One last sightseeing trip before we left for Gamagori. Tomoko, Dirk, Pat and I walked down the road to a nearby Shinshiro shrine. On the way there, we came across a field of grapes. Each bunch of grapes was carefully wrapped in paper to protect them from insects, the sun and whatever else might do them harm. We saw apples wrapped the same way.
The Shinshiro Shrine. This is about 300 meters down the road from the Hara residence. Between this shrine and the Hara residence are the fields that Tatsuhiro-san farms.
This small memorial is right next to the Shinshiro Shrine that we visited. Tomoko said this was a memorial to the soldiers from Shinshiro that died in World War II.
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