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Tokyo asa-ichi Earth day market

earth day market 10/04/2008

I’m NOT a early bird, so it was a hard work to get up in the morning,
but earth day market is worth for it!

earth day market 10/04/2008

we can enjoy many good (taste and for health!) foods there, and can buy some fresh vegetables, eco-friendly goods or so :)

earth day market 10/04/2008

it’s better to ready small changes to pay at the market!

Tokyo asa-ichi Earth day market

Beekeeping at home

庭で飼うはじめてのみつばち―ホビー養蜂入門

This book explains how to easily keep honeybees at home. Even if living in the urban city, many prople want to feel natural life.


You can study honeybee’s behavior, how to keep honeybees and how to make honey or beewax by reading this book.


Now we have a food camouflage ploblem. We don’t have a parfect way of distinction. So, I think that making foods by oneself will be one of global trends.

庭で飼うはじめてのみつばち - 自家製のはちみつ作りをしてみませんか?
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rainy game: Japanese baseball game, Yakult vs. Hanshin

Japanese baseball game, Yakult vs. Hanshin

I went to Jingu Stadium to watch baseball game, Yakult vs. Hanshin on rany night. Yakult is home team of Tokyo (Giants, too) . Hanshin is home team of Osaka and Kobe area.

Japanese baseball game, Yakult vs. Hanshin
Hanshin is very popular in Tokyo, too. So many Hanshin fans are in Jingu Stadium. Hanshin fans fly blowing balloons at the 7th inning.

Japanese baseball game, Yakult vs. Hanshin

Yakult fan’s lucky item is the umbrella that is smaller than normal. Yakult’s mascot “Tsubakuro” (as a swallow) is on the tip.

Japanese baseball game, Yakult vs. Hanshin

BORN FREE WORKS (Yuigahama beach, Kamakura)

BORN FREE WORKS

The free space “BORN FREE WORKS” is in Yuigahama beach, Kamakura. Kamakura is the suburbs of Tokyo and Yokohama and along the seashore.

BORN FREE WORKS

When I went the other day, The knit brand “n100″ held their exhibition sale. BORN FREE WORKS’s owner Kako-san is a surfer. She is usually selling a hammock there.

BORN FREE WORKS

BORN FREE WORKS
n100

Otokomae(Handsome Guy) Tofu 3

Otokomae(Handsome Guy) Tofu 3

This is Otokomae(Handsome Guy) Tofu flavored white chocolate.

Otokomae(Handsome Guy) Tofu 3

Processed Otokomae(Handsome Guy) Tofu is one of the ingredients. It’s amazing that I can taste tofu with chocolate !!

Tirol choco

Great Ukiyo-e in Harajuku!!

ota memorial museum

How do you imagine or know about Harajuku?
Yeah, it is very exciting young people’s fashion sacred place.

ota memorial museum

But this time I recommend you Ukiyo-e Ota memorial museum of art!
The museum is at the back of Laforet Harajuku.

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You can see a lot of beautiful Ukiyo-e. just like into Japanese house,
you need to take off your shoes to enter the Museum. Unbelievably calm & serene place.

You can get some Ukiyo-e printed stationery at the reception.

Ukiyo-e Ota memorial museum of art

Tsukimi (Moon Viewing) Manju

Tsukimi (Moon Viewing) Manju

Tsukimi is a Japanese festival honoring the first full moon of Autumn. The celebration takes place on the 14th of September on the lunisolar calendar this year.

Tsukimi (Moon Viewing) Manju

Manju is a popular traditional Japanese confection.

There are many varieties of manju, but most have an outside made from flour, rice powder and buckwheat and a filling of an (red bean paste), made from boiled azuki beans and sugar.

Tsukimi (Moon Viewing) Manju

We look at the moon, enjoying the beauty silence. Tsukimi also has the meaning of celebrating the autumn harvest.

文銭堂のホームページへようこそ

Yakatabune the party boats

yakatabune

yakatabune
I ride on Yakatabune, the traditional party boat with some friends.

yakatabune
the ship serves good Japanese dinner… sashimi, tofu and Tempura was served as soon as these are fried immediately.

yakatabune
If you’d like to ride that big group as 20 people or more, you can rent whole one Yakatabune.Or small group, you’ll ride it with other groups.

Yakatabune – Tokyo’s Party Boat (Yokoso! Japan article)

Funawa “Japanese-style confection store”

Funawa

I went to Asakusa with my friend and we stopped by Funawa for sweets. We had Anmitsu and kusamochi.

Anmitsu is made of small cubes of agar jelly, a white translucent jelly made from red algae or seaweed which served in a bowl with sweet azuki bean paste or anko.

Funawa

kusamochi is a rice cake mixed with yomogi. If you have a sweet tooth, you will love them!!

Funawa
浅草うまいもの会

oden - waiting for winter

oden - waiting for winter

a day seems like hot summer is going, I went to eat oden :)

oden - waiting for winter

many kind of fish cakes and some vegetables are stewed in the large pan.
the shop master take care of these carefully.

oden - waiting for winter

hot oden warms us… not yet winter though. some sweat :P

oden - wikipedia

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