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Ginza Farm rice harvest

Iimura and Ginza Farm Rice Harvest

On November 1, Ginza Farm celebrated the rice harvest. The event began at 9 am on a Sunday morning and drew a crowd including children, parents, bloggers, an actress in an upcoming movie about farming, and the carpenter Hisano who built the beautiful tanbo, tables and benches. Above entrepreneur Iimura san helps the kids hang the rice along a bamboo rail.

Here’s what the rice looked like just before harvest.

Ginza Farm Rice Harvest

Below is a photo of Hisano san, the Chiba carpenter who created Ginza Farm and Omotesando Farm.

Hisano san, the Chiba carpenter

After the jump are photos of the actress helping the children bundle the rice, two kids enjoying the remaining duck, and a sad note about how one duck died the previous week from an assault by a Ginza raccoon.

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