Abstract
The aim of this study is to make clear the actual condition of farming system on the small-scale mountain settlement still maintaining rice terraces “TANADA” in Yamaguchi prefecture. In Japan, rice terraces have many problems such as difficulty of finding successors of rice paddies, introducing agricultural machines and so on. However, small-scale mountain settlement “Okuno” in Yamaguchi prefecture has preserved the fine rice terraces scenery. It was also found that the system of maintenance of rice terraces gave been closely related to fine geographical conditions and irrigation system.
