Volunteers take part in rice-planting in Wajima

Volunteers take part in rice-planting in Wajima

WAJIMA, Japan - Volunteers from in and outside Ishikawa Prefecture take part in rice-planting in the Shiroyone-senmaida rice field in Wajima, a state-designated cultural asset on the Sea of Japan coast comprising a total of 1,004 small rice paddies. The volunteers will get 5-10 kilograms of rice in the autumn.

Volunteers take part in rice-planting in Wajima

Volunteers take part in rice-planting in Wajima

WAJIMA, Japan - Volunteers from in and outside Ishikawa Prefecture take part in rice-planting in the Shiroyone-senmaida rice field, a state-designated cultural asset on the Sea of Japan coast comprising a total of 1,004 small rice paddies. The volunteers will get 5-10 kilograms of rice in the autumn.

The People of Okunoto

The people of Okunoto. Farmers build thousand paddy fields. Fishermen, who do not have a fishing port, make salt in pumping salt fields. There are also migrant workers and peddlers. 　 The people of Okunoto, despite the rough seas of the Sea of Japan and the poverty of their half-farming, half-fishing existence, build Senmaida rice paddies (paddies built on sloping land), people make salt the old-fashioned way, the last of the Agehama salt paddies where salt is pumped with labor, the cutting down of Asunaro forests, a tribe of fishermen turned plasterers, women peddling fish, and women peddling fish and vegetables at the morning market in Iida. Women peddling fish, women peddling fish and vegetables at the morning market in Iida, a general merchandise market held in each village 　before winter preparations, and women leaving for Kansai in search of work before winter. The film was shot on an unknown date, and was released on November 4, 1960.

The landslide zone.

As we enter the plum season, we feature farmers in the Itoigawa region of Niigata Prefecture, which is plagued by landslides caused by torrential rains. Our heads droop as we look at the farmers who are working hard, undeterred by the fury of nature. The scars of 1961 linger in many places. 　 A bird's eye view of the Itoigawa region Mountain surface, cracks, men at work, countermeasure meeting at the administrative headquarters, evacuees, collapsing Senmaida rice field. The land that caused the landslide Residents' meeting inviting city council members Rooms of warped houses Exterior of houses Appeal at Itoigawa City Council, etc. *Date of shooting unknown, date of release: 1 June 14, 1963, .

Volunteers take part in rice-planting in Wajima

Volunteers take part in rice-planting in Wajima

WAJIMA, Japan - Volunteers from in and outside Ishikawa Prefecture take part in rice-planting in the Shiroyone-senmaida rice field, a state-designated cultural asset on the Sea of Japan coast comprising a total of 1,004 small rice paddies. The volunteers will get 5-10 kilograms of rice in the autumn. (Kyodo)

Volunteers take part in rice-planting in Wajima

Volunteers take part in rice-planting in Wajima

WAJIMA, Japan - Volunteers from in and outside Ishikawa Prefecture take part in rice-planting in the Shiroyone-senmaida rice field in Wajima, a state-designated cultural asset on the Sea of Japan coast comprising a total of 1,004 small rice paddies. The volunteers will get 5-10 kilograms of rice in the autumn. (Kyodo)