More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Its that time of the year again. In my neighborhood the month of May is spent planting rice. My neighbors dont go on vacation for Golden Wee...

Saotome, rice-planting maidens from last weekends Tauebayashi Matsuri up in Atoichi. Saotome appear in all kinds of rice planting ceremonies...

The third post on the Tauebayashi Matsuri we went to on Sunday. This time a look at the musicians who play the worksong during the rice plan...

Another series of photos from the rice-planting matsuri we went to yesterday, the Tauebayashi, in Kawahira. I don't feel very comfortabl...

Spent a great morning today downriver in the village of Kawahira for the Tauebayashi matsuri. Tauebayashi is a rice-planting worksong from t...