Saturday, September 30, 2017

Pictures made by rice farmers

The village of Inkadate in Japan is famous for the huge pictures created by rice farmers who plant different kinds of colored rice to make the pictures. The artistic tradition is strong.

Monday, September 4, 2017

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Here's a link to an interesting article about a place in Japan where there are many statues of Buddha. People decorate them with red cloths. According to the local legend, nobody knows how many of these statues there are, because when you try to count them, some disappear. Our daughter thinks we should use this as a plot device for our next Samurai Detective book. Any thoughts?