After we passed through the city of Konosu, the scenery became very rural, with rice fields on either side of the road. Farmhouses dotted the landscape, rice seedlings were planted in neat rows in flooded paddies, wisteria vines were sprouting their first tender green leaves of spring, and eager tips of grass were just beginning to push up through the sleepy spring soil.
車子經過鴻巢市街後逐漸駛入兩旁都是稻田的公路。點狀的農家、春耕的農夫、已插好一排排秧苗的水田、掛著成串紫藤的矮樹、樹上嬌嫩的葉子、地上新萌的青草，在在構成了一幅祥和的田園風景畫。