Preserving stone wall architecture in Japan's rice paddies
by editors@theworld.org (Hannah Kirshner) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6XQNF)
Japan's iconic terraced rice paddies are held in place by traditional stone walls. But the craft of building these walls is a dying art. Reporter Hannah Kirshner recently traveled to Fukuoka prefecture, in southern Japan, where she met a group dedicated to preserving agricultural practices, including stone wall building.