<prompt> Translate the following text to EnglishKila mwaka, katika sherehe muhimu, maliki hupanda mchele katika shamba la mfano, akiongeza jukumu lake kama kiungo cha urithi kati ya watu wa Japani na miungu yao ya Shinto.  <response>: Each year in an important ceremony, the emperor plants rice in a symbolic field, reinforcing his role as the hereditary link between the Japanese people and their Shinto gods. 