{"id":7161,"date":"2014-04-21T13:42:38","date_gmt":"2014-04-21T05:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/?p=7161"},"modified":"2014-12-10T15:48:13","modified_gmt":"2014-12-10T07:48:13","slug":"heart-warming-photos-of-the-sweet-bond-between-japanese-farmer-his-1200-pigs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/?p=7161","title":{"rendered":"Heart-Warming Photos Of The Sweet Bond Between Japanese Farmer &#038; His 1,200 Pigs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u30102014.04.16\u3000TAXI\u3000By\u00a0Dorothy Tan\u3011<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/1-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p>From 1997 to 2007, Kagawa-based photographer Toshiteru Yamaji documented the sweet and tender relationship that Japanese farmer Otchan has with his 1,200 pigs.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Proving that there are certainly better ways to farm animals than in factories, these heart-warming pictures show how Otchan took loving care of each of his pigs\u2014his affection for these animals is apparent in all of the images.<\/p>\n<p>Other than simply seeing the pigs as a way to make a living, the farmer obviously enjoys spending time with them. In this series, he can be seen reading the newspaper and playing the guitar to them\u2014in one shot, he has even brought a little pig to the beach for sunbathing.<\/p>\n<p>Yamaji self-published these photos into a book in 2009 and won the 13th Japan Self-Publishing Awar\u2019s graphic prize for it. The next year, publisher FOIL republished a revised edition of it\u2014you can purchase it here.<\/p>\n<p>Scroll down or head over to Feature Shoot for more images from this heart-warming series.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"2\" src=\"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/2-300x235.jpg\" width=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"3\" src=\"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/3-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"4\" src=\"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/4-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"5\" src=\"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/5-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6\" src=\"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/6-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"7\" src=\"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/7-300x198.jpg\" width=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"8\" src=\"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/8-300x219.jpg\" width=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\u00909\" src=\"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/9-300x239.jpg\" width=\"300\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u8cc7\u6599\u4f86\u6e90\uff1ahttp:\/\/designtaxi.com\/news\/365083\/Heart-Warming-Photos-Of-The-Sweet-Bond-Between-Japanese-Farmer-His-1-200-Pigs\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u30102014.04.16\u3000TAXI\u3000By\u00a0Dorothy Tan\u3011 From 1997 to 2007, Kag [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sexualplurality","category-d008-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7161","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sex.ncu.edu.tw\/blognews\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}