American broccolis

American broccolis have finally come to Japan.

Domestic vegetables, especially production area is close to Fukushima nuclear reactors, are hard to be sold due to fear of radiation.

So the supermarket have had to sell imported vegetables, I guess.

I wanna avoid taking radiation into my body as possible as I can.

I bought one broccoli.

A Beautiful Sakura Load

You can find lots of Sakura(cherry) trees in full bloom everywhere in Japan.

It was fine yesterday, and Sakura makes me feel relaxed though the radiation leak of nuclear plants has not been stopped yet.

I took some pics of Sakura in the yesterday's morning.

The Sakura(cherry) trees

I think most Japanese people want to take a picture when they see the blooming cherry.

This picture is the cherry trees of the entrance of Kasuga shrine.

Tremors happed again and again

Today we had tremors many times.

My office is on a sixth floor, so we feel tremors are bigger than on the ground.

The right is yesterday's picture.

We had relatively big quake on yesterday's evening.

(Maybe around magnitude 7 though I don't exactly remember it)

Trains were delayed by around 30 minutes, and it was a little bit crowded at stations.

But it's not so hard to go back home.

Enjoyed sake called Uzen Sakuragawa

Our team finished a project yesterday.

So we had a small party at our office though it is prohibited to drink alcohol at the office.

One of members, whose father is a famous sake maker, brought two bottles of his sake.

That sake is named 'Uzen Sakuragawa'.

It's high quality, and so expensive that you may hesitate to buy.

Of course it was so good.

We enjoyed them much and drank them up within only 30 minutes.

It is a little bit dry, fruity and easy to drink.

One member said such special sake should not be poured into cheap paper cups.

A Japanese-style building

I reluctantly went to work cause it was Sunday. :(

When I went out from the entrance of the station,

I usually wait the signal to be turned green.

While waiting for that, I took a pic.

And I was wondering what that Japanese-style building is.

I'll go there when I have free time.

Light at night

Today I had dinner with my parents and my younger brother.

I'll have to work tomorrow even on Sunday.

It's a bother to work.*sigh*

It's a pic of vending machine.

Invisible stuff

Japanese people look calm spending their ordinary life though the situation of

nuke plants is still severe.

I think it is because radiation is not visible.

I found out an interesting web page.

You can see the radiation at this page.

The page is written in Japanese.

The second from the right at the bottom line shows Tokyo.

Need drinkable water

I went to my nearby supermarket after work.

I saw shelves of drinkable water as I did yesterday.

Most bottles seem to be sold out.

There were some yesterday, but now almost all bottles have gone.

(I should have bought one more bottle yesterday)

The only product left there are these.

Wow these are colorful , fancy packages! ...But I don't wanna buy them coz it's a little bit expensive.

Around 3.4 dollars by this size?!

Everyone doesn't need this product in a such critical situation though it looks pretty. :(

I stopped by a nearby supermarket.
I tried to look for the bottle of water.
(We're unwilling to drink the tap water due to radiation)

I found out some, and bought 2 bottles.

All left there are the domestic water.
Evian, Volvic or other oversea's water had been sold out.
Everybody must doubt domestic water may include radiation.

There is the notice that it's limited up to three per a family.

I looked around and found out some packs

printed "Super H2O".

I opened it and checked the description... oops it's not water. it's sports drinks.

Tissues are back, but no water

Today I found out there are some bath tissues at a nearby supermarket.

After the huge earthquake, there has not been any tissues there.

I think it is because people bought them a lot.

Now tissues have come back, but next no bottle of water at any supermarkets...

Because the amount of radio activity stuff in the tap water is increasing around Tokyo area,

people are unwilling to drink the tap water.

So we have to buy the drinkable water.

Kanji game

I updated my kanji game today.

I made this game for kanji learners around one year ago.

If you like, please try 'Kanji Battle'.

Let's go out

After having lunch, we went out.
The weeds had grown much in humidified atmosphere.















A mailbox on the wall won't be used by anybody.
I guess no mail has been posted in it anymore.
I felt the passage of time.

Relaxing time

I felt released from a bustle of cities.

You can see rural scenery through the slide door.
A broom is left on the box.

















Kitchen...

This is an old style Japanese house.

Do you know Asari?

There are various kinds of Miso soup in Japan.
This is an Asari Miso soup.
Asari is a clam.
I used to go to a seashore and dig many clams there as a boy.

Anyway, we sometimes cook Asari Miso soup at home, but I haven’t seen it is sale as merchandise.








Open it up!

Wow, the package on the left side contains clams and Miso is in the right silver package.

I mixed them up with hot water in the paper cup.

And I drank it.. oh it was good taste.

A happy sushi pack

I'm really happy to be born in Japan, 'cause I can grab such fresh fish at home.
I bought this sushi pack at the supermarket that I introduced at the previous post.

It costs around 700 yen. (About 7 dollars)
It is a little bit expensive for lunch, but it is reasonable price for sushi.

From left to right in the front row:
burned egg, salmon, crab, shrimp

From left to right in the back row:
medium fatty tuna, lean tuna, squid, (It is hidden)

SUSHI, SUSHI, SUSHI !

Many packs of sushi were sold at the supermarket of Kamogawa.
It is a rare scene even in Japan.

Usual supermarket doesn't sell such amount of sushi.
Kamogawa is famous for the fishing industry.
So this shop is special.

Anyway, It looks really good!
My mouth is watering.
Our family member bought sushi that they like there.






This shop's name is Edo-ya.
Edo is the times of about 260 years ago when Tokugawa family governed Japan.
And Ya means shop in Japanese.
Edo sounds familiar with Japanese.









I found out there is a kitchen microwave on the shelf.
I was wondering who uses this equipment.
Are there the needs of eating something soon after purchase?

A castle shape sign

There is a sign of castle shape.
Because there is the castle called Kururi-Jo near this mall.
(Jo means castle in Japanese)

I took this picture from our car.








Rural sights made me relaxed.

Traditional Japanese custom

Lots of carps swim in Japanese sky.
We have an annual event, in which some cloth carps are hoisted to the peak on May 5th.
These carps are called Koi-nobori.

May 5th is the national holiday named children' s day.
There is a song of Koi-nobori in Japan.
According to the song, these carps are a family, and the big one is their father.

I found out a movie about Koi-nobori on YouTube.
And more detailed information is here.

A famous product of Chiba Japan

Crispy peanuts in this ice cream!

Peanuts are a famous product in Chiba Japan.
This ice cream is made from peanuts.
When you eat it, you feel peanuts' sweet flavor.

Peanuts ice cream; it's highly recommended.