The Oyama Senmaida rice terrace is lit up with green lights in Kamogawa, Chiba Prefecture, on Oct. 26, 2021. (Mainichi/Keigetsu Hirai)=Click/tap photo for more images.

       KAMOGAWA, Chiba -- A rice terrace in this east Japan city has again enhanced its nighttime appeal with a display of LED lights that will continue until Jan. 10, 2022.

       A total of 10,000 LEDs are lighting up the Oyama Senmaida rice terrace in the city's Hiratsuka district -- one of the "top 100 rice terraces in Japan" -- with 6,000 of them changing color every 15 minutes, from orange to blue, then to green and purple.

       During the light-up event last fiscal year, some 10,000 people visited the site.

       The terrace is lit up between around 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. Organizers are urging visitors to maintain distances of 2 meters and to stay for no more than one hour as part of coronavirus measures.

       (Japanese original by Keigetsu Hirai, Tateyama Local Bureau)

       In Photos: One of Japan's 'top 100 rice terraces' lit up in east Japan city of Kamogawa

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