Following on from Day 283 – planting rice. These days most the rice is planted by machines. Big, clever ones that drop a little bunch of rice seedlings in a perfect straight line, the perfect distance apart. Some people however, maintain the traditions of the past – trudging and squelching up and down the paddies, […]
Following on from my previous post, here are some more rice themed vistas (I call them ristas). This time, basking in the warm orange glow of the setting Japanese sun.
I live in countryside Japan, in Japanese – the inaka. The scintillating cityscapes, neon glow and electronic toilets you may imagine are flipped on their head – glinting skyscrapers exchanged with meandering rice paddies; the neon glow with twinkling stars; the electronic toilets with… normal toilets. Rice planting season is a big deal in the […]
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