I love the sensory experience of reading your post. I’ve never visited Japan and it helps me to understand the landscape and culture. Thank you for your beautiful insights 🌸
I read your post as I sat overlooking rice fields (Sawah) in Bali. It's getting more and more rare to have an unobstructed view of the rice fields. It's one of the most beautiful sights indeed.
The sight of the Sakura is so lovely - an ivory and shell-pink drift across the valley. The image of the houses emerging from that drift was beautiful (and quite emotional).
I appreciate the communal aspect of the rice farming as well. Sometimes broadacre farming just loses that community spirit. Thank you for a perfect newsletter.
Thanks for sharing the vivid description and beautiful photos of early spring. We're seeing similar sights down in Kyushu.
As a transplanted city boy, I largely remain just an observer of all of the activities of the farmers. It would, therefore, be useful if you would provide an explanation of the various sequential steps necessary for rice cultivation along with an approximate timeline. Thanks!
If you get a chance you might enjoy reading Masanobu Fukuoka's 'The One-Straw Revolution'. He lived on the other side of the mountains from you, Ehime Prefecture, and explored non-tillage farming and such. Many of his thoughts align quite well with your village's zero-waste efforts.
I love the sensory experience of reading your post. I’ve never visited Japan and it helps me to understand the landscape and culture. Thank you for your beautiful insights 🌸
Beautiful pictures Kana, thank you for sharing this.
I read your post as I sat overlooking rice fields (Sawah) in Bali. It's getting more and more rare to have an unobstructed view of the rice fields. It's one of the most beautiful sights indeed.
The sight of the Sakura is so lovely - an ivory and shell-pink drift across the valley. The image of the houses emerging from that drift was beautiful (and quite emotional).
I appreciate the communal aspect of the rice farming as well. Sometimes broadacre farming just loses that community spirit. Thank you for a perfect newsletter.
Thanks for sharing the vivid description and beautiful photos of early spring. We're seeing similar sights down in Kyushu.
As a transplanted city boy, I largely remain just an observer of all of the activities of the farmers. It would, therefore, be useful if you would provide an explanation of the various sequential steps necessary for rice cultivation along with an approximate timeline. Thanks!
If you get a chance you might enjoy reading Masanobu Fukuoka's 'The One-Straw Revolution'. He lived on the other side of the mountains from you, Ehime Prefecture, and explored non-tillage farming and such. Many of his thoughts align quite well with your village's zero-waste efforts.
A drip from the rain until the rice Japanese flower drops our grain bowl.💧🌧️🎴💮💦🌾🍚