Here and There Japan

Yesterday, a workman set up a tent and then tables and chairs on the spot where the new house will be built beside the vegetable stand. Tod...

First, sorry this photo is so blurry! I ordered the turkey late this year so we had our Thanksgiving dinner today. We had to wait for the t...

I've been following the vegetable stand man around and taking photos. Today, there was a film crew filming the field for a commercial a...

Those guys missed all the action. That's our vegetable stand man working in the fields. He's moving sato imo to store them for th...

It was the day after Labor Thanksgiving, the day to be thankful to workers. Today was busy day for workers. This worker dug a hole next to ...

Even though it was labor Thanksgiving in Japan today, our vegetable stand man and his wife were busy. He cut the stems of yatsugashira...

Workers tore down the house, the garden wall and the trees next to the vegetable stand. The vegetable stand lost its side wall. Doors f...

Usually workmen hang a heavy curtain around the property line before they tear down a house. That keeps the dust from spreading. These work...

Work at the vegetable stand continued as they tore down the house. The vegetable stand man's wife just finished washing leeks. A workma...

This is the house next to the vegetable stand in our parking lot. Our vegetable stand man doesn't live here. His sister-in-law lives he...

Today was officially shichi-go-san . Though it was a beautiful day I didn't make it out to take pictures. Click on the label below to s...

We wash pet bottles to put them out twice a month for garbage collection in our area of Tokyo. Drying them was a little difficult. I found ...

This person is breaking the law. A new ordinance in our district forbids using an umbrella while riding a bicycle. So what can you do? Wea...

Drying mops behind the scenes. Actually, I saw this when walking from the restroom. Recycled benches. Different height options. Check this...

Delivery people don't wear helmets on bicycles.

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.