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17/01/2025

I got to help these beautiful ladies (my dear friend and her daughter!) today as they get ready to attend the Japanese wedding of their relative.

I was so happy to hear they had an amazing experience at the wedding held at the Hie shrine✨️😊

Actually the kimono rental shop owner I have been working with for the past 5 years closed his shop last year and is now preparing to open a new shop in the near future.

It is so nice of him to still help me when my clients have a request. He arranges the kimono, and he and the kimono dressers come all the way to my clients' homes with me. I am very grateful I can still work with them like this.

Looking at people dressed up in Kimono gives me a happy feeling. I experienced 2 happy days this week , The Coming of Age Day of my daughter and today👘 Now I am taking deep breaths as my son takes big entrance exams for university this weekend😌

13/01/2025

It was Coming of Age Day today. My oldest daughter turned 20 last year, and she attended the ceremony today. It was a wonderful day for the whole family.😊

Most of the girls wear "Firisode" the kimono with the long sleeves. There are three meanings for this special type of kimono.👘

1. Driving away evils and bringing in fortune.

2 .The long sleeves used to be a way to express love by single ladies. If she wants to say "Yes" to someone she loves, she swings the sleeve left and right. If she wants to say "No," she swings the sleeves up and down

3. Only single ladies were allowed to wear the long sleeve kimono. Married ladies wear Tomeside, the short sleeve type of kimono.

03/01/2025

Happy New Year from Himeji Castle and Koken Garden!

Wishing all af you a wonderful 2025 filled with new adventures!✨️

27/12/2024

I visited an outstanding exhibition of Shimenawa artisan the other day. Mr Joko is an artisan who makes rice straw decorations in Ehime prefecture. All of his creations are amazing.

Just like other artisans of traditional crafts in Japan, wonderful skills are gradually lost because of fewer successors.

His grandchild is now on the project to spread his work in Japan and hopefully to the world!

Unfortunately, this wonderful exhibition was finished yesterday, but I am guessing there should be another chance to see his work again soon because his work is so popular.

As someone involved in Shimekazari making, I really wish this project would be successful!

This project is raising funds over crowdfunding, so please help if you are interested. I have just joined the crowdfunding.

https://for-good.net/project/1001418/support

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11/11/2024

This morning, I ran out of miso for making miso soup, and I tried my miso I made, which is now just about ready to eat after 9 months of fermentation.

It was beautifully made and the miso was so rich and tasty! Yay! 😄

The bonus was "Miso-tamari". This is the liquid made from making miso and tastes just like soysauce.

It is very similar to Tamari soy sause, but since "Miso-tamari" is made only from the miso ingredients and doesn't contain wheat, it is different and is very rich in Umami, protein and other amino acid.

You can use this "Miso-tamari" for anything just like soysauce. My favorite is to use for Natto or "Tamago game gohan," raw egg over rice. Of course, I had them this morning😋🍚I am so energized!

05/11/2024

Shichigosan celebration at the Hie shrine. Beautiful day with this wonderful family!✨️

After getting dressed at their house being helped by the professional dressers, we headed to the Hie shrine and had a fun and amazing photo shoot with

In the end, the family had special Shichigosan rites at the shrine to wish for the children's growth and well-being.

The family will move back to their country soon. I hope this Shichigosan celebration will be part of their good memory in Tokyo😊✨️

02/11/2024

Jimbocho Book Town! There are about 130 book stores, and they will never bore you! 📖

If you are also looking for something to decorate at your house, you find some stores with old kokeshi dolls and prints of art.

Jimbocho is also famous for one more thing...curry restaurants! 🍛 I didn't go to any this time, but there are 400 curry restaurants! I will for sure try the next time!

12/10/2024

My miso made with my guests in January is coming to a final fermentation!

During the 9 months of fermentation, we need to mix miso 3 times. First, around the cherry blossom season at the end of March/beginning of April, the second mix comes after the rainy season in June, and the last one is at the end of September/beginning of Oct.

Each time, we get rid of the mold that appears around miso. I have had many different kinds of mold in my miso in the past, which is very usual, but this time, there was none!

I mixed it well, put the plastic wrap,and put the weight stones back. I can't wait to eat it in about a month! My guests who moved to other countries will for sure enjoy it as well

I have not thought about holding a miso class next January yet, but if you are interested, I will! Please let me know😉

01/10/2024

Asakusa lantern festival was on at Asakusa shrine today! It was very pretty✨️It should be more gorgeous at night! It will be till Oct 5th!

I had a wonderful time with my dear guests today. Sensoji temple and Asakusa shrine are always nice, but we enjoy the backstreet of Asakusa more!

The dessert time at my favorite An-mitsu shop was especially fun and yummy😋

21/09/2024

The East Gardens of the Impreial Palace today. It was so hot that my guests and I immediately emptied the whole bottle of cold water at the rest area.😅

I only saw a few carps, and they even looked hot and tired. They were so slow! The tree of crape myrtle was in full bloom, and it was the only thing that didn't seem to care about the hot weather. It was very pretty.

14/09/2024

We planted two different kinds of rice - the black rice and the green rice.The black rice started to have many grains🌾 Can't wait for our harvest event on Oct 6th!

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21/06/2024

Ozawa sake brewery and Kajikaen in Ome.

After visiting Kajikaen and enjoying beautiful scenery, art, and architecture, we hiked the riverside trail to Ozawa sake brewery. We joined 30-min-tour inside the brewery. Tasting sake (Amazake, as well!) followed. What a perfect day✨️🍶

16/06/2024

Hydrangea festival at Takahata fudo in Hino. They run through until the end of June.

13/06/2024

I had a wonderful opportunity to join vegan halal ramen class the other day.

Nahoko san At home with Nahoko
provides vegan/vegetarian/ gluten-free ramen classes at her house. Her ramen is made of all natural, healthy ingredients and really tasty!

This time, it was a class with Muslim and non-Muslim participants, and we had a wonderful cultural exchange through this class.

One of my highlights was that I got to observe the Muslim prayers. Thank you so much, .safwa
.ehsan.khan
for this opportunity. It was a very beautiful and touching experience for me!

Thank you so much for an excellent and intercultural ramen cooking class!

12/06/2024

The monthly shrine sale will be held this Sunday, June 16th, at Takahata fudo temple in Hino city. Some shops usually open from 6:30am. The annual hydrangea festival is going on this month. They will open a traditional tea room where it is usually not open to public, and you can also enjoy matcha!

Takahata fudo temple
733 Takahata, Hino city, Tokyo

11/06/2024

The rice planting song was fun to sing during our planting. Back in the old days, people sang it to boost motivation against hard work and to pray good harvest.

Here are the words and translations:

こめというじを　ほどいてみたれば　はちじゅうはちと　よめまする　よめまする

こめをつくるにゃ　はる、なつ、あき、ふゆ、はちじゅうはちの　てまかかる　てまかかる

When you disassemble the Kanji "rice" 米, you'll find that it is formed with three different kanji: "eighty-eight" 八十八.

Rice making goes through spring, summer, fall, and winter, and it requires time and effort with eighty-eight procedures.

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The rice planting song was fun to sing during our planting. Back in the old days, people sang it to boost motivation against hard work and to pray good harvest. Here are the words and translations: こめというじを　ほどいてみたれば　はちじゅうはちと　よめまする　よめまするこめをつくるにゃ　はる、なつ、あき、ふゆ、はちじゅうはちの　てまかかる　てまかかる When you disassemble the Kanji "rice" 米, you'll find that it is formed with three different kanji: "eighty-eight" 八十八. Rice making goes through spring, summer, fall, and winter, and it requires time and effort with eighty-eight procedures.

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