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【News】Sound of hammering echoes to help local farmers: Traditional blacksmith in Katsuura-cho, Tokushima Prefecture (Feb.7, 2016)
Winter is probably a slowtime for farmers but a busier time for blacksmiths whose job is to repair iron agricultural tools while they are not in use. Okubo Blacksmith in Katsuura-shi, Tokushima Prefecture, is no exception. Since its establishment in 1926, it’s been playing an important role in the region by making and repairing everything from hoes to kitchen knives for local farmers. Sharp sound of hammer strokes echoed in the air in the old workshop as a 33-year-old fourth-generation blacksmith, Ryuichi Okubo, hit the old hoe. He said he repairs a lot of tools for local bamboo shoot farmers mostly from Anan-shi, Tokushima Prefecture. For most of these farmers, … Continue reading
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Find colors of earth! Hakone Open-Air Museum holding exhibition of mud paintings by Yusuke Asai (Jan.31,2016)
Mud paintings by a 34-year-old Japanese artist, Yusuke Asai, is now on display at the Hakone Open-Air Museum in Hakone-cho, Kanagawa Prefecture. The exhibition “Yusuke Asai: Seeds of Imagination, Journeys of Soil” covers more than 10 pieces of what he calls “earth paintings,” which Asai made from soil he sourced both locally and globally. One of the artworks he created for this exhibition is a mural called “Twin Mice.” It measures 16 meters wide and sprawls on the wall to create an immersive experience for every viewers. He drew a number of mice lively in different poses and vividly in different colors, using white, brown and black soil in various … Continue reading
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Giant torches set night sky ablaze in prayer for huge harvest Katsube Fire Festival in Moriyama-Shi, Shiga Prefecture（Jan.17,2016）
On the second Saturday in January every year at the Katsube Shrine in Moriyama-shi, Shiga Prefecture, half-naked young male villagers wearing fundoshi loincloths dance wildly around the blazing fire to pray for huge harvest. The festival with an 800 years of history is called Katsube Shrine Fire Festival and is continued by today’s young villagers. Early in the morning on January 9 this year, people gathered at the shrine to make 12 giant torches using timbers of Alnus japonica, bamboo and rapeseed straws. The torches are about 5 to 6 meters long and weigh over 400 kilograms each. They are made by assembling several pieces of bamboo around a timber … Continue reading
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【News】 Big red plump tomato grow in whiskey bottle (Jan. 16, 2016)
Kentrou Tominaga Growing a big red tomato in a bottle. That’s what this 72-year-old gentleman in Omihachiman-shi, Shiga Prefecture, does it as a hobby. Hitoshi Watanabe, who is actually a vegetable farmer, uses clear empty whiskey bottles of approximately 25 centimeters tall. He puts one young tomato in a bottle when it’s small enough to fit in the 3-centimeter mouth of the bottle, carefully not to drop the tomato off the branch. Then he takes care of it, always making sure that the bottle is tightly fixed and untouched as much as possible. When the tomato gets big, he cuts it off the branch and fills the bottle with … Continue reading
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【Series】 Japanese food worth sharing with world – Deep fried kuwai flitters from Saitama Prefecture (Jan. 15, 2016)
Luxury Arrowhead Recipe Kuwai, a root of the sagittaria plant also known as an arrowhead in English, is one of many lucky foods for the new year in Japan. As it sprouts easily and vigorously, it’s said to be a symbol of successful life and good luck in the future. But in one of Japan’s largest kuwai producing regions, Saitama Prefecture, it’s one of the staple ingredients for the local favorites including slow-simmered kuwai, fried whole kuwai, kuwai crispy chips, and of course, deep fried kuwai flitters. The plants are grown in the paddy field and kuwai growers need a good source of water. The prefecture was found suitable … Continue reading
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