In addition to my ninja skills, I also recently learned the art of rice planting. The season has come when the fields are flooded, making temporary oceans in the hills. One of my favorite sights in Japan.
The flooding is not to help the rice grow (rice can grow in anything), but to keep other non-rice vegetation from growing. Farmer Guy explains the proper way to shove seeds in the mud. Try and find Keitorin sensei at the back of the pack...
This back breaking work is best left to children.
I even made the Fukui newspaper! "Foreign labor threatens Japanese farmers..." Or something like that.