Still looking for a scene to paint

 I like drawing these strangely shaped trees, but there is no reason to do it outside. This hole between the fences is a canal leading to the river. Any rice growing area will have a network of large and small canals that insure that all the paddies have access to water, a necessity for growing rice. Most of these water systems were started more than a thousand years ago and have been continuously repaired and upgraded since.

 There was a very severe flood in 2012 so they are building new dams along the Nakagawa River. A short while back I showed one under construction downriver from here, to the north of the main road. This one is about an equal distance to the south from the road.

This is looking back at the construction site from a little farther upstream. Still nothing interesting to draw.