{"id":514,"date":"2011-10-13T11:28:55","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T02:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/?p=514"},"modified":"2011-10-13T11:48:09","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T02:48:09","slug":"harvest-time-in-fukushima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/13\/harvest-time-in-fukushima\/","title":{"rendered":"Harvest Time in Fukushima"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\n\t\t<div class=\"gallery_clear\"><\/div> \n\t\t<div id=\"gallery_514_1\" class=\"photospace\"> \n\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Start Advanced Gallery Html Containers -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbs_wrap2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"thumbs_wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"thumbs_514_1\" class=\"thumnail_col \" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"thumbs noscript\">\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/obama-junko-600x400.jpg\" title=\"obama junko\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/obama-junko-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"obama junko\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">\"Yes we can support local produce.\"  A rice field in Iitatemura, uncultivated by government order.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lantern-balloon-girls-600x400.jpg\" title=\"lantern balloon girls\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lantern-balloon-girls-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"lantern balloon girls\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">Fukushima City Lantern Festival<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lantern-giisan-600x400.jpg\" title=\"lantern giisan\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lantern-giisan-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"lantern giisan\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">Fukushima City Lantern Festival<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lantern-girl-drink-600x400.jpg\" title=\"lantern girl drink\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lantern-girl-drink-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"lantern girl drink\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">Fukushima City Lantern Festival<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/sugeno-harvest-600x400.jpg\" title=\"sugeno harvest\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/sugeno-harvest-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"sugeno harvest\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">Sugeno's rice harvest team: Serbian volunteer Milo, daughter Mizuho, and Owada and his grandparents, evacuated from Namie.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-dog-600x400.jpg\" title=\"yasukawa dog\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-dog-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"yasukawa dog\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">84-year-old rice farmer Yasukawa is defying a government order to burn his rice harvest.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-600x400.jpg\" title=\"yasukawa\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"yasukawa\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-orders-600x400.jpg\" title=\"yasukawa orders\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-orders-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"yasukawa orders\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">Yasukawa shows conflicting government orders regarding his rice.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-harvest-cu-600x400.jpg\" title=\"yasukawa harvest cu\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-harvest-cu-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"yasukawa harvest cu\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-harvest-2-600x400.jpg\" title=\"yasukawa harvest 2\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-harvest-2-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"yasukawa harvest 2\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/watanabe-nihonmatsu-600x400.jpg\" title=\"watanabe nihonmatsu\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/watanabe-nihonmatsu-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"watanabe nihonmatsu\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">Watanabe turns over his field in hopes of burying radioactive cesium deeper than his vegetables' roots will reach.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/junkoedazuma-600x450.jpg\" title=\"junkoedazuma\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/junkoedazuma-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"junkoedazuma\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">Mt. Azuma, Fukushima<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/edazuma-450x600.jpg\" title=\"edazuma\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/edazuma-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"edazuma\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">Mt. Azuma, Fukushima<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/shinobuyama-sunset-600x400.jpg\" title=\"shinobuyama sunset\" >\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/shinobuyama-sunset-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"shinobuyama sunset\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-desc\">Sunset over Mt. Shinobu, Fukushima City.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"photospace_clear\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pageLink prev\" style=\"display:none\" href=\"#\" title=\"Previous Page\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"pageLink next\" style=\"display:none\" href=\"#\" title=\"Next Page\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<!-- Start Advanced Gallery Html Containers -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"gal_content\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"controls_514_1\" class=\"controls\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"slideshow-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"loading_514_1\" class=\"loader\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"slideshow_514_1\" class=\"slideshow\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"caption_514_1\" class=\"caption-container\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"gallery_clear\"><\/div>\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t<script type='text\/javascript'>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tjQuery(document).ready(function($) {\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ We only want these styles applied when javascript is enabled\n\t\t\t\t$('.gal_content').css('display', 'block');\n\t\t\t\t$('.thumnail_col').css('width', '600px');\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\/\/ Initialize Advanced Galleriffic Gallery \n\t\t\t\tvar gallery = $('#thumbs_514_1').galleriffic({ \n\t\t\t\t\tdelay:                     10000,\n\t\t\t\t\tnumThumbs:                 5,\n\t\t\t\t\tpreloadAhead:              5,\n\t\t\t\t\tenableTopPager:            1,\n\t\t\t\t\tenableBottomPager:         false,\n\t\t\t\t\timageContainerSel:         '#slideshow_514_1',\n\t\t\t\t\tcontrolsContainerSel:      '#controls_514_1',\n\t\t\t\t\tcaptionContainerSel:       '#caption_514_1',  \n\t\t\t\t\tloadingContainerSel:       '#loading_514_1',\n\t\t\t\t\trenderSSControls:          true,\n\t\t\t\t\trenderNavControls:         true,\n\t\t\t\t\tplayLinkText:              '',\n\t\t\t\t\tpauseLinkText:             '',\n\t\t\t\t\tprevLinkText:              '',\n\t\t\t\t\tnextLinkText:              '',\n\t\t\t\t\tnextPageLinkText:          '&rsaquo;',\n\t\t\t\t\tprevPageLinkText:          '&lsaquo;',\n\t\t\t\t\tenableHistory:              0,\n\t\t\t\t\tautoStart:                 \t0,\n\t\t\t\t\tenableKeyboardNavigation:\ttrue,\n\t\t\t\t\tsyncTransitions:           \t1,\n\t\t\t\t\tdefaultTransitionDuration: \t300,\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tonTransitionOut:           function(slide, caption, isSync, callback) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tslide.fadeTo(this.getDefaultTransitionDuration(isSync), 0.0, callback);\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcaption.fadeTo(this.getDefaultTransitionDuration(isSync), 0.0);\n\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\tonTransitionIn:            function(slide, caption, isSync) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar duration = this.getDefaultTransitionDuration(isSync);\n\t\t\t\t\t\tslide.fadeTo(duration, 1.0);\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Position the caption at the bottom of the image and set its opacity\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar slideImage = slide.find('img');\n\t\t\t\t\t\tcaption.width(slideImage.width())\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.css({\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/'bottom' : Math.floor((slide.height() - slideImage.outerHeight()) \/ 2 - 40),\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t'top' : slideImage.outerHeight(),\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t'left' : Math.floor((slide.width() - slideImage.width()) \/ 2) + slideImage.outerWidth() - slideImage.width()\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t})\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.fadeTo(duration, 1.0);\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\tonPageTransitionOut:       function(callback) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tthis.hide();\n\t\t\t\t\t\tsetTimeout(callback, 100); \/\/ wait a bit\n\t\t\t\t\t},\n\t\t\t\t\tonPageTransitionIn:        function() {\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar prevPageLink = this.find('a.prev').css('display', 'none');\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar nextPageLink = this.find('a.next').css('display', 'none');\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Show appropriate next \/ prev page links\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif (this.displayedPage > 0)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tprevPageLink.css('display', 'block');\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tvar lastPage = this.getNumPages() - 1;\n\t\t\t\t\t\tif (this.displayedPage < lastPage)\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tnextPageLink.css('display', 'block');\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\tthis.fadeTo('fast', 1.0);\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t}); \n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\/**************** Event handlers for custom next \/ prev page links **********************\/\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tgallery.find('a.prev').click(function(e) {\n\t\t\t\t\tgallery.previousPage();\n\t\t\t\t\te.preventDefault();\n\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\tgallery.find('a.next').click(function(e) {\n\t\t\t\t\tgallery.nextPage(); \n\t\t\t\t\te.preventDefault();\n\t\t\t\t});\n\t\t\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t\n\t\t\n<p>Just as the U.S. State Department announces that it\u2019s safe to be here, it\u2019s time for us to leave.  We conclude our 20 weeks living and working among the organic farmers and food producers of Fukushima, a week after the State Department narrowed its travel advisory against visiting the area around the power plant from 80 kilometers to the Japanese government\u2019s 20-kilometer evacuation zone. <\/p>\n<p>Seven months since the beginning of the crisis, Japan stumbles toward recovery.  Evacuated communities are being reopened near the nuclear plant, even as many efforts to decontaminate land are proving ineffective.  With a number of notable exceptions, testing of rice and vegetables is showing much less contamination than was expected based on results in Chernobyl.  Researchers investigate the reasons for these levels, considering the differing composition of Japanese soil, particularly certain minerals and bacteria that may remove radioactive cesium or prevent plants from absorbing it\u2014bacteria that may thrive in organically cultivated land.<\/p>\n<p>But the food testing regime is still sporadic, and no amount of lower test results will be sufficient to convince much of the public that Fukushima food is safe to eat.  The organic farmers here toil to repair their land using natural methods (land that many of their families have tilled since before the U.S. was a country), to grow their food as free as possible of radionuclides, and to accurately communicate the condition of their produce to consumers.  Constantly exposed to background radiation and inhaled particles in their fields, as well as from food and water, the farmers rank with cleanup workers in the groups at greatest risk of suffering health damage.<\/p>\n<p>We will edit the film in Chicago through the fall and winter, and return to Japan next March to cover how the farmers weathered the seasons and how they fare as they prepare to plant again, a year after the disaster.  In the meantime, we still need your support to cover the costs of postproduction.  Please spread the word and if you can please make a <a target=0 href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/uncannyterrain\">tax-deductible donation<\/a> to the project.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gallery_clear\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"gallery_514_2\" class=\"photospace\">\n<p>\t\t\t<!-- Start Advanced Gallery Html Containers --><\/p>\n<div class=\"thumbs_wrap2\">\n<div class=\"thumbs_wrap\">\n<div id=\"thumbs_514_2\" class=\"thumnail_col \" >\n<ul class=\"thumbs noscript\">\n<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/obama-junko-600x400.jpg\" title=\"obama junko\" ><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/obama-junko-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"obama junko\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"image-desc\">&#8220;Yes we can support local produce.&#8221;  A rice field in Iitatemura, uncultivated by government order.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lantern-balloon-girls-600x400.jpg\" title=\"lantern balloon girls\" ><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lantern-balloon-girls-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"lantern balloon girls\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Fukushima City Lantern Festival<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lantern-giisan-600x400.jpg\" title=\"lantern giisan\" ><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lantern-giisan-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"lantern giisan\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Fukushima City Lantern Festival<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lantern-girl-drink-600x400.jpg\" title=\"lantern girl drink\" ><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/lantern-girl-drink-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"lantern girl drink\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Fukushima City Lantern Festival<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/sugeno-harvest-600x400.jpg\" title=\"sugeno harvest\" ><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/sugeno-harvest-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"sugeno harvest\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Sugeno&#8217;s rice harvest team: Serbian volunteer Milo, daughter Mizuho, and Owada and his grandparents, evacuated from Namie.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-dog-600x400.jpg\" title=\"yasukawa dog\" ><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-dog-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"yasukawa dog\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"image-desc\">84-year-old rice farmer Yasukawa is defying a government order to burn his rice harvest.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-600x400.jpg\" title=\"yasukawa\" ><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"yasukawa\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-orders-600x400.jpg\" title=\"yasukawa orders\" ><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-orders-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"yasukawa orders\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Yasukawa shows conflicting government orders regarding his rice.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-harvest-cu-600x400.jpg\" title=\"yasukawa harvest cu\" ><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-harvest-cu-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"yasukawa harvest cu\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-harvest-2-600x400.jpg\" title=\"yasukawa harvest 2\" ><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/yasukawa-harvest-2-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"yasukawa harvest 2\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/watanabe-nihonmatsu-600x400.jpg\" title=\"watanabe nihonmatsu\" ><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/watanabe-nihonmatsu-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"watanabe nihonmatsu\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Watanabe turns over his field in hopes of burying radioactive cesium deeper than his vegetables&#8217; roots will reach.<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/junkoedazuma-600x450.jpg\" title=\"junkoedazuma\" ><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/junkoedazuma-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"junkoedazuma\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Mt. Azuma, Fukushima<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/edazuma-450x600.jpg\" title=\"edazuma\" ><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/edazuma-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"edazuma\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Mt. Azuma, Fukushima<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a class=\"thumb\" href=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/shinobuyama-sunset-600x400.jpg\" title=\"shinobuyama sunset\" ><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/shinobuyama-sunset-114x78.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"shinobuyama sunset\" \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<div class=\"image-desc\">Sunset over Mt. 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We conclude our 20 weeks living and working among the organic farmers and food producers of Fukushima, a week after the State Department narrowed its travel advisory against visiting the area around the power plant from 80 kilometers to the Japanese government\u2019s 20-kilometer evacuation zone. <\/p>\n<p>Seven months since the beginning of the crisis, Japan stumbles toward recovery.  Evacuated communities are being reopened near the nuclear plant, even as many efforts to decontaminate land are proving ineffective.  With a number of notable exceptions, testing of rice and vegetables is showing much less contamination than was expected based on results in Chernobyl.  Researchers investigate the reasons for these levels, considering the differing composition of Japanese soil, particularly certain minerals and bacteria that may remove radioactive cesium or prevent plants from absorbing it\u2014bacteria that may thrive in organically cultivated land.<\/p>\n<p>But the food testing regime is still sporadic, and no amount of lower test results will be sufficient to convince much of the public that Fukushima food is safe to eat.  The organic farmers here toil to repair their land using natural methods (land that many of their families have tilled since before the U.S. was a country), to grow their food as free as possible of radionuclides, and to accurately communicate the condition of their produce to consumers.  Constantly exposed to background radiation and inhaled particles in their fields, as well as from food and water, the farmers rank with cleanup workers in the groups at greatest risk of suffering health damage.<\/p>\n<p>We will edit the film in Chicago through the fall and winter, and return to Japan next March to cover how the farmers weathered the seasons and how they fare as they prepare to plant again, a year after the disaster.  In the meantime, we still need your support to cover the costs of postproduction.  Please spread the word and if you can please make a <a target=0 href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/uncannyterrain\">tax-deductible donation<\/a> to the project.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":519,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[353,6,357,145,351,9,348,355,34,18,19,350,349,352,116,235,7,14,12,15,354,317,131,97,319,356],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-photo","tag-azuma","tag-documentary","tag-dog","tag-farm","tag-festival","tag-fukushima","tag-harevest","tag-harvest","tag-iitatemura","tag-kajino","tag-koziarski","tag-lantern","tag-metldown","tag-minamisoma","tag-mountain","tag-nihonmatsu","tag-nuclear","tag-organic","tag-radiation","tag-rice","tag-shinobu","tag-sugeno","tag-tepco","tag-uncanny-terrain","tag-watanabe","tag-yasukawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":538,"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/538"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/uncannyterrain.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}