With the arrival of 2025, the extremely cold winter is finally coming to an end, and our first homestay guest of the year has arrived! It's a mother from Hyogo Prefecture and her son who just turned five.
The season for making miso has arrived again this year!
We made a very luxurious miso using black soybeans from Tamba Sasayama.
We have the event every year, and we had fun making it with over 20 participants this year!
It has been cold every day here in Japan. How is everyone doing?
In Tamba Sasayama, the lowest temperature has been around -5°C, and we recently had a heavy snow.
After such a long time, I met with American sisters who live in Hyogo prefecture. Today, they prepared a delicious dinner for us! 🍽️😋
The menu was chili and cinnamon rolls! We enjoyed lively conversations and filled our bellies.
Happy New Year!
Thank you very much for your support last year.
How did you spend your New Year's holiday?
Our 'son' who stayed with us this October, and who is much older than us, sent his thoughts about his stay. Time flies! I can't believe it's already been two months!
The harvest season for black edamame has come again this year! Every year, we offer a harvest experience to foreign residents in the prefecture, and this year, we had a lively group with both familiar faces and new participants.
It's been a week since the arrival of the visiting delegation, and today is the day of the farewell party. Yesterday, they toured an elementary school in the city, enjoyed lunch there, and in the afternoon, they went to a high school to interact with students and participate in club activities. Afterwards, they even made wagashi (Japanese sweets)!...
Fun times keep flying by.
Yesterday, everyone took a bus to Nara, and today we only provided transportation while the group had quite a packed schedule. They harvested the seasonal black edamame from Tamba Sasayama, made Japanese character bento, visited a Tamba pottery kiln, and toured a swordsmith's workshop! They had a busy day!
This morning, we had a courtesy visit to Tamba Sasayama City, followed by a walking tour of the castle town area. In the afternoon, they experienced the Forest Adventure! I joined the courtesy visit and assisted one student as a translator for his medical check up. In the afternoon, John participated as an interpreter for the instructor at the...