Rice has over 15,000 different kinds
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Rice is the symbol of 'growth' the dynamic energy for transforming the Japanese universe.
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Rice is the staple food for 50% of the world's population
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In Japan, rice has been cultivated for over 2000 years and serves as the country's most important crop.
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Rice is the metaphor of self. . . . Rice paddies are our ancestral land, our village, our region, and ultimately, our land, Japanese'.
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Rice is of such importance in Japan that 'meal' is simply expressed by the word 'cook rice'
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Rice was used as currency in early Japanese history