We are staying at Akiko’s place, alone… she stays at her boyfriend – soon to be husband.
For our second day, we spent the whole day with Akiko … sightseeing but also dragging us along during her work!!
Then Akiko was to help locals to seed some mushrooms. We tagged along and gave a hand as best we could…
After the meal we help him to seed a few trays of rice, all sorts of rice types with very different “plant” aspects. There is so little to seed that we do it by hand, well with a little hand held machine too.
This mix of rice species is to be used for rice paddy art – “Tambo Āto“
We then got for a walk in his rice terraces and enjoy the afternoon… In fact most of these rice fields are not his, he takes care of them, grows the rice and send it to the field owners whom for the most part are living in Tokyo!!
The next day, checking with Akiko … we realise we all got stomach problems … overdose of Sansai will have that effect! The locals know this very well, but we were not warned! 😉
