Rice planting in Hida on June 7 to 9, 2025

LRP members visited Hida region, as one of research fields, and conducted rice planting. We were able to get a lot of knowledge through activities in this trip.

All of LRP members moved by rental cars and trains. Some members in train team left at around 19:00 pm from Kyoto.

Members who left Kyoto at around 14:00 reached at Hidafurukawa station (Photo by Kitao-san)

Members who left at around 19:00 reached Hidafurukawa station at around 23:00 pm. Members were still fine! (Photo by Junjie-kun)

Members moved by cars forgot to take group phots...

After checking in hotels, students got together and celebrate Adzani's birth day!

Students enjoyed birth day cake in midnight!

Group photo (Photo by Samsul-kun)

On June 8, we conducted rice planting supported by Sano-rice (company).

We learnt how to plant rice from Sano-san.

Rice planting was being started. We felt difficulties to plant appropriately.

It was too hot and students felt tired was changed to staffs. This picture is showing Saizen-sensei and Richa-sensei are working!

Now, it's time for lunch. Sano-san from Sano Rice cooked rice for us in a traditional rice cooker. It was so delicious. The homemade miso soup in Sanorice was also great. The photo shows some side dishes we bought at a local delicatessen.

LRP members are enjoining lunch!

In the afternoon, we planted rice in another field. We changed the way of planting as planting in a forward-moving manner. We were able to save a lot of time compared to the morning work.

Group photo after rice planting!

In the evening, we rented out a cafe run by a company in Hida that we have been working with for dinner. We invited local people and learned about rural revitalization through listening to various local stories.

We enjoyed buffet style dinner, and many of the dishes were made with local ingredients, which led to lively discussions about food and culture.

We explore landscape in Hidafurukawa and Takayama. Then we were going back to Kyoto by train and rental cars. This picture is showing LRP members who arrived in Kyoto station (Photo by Kitao-san). LRP members who were going back by car forgot to take pictures...

LRP members got a lot of fruitful experience useful for future researches and enjoyed this trip!