Japan Continued from Page 1 mountainside, Allen said. “But it sure seems large when you’re working it,’’ she said. Allen and Nakama went to Ja pan so she could meet Nakama’s parents, and they could help har vest the green tea crop. The two spent about a month picking tea leaves for his parents and three other island families. Nakama said he and Allen picked about 40 sacks of tea from the four fields, each sack weighing 20 kilo gram s. The tea then was sold by the sack to a nearby mill for process ing. The two students helped Nakama’s parents earn about $400 from the sale of the tea they picked. She and Nakama worked in the tea fields about five hours each day, Allen said. They worked for about two hours in the cool of the morning, then took a long break for lunch. During lunch, they took showers to rid themselves of the tea residue and to cool down. They returned to the fields in the late afternoon after the temperature dropped. During the harvest season, ac tivity picked up. Nakama said his mother worked about 19 hours a day picking tea and processing the leaves at the mill. The mill is privately owned, and the owner helped Nakama’s mother with the processing. In re turn, they helped the mill owner pick his tea. Working on a Japanese farm differs in some ways from working on an American farm, Allen said. The harvest season for tea is only about two weeks long, she said, but there are four harvest seasons annually. Nakama said the tea must be picked during that period for the leaves to be good. If the leaves are not harvested in time, the plants must be cut back to ensure a good regrowth for the next season. The clothing worn by the Japa nese field workers is different from that worn by American farmhands, Allen said. While they wear layers of clothing to be removed during the heat, tea pickers in Japan also wear special protective clothing. These clothes make quick removal of tea residue easier, Allen said. The workers wear boots, aprons that resemble surgical gowns, and long protective gloves which cover their arms, Allen said. “We called them ninja gloves,” she said, “because they had elastic at the top to hold them up and no fingers in them.” The women wear sunbonnets similiar to those worn by the American pioneer women to shade them from the sun, and the men wear bandannas or caps, Allen said. The weather was hot and sunny every day during the tea harvest, which was why the workers took a break during the hottest part of the afternoon, Allen said. “It feels like the sun over in Japan is right over the top of you, not off to one side like here in Nebraska,” she said. “When you’re out (in the fields), you cast no shadow.” Working in the fields was fun, Allen said, because the workers talked, laughed and joked while they worked. Neighbors, workers and field owners worked side by side. “The unity of the community is so different there,” Allen said. “They all help each other, some times bringing food to each other where they’re working. If they’ve grown extra vegetables in their gardens, they give them to the neighbors.” “Everybody saves money by helping each other,” Nakama said, “so no one has to hire extra help in the fields.” When it was lime to return to the United States, Allen said the island people were sorry to see her leave. Even though she and Nakama had already visited the townspeople before getting ready to go, every- '. one came down to the ferry dock to see them off. “They were crying and that started me crying,” she said. I ▼ I Robin Trlmarchi/Daily Nebraskan Nickette Allen and Hiroshi Nakama . - ———— ■ ■ — Student develops recycling plan for Selleck uy sara bander Schott Senior Reporter Jeff Riggert is a man on a recycling mission. The junior biology major at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has developed a plan to recycle aluminum, paper, glass and plastics in Selleck Quadrangle. With his program already operating on one floor of Selleck, Riggert now is trying to get enough financial support to start programs on the other floors. He said he needs money to buy trash cans to hold the aluminum and paper. His first step to getting the money is to ask the Selleck Hall government, which he plans to do Sunday. Riggert said the trash cans would cost about $200 and the hall government would get that money back from the sale of the aluminum cans. After the trash cans are paid for, the hall government could decide what to do with any money from sales. If the hall government doesn’t help Riggert buy the trash cans, he said he may try to get funds from individual floor governments or housing. 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