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Some farmers have devised unique ways to catch water run off. Here a farmer has used some carpet, an electric carpet, and some corrugated plastic to catch water running off an embankment into an old bath tub.
Water collects in a bucket having been diverted from a stream at the top of Mount Koma. The pipe carrying the water is hidden within the top of this small bamboo fence. Flickr: http://flic.kr/p/9WkRVS
Well, winter has set in and now it’s bloody cold!
A fast running river in the mountains of Isehara, Kanagawa prefecture.
Waves. Atami, Izu peninsula, Shizuoka prefecture.
Waterfall, Isehara, Kanagawa prefecture.
Almost all farmers draw water using these old fashioned pump-taps. And you thought Japan was all high-tech.
Water fills the pond at Hase temple, Hase Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture.
A river deep in the Tanzawa mountains.
A swan in the moat of the Takeda shrine, Kõfu, Yamanashi prefecture.
Water spills off into the moat of Matsumoto castle, Matsumoto Nagano prefecture.
In this heat it is so tempting to just wade through the cool waters of the rice fields!
Here in Japan it’s summer and it has been in the mid-to-high 30’s for two weeks. Water is being sought out everywhere as the heat wave goes on.
It was a already 27 degrees at 8.00 in the morning. People were already in the water at the fountain of Sogo park, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa prefecture.
People sought out water and air conditioned shops today as the temperature soared to 34 with a humidity of 95%.
Places with fountains or ponds were swamped by people and children could be seen frolicking in the fountains.
