By TADASHI MIZOWAKI/ Staff Writer
June 11, 2023 at 19:02 JST
Students from local elementary and junior high schools ring bells and beat drums during the “mushiokuri” event on June 10 as they walk along paths at the Maruyama Senmaida terraced rice paddies in Kumano, Mie Prefecture. (Tadashi Mizowaki)
KUMANO, Mie Prefecture--Farmers and others holding torches chanted, rang bells and beat drums as they walked through terraced rice paddies here in a traditional event. [Read More]
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