Rice Field (Tanbo,田んぼ）
Before going to Japan I had a preconceived image of the country, which was fabricated through popular media. After years of yearning to visit Japan, that wish came true when I studied abroad. Leaving the airport that preconceived image slowly changed the further we traveled through the countryside. One of the common things I saw was rice fields. I remember riding my bike with friends on roads next to these fields. We would yell TANBO TANBO (rice field) to make sure we would not accidentally fall into one. I didn’t have the chance to see the harvest season for rice.