Fieldcraft

Can Foreigners Hunt in Japan? What the Law Actually Says About Hunting Eligibility

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Spring buck!

Can YOU hunt in Japan? Ok, if I had to place a bet on how you landed on this page, my money would be on a lingering question you are trying to answer: ‘Can I hunt in Japan?’ You know there is hunting, trapping, and fishing of some sort here. But you want to know … Read more

長雨 – The Long Rain

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Rice Field in Rain

Early June, the rice fields of Northern Tohoku were in and the Ojii-sans were taking a bit of rest. Plowing the fields, fertilizing, reconstructing the せぎ (rice field water ditches), planting the little rice starts – all that was done and the valley could pause. The pause came naturally, as the 長雨 settled over the … Read more