Monday, April 25, 2011

Rice planting


Its heating up quickly here in rural Japan which means one thing: rice.
First the fields are flooded to drown the weeds that grew over Winter, then the farmer comes along and plows the field into a muddy swamp which gets reflooded,left to settle then planted by machine if the farmer is rich or by hand if poor.
Some schools have a field the students plant which is always fun and messy - the perfect combination!

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