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Frogs in Rice Paddies
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Recordist's notes
Frogs in rice paddies and irrigation water running in a ditch in Hayashi, Ritto City, Shiga Prefecture Japan. Recorded at about 02:00 on July 16, 2013 with an Audio-Technica BP 4025 microphone and an Olympus LS100 recorder. We can hear low frequency rumble from the Meishin Expressway and Japan Route #1. WLD 2013
About the place
Rittō is a town of about 70,312 people in Shiga, Japan. OttoAnna lists 20 field recordings from here.
Equipment mentioned: Olympus LS series and Audio-Technica microphones. Olympus's LS line (LS-10, LS-11, LS-14, LS-100, LS-P4) – small recorders with good built-in mics.
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Sources & credits
- “Hayashi, Ritto, Shiga Prefecture, Japan - Frogs in Rice Paddies” by Greg Peterson – CC BY-SA 3.0 · radio aporee ::: maps via Internet Archive
- Reverse geocoding: GeoNames – CC BY 4.0