Planting black rice

June 17th, 2006

After three years of looking at rice, Niq and I finally got to plant some! The rain was unfortunate, which made the whole experience seem more like forced physical labor than a cultural experience, but it was still pretty fun. We were rewarded with a beautiful picnic of food I couldn’t eat (looked delicious, but this week I’m drinking mud smoothies instead), and we got to spend time with our friends from Yamauchi. This is Misuzu, one of the more adorable kids I know here.

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