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A friend of mine lives in one of the suburbs of Murakami City, Nigata.
Her family is a typical farmer in the area. Quite nice people.
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| Here is their house. She told me it was built about 130 yrs ago. |
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| Very old, but still in good condition. |
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| Cute cat. She is also old. 15 yrs old, but still in good condition. |
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| Dining rm (It looked so to me) of the house. |
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| Living rm (I believe). |
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| @ the entrance hall. |
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| She is in her favorite farming clothes. |
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| She makes this kind of handmade soaps. Dog and car in this work. |
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| Bamboo shoots. Never seen big ones like these before. |
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| They gonna be boiled soon. |
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| She plants various herbs in their garden. This is chamomile, I guess. |
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| Ahhh,,, this is something herb. Anyway good stuff. |
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| Also something. |
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| Something good again. |
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| Seedings of rice. |
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| Putting some kinds of seeds into the ground. Sorry I forgot what they were. |
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| Her special glove with a drawing on it. |
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| Working so hard.. |
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| My spade and hat on a break. |
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| I helped with picking asparagus. |
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| Now working so hard. 1st time to do farm work in my life. |
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| Ta-dah !! |
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| This machine cuts asparagus into the same length. |
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| I gave another hand to bundle them up. |
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| It's all manual labor. That's the nature of small family business. Very interesting experience, anyway. |
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| Yeah!! Here is my rewards for the day. Bamboo shoots and asparagus are on the table. Yum yum yum. |
