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Ancient Rice in a Bucket 3: Threshing, Hulling and Cooking
（日本語版はこちら） The harvesting was a great success and now we had bundles of dried rice straw with full heads/panicles of rice grains. However, there was still a lot of work to be done before it could be eaten. First, the grains have to be separated from the straw in a process called threshing. For some…
Ancient Rice in a Bucket 2: Heading to Harvest
（日本語版はこちら） As the rice was getting larger I was waiting with anticipation for when the heads of rice would appear. In this continuation of my previous blog post, I will show you the ancient bucket rice heading, how it then ripened, and finish with harvesting rice with the students. 16th August – 25th August: Rice…
Ancient Rice in a Bucket 1: Preparation and Planting
（日本語版はこちら） In 2023 I grew several ancient rice varieties in buckets at the Elementary school where I work.I’ve been working as an Assistant Language Teacher (ALT) at an elementary school in Nagasaki City since December 2021 and while it’s been fun, my real goal has always been to become a farmer here in Japan. To…
Getting a Farming Job in Japan
I started this year with a lot I want to write about and share with people, and though my attention has been captured by job hunting, this has provided another opportunity to share some information. Anyone familiar with job hunting in Japan will know of the job listing site MyNavi. They are constantly trying to…
I Obtained a Driving License from Scratch in Japan (Nagasaki).
Background image is ©︎ Tomoki Misato JGH, Shin-ei Animation / MOLCARS https://molcar-anime.com/ Introduction Visitors who drive in Japan will have most likely obtained an international license (IDP). This is usually easy to obtain and can be used for up to one year (from the date of issuance in the home country, not from date of…