More glimpses of unfamiliar Japan

Tauebayashi It was great weather last weekend so I took advantage and went and visited the local Tauebayashi, rice planting festival. It...

Here are some more photos of the Tauebayashi festival down in Kawahira last weekend. Someone asked if in the olden days the saotome, plantin...

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...

I had a thoroughly enjoyable time at the Atoichi Children's Tauebayashi Matsuri. Following a small ceremony in front of the school, the ...

On Sunday we drove up into the mountains to the village of Atoichi where we found a wonderful example of an old, wooden school building. It ...

The 4th and final post on last weekend's Tauebayashi Matsuri. The Tauebayashi Matsuri was originally a religious festival. Rice was life...

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...