Japanese Autumn view

In Japan, when it is autumn season, most of people go to see Autumn color in mountains. How about other countries?

Satoyama Concept heal the world

Have you ever heard SATOYAMA before? Of course, you have not. It is Japanese. It is written KANJI "里山". Last month there was a COP10(Conference of the Parties)conference in Japan. In that conference, ...

Japanese Vegetable field in Oita

This my small vegetable field in Taketa Naoiri, Oita Japan. I have carrot, napa cabbage, lettuce and Japanese radish. Lately, I planted onion. It might be faster though. Let's see what happens. This view is ...

Autumn Color in Oita

Nature forest changes colors. What a beautiful colors! It turns red. This season is kind of late for Autumn Color. There are many places we can visit for Autumn Color but I don't like to ...

Japanese Gosanchiku Bamboo

Bamboo has various type of bamboos. This picture is GOSANCHIKU Bamboo. This type of bamboo is very thin. Someone told me that this bamboo type is very good taste. By the way, Bamboo is not ...

Smoked Oven for Bamboo

This oven is for Smoked bamboo. Have you ever seen smoked bamboo? I guess next time I will show you the smoked bamboo. Ok I will write down a few steps for smoke.Cut any bamboo ...

Good Harvest for Potatoes

Jiuson has our own vegetable land in Taketa Naoiri, Oita. I had been working since 2008 summer with my grandmother and grandfather. Japanese agriculture is going down. I mean there is no successor in young ...

Making Bamboo coal in Oita Japan

This is my first try to make bamboo coal in Oita. Lately I joined NPO Blue Ocean. The organization does environment protection in Takenaka Oita. They have three oven for bamboo. Of course the oven ...

Making Bamboo Salt

Have you ever heard Bamboo Salt? Actually, I have never heard about it. This is my first try. It take about 70 hours to make. Let's see what happen.
