October in Tachiarai

It's October in Tachiarai (and the rest of the world, of course), and the rice fields are no longer bright green. The weather is wonderful -- a cool breeze with sunshine most days, and clouds in the afternoons. In the mornings, we usually see someone out in their field, harvesting the rice, mostly by small tractor, but there's always others in the field, picking up... really I don't know what all goes into it. Anyway, here's a photo of the rice, as of today.

And here is where we catch the train into the world outside Tachiarai. Some autumn flowers made for a pleasant wait, for about a week.