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Culture in Mie

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Maruyama Senmaida

Maruyama Senmaida

Chris Glenn

Senmaida means “One Thousand Rice Paddies”, but there are over 1,300 terraced paddies of all shapes & sizes cut into the hill...

Mie
The Grand Ise Jingu

The Grand Ise Jingu

Chris Glenn

The Grand Shrine of Ise comprises two separate shrines, the Naiku and Geku. From ancient times, worshippers would visit the G...

Mie
Mikimoto Pearls

Mikimoto Pearls

Chris Glenn

Just off the coast of Toba City in Mie Prefecture is Mikimoto Pearl Island, where the world’s first cultured pearls were crea...

Mie