Living by Lake Sanaru

A lot of wonderful things are happening around Lake Sanaru! Thank you so much for visiting this blog.

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Moved to Nara

I have moved to Haibara, Uda-city, Nara last December. My place is in a real Satoyama, a sustainable farming com...

Farmers Market on Octover 5

I went the farmers market held at JA Irino branch, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. Thanks to their autumn-winter schedule, I...

Farmers Market on September 29&30

I went to the farmers markets two days in a row on 29th and 30th. On 29th, I went to Tomizuka market. Although I ...

Farmers Market on September 26

I went to the farmers market held in the parking lot of the JA Irino branch, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. I got there at...

Farmers Market on September 21

I went to the farmers market held in the parking lot of the JA Irino branch, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. I arrived ther...

Farmers Market on September 15

I went to the farmers market held in the parking lot of the JA Tomizuka branch, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. I tried to ...

Farmers Market on September 9

I went to the farmers market at JA Irino branch, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. In addition to the current tweener time be...

More trees for nice & cool walk

During the mid-summer, we can experience the coolness under the shade of trees and the severe heat in the strong s...

Farmers Market on August 24&25

I went to the farmers market held by the farmers in the local JA in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka two days in a row. On the ...

Farmers Market on August 17&18

I went to the farmers markets two days in a row. One was at the JA Irino branch, and the other was at the JA Tomiz...

Farmers Market on August 12

I went to the farmers market held in the parking lot of the JA Iriono branch, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. Although I wa...

Farmers Market on August 10

I went to the farmers market held in the parking lot of the JA Irino branch, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. I got there a ...

Farmers Market on August 4&5

I went to two different farmers markets on Thursday and Friday this week. Both of them were filled with super fresh ...

Farmers Market on August 1

JA入野富塚支店(静岡県浜松市)の朝市に行ってきました。 I got there shortly after 6:00am. I was able to buy all ...

Farmers Market on July 25

I went to the farmers market held in the parking lot of the JA Tomizuka branch, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. I was on ti...

Farmers Market on July 13

I went to the farmers market held in the parking lot of the JA Irino branch, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. At 6:10am, the...

Let's send message to Mayor

A lot of people have read my blog article, Open letter : Why citizens' forest can't be protected?. If not only me ...

Farmers Market on July 4

I went to the farmers market at JA Tomizuka branch, Hamamatus, Shizuoka. Everything is 100yen each at this market....

Open letter : Why citizens' forest can't be protected?

I've learned that the forest on the north side of Lake Sanaru will be destroyed for residential development. The f...

Posters, etc. to promote voting

In order to create peaceful future, what can I do? This lousy illustrator has come up with the idea of creating po...

Farmers Market on June 27

I went to the farmers market held in the parking lot of the JA Tomizuka branch, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. I got there...

Time to Vote!

Advanced voting has started for the parliamentary election. I am now studying the manifestos of each parties and pol...

Farmers Market on June 16

I went to the farmers market held in the parking lot of the JA Irino branch, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. I arrived ther...

Farmers Market on June 16

I went to the farmers market held in the parking lot of the JA Tomizuka branch, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. I arrived t...

More tips on Umeboshi-making

Thanks to the farmers market, I have pickled 16kg of plums this year. During the process, I've found many useful ti...

Farmers Market on June 9

I went to the farmers market held in the parking lot of the JA Tomizuka branch, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. I arriv...

Ripening of plums for Umeboshi

Plums at the farmers markets sure are the gems of our town. But when it comes to Umeboshi-making, their irregulari...

Farmers Market on May 26

I went to the farmers market held in the parking lot of the JA Tomizuka branch, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka. I arrived t...

Suruga Elegant orange peel

I made orange peel with Suruga Elegant from the farmers market. I made it fairy soft, so that even the people who ...

Green curtains with passion fruits

It's time to prepare for another harsh summer! I've finally finished setting up plants and nets for the 'green curta...