Japanese Farming Experience

As you can see on a few other's blogs, we went rice planting last weekend here in town. A lovely woman named Emi from Becky's adult conversation class invited Becky and friends to Kikugawa to plant rice. Emi and her husband were incredibly kind and served us a wonderful display of food. They said we could come back in October to harvest our little patch. But perhaps it will only be Laura and me who get to harvest.



Following lunch we went to an old house in Utano area of Kikugawa. The art teacher (Mr Hiyashima) from Kikugawa Jr. High had an art display of pencil drawings. We drank soba tea and wrote our names in katakana in the guest book. The man running the place spoke fluent English, which was a lovely surprise. Mr. Hiyashima thanked me on Tuesday for going to his exhibit. I thought my JTEs had told him I went there, but no; he had read my name in the guest book! Our writing was legible afterall!!