Goya

Goya are going to ripe.
It will become sweet.
Let's try tasting it this year.

Rose

It was rainy last night.
Now the rain stops but the sign of rain remains.
White rose with rain drops is special.

Goya

The vines of goya are going around.
Goya continues to bear fruits.
It has a lot of energy this year.

Takijiri-oji

Walk from Shimoayukawa to Takijiri on Kumanokodo.
It takes about 3 hours.
The best part of kumanokodo will begin from Takijiri.

Senrihama

Go to Kumano-kodo by train using Seishun-18 ticket leaving home station 5:17 and arriving Kitanabe at 16:18.
Senrihama near Tanabe is the scenic spot.
Kumano goers walk on the beach.

Akinasu

Tradition says "Akinasu wa yomenikuwasuna."
There are two widely held explanations regarding that message.
One is it is more than the doughter-in- law deserves, and the othere is the mother-in -low cares for her daughter-in-law not have her body cooled and bad influence to make pregnant by tempreature reduced akinasu.

Keito

It like the comb on the red colored top of cockerel's head.
Keito is called cockscomb in English.
So the names keito and cockscomb mean the same in both Japanese and English.

Ushidayama

Climb Ushidayama from Hiroshima JR station without a break.
Reach the top at 7:09.
Return home at 9:08.

Rose

Rose has water pool in it's bud.
It's water is more brilliant more than diamond.
It was heavy rain last nitght.

Yaburan

Yaburan blooms on the ground under the hassaku tree.
It is shade perennial.
It bears round black fruits.

Ichijiku

Ichijiku fruit photoed yesterday.
Ichijiku tree in my garded beared the first fruit for us.
How does it taste?

Trimming

Matsu at gate is trimmed.
Others will be trimmed from next month.
This month mowing the lawn is the main task.

Kyuri

Kyuri was close to whither in the hot summer sun.
Ａnd what is more bores damaged it's graound.
Now thanks to heavy rain of few days ago it brought back to life.

Gobo

Gobo remains viable.
Ｉｔ spread it's root in hard soil.
Ｉｔ will be cooked for kinpira, kakiage and etc.

Ninjin

Ninjin is bridging over this hot summer.
It can be eaten in avariety of ways.
It contains β-carotene.

Ichijiku

Several years passed since this ichijiku tree was planted.
It is the first time to bear fruits expected to harvest.
It was good effect to inject detergent into warm-eaten wood.

Negi

Negi bears up under the hot weather.
Somen with negi is tasty in the summer.
Nebuka is an another name of negi.

Togarasshi

Togarashi is under drying.
It will be stocked as spice and condiment.
Dried togarashi becomes more sharp when it is heated.

Satoimo

Satoimoes were damaged by boars.
It happened about midnight.
Everyday's watering to satoimoes comes to nothing.

Togarashi

Togarashi is standing with many berries in the long period of hot weather.
It is given watering in the evening.
Rain after the many heat wave days will like a benediction.

Hassaku

Hassku relatively goes well under hot weather.
Their green of leaves are fresh looking.
But fruits are not so many as an average year.

Yuzu

Yuzu has more furits than other citrus in my garden.
Hot weather has no effect to yuzu at the moment.
It fits seasoning for Japanese dishes.

Kabosu

Kabosu is also fighting with heat wave.
Every evening it is watered.
It is a condiment with special flavor.

Mikan

Mikan bears few fruits.
Heat wave gives a negative effect.
For now the trees are all right but weekend.

Daidai

It is long spell of hot weather.
Almost vegitables in my garden are dying.
Citrus trees are damaged relatively little.

No More HIroshima

Today is a day to commemorate the dropping the atomic bomb at Hiroshima.
Remember victims of the atomic bombs.
We aim for a world free of nuclear wepons.

Towadako ( Review )

On July 30 , after waking around Hakkoda and Oirase,
We had a plesure boat ride at Towada Lake.
A bronze statue of Otomenoirnori by Kotaro Takamura could be seen at the edge of the lake.
It may be the symbol of Towada lake.

Oirase-keiryu (review)

It was lucky that we happened to visit Oirase-keiryu on July 30.
Just on that day it recovered from being closed from traffic due to Tohoku earthquke on July 24.
We could have comfortable walking from Kumoi to Towada lake for 2 hours.

Nebuta (review)

We had the oportunity to watch Hirosaki nebuta parade on August 1.
It was so nice that we are unconcious the passage of time.
We could recover from that day's walking fatigue of Shirakami-sanchi.

Chuson-ji

Hiraizumii was passed over for World Heritage designation this year.
We associate Hiraizumi with Chuson-ji.
Konjikido where photograpy is prohibited apeals the startling shade of gold.

Shirakami-sanchi

The 3-rd waterfall of anmon is scanic.
The buna forest leads us to this waterfall from Shirakami green villeage.
This is the area declared a World Heritage site.