Preparing The Rice Field for Yume Sansui (夢山水) Sake rice by Saki Sano | Apr 22, 2021 | HOURAISEN Maka (摩訶) journey | 0 comments 田起こし (Ta-o-ko-shi) On March 11th, 2021, the Houraisen Agricultural department has started 田起こし (Ta-o-ko-shi), which is to prepare the rice field for the new season of rice growing. Using the tractor to plow the soil as fine and as flat as possible.