Countryside outing 2024 May🌾getting rid of weeds

50 of my guests came to my hometown of Choshi, Chiba Prefecture to plant rice! We planted Koshihikari rice in a 6-acre rice field, and worked hard for about an hour, covered in mud.

The rice field was managed by a rice farmer until about 20 years ago, but Masaya Sakuma and his friends took it over to prevent it from becoming abandoned land. This year, I borrowed a 6-acre rice field in my kitchen🤘

Since I did not want to choose touristy place, the water of these entire rice fields come from all natural water.

First thing we did on the day was to get rid of the weeds!