Here and There Japan

The storm stopped trains in Tokyo and grounded planes. From a distance it looks like the fields out here in west Tokyo came through the stor...

Our vegetable stand man usually covers some young plants with plastic to protect them. This morning he was putting nets over the plastic for...

150 yen for a full head of Chinese cabbage! Direct from the field. Click to enlarge the photo and you'll see another, bigger hakusai o...

Our vegetable stand man uses a machine to till his soil. But most of the work he does by hand and foot and hand tools.

From our roof garden, I see our vegetable man is sowing seeds for fall vegetables. Afterwards, he scoots down the row pushing dirt over th...