TAKENOKO banboo shoot

 I cooked TAKENOKO

Takenoko is one of the spring vegitables as well.
We can get　fresh takenoko only on spring. Morning dig is the best.

First, boil takenoko with rice bran to put off acid, bitter things.
After that, I cooked   takenoko gohan, takenoko nimono, takenoko soup.......etc...


Small ｓquid in the middle　is boiled sparkling enope squid.


At my home town country side, there are some farmers which offer takenoko full course.
( open takenoko season only)

FUKI

FUKI is spring taste vegitable. A little bitter.
We can buy fresh one only spring time.
I cooked this.

Tomato picture above  is fruit tomatos.
There are many kind of tomatos in Japan, but 'fruits tomato '  are veryvery sweet.
Fresh Onion on spring  time , we call 'NEW ONION'(shin tamanegi).
 I sliced this , and eat as salad.

There is a song  'OBENTO BAKO NO UTA'. (lunch box song).Every kids know this song.
This song is one of the traditional song, so, menu of the obento are old.
FUKI is in the last part.
I think kids don't like fuki, but may be kids eat this because of this song.

sandwich lunch box song,,, this is new.  I know this now.

shiki club

It is tough time. I feel depressing, every day.
 Fortunately  I did not have blackout at my home.

Spring has come, flower blooms.  I want to go ONSEN  and relax.
My husband and I go onsen in ATAMI  this weekend.


There are many Onsen accommodation to stay in Japan,  how people choose hotel? I don't know.

I chose SHIKI CLUB  group this time.
This group offers us  8400 yen with breakfast and dinner. I think this is very reasonable.
In Japan, many companies used to have gorgeous villas for employees and their guests in resort area.  Only limited people used, but it cost a lot of money to keep that, so many company sold the villa, or ask someone else to run the villa.

Shiki club resort group is one of the company which run that kind of villa. So, the accommodation is not expensive , because they don't build the hotel by themselves.

Onsen I feel.
   Higaeri onsen,    1000yen-2000yen   so so   I should choose the place.
  Higaeri onsen for day use,   some onsen hotel offers us their onsen  at day time, when the guests  don't use.   1000yen-2000yen    I should choose the place. Sometime  we can use onsen of very gorgeous hotel not expensive price.
  Onsen ryokan         10000yen-100000yen for one person
                        gorgeous hotel is gorgeous.
                       I don't like big hotel.
Minshuku  with onsen            there are some, good minshuku. But we must choose.
company villa      this time we want use nice company villa in Atami, we can use  5500 yen with breakfast and dinner, but, it closes until end of April because of earthquake..



nnnnnnnnnnnnn., I am tired to write this article.
attention, many people are very kind, but usually they cannot speak English .
shiki club is almost nice, but attaintion. Some hotels  written in that group may so so. Some hotels which cannot run themselves ask  help running  by that company . anyway we cannot usually stay that kind hotel 5250yen without meal.
Direct management hotel is almost reliable.

UDON

 We can find UDON  every where in Japan, but, everyone think SANUKI　UDON　is one of best udon in Japan.

 SANUKI is east part of Japan, in SHIKOKU.


This picture is souvenir of my son, who went kagawa pref, (sanuki area)

yomogi dango

 Spring has come.


 In my yard, I found yomogi, young sprouts.
Using this, I cooked YOMOGI  Dango.

I could not find enough for one time, the color is a little whiter.
It should be more green.

We can find it in many places, path, park, but, many dogs take  walks  in my area ,  so I don't want to use that.