On Kari's last weekend here, we had plans to spend a weekend on Niijima island. But a typhoon threatened the area and our trip was canceled. So, one of Jonathan's students invited us down south to the little rural town of Ohara to see the annual "Hadaka Matsuuri' or "Naked Festival". Probably years ago, now, they used to celebrate this festival naked, but there was little nudity visible when we went. Above: sheaves of sesame seed plant outside someone's home in Ohara.