Japan

Yay! I’ve successfully grown a store bought Japanese watermelon from seed. If you recall I planted a red “personal” watermelon that is small enough for one person to hold in…

This afternoon was a very fruitful one in the front garden. Yesterday my father-in-law and our groundsman finished a small project to fence off a large strip of the front…

When we visited Japan in June, our Kyoto host mom Haruna made us a simple but very delicious snack of soybeans boiled in salted water in their pods. She showed…

Yesterday I received an email from a lady in Jeffrey’s Bay in response to one of my previous posts about peonies (Groete, Mev Strydom!). The email reminded me to update…

This is a sequel to our previous karaoke in Japan video, in which we visited Shibuya. In this video, which took place the following evening, we visited the Shinagawa area…

Monday’s #plantchat topic on Twitter was container gardening, which is something I enjoy. In fact I’d say my container garden situation has recently gotten a bit out of hand, as…

I got to visit the lovely Moomin Bakery & Cafe in Canal City mall, Fukuoka, Japan. This visit was on the 19th of June, 2015. The Fukuoka Moomin place is…

This was our very first trip on the bullet train (Shinkansen), in Japan. We travelled from Tokyo to Kyoto, on the 15th of June. It felt as comfortable as a…

So this happened while we were visiting the island of Miyajima, Japan for a day trip. The deer were super cute and friendly, but let this be a warning to…