Vegetable Gardens of Central Japan
Hiking in the countryside last weekend I honestly can’t help but be jealous of people who can grow their own vegetables and live next to water. It makes my apartment feel like an empty shell.
Join me in envy.
Nice garden with boats to one side. I want.
Not a bad view to garden by. I could happily while away weekends here.
I don’t know what’s being grown here, but because it’s next to a ski field in winter, all the fencing posts are old ski poles
This reminds of a game of Frogger for some reason.
Rice. Made from Sun.
She’s 70 years old and she’s up gardening at 7:00am. Kudos.
My absolute favourite. The guy who owns this garden is fishing in the top left corner.
Hello Adam
I love these photos – I’m a big fan of Japanese vege gardens! I used to live in Ehime and rented an unused rice field for 2000yen a year to grow veges. It was productive enough (though I used to horrify the old man I rented it off because I refused to spray anything) – but I never quite got that look. Now when I’m back in Japan I’m always sticky-beaking in people’s gardens for inspiration. And I love the way even the tiniest little patch of spare land beside a highway or a suburban gutter might be neatly cultivated with rows of daikon, onions or some other hardy crop.
I expect you’ll be busy being famous for some time now (well-deserved and congratulations!) – but hope you will start posting here again – it’s a really nice site.
gorgeous.
Hi Adam I love these photos too.
I was born and grew up in Japan and married QLD boy and moved to QLD more than 10 years ago.
When I back to Japan, I was amazed how green Japanese countries are. I did not notice when I was in Japan.
I miss 4 seasons in Japan and Japanese food and sweets.
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Love this post and how I envy them (mine is small courtyard garden framed by trees, too much shade for sun loving veges) ! And yes, the notion that you’re retired and unable to work does not apply these days. One should aim to be like that little lady from Japan tending to her productive garden
Boss lady from gratitudekitchen.blogspot.com
ps: I bought your cookbook and is loving all the recipes in there! Thank you for sharing!
Adam,
Nice post! Currently, I am in Japan. I’m so amazed at the vegtable gardens here. I would love to know how they get their onions that big. I have a garden at home in the US and I can’t even get close. I will try planting in hills all the gardens I’ve seen are like that.
I’m traveling arounf Japan right now, and I love all the veggie gardens and rice fields. At tjis time of year especially the golden rice fields! Even when wandering around Tokyo I’d see pots with beans or chillies growing, but most of my holiday photos will be of veggie patches and rice fields in various stages of harvest! I’m certain my method at home of letting whatever thrives self-seed would horrify people here!