My favorite food "Tofu"

Very famous Japanese and Chinese food "tofu".
Tofu made from soy beans and it is very healthy.

package

Tofu are almost having white and square shape.
How does that tast?











Actually tofu's tast is very bland but somehow very good.
In Edo era that was abot 150years ago, there were over 100 recipis in Japan, perhaps China was more recipis than Japan.
I like tofu and cook some dishes, put into miso soup and mabo-dofu and hiya-yakko.
Mabo-dofu is a Chinese food a little hot, it increase appetite.
Hiya-yakko is the most simple dish I think, that is only cut the tofu into easy size to eat and pour soy souce and some herbs put on if you want. In summer, cold yiha-yakko is good for to take nutrition

Japan's scenery, summer country side 1

I collected some Japan's scenary pictures from Janan's sites.

It are almost summer scene, but I don't know where in Japan.

This girl is a high school student.

You know that Japan's summer is very hot and humid like Swedish sauna, exept Hokkaido.
If you come to Japan I recommend you to come spring or autumn.
Also in winter is very cold.

Rice field in Japan, maybe at May.

Rice field in Japan too, maybe at July or August.

A country rail way.

Children play at river.

I introduce you again when I got the other pictures.

This is the original site URL
http://blog.livedoor.jp/chihhylove/archives/3860584.html
There are many pictures but including some other countries pictures.

Tatami's life

Tatami is Japanese traditional floor in the room.
Tatami is made of rush grass called "igusa" that is a kind of grass like rice.
Igusa is long grass and for strong corruption and bugs.

But recently Japanese houses have been getting without use tatami because tatami have to change surface regularly and flooring is easier to cleanig.

This picture is my room's tatami.

If you want to feel the taste of tatami easily, you'd buy goza.
Goza is the cheaper than tatami and you can buy at amazon.com.
Goza is a part of tatami's surface like a mat or carpet.
It is very light weight so you can bring and spread out everywhere in the hose and even outdoor if you want.
It can collapse or roll to small, so it is very convenient to bring.
In summer, spread goza over flooring and you lay yourself on it, you can feel cool and have a good nap.


Google image search "Tatami"
http://www.google.co.jp/images?hl=ja&source=imghp&biw=1240&bih=939&q=%E7%95%B3&btnG=%E7%94%BB%E5%83%8F%E6%A4%9C%E7%B4%A2&gbv=2&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=

Google image search "goza"
http://www.google.co.jp/images?hl=ja&newwindow=1&biw=1240&bih=939&gbv=2&tbs=isch:1&sa=1&q=%E3%81%94%E3%81%96&aq=f&aqi=g5g-r5&aql=&oq=

Umeboshi

This picture is "ume-boshi".

Ume is a plum seed, umeboshi is dry plum in English and it have strong acidity taste.

Ume-boshi is a kind of pickles, it is made to confit salt after drying harvested plums.
It can preserve long term over 100 years.
Almost Japanese know thats acid taste so when we imagine umeboshi we secrete saliva naturally like a Pavlov's dog.

In the picture you can see some black parts, that are basil leaves to enhance flavor and color.