The morning, we saw David off. He needed to return to Tokyo to catch a plane and fly back to Amsterdam. He decided to hitchhike south to the city Nagoya and catch a bus to Tokyo. So, we shared breakfast together and said our goodbyes. After, Rocky called us, he wanted to talk to us.
We left back to the fishing center to share some words. Rocky has a future plan to bring tourists to the area. Dennis and I are starting a tour company, so we sat down and discussed the opportunity of opening up his area for tourism. It was after this talk that I decided it best to stay a little longer to get a better feel of the area.
It is true, in Maze, near the more famous Gero. There is a lot to do. For example, fly-fishing, is very popular in the raging rivers. Rocky has introduced the river trcing, or as he calls it canyoning, or even can be called river trekking. Plus, there are many hiking options, like climbing tall peaks in the Japanese Alps, or even seeing waterfalls. Plus, there are many onsen options all around. But, today, they wanted to share even another different experience, and that was harvesting wheat by hand.
After lunch, Rocky's wife Ikumi, took Dennis and I to her friend's house. This lady we met, Nanako, had a wonderful home in the countryside, surrounded by rice paddies and mountains. I was quite pleased to come here and join. She had some cute dogs, and cows and some wheat drying. We were taken to a machine, used by pushing a peddle, to harvest the wheat. Better explained in the photo. Next, we needed to sift out the husk from the wheat itself. It was not very efficent and took a long time, and in the end, we had about 10kg of grain.
After the farm work, we went for a walk around the property and and next had some tea inside. To our enjoyment, sumo wrestling was on television, and they explained the rules of the contest. It was pretty exciting to watch. We were impressed to see that there were men from other countries other than Japan in the ring, and those ones were excellent, too.
After tea, we returned to Rocky. And once again, it was onsen time. Dennis was feeling sick, and took a break, and Rocky still had some work to do. Ikumi and I were the only ones to go for the onsen. It is too hot in there for me!
We left back to the fishing center to share some words. Rocky has a future plan to bring tourists to the area. Dennis and I are starting a tour company, so we sat down and discussed the opportunity of opening up his area for tourism. It was after this talk that I decided it best to stay a little longer to get a better feel of the area.
It is true, in Maze, near the more famous Gero. There is a lot to do. For example, fly-fishing, is very popular in the raging rivers. Rocky has introduced the river trcing, or as he calls it canyoning, or even can be called river trekking. Plus, there are many hiking options, like climbing tall peaks in the Japanese Alps, or even seeing waterfalls. Plus, there are many onsen options all around. But, today, they wanted to share even another different experience, and that was harvesting wheat by hand.
After lunch, Rocky's wife Ikumi, took Dennis and I to her friend's house. This lady we met, Nanako, had a wonderful home in the countryside, surrounded by rice paddies and mountains. I was quite pleased to come here and join. She had some cute dogs, and cows and some wheat drying. We were taken to a machine, used by pushing a peddle, to harvest the wheat. Better explained in the photo. Next, we needed to sift out the husk from the wheat itself. It was not very efficent and took a long time, and in the end, we had about 10kg of grain.
After the farm work, we went for a walk around the property and and next had some tea inside. To our enjoyment, sumo wrestling was on television, and they explained the rules of the contest. It was pretty exciting to watch. We were impressed to see that there were men from other countries other than Japan in the ring, and those ones were excellent, too.
After tea, we returned to Rocky. And once again, it was onsen time. Dennis was feeling sick, and took a break, and Rocky still had some work to do. Ikumi and I were the only ones to go for the onsen. It is too hot in there for me!
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