Thursday, May 19, 2022
The season is changing from "Rikka" to "Shoman," and rice planting is in full swing.
We are now in the season when everything is bathed in the warm rays of the sun, overflowing with vitality and growing vigorously.
After the snow melted, work to create fertile soil at Sunflower Village was steadily progressing, with compost being spread, green manure being incorporated, and plowing being done!
[From fiscal year 2022, the management of Himawari no Sato will be handled by Nekonote Co., Ltd. (Itaya, Hokuryu Town, Representative Director: Yoshinori Omae)]
- 1 Sunflower Village Soil Preparation 2022
- 1.1 On Tuesday, March 29th, snow-melting agents were sprayed on Himawari Village, creating a spring-like scene.
- 1.2 April 29th (Friday) The snow has melted and the sunflower fields are covered with a green carpet of oats and wheat used as green manure.
- 1.3 April 30th (Sat) Basking in the sunlight...
- 1.4 May 2nd (Monday) Soil preparation is progressing steadily with the aim of increasing soil fertility, activating underground microorganisms, and suppressing harmful insects.
- 1.5 May 8th (Sunday) After soil preparation, the sunflower field is ready for sowing.
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Sunflower Village Soil Preparation 2022
We will introduce you to the soil preparation scene at Sunflower Village from late March to early May.
On Tuesday, March 29th, snow-melting agents were sprayed on Himawari Village, creating a spring-like scene.
April 29th (Friday) The snow has melted and the sunflower fields are covered with a green carpet of oats and wheat used as green manure.
Compost spreading is underway!
Fertile soil with compost flying around
Shining green grassland
April 30th (Sat) Basking in the sunlight...
Plowing in green manure
May 2nd (Monday) Soil preparation is progressing steadily with the aim of increasing soil fertility, activating underground microorganisms, and suppressing harmful insects.
Plowing the fields
May 8th (Sunday) After soil preparation, the sunflower field is ready for sowing.
Silence spreads across the fields Sunday, May 8th
Watched over by the blue sky and white clouds...
Dreaming of meeting beautiful sunflowers in the summer...
After this, the sowing work will begin. We sincerely hope that the sunflowers will grow healthy as we head into summer.
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Two million sunflowers bloom facing east on an east-facing slope. They bloom facing the tourists. When the sunflowers are in full bloom in early August, exclamations of "Amazing!" echo throughout the village.
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◇ Photography and editing: Noboru Terauchi Interview and text: Ikuko Terauchi
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