Autumn is my favorite time of the season because in Japan it has a nickname called appetizer Autumn.                                                                                                                 It means that it is a harvesting season and lots of Japanese people gets a little bit spacious because of the yummy food they harvest. For example persimmon, sweet potatoes (kumuras) and Dango which  is a Japanese sweet dumpling made from mochiko which is rice powder, related to mo-chi(sticky rice).

We eat it with azuki beans.

It is often served with green tea. Dango is eaten year-round, but the diffe
rent varieties are traditionally eaten in given seasons.

Down right : sweet potatoes Dango, middle: herb flavour and persimmon colour,

Down left: Chesnut(marron) paste Dango with azuki beans.

 

 

 

 

 

 

秋がやってきます。秋は食欲の秋って言われていて、日本でもスーパーにはいろいろな秋のおいしいものがならびます。

柿、さつまいも、おだんご、など。

おだんごはもち粉でできていて、あずきと一緒に食べたりします。

緑茶と一緒にたべたりもします。おだんごは一年中あるけど、いろいろな種類で季節をあらわしているみたいです。

左下　栗とあずき、　真ん中：よもぎ、　右下：さつまいもだんご

 

 

 

 

 

 

No drought in Japan!!

I walk out of the door at 6:00 pm at late evening, it was dark and something moved at my feet. I could not believe what it was. it was small like my hands, looked like a ball, color was brown and it jumped! guess what there was a big brown frog staring at me.                                                                                                           (but first I did NOT realize that it was a frog I thought it was a fluffy brown rabbit!)
Yes it was 100 percent that it was a frog, it gave me a big surprise, I nearly screamed out loud for help. But anyway it stared at me it nearly licked it lips I shivered and ran away. It was a big nightmare for me also it is raining so there might be some family and friends waiting to scare me and lick its lips, I wonder what their appetites???
may be continued………

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

夕方6時ごろに外に出たら、何かが足元でがさごそと動いた。手のひらくらいの小さなもので、ボールみたいに丸くて、茶色っぽくて、それがジャンプした！（何か小さなウサギか、土の中にいた生き物かと思っていた）。それが大きなカエルで、しかもこちらをじっと見ている。ぼくはびっくりして、大声をあげそうになったほどだけど、よく見るとカエルはじっとこちらを見て、舌をぶるぶるっとし、どこかへ逃げていった。もしかしたら、どこかに家族がいて、えさを探しにきたのか、ぼくを見てカエルもおどろいたのか、よくわからないけど、とにかく薄暗い夕方に、驚いた発見だった。

続くかもね。。