Kindergarten Rice Harvest Day in Ogawamachi, Japan – 日本、小川町での保育園の稲刈りの日
Rice in Japan is a symbol for many things. Food, life, nature, community, hard work, laughing and crying together, sunshine and rain. It is also a symbol of growing up. From childhood on, at least on Japan’s country side, kids learn the meaning of rice very quickly.
日本では米はあらゆることの象徴になっています。食料、生活、自然、地域、重労働、共に泣いたり笑ったり、太陽と雨など。米は成長の象徴でもあります。幼少期から、少なくとも日本の田舎では子供は米(ごはん)という意味をすぐに覚えます。
Here are some of photos of last week’s Ogawamachi kindergarten rice harvesting event. Explanations are not necessary since the photos talk for themselves. As for me, still a kid at heart, it was a welcome learning experience. There were so many new impressions and things to see that it was hard to put the camera down and finally get on with the harvest. Its just that I will treasure this amazing experience forever, working with tough and no-BS type people, harvesting valuable rice side-by-side together with my daughter. It really meant a lot to me.
Thank you for this day.
こちらは先週の小川町保育園の稲刈りのイベントの写真です。写真それ自体が物語っているので、説明は必要ないでしょう。私はと言えば、まだ心が子供なので、歓迎すべき勉強になる経験でした。とても多くの新しい印象や見るべきものがあって、カメラを置くのがためらわれ、結局稲刈りを続けるのが難しくなってしまいました。タフで誤魔化しなど一切ない人々と共に、娘と並んで稲刈りをしたこの素晴らしい経験をずっと大事な思い出としてとっておくことでしょう。私にとってはとてもためになる経験でした。
この日を過ごすことが出来て、感謝しています。
小川町埼玉 Nobody is taking a break harvesting rice, investigating insects, or, just talking to folks. ©Hans Nagl
小川町埼玉 The reward of a lot of hard work starting in spring now in the hands of children. Learning how to harvest rice planted in springtime. ©Hans Nagl
小川町埼玉 Hanging up rice plants to dry ©Hans Nagl
小川町埼玉 This is how it gets done. ©Hans Nagl
小川町埼玉 Small hands harvesting rice. ©Hans Nagl
小川町埼玉 Lots more rice to be harvested ©Hans Nagl
小川町埼玉 Working together getting it done. Drying rice plants. ©Hans Nagl
小川町埼玉 Transporting valuable rice plants to a collection spot towards drying. ©Hans Nagl
小川町埼玉 Butterfly close to rice fields. A welcome and interesting distraction. ©Hans Nagl
小川町埼玉 Full concentration while hanging up rice plants on drying posts. ©Hans Nagl
小川町埼玉 Rice. What many people count on every day. This rice is grown organically without pesticides, planted by hand. ©Hans Nagl
小川町埼玉 Tying harvested rice plants together before drying ©Hans Nagl
小川町埼玉 There is a specific way of completing anything when farming rice. ©Hans Nagl
小川町埼玉 Final speech by the pros. Learning about rice planting and harvesting was an amazing experience, ©Hans Nagl
小川町埼玉 Working in the rice fields. A kindergarten community event which was significant and important. ©Hans Nagl
小川町埼玉 Rice soon ready for everyone. ©Hans Nagl
小川町埼玉 Flowers around rice fields. ©Hans Nagl
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