A landscape shot closely cropped on lines of rice seedlings which shift from parallel lines at the top of the frame then curve in from the left hand side towards the bottom right corner. In places the lines converge and separate again like train tracks approaching a busy station.
A landscape shot closely cropped on lines of rice seedlings which shift from parallel lines at the top of the frame then curve in from the left hand side towards the bottom right corner. In places the lines converge and separate again like train tracks approaching a busy station.
A portrait shot almost at water level of a rice paddy. The young shoots stream away from the camera in neat lime lines towards a horizon of trees to the right and apartments to the left. The far off clouds have a hint of finer blue sky weather but the ones immediately over the paddy darkly threaten rain.
A portrait shot almost at water level of a rice paddy. The young shoots stream away from the camera in neat lime lines towards a horizon of trees to the right and apartments to the left. The far off clouds have a hint of finer blue sky weather but the ones immediately over the paddy darkly threaten rain.
A landscape shot closely cropped on lines of rice seedlings which shift from parallel lines at the top of the frame then curve in from the left hand side towards the bottom right corner. In places the lines converge and separate again like train tracks approaching a busy station.
A landscape shot closely cropped on lines of rice seedlings which shift from parallel lines at the top of the frame then curve in from the left hand side towards the bottom right corner. In places the lines converge and separate again like train tracks approaching a busy station.
A portrait shot almost at water level of a rice paddy. The young shoots stream away from the camera in neat lime lines towards a horizon of trees to the right and apartments to the left. The far off clouds have a hint of finer blue sky weather but the ones immediately over the paddy darkly threaten rain.
A portrait shot almost at water level of a rice paddy. The young shoots stream away from the camera in neat lime lines towards a horizon of trees to the right and apartments to the left. The far off clouds have a hint of finer blue sky weather but the ones immediately over the paddy darkly threaten rain.
Cleaning up the leaves after eating the chimaki...there is a particular way to do this during a tea ceremony.
The jelly-like chimaki, hidden within layers of bamboo leaves.
There is a particular way to unwrap chimaki for eating during tea ceremonies. Here Nao-san start to unwrap the twine and bamboo leaves.
The owner of Kameya Shigehisa (confectioners) shows how chimaki are prepared and bound.
Binding the bamboo leaves of a chimaki sweet together.
The owner of Kameya Shigehisa (confectioners) shows how chimaki are prepared and bound.
Ayame mochi, a light purple domyoji sweet emblazoned with an iris flower for Children's Day.
Yamabuki garden at Matsunoo Taisha.