Yaeji Terraced Paddy Fields

A mountain village selected as one of the Top 100 villages in Japan

Yaeji Village was selected as one of the “Top 100 villages in Japan”. It is healthy and beautiful, and is nurtured by people’s life.

The village looks up at Mt. Takamaru where primeval beech forests still remain. Rice paddy fields, sudachi, yuzu, yuko (Japanese citrus fruits) fields and tea plantations are spread across a small hill. Local residents have been improving old private houses. Organizations such as “Takamaruyama Sennen-no-Mori” and “Yamano Gakko Shizen no Yado Asahi” carry out rural life experience activities and mountain tours.

Asahiyaeji, Kamikatsu-cho, Katsuura-gun, Tokushima Prefecture