A beautiful sunset viewed from Ōda Ski Resort

We successfully finished planting the rice yesterday. Right
after we finished, we headed to the Oda Ski Resort in Daisen City. This is the

rural landscape seen from the Oda Ski Resort before the rice was planted. The
water-filled rice paddies reflected the setting sun, making it look as if the earth itself were illuminating the sky.

This “water mirror” scenery is unique to this time of year.

Even though I see it every year, I can’t help but pull over and gaze at it. The setting sun sinking
behind the mountain ridges and the quietly shimmering rice paddies.

It is a scene marking the beginning of early summer.