29 September, 2010

Small farms and no discernable town planning

We walk past this field every day, it is just down the road from our house. It is not large. But most Japanese farms aren't. Neither is the tractor. On our way home from school we caught the farmer ploughing. I just had to catch the image for all you people from large countries. Especially those farms we know where you cannot see two boundaries at the same time!

What I love about the first picture is the background - it catches the squished-together houses as well as the large apartment block. The city centre is less than one km away with the railway station. Hard to believe! Town planning isn't quite the same here as back home.

2 comments:

Hippomanic Jen said...

As a Qld town planner I can't help but notice the lack of a 40m wide vegetated buffer between the rural and residential land uses.

May I please give a copy of this to the local Council? ;)

Wendy said...

Smile! There is a slight strip where the house-owner have planted vegetation - about 50 cm wide. Does that count?

You cannot see, but to the right of the photo is a kindergarten, also butted straight onto the farm.