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Life in a Japanese Village Amid Mountain Farms
A wartime shift back to farming in Japan has raised agricultural output above prewar levels, with more farming households despite smaller farm sizes. Photos from a mountain village near Shiratori on Honshu depict hardy villagers using ancient methods to cultivate fields and rice paddies, living in medieval simplicity away from modern city comforts.
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