We’ll tour the village rice fields, visit shrines of the mountain and water gods, walk through neighborhoods and get up close with the residents. We’ll visit a 500 year old temple and learn the local folktale that describes its history. We’ll visit the water tunnel dug by the residents to drain a large pond (Ike means ‘pond’ in Japanese) and provide farmland. We’ll learn the stories behind several roadside stone carvings along the way.