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[Gordon]

I have only been in Japan a year, but one thing that really gets to me about his place (especially this time of year) is all the garbage people burn. I live in a rural area and everywhere farmers are burning their crops and old ladies are burning their garbage in their backyards. I'm sure you city folks don't notice it as much, but out in the sticks it's a real problem.
I know it's illegal, so why isn't it enforced? Talk about an easy crime to enforce, people can see it and smell it from miles away. Am I the only one that it bothers or am I a wimp?

[Shonai Ben]

I don't know about old ladies burning gomi in their backyards but I like the smell of smoldering rice piles in the fields.I always associate this smell with fall in Japan.

[shmooj]