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Rice Terrace Café

📍Chiba, Japan
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If slow living had a flavor, you’d find it here. Rice Terrace Café is a little slice of countryside heaven in Chiba, Japan, just two hours from Tokyo, where every meal is a love letter to the land. Housed in a 300-year-old farmhouse, this spot is all about tradition, community, and damn good food.

The menu? Crafted from organic, locally grown ingredients, many harvested straight from their own rice fields and gardens, celebrating Japan’s roots. As part of Brown’s Field, a regenerative community that blends farm life, permaculture, and traditional Japanese living, this place goes beyond just serving food.

Rice Terrace Café isn’t just where you eat. It’s where you pause. Where you swap city chaos for countryside calm. And where you remember that the best meals aren’t rushed, they’re savored.

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🔥 What’s Hot

slow and mindful travel, emphasising quality over quantity, and staying longer in places to really take the time to learn more about the culture, language, and off the beaten activities in that place, community-centric experiences (like cooking classes, day trips with others and a tour guide, etc.)

❄️ What’s Not

hotspots for Instagram to check off the bucket list, animal exploitation, Airbnb overuse which is affecting housing in the local spots - I personally use websites like Booking.com to find a hotel I like, then search for it online and contact them directly via email or phone, small business owners in the industry really appreciate it

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