Okonomiyaki at a festival stall

 It seems delicious. There were long quere.
This is Hiroshima style, I think....

Oknonomiyaki has several recepes to cook..

karume yaki

I was looking forward to go the festival  when I was small,
there are many things fascinate kids.
(there were not disneyland , many markets at that time)

What I like were cotten　candy , and karume yaki.


This is the photos of Karumeyaki (Honeycomb toffee)

The man  in the wiki photo is the same person I met yesterday at ASAO FUDO, I think.
Don't you think so?


We can buy often at the traditional sweet shop, but this used be  the sweet  what we buy at the festival market.

Sugar, and soda with special skill, this puffs suddenly.

Daruma ichi

Every 28th Jan, of the year, Daruma ichi
(Daruma Market) is held  at the asao fudo,.
 (30min. ride from Shinjuku station, and bus)

Daruma market is famous in several places. Takasaki city, Gunma pref is especially famous, but,it is far from Tokyo. This place is easy to go.

There are many stalls, and at the temple people buy DARUMA.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daruma_doll

And many put away old Daruma there.

Strolling the road is fun.

pickles press tub , tsukemono ki

This is Tsukemono-ki. Japanese quick pickles press maker.

I have a small one.

These are other pics.　　You can find  similar kind of this at the market easily.


Today, I cut radish and carrot, dried under the sun for a while, (
this don't need)

Sprinkle salt and sugar and vinegar and juice of YUDU citron ( it is OK , lemon juice). and dried cut Konbu. and  knead and mix.

Put this in the TUKEMONOKI  and push.

After several hours. vegetables are pickled well.
You can find the vegetables smaller.


There are many recipes , and all of them are easy to make.

Cucumber and ginger and honey and salt.

Turnip and turnip leaves and salt and Konbu,

Cabbage and shiso herb and salt.........etc..

There are also tukemonoki  made by glass, or pottery.

I use this for many years.

yudu daikon....quick pickles

In winter， we eat　' daikon' often.

This is Yuzu daikon pickles.

Yuzu is a kind of orange of special flavour. We use  that like lemon.

Cut  the daikon like that photo,  put in salt and suger and vinegar, and yuzu zest, 　konbu　and push for several hours.

There are convenient thing which can make pickles easily.
This time I didn't use this, but I often use this  to make pickles.

漬物器　 　（Japanese Pickle -Tsukemono Press )
Are there similar things in your country?

There are many recipes  to make pickles.
Using Quick Pickles Jar, you can make earlier.

I f you have time, dry vegetables for one day,  and make .
 Drying vegetables  under the sun, makes vegetables sweeter.