KIKIGAKI · VOL.03 HarvestEditorial team
My First Sickle
A record by a Tokyo member who comes to help with the harvest.
Oral history: ensembles editorial team·October 2026·5 min read
"So you pull a sickle. I thought you pushed it. When I cut the first plant, the crunch was heavier than I expected. And I suddenly found myself converting it — ah, this is maybe one bowl's worth."
"At my company I work with numbers. Projects that take six months to show results are common. With rice harvesting, when you look back, the scenery has changed by exactly as much as you cut. That immediacy feels a little unfair."
Look back, and the scenery has changed by exactly as much as you cut.
"When the new rice arrives, I hand it out at work. When I say 'rice I helped harvest,' everyone laughs, but when they eat it they go quiet. I'm a little proud of that silence."
