 133°52′34″E	42.2	1 in 5	850	Meiji to 1945	[78]
Ini 井仁	Hiroshima	Akiōta		34°58′46″N 133°52′34″E	10.1	1 in 6	324	Medieval, modern	[79]
Higashi-Ushiro-bata 東後畑	Yamaguchi	Nagato		34°24′27″N 131°03′48″E	7	1 in 15	210	Sengoku to Edo period	[80]
Kashihara 樫原の棚田	Tokushima	Kamikatsu		33°53′10″N 134°22′44″E	5.5	1 in 3.7	546	Heian to Muromachi period	[81]
Shimokage 下影	Tokushima	Miyoshi		33°59′25″N 133°52′04″E	1.1	1 in 4	30	Meiji to 1945	[82]
Nakayama-senmaida 中山千枚田	Kagawa	Shōdoshima		34°30′15″N 134°14′22″E	12.4	1 in 5	888	Medieval, modern	[83]
Izumitani 泉谷	Ehime	Uchiko		33°30′57″N 132°42′55″E	4.0	1 in 3	95	Meiji to 1945	[84]
Dōnosako 堂の坂	Ehime	Seiyo		33°22′31″N 132°41′27″E	1.5	1 in 5	100	Heian to Muromachi period	[85]
Okuuchi 奥内	Ehime	Matsuno		33°14′58″N 132°44′39″E	20	1 in 7	600	ancient	[86]
Senmaida 千枚田	Kōchi	Yusuhara		33°23′23″N 132°57′19″E	2.5	1 in 10	250	Heian to Muromachi period	[87]
Hirouchi-Uebaru 広内・上原地区棚田	Fukuoka	Yame		33°16′00″N 130°44′52″E	5.9	1 in 3.6	200	Sengoku to Edo period	[88]
Tsuzura 葛籠棚田	Fukuoka	Ukiha		33°16′07″N 130°49′29″E	6	1 in 6.7	300	Sengoku to Edo period	[89]
Shirakawa 白川	Fukuoka	Asakura		33°29′38″N 130°40′14″E	2.3	1 in 8	40	unknown	[90]
Take 竹	Fukuoka	Tōhō		33°26′11″N 130°52′31″E	13	1 in 10	400	Sengoku to Edo period	[91]
Warabino 蕨野の棚田	Saga	Karatsu		33°17′36″N 130°02′08″E	40	1 in 4	1050	Sengoku to Edo period	[92]
Ōura 大浦の棚田	Saga	Karatsu		33°24′59″N 129°51′55″E	35.4	1 in 5	1096	Heian to Muromachi period	[93]
Hamanoura 浜野浦の棚田	Saga	Genkai		33°29′21″N 129°50′50″E	11.5	1 in 7	283	Sengoku to Edo period	[94]
Take 岳の棚田	Saga	Arita		33°13′39″N 129°49′12″E	28.6	1 in 5	570	Sengoku to Edo period	[95]
Eriyama 江里山の棚田	Saga	Ogi		33°19′35″N 130°11′37″E	16.4	1 in 5	592	Heian to Muromachi period	[96]
Nishinotani 西の谷の棚田	Saga	Saga		33°24′46″N 130°11′17″E	5	1 in 10.3	74	unknown	[97]
Oniki 鬼木棚田	Nagasaki	Hasami		33°07′08″N 129°55′03″E	50	1 in 6	700	Heian to Muromachi period	[98]
Doya 土谷棚田	Nagasaki	Matsuura		33°23′05″N 129°48′59″E	10	1 in 4	400	Meiji to 1945	[99]
Hinata 日向の棚田	Nagasaki	Kawatana		33°05′56″N 129°54′49″E	6	1 in 15	80	Meiji to 1945	[100]
Ōnakao 大中尾棚田	Nagasaki	Nagasaki		32°53′00″N 129°41′47″E	6.5	1 in 20	300	Sengoku to Edo period	[101]
Tanimizu 谷水	Nagasaki	Minamishimabara		32°38′01″N 130°13′20″E	4.5	1 in 5	230	Meiji to 1945	[102]
Shimizu 清水棚田	Nagasaki	Unzen		32°49′07″N 130°09′12″E	10	1 in 5	260	Meiji to 1945	[103]
Ōgi 扇棚田	Kumamoto	Ubuyama		33°02′25″N 131°12′23″E	2.1	1 in 10	17	Sengoku to Edo period	[104]
Nichikō 日光の棚田	Kumamoto	Yatsushiro		32°26′35″N 130°42′37″E	2	1 in 5	232	Sengoku to Edo period	[105]
Tenjinkoba 天神木場の棚田	Kumamoto	Yatsushiro		32°30′56″N 130°42′03″E	2	1 in 5	60	Sengoku to Edo period	[106]
Bishō 美生の棚田	Kumamoto	Yatsushiro		32°30′56″N 130°44′05″E	1.3	1 in 10	52	Sengoku to Edo period	[107]
Ōsakuyama-senmaida 大作山の千枚田	Kumamoto	Kamiamakusa		32°24′17″N 130°22′18″E	13	1 in 7	110	Hiean to Muromachi period	[108]
Seishukassō 静趣活創棚田・番所	Kumamoto	Yamaga		33°05′23″N 130°48′06″E	1.1	1 in 6.6	80	Meiji to 1945	[109]
Oninokuchi 鬼の口棚田	Kumamoto	Kuma		32°14′14″N 130°38′45″E	2	1 in 5	80	unknown	[110]
Matsutani 松谷棚田	Kumamoto	Kuma		32°13′45″N 130°39′55″E	4	1 in 4	60	unknown	[111]
Samukawa 寒川地区棚田	Kumamoto	Minamata		32°10′29″N 130°32′15″E	10	1 in 6	469	Meiji to 1945	[112]
Mine 峰棚田	Kumamoto	Yamato		32°42′57″N 130°54′41″E	12.2	1 in 20	215	Sengoku to Edo period	[113]
Sugesakoda 菅迫田	Kumamoto	Yamato		32°39′01″N 131°01′52″E	40.8	1 in 15	517	Sengoku to Edo period	[114]
Yufugawa-Okuzume 由布川奥詰	Ōita	Yufu			4.5	1 in 4	87	Sengoku to Edo period	[115]
Uchinari 内成棚田	Ōita	Beppu		33°14′06″N 131°28′44″E	41.7	1 in 10.4	1000	Sengoku to Edo period	[116]
Jikumaru 軸丸	Ōita	Bungo-ōno		32°59′05″N 131°27′14″E	51.6	1 in 10.5	1100	Sengoku to Edo period	[117]
Yamaurasōzu 山浦早水	Ōita	Kusu			6.0	1 in 5	120	Meiji to 1945	[118]
Ryōai 両合棚田	Ōita	Usa		33°21′49″N 131°18′45″E	7.0	1 in 5	147	Sengoku to Edo period	[119]
Hadaka 羽高棚田	Ōita	Nakatsu			4.9	1 in 10	70	Sengoku to Edo period	[120]
Masaki 真幸棚田	Miyazaki	Ebino		32°04′35″N 130°43′40″E	0.8	1 in 8.5	33	since 1946	[121]
Otonokuchi (Kamigami-no-Sato) 尾戸の口(神々の里）	Miyazaki	Takachiho		32°42′28″N 131°20′33″E	16.4	1 in 10	780	Meiji to 1945	[122]
Tochimata 栃又	Miyazaki	Takachiho		32°42′48″N 131°20′10″E	24.5	1 in 10	748	Meiji to 1945	[123]
Tokubettō 徳別当	Miyazaki	Takachiho		32°41′34″N 131°16′49″E	25.4	1 in 12	720	since 1946	[124]
Ishigaki-no-Mura 石垣の村	Miyazaki	Hinokage		32°42′00″N 131°24′09″E	6	1 in 4	178	Meiji to 1945	[125]
Tori-no-Su 鳥の巣	Miyazaki	Gokase		32°41′07″N 131°11′52″E	2.14	1 in 12	49	Meiji to 1945	[126]
Shimonoharu 下の原	Miyazaki	Gokase		32°37′28″N 131°14′36″E	5.7	1 in 15	105	Meiji to 1945	[127]
Hizoe 日蔭	Miyazaki	Gokase		32°38′48″N 131°10′40″E	7.5	1 in 18		Meiji to 1945	[128]
Sakamoto 坂元棚田	Miyazaki	Nichinan		31°39′23″N 131°15′34″E	3.5	1 in 5.7	120	Meiji to 1945	[129]
Mukae 向江棚田	Miyazaki	Nishimera		32°15′55″N 131°07′57″E	3.2	1 in 6	61	Nara period	[130]
Harunohira 春の平棚田	Miyazaki	Nishimera		32°14′19″N 131°09′02″E	3.6	1 in 10	67	Meiji to 1945	[131]
Uchinoo 内之尾	Kagoshima	Satsumasendai		31°45′26″N 130°27′39″E	10.9	1 in 6	75	Sengoku to Edo period	[132]
Kōda 幸田	Kagoshima	Yūsui		31°55′47″N 130°39′14″E	10	1 in 16	102	Sengoku to Edo period	[133]
Tsukuda 佃	Kagoshima	Minamikyūshū		31°16′17″N 130°29′29″E	24	1 in 1	127	from 1993	[134]

This list is complete and up to date as of August 2019.

See also

• 100 Fishing Village Heritage Sites (Japan)
• 100 Soundscapes of Japan
• Rice

External links

• (in Japanese) 100 Terraced Rice Fields of Japan (JARUS (The Japan Association of Rural Solutions for Environmental Conservation and Resource Recycling))
• (in Japanese) 100 Terraced Rice Fields of Japan (Rice Terrace Network (NPO))