Rice Straw TiPi Stacked.
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Wider Shot
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Stacked Rice Straw
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Buddhist prayer: May we bloom in muddy waters, with the purity of a Lotus!
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This is a water purification tank and it is full of Koi and Lotus plants. Water from the septic system runs into these tanks and is cleaned.
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Tree frog on Taro leaf.
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Taro
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Elephant Eared Taro plants

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It really is the end of Summer! They are harvesting rice. New rice is tender and sweet!
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Farmers at work.
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Rice harvester being un-jammed
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"Little combine that could." These harvest 2 or 3 rows.
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Burning nuka (rice husks.) The ash is used in Mashiko's high silica white glaze.
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Closer shot.
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nuka shed and pile.
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In the fartherst background, you can see Mt. Tsukuba. It is the double peaked mountain that is painted on Mashiko teapots.
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