Agriculture--Japan--Okinawa-ken;Okinawa Island (Japan);Banana;Sweet potatoes
Topic
Subject Source: Unspecified ingested source
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Small sinkhole with sweet potatoes and banana tree hedge, July 20, 1947
Item — Box 1: [Barcode: 31430059799595], item: G-148
Scope and Contents
Description provided by photographer Roy Simonson reads: "Small sinkhole in landscape of Reddish-Brown Lateritic soils from limestone, a few miles south of Ishikawa, which has been widened by Okinawans to provide more land for cultivation. Sweet potatoes on Alluvial soil and on upland, banana hedge near hut, sumac at edge."
Dates:
July 20, 1947