Rice Plants close-up detail of grains with mountain background - Photos

Rice plants with drooping rice grains and a mountain background in the rural countryside of Japan. Rice plant cultivation in Japan as in the rest of Asia is done on a big scale by commercial farmers and small scale by locals who grow just enough to feed the family. A familiar sight in any Asian country are rice paddies or paddy fields full of Rice Plants in varying degrees of maturity depending on the season and when they were planted. Rice is the staple food of Asia and is to Asians what wheat is to westerners.