Candle night @ 1,300 years old temple.

Dear Friends and Readers.

We had beautiful night at "Dorogawa" area where hotspring town 820m high on the ground.
This area in Tenkawa has many histories and story left in this deep place,
and most beautiful water area in Tenkawa and "Gorogoro mizu ごろごろ水"
always most popular water collecting destination around this region of Nara.

龍泉寺 Ryusen Temple = Dragon, Spring fountain, Temple. What a cool name, 1,300 years old Temple.

Candle set up was simply fun. Nice local energy. Candle sit on top of water.

Beautiful candle view from hill of Temple. warm gentle light such a dream time.

In Japan, many places do candle night. lovely way to spend a time with friends. 

Beautiful voice singing old songs to audiences. 

Ogre paint. In this area, ancestors were ogres. very interesting.

Candle light. Love these out of focus...

These like a energy of lights just like living. some stronger than other... this is like a life of lights...

Genuine farmer, genuine harvest.

Dear Friends and Readers.

Rice farming started from March, harvest around late summer.

In Japan, Traditionally, Irrigated field. many older people told me that when they are young, house water run into house after irrigated field. It means, water is precious, rice field water is even more important. As you can imagine, if rice not grown well, life will become starvation.

Many of farmers gave up from irrigated rice field work, because of labor against cost performance. Mr Morita told me when he was young, all day he worked got 5kg of rice. This was enough for labor. today, he said it require 20kg. Since it is over capacity to grow 20kg per day, So, it's nonsense to keep tradition as farmer today. Mr Morita smiled to me tells me that he is not smart. although, I thought, sense of living might change, but quality of life will never change.

His hands, body, mind and spirit are down to ground and as well as highly connected to universe.

Mr Morita said drying on sun is best way for rice. lots of work, but he said it's worth it.

This year was hot summer, usually hot summer is good for rice farming. 

Dedicated farmer. great color rice.

Look how beautiful this rice is. 

Irrigated rice field already dried up when harvest time. Lady told me dragon fly eat insects for good. 

This is about 500kg of rice here...lots of lots of work into this.

I would love to keep post new story from Mr Morita. Farmer is where our future would be. Lots of love into foods.

Thank you for reading.