Hadaka Rice Terrace located at Yamakuni Town in Nakatsu City, Oita Pref. is selected as one of Japan’s 100 Fine Rice Terraces. There are 70 rice paddies with a total area of no more than 4.9 ha. A rice terrace is terraced rice paddies built on the steep mountainside. Rice paddies are essential to our human lives in that they preserve nature, retain water, and prevent landslides. Surrounded by the forest of cedar trees and various broad leaf trees, Hadaka Village is a small mountain village, where less than 15 families live. Most of the families earn their living by agriculture. This simple and idyllic village has recently introduced the system of ownership of rice terraces, by which they intend to maintain an interchange with people living in cities.