This year, I'd like to dedicate myself to making homemade plum wine and pickled plums using Nanko plums that I harvested during my first plum-picking experience at artist Shintaro Ajioka's home! By trying out different base alcohols, I can find my favorite type of plum wine...
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We sent some Tenshioto musk melons from Kageyama Melon Farm to Tatsuya Fujii, President and CEO of Hosokawa Takashi Music Office Co., Ltd., who we've worked with on events and other occasions. He was apparently very pleased, and we received a wonderful gift in return! ...
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It was exactly one year ago that we encountered the "Tenshioto Muskmelon," characterized by its fragrant, supreme aroma, magnificent richness and silky texture, and exquisite sweetness that stimulates the senses. It was from a company in Kyoto that handles high-quality vegetables and premium fruits, supplying them to top-class restaurants...
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Takahide Akashi of Akashi Shoten, a company that handles high-quality vegetables and premium fruits at Kyoto's central market and supplies top-tier Michelin-starred restaurants, sent us a wonderful gift of high-quality vegetables and premium fruits...
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It's been a year since we moved to Lake Sanaru in Hamamatsu, and we've finally settled into this comfortable and blessed environment. And now, we're pleased to announce that we'll be welcoming a new member to our family! An 8-month-old long-haired Chihuahua, chocolate tan and cream...
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The first fireworks display of the Reiwa era this summer will be the "30th Sanaru Lake Fireworks Festival 2019," featuring 1,000 fireworks launched from the shores of Lake Sanaru, which stretches out below our home! This year's event dates...
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The Kawazu cherry blossoms bloom first, followed by Somei Yoshino, Oshima cherry, mountain cherry, double-flowered cherry, and Beni Temari cherry trees, with approximately 700 cherry trees blooming in succession. Springtime at Lake Sanaru is bustling with many cherry blossom viewers! Our family moved to within a few minutes' walk of Lake Sanaru last October...
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In Shizuoka, the season from winter to spring (December to May) is incredibly popular for "strawberry picking," where you can pick and eat Shizuoka's proud brand of strawberries! This season, too, you can enjoy bright red strawberries at the strawberry picking farm that opened on December 14th, 2018 (Friday) in Miyuki-cho, Kita-ku, Hamamatsu City...
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At our family dinner table to celebrate the New Year, we enjoyed the Osechi ryori (traditional New Year's dishes) lovingly prepared by Keiko, the mother of our friends, sisters Ayako and Nanako Matsui, along with our own Ozoni (New Year's soup), and toasted with fine sake! The Osechi ryori consisted of Japanese kaiseki cuisine...
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Happy New Year! For the New Year's Eve bell ringing and first shrine visit of the year, I went to Ryouunji Temple, located on the shores of Lake Sanaru, quite close to my home! This temple was founded in the 1330s during the Nanboku-cho period, approximately 700 years ago, by a grandson of Emperor Nijō...
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A stroll through Kanzanji Onsen, one of Hamamatsu's hot spring resorts, while enjoying the refreshing morning breeze, is highly recommended! This includes visiting Kanzanji Temple (a Soto Zen temple famous for its matchmaking Jizo statue) which watches over the area, and exploring the surrounding Tateyama mountain. Now...
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Three weeks have already passed since we moved to Lake Sanaru on October 1st, 2018. Having settled in and become accustomed to our daily routine, we held a "Moving-in Party" at our home on Sunday, October 21st, starting at 6 PM, inviting our friends over! On that day, as usual, our friends...
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