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People wearing traditional outfits plant rice seedlings during an Omiwa Shrine ritual in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture, on Saturday. During this annually held prayer for a bountiful harvest, the seedlings were planted in a rice field dedicated to the gods as a taiko drum kept rhythm. The rice will be harvested at a festival on Oct. 20 and used to make festival offerings and sacred sake. If the rice grows well, there is expected to be a harvest of about 90 kilograms.
