Sep. 12, 2010 How to harvest rice plants at Oyama Senmai-da, Chiba, Japan

I've been to Oyama Senmai-da, Chiba, Japan to join rice harvesting event of a local farming NPO. I had share of rice paddy with them and had been joined some of related farming events since this May 2010. It is actually the "harvest" of these 4+ months of efforts by me (few percent) and local farmers (95%) who helped our NPO's paddies in my absent.

This is the 2nd time for me to join rice plants farming. I harvested rice plants back in 1977 or around such year as a part of elementary school activity. Of course, I don't remember how exactly that was and I need to learn how to do that.

In this video, a local farmer taught me how to harvest rice plants.

Put a rope on the ground, shear two to four cuts of rice plants into a wisp in a hand. Put them onto the rope. Shear another wisp and put them onto the previous wisp with forming "X" shape near these root (about 10 to 15 cm, or 3 to 5 inch from cut root). Repeat 2 times so that 4 wisp of rice plants are on the rope.
Tighten the rope.

These "X" shape are needed to hang them onto dry hanger.

I was so impressed from very nice work behavior of this farmer. I assume she is mid 80, but still is in very good health condition. She harvests about 3 times faster than me!

Category:

Nonprofits & Activism

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• 大山千枚田
• 千葉
• 鴨川市
• 稲刈り

[ricepickinboi1993]

YOU NO DO RIGHT!!!!!!! I FROM KOREA AND I SHOW YOU HOW DO RICE!!!! I EAT RICE EVERYDAY AND TASTE GOOD!!! BUT YOU A NICE LADY, BUT YOU DO WRONG!

[hokumura]

@ricepickinboi1993 Sorry but I can't understand what you mean. What is wrong part of her explanation how to harvest? At least in that area - Kamogawa, Chiba, Japan - all farmers harvest rice in this way, so I believe this is correct method.

[NmmiNut]

This is by far the best video I've found so far about how you actually harvest mature rice by hand, you did an excellent job filming and she did an excellent job explaining--If you ever see this wonderful woman again, please thank her for me!