The beginning of early summer

The rice planting has finished around Kakurekura.

The water-filled fields reflect the sky,

creating calm, mirror-like scenery.

Fresh green satoyama hills, drifting clouds,

and the soft air of early summer.

As the rice begins to grow,

the landscape will slowly change again.

There is a quiet openness here —

a kind of stillness that makes you want to simply pause and look.