Japanese Rice Harvest
It is only when you are using the rice for sushi you will then sushi rice or sumeshi by seasoning the cooked japanese rice with vinegar salt and sugar.
Japanese rice harvest. Party in the rice fields. Rice planting happens in the spring cultivation in the summer and harvest in the fall. Rice planting is always done in spring early summer and harvesting inekari in fall. There are dances and a procession and a huge feast.
Because japan has an abundant amount of rain most rice is grown through the process of wet cultivation. After making it to the rice paddy with an inside japan post we split into two small groups. The japanese style of rice growing adjusts its repertoire of operations according to the flux of the seasons. In japan the harvest festival is the rice harvest.
Rice fields have shaped japanese rural landscapes and their preservation is a priority for localities and the government today. The main events of. When it comes to rice you can divide people into two camps in japan. Rice is a staple in japan and has been cultivated for more than 3 000 years.
Koshogatsu means literally small new year and starts with the first full moon of the year usually around january 15th. In central japan it is from april may to august october. Japan is the ninth largest producer of rice in the world. Japanese people can be fanatical when it comes to rice and the new harvest is eagerly anticipated every year.
None of the rice is to be eaten until a special event has happened. One of us nearly fell right in to much hilarity from everyone. From feeding the cattle to improving the soil the straw finds its purpose. The rice seasons in northern japan last from may june to september october.
The farmers showed us how to harvest the rice and we took it in turns to get stuck into the mud. In the edo period rice yields were a measure of a lord s wealth and when asked about income they would usually say the amount of rice receive each year. Every year farmers make sure that the leftover rice straw known as wara does not go to waste. Still traditional rice harvesting in japan is a significant part of japanese culture.
Rice production is important to the food supply with rice being a staple part of the japanese diet. In fact the regular japanese rice is commonly cooked plain for everyday meals whether it is for japanese curry donburi rice bowls or to make onigiri rice balls. The rice is thus shared in spirit with their ancestors. Autumn is a rice harvest season in japan.