A farmer collects sack of harvested rice in
a paddy field during rice harvesting season on September 18, 2011 in Sayo city,
Hyogo, Japan. September is the month for Inekari 'the rice harvest' in Japan. According
to official Agricultural information, Hyogo Prefecture cultivates 33890
hectares of eating rice and 4130 hectares of sake production rice. (Photo by
Buddhika Weerasinghe)