This is a banner Rice Farming Rice grows well in Japan. Heavy rainfall, mild temperatures, and long hours of daylight allow farmers in many areas to grow two crops of rice each year. Rice growing is still hard work, even with today's specialized machinery. Flooding the fields.
Rice paddies are fields near streams that have low earth dams built around the field's edges.
The paddies are flooded with stream water before planting. Rice sprouts about 6 inches high are transplanted into the flooded paddies. Because the roots are underwater the rice plants grow snorkles to provide their roots with air. When the stalkes turn golden yellow the plants are ready for harvest. Farmers drain the paddies and wait for the fields to dry out.