![[Image1]Ishibe Terraced Rice FieldsIshibe Terraced Rice Fields lie on the western tip of the Izu Peninsula,](https://img.cooljapan-videos.com/files/member_posts/image/60947b4965b32fc4b329019b8cd0a987a49ae869.jpg)
Ishibe Terraced Rice Fields
Ishibe Terraced Rice Fields lie on the western tip of the Izu Peninsula, ranging from 120 m to 250 m in elevation, and span 4.2 hectares with about 370 rice paddies. Designated as one of Shizuoka Prefecture’s Ten Selected Terraced Rice Fields, these rare stone-walled terraces in eastern Japan overlook Suruga Bay and, on clear days with crisp air, offer views of Mt. Fuji and the Southern Alps.
In the 1950s and 1960s there were about 1,000 paddies covering some 10 hectares, but most reverted to grassland amid the social changes of Japan’s high-growth era.
In 2000 the community began restoring the terraces as a regional treasure, reviving 4.2 hectares.
These terraces were originally destroyed by a sudden landslide in the late Edo period during the Bunsei era (the 1820s) and were reclaimed through two decades of arduous work.
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