Motome Miyazawa's voice booms across rows of taro plants at a farm in Hachioji, western Tokyo.
"Hey, where'd he go? We have to get the bugs off these plants today!"
The fact that Miyazawa is shouting in his local dialect conveys more than his words, and it says that here on the farm the 69-year-old Miyake islander feels comfortable and secure.
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