frannyo 2 Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 muikabochi posted a good pic of a lady planting rice in his thread here http://www.snowjapanforums.com/ubbthreads.php/ubb/showflat/Number/271193#Post271193 and someone asked about them planting rice and the timing. Here where I am (Tochigi now) it is around Golden Week when it gets started and from what I can see it's all done and dusted now. What about where you are? When do they plant around where you are? Link to post Share on other sites
fukdane 2 Posted May 18, 2008 Share Posted May 18, 2008 Yes golden week Link to post Share on other sites
muikabochi 208 Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 End of GW > around now. Most of it planted by now. Link to post Share on other sites
Oyuki kigan 0 Posted May 19, 2008 Share Posted May 19, 2008 Next weekend (May 24th/25th) Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Rice planting is just about finished here in Yamagata. Some photos taken this morning. This being Japan, there's always a spare bridge or two hanging around in the rice fields. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Nice, that bridge looks jolly useful. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 I've often toyed with the idea that you buy 50 bridges and get one free. Then you have to store it somewhere. In fact, that will be going under the expressway when it comes to town. Soon sleepy little Oishida will have an expressway as well as the shinkansen. We're getting fibre optic cable this year too. I have to say, that that country people in Japan get fairly well treated. Link to post Share on other sites
iiyamadude 6 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 That sounds late, they were done here a month ago. Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 It`s right for here, and we are always later than further south. It`s a matter of the soil temperature being right. The timing`s not really important as long as you can get it harvested in time. I still find it bizarre that we can go from 2 metre blanket of snow in the winter to rice in the summer. I heard the first frogs calling a few nights ago. Love that sound. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Will it be a "mini-expressway" to compliment the "mini-shinkansen"? Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Yes it will be mini-expressway. 10km of single carriageway, with one of dual. But, we will be trundling along at 100 kph instead of 50, no farmers in Suzuki kei trucks, and no traffic lights Link to post Share on other sites
Hokkaidough 4 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Plus the same high cost as normal expressways, one would think Link to post Share on other sites
Hokkaidough 4 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Nice pics by the way what time was that first one taken Link to post Share on other sites
soubriquet 0 Posted June 2, 2008 Share Posted June 2, 2008 Thanks. Secondly, close after dawn. Firstly. If the rural economy is busted, the urban centres of Japan will be besieged by 40 million displaced farmers looking for work and homes. Bankrupting the middle class doesn't seem to count as a cost for elite academic economists. I guess it's because their salaries are paid by the taxed hoi poloie. Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I think I'd really like to live in a quiet place surrounded by rice fields. It must be very relaxing. Link to post Share on other sites
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