Oyama Senmaida is in Kamogawa City of Chiba Prefecture at the foot of Mineoka Mountain near the Kamo River. It is almost in the center of the Boso Peninsula. Known as one of Japan’s 100 Best Rice ...

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Nobuo Kubo inherited his rice farm four decades ago, becoming the third generation in his family to look ...

To celebrate 200 years of the modern railway, rail enthusiast Paul Carter climbs aboard the trains of Niigata to discover its rich sake culture.

Rice grown in dry fields in the first year of trial cultivation has been harvested here recently to the joy of the people ...

KAMIMOMI, Japan (AP) — In the remote village of Kamimomi in Japan’s western Okayama prefecture, a small group of rice farmers began their most recent harvest in sweltering heat, two weeks sooner than ...

Tsunan Sake Brewery Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Tsunan-machi, Nakauonuma-gun, Niigata Prefecture; President: Kengo Suzuki; hereinafter “Tsunan Sake Brewery”) launched sales of its new junmai daiginjo sake ...

Shinjiro Koizumi, agriculture minister of Japan, eats a rice ball during his visit to a rice farm in Sugito, Saitama Prefecture, Japan, on Wednesday, July 9, 2025. Shinjiro Koizumi, agriculture ...