Etsuo Yamamoto _ Certified National Government Licensed Guide Interpreter
The rice (Oryza sativa) planting season started last month. Here in a cooler region of Nagano prefecture, the village of Hara, some farmers are still busy transplanting the rice seedlings from the seed beds to the paddy fields.
Transplanted rice seedlings in a paddy field and the scene of transplanting the rice seedlings by a mechanical transplanter, Hara-village, Nagano, 5/20/2023
An exhibition titled “Ashita-no-Mori (The Forest of Tomorrow)” by Takahiro Yoshino has been held at Plates and Café Tosenbo Suguridaira, Chino, Nagano prefecture from May 11 to May 29, 2023.
Some artworks of the exhibition, Plates and Café Tosenbo Suguridaira, Chino, Nagano, 5/20/2023
Japanese susuki grass (Miscanthus sinensis), Nagasaka, Hokuto, 9/23/2018
A buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum) field, Oizumi, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 9/16/2018
Grapes (Vitis spp.), Misaka, Fuefuki, Yamanashi, 9/08/2018
Mount Fuji without snow in early autumn, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, 9/05/2018
Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) fields, Akeno, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 8/19/2018
Stuffed deer, Takane, Hokuto, Yamanashi, 8/19/2018
Keikyu Kamata Station’s name has been changed to “Keikyu Kaama-tatatata! Station,” inspired by the high-pitched battle cry shouted by Kenshiro (Provided by Keikyu Corp.) In a novel collaboration with “Fist of the North Star,” Keikyu Corporation has renamed one of its stations after the popular action manga series. The project, part of a joint celebration to mark the 35th anniversary of the cartoon and 120th anniversary of the railway operator, runs until Sept. 17.
Keikyu Kamata Station, Kamata, Ota-ward, Tokyo, 7/30/2018
A deer family, sika deer (Cervus nippon), Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, 7/16/2018