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New rice varieties give hope that farmers can overcome the climate emergency and a warmer future that threatens harvests
When schoolchildren in Shiroishi were enlisted to plant rice seedlings in June, Shinto priests blessed the land and asked the deities for a bountiful crop. Judging by the fields behind farmer Haruki Kawasaki, their prayers have been answered.
The 63-year-old is preparing to harvest this year’s crop of hinatamaru, a variety of rice whose plump grains have thrived despite exposure to another hot and dry summer, conditions that typically punish rice yields.
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Peter Nessling, a keen photographer, visited Raintrees on 29th August 2026. He was kind enough to be my subject to allow me to create this Repeat Subject Panorama.