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Rice Photo Gallery III Kazuko Tomiyama's 'Rice in Japan' Calendar (2003)
Harvest time
(Natasho Village, Fukui Prefecture)
This glimpse of a farmhouse in the middle of the harvest makes you realize
again that upland villages are the final bastion of rice culture. Villages are guardians of our land and custodians of our water. They are
repositories of our traditional arts. Although large-scale mechanization has
uprooted village life on the plains, the traditions of rice culture live on in
the uplands. Places such as Natasho Village, in the mountains between Lake Biwa,
and Wakasa Bay, keep alive the heritage of rice culture. In ancient times the
village was founded as a court estate. In their determination to maintain the
good name of their village you can sense the pride that the people have in their
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