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My life as a farmer in Japan.

My life as a farmer in Japan.

Please enjoy these pictures from summer '07.

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I flew into Nagoya and took a train the next morning up to Takayama.

I flew into Nagoya and took a train the next morning up to Takayama.

View from the train. Check out the dude fishing.

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I chose a farm in northern central Japan b/c it is supposed to be a beautiful region. (Another train pic.)

I chose a farm in northern central Japan b/c it is supposed to be a beautiful region. (Another train pic.)

Also, I'd visited Takayama a year and a half before and it's a nice town.

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The farm and the farmhouse.

The farm and the farmhouse.

Japan's summer is also very hot, so I picked a cool place. It's at over 4,500 ft. elevation.

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It was a nice place.

It was a nice place.

Farm was bigger than I expected, all run by a husband and wife.

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I spent a lot of time inside the greenhouses my first two weeks.

I spent a lot of time inside the greenhouses my first two weeks.

(Because it was the rainy season.)

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Rain rain rain

Rain rain rain

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Every day rain

Every day rain

Their rainy season is every year late June-July for about 4 weeks.

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My host mom, Keiko

My host mom, Keiko

Playing ocarina on the left.

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The Suwa family made me good food, often w/the farm's vegetables

The Suwa family made me good food, often w/the farm's vegetables

Here is some yaki-soba.

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Picture book: Eggplant!

Picture book: Eggplant!

My family checked out these picture books from the library that had farming tips.

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Corn!

Corn!

They said it was too boring to just read a regular book about farming. I thought it was funny.

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Kenta

Kenta

The oldest son, Kenta, was gone a lot, but here is his volunteer firefighter's outfit.

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Shouhei and his friends

Shouhei and his friends

The middle son, Shouhei, was my age and I hung out w/him the most.

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The grandfather, Monta, was in the hospital w/pneumonia my whole stay.

The grandfather, Monta, was in the hospital w/pneumonia my whole stay.

But we visited him often. Also, my homestay father Ikuo is front-right.

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Me at work. (Check out my sweet duds.)

Me at work. (Check out my sweet duds.)

I saw the youngest son, Yousuke, the least. But i wore an outfit of his everyday.

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See my AM radio? It was crucial on days I worked alone.

See my AM radio? It was crucial on days I worked alone.

Yousuke's an auto mechanic and I wore his pit crew uniform from a rally race he once worked.

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My working conditions.

My working conditions.

It was only this wet when I was in the rice field.

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