Ini Rice Terraces

Highly rated by CNN - for good reason

CNN has listed Ini-no-tanada in Akiota-cho Japan’s most beautiful places. The Japanese affinity for terraced rice fields in mountainous countryside can be best expressed here, with stair-like tiers ...

Side trip from Sandankyo

Padi had already been harvested when we visited. The rice terraces are picturesque with hills in the background. However, they are small in comparison with those in Bali for instance.

Lovely rice fields all year round

Having lived in the area I visited these rice fields several times in different seasons. If you are around Hiroshima and want to see the traditional rice field terraces then I would recommend these. G...

I stopped by on the way back from Mt. Kaketo.

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After getting off Mt. kaketo, I decided to go to "Ijin no tanada" at the request of my wife. At that time, when I got off the Togawachi interchange on the outbound route to Mt. Kaketo, I remember that there was "Ijin's terraced rice fields" in the sign. Enter the navigation setting as "Ijin's terraced rice field observatory" and leave. We just returned to the road we came to and returned to the Togawachi Interchange. After that, I turned left at the intersection in front of the intersection and aimed at the rice terraces of Ijin. Climb the mountain road ...

A calm natural terraced rice field

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It's very wonderful that it's not developed as a tourist destination. I feel that the life of the locals is breathing. There is also a cafe nearby, and I ate Cafe Companna while looking at the rice terraces in the garden rather than illuminating the cafe. The former Ijin Elementary School building was also very interesting. I had to drive, so I got one ★, but it's a nice place.