Kiyosato - Lots of Food

Here are some pictures of our trip to Kiyosato last month. The cool mountain air is such a pleasant change from the city in summer

grilling some burgers & vegetables on the tempanyaki


grilling is one of the things I miss the most in Tokyo

tying to hide from the smoke

kanpai!!!

Kinoto's tomodachi (friend)

the Kiyosato region is predominantly argicultural, which means we get to enjoy very cheap and very fresh fruits and vegetables when we are there. Most of the farms are relatively small and family owned, with the production process being less mechanized that is typical in the US.

dinner time

yakisoba for breakfast

this time it is Kinoto trying to avoid the smoke

a perfect fried egg over a wood fire

a not so perfect transition from the grill to the plate

breakfast on the deck

grilling some eggplant after breakfast. Like I said there is plenty of tasty and inexpensive vegetables in the mountians.

resting after a big breakfast

nap time for Miyakoda-san

GreenHeart

A few weeks ago we visited the lumberyard and shops of GreenHeart, a company that supplies wood and wood products for many of our projects. Miyamoto-san, the owner, is also a friend of Miyakoda-san.

industrial sander

lil koda - What! OK! Fiiiiiiiiiinnnnnneeee.

my dad would be in heaven in this workshop

the blades for the giant bandsaws

the bandsaw