Today I failed to have a breakfast because I had gotten up late.When working in the morning I just happened to meet my former colleague dump truck driver, then he gave me the "Monaka".He speaks Odate dialect with strong accent and I can un…

Long onion "Naga-negi" is useful for Japanese hot pot cuisines and so on. They can overwinter after being harvested.

It was an unseasonably hot day today. I visited to the cafe that is renovated of old Japanese-style house standing in rice fields in Oga peninsula. Many Japanese traditional folk houses are built by airy construction. The cafe was pretty c…

I set my greenhouse for the first time. I am going to cultivate watermelon, various vegetables and fruits.

Many rice fields in Odate are ready to rice-planting.

The bending machine at my workplace has changed its all items to cold beverages. My job is to drive a heavy truck and unload ready-mixed concrete in construction sites. I feel more delicious now with having drinks on break time than when I…

This red wine is made from the grape variety "Wine Grand" which crossed with wild vines, and the grapes are made in Kosaka town. Kosaka and neighboring Aomori prefecture have the beautiful Towadako lake. It is connected with that a lot of …

This is an instant curry containing high quality Wagyu beef "Yuri-gyu" that had brought up at the natural environment in Yurihonjo-shi. Its complicated ingredients make the curry spicy and tasty. I bought it at "Michinoeki Kisakata Nemu-no…

I helped my landlords to mow the weeds of their rice fields. The weed cutter was heavy, and I felt this work is so hard.

I had never eaten these wild vegetables when I lived in Yokosuka.I can get over severe winter of Akita for them.The taste is wonderful.

My acquaintance gave me this wild vegetable she gathered in the mountain.Its unique aroma lets me feel spring.

This wild vegetable is stored for long time being dried.Drying with sun sometimes rubbing is little bit hard, but this process makes it wonderful taste.

I felt that they were not better than the natural products. The flavor of what I grew was weak, so I used seasoning. akitaodatelifeen.hatenablog.com

The spa village faced the sea, so I ate the very fresh raw fish Sashimi and delicious foods in the inn. Its common bathroom was compact, but the good hot spring water quality refreshed me. “Saga-ryokan” 【Address】24, Shimohuro, Shimohuro,…

Akita is produceing a lot of green soy beans. Odate is also doing, and developing many processed foods made from it. This is a cute shaped bean jam wafer. The information is as of April 25th 2017.

I kneaded each black and white “Goma”, means sesame, into dough of “Mochi”, means rice cake, then rolled them and cut it. It is a local sweet of Odate and the surrounding area.

Akita butterbur is giant enough to stand in for umbrella. I always buy Tenugui of local design when travelling around Japan. akitaodatelifeen.hatenablog.com

Odate Magewappa is a traditional lunch box made of Akita cedar. I am always very surprised that I feel the rice is tastier with it. The good one is expensive but worth more than the price.

My master of mountain vegetables and driving gave me. It smells like garlic, and lets me want a glass of beer.

This mixture of dashi like soy sauce is very popular in Akita. It is useful for cooking.

Shottsuru is a fish sauce made of sailfin sandfish “Hatahata” and salt etc, made in Akita. It is very salty but tasty, so I use one little bit for cooking. The information is as of April 17th 2017.

There are several chain family or fast food restaurants in Odate. Last autumn, the long-awaited coffee chain store opened. Unlike urban shops it is a spacious shop just like Akita’s positive feature. “Tully’s Coffee Odate” 【Address】5-2-4…

I received the good news that it is easy to grow the tasty Japanese mountain vegetable fatsia sprouts at home. My colleague was so kind as to give me the harvesting kit he made. I am looking forward them to get big.

The green onion I planted and harvested last summer is growing in spite of the heavy snow in last winter.

I have forgotten that I pickled Japanese white radish for months. It is necessary to record schedule visually.

Japanese butterbur scape is the prefecture flower of Akita. They grow on fields and mountains, riversides, country roads, or often in main roads side. I cooked Fuki-miso paste that is good as a nibble for sake or a topping on rice.

This wine is made from the grapes of Omori district, Yokote city. Akita is a major production area of Japanese rice wine sake, its cool climate is suitable to grow Riesling grapes for wine too. The information is as of April 5th 2017.