agriculture

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Short logs of one meter or so are stacked in rows under a canopy of trees. The white spots where plugs with mushroom spores have been driven in are visible on the logs.
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shiga-1-008

A field of rice, with some stalks toppled by rain or wind, just ready for harvest. Beyond that a stone wall of perhaps two or three meters in height runs the width of the field, as a retaining wall for higher ground beyond bearing an orchard.