Reruns of the year’s rice photos can only mean one thing… Yes, its rice selling time again! While we grew less than last year, we still have surplus of our almost organic, sun-dried, sandy soil, low-footprint fresh shinmai brown and white rice for sale. 2kg – 1,500 yen + shipping* 3kg – 2,000 yen + …
Monthly Archives: November 2011
Late Fall in Tsukioka & Kotaki
Not sure how it happened, but I seem to have completely missed the peak of fall colors here. Partly I was busy trying to look busy for our helper John. It was tough (in a good way) because I didn’t want to look lazy, so I had to keep both he and I busier than …
Terminator Nanny
Just getting off of an extremely productive week with Mona’s nanny. Not only did he win Mona’s heart (this photo is very misleading), but John also managed to win Tomoe’s heart with his “I’m-a-professional-chef-at-an-exclusive-rich-people’s-restaurant” cooking and freakishly encyclopedic knowledge of anything food related, and win my heart by helping me till and cut and carry …