The Japanese Drummers

These men set the rhythm which we planted to.. unfortunately I did not know the words to the songs that the ladies sang, but they had something to do with "the color of cherry blossoms," "water," and some play on numbers. A lot of the Japanese in the songs was very old, so it was really hard to understand.

The Tradition of Rice Planting

May 28th 2006
Yesterday I had a very cultural day in Japan. We went to a small town somewhere close to either Miyoshi, Midori, or Takamiya (not really sure where we were) to plant rice the traditional way. Although rice fields are now planted by machine in Japan, the traditional method is still used for one field per town. The tradtitional way of planting rice in Japan is by hand, with females planting to ... read more

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In 1603, a Tokugawa shogunate (military dictatorship) ushered in a long period of isolation from foreign influence in order to secure its power. For 250 years this policy enabled Japan to enjoy stability and a flowering of its indigenous culture. Fol... ... read more

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