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Crip
Jul 16, 20231 min
New for summer!
Kocomo's Ginger Fizz is a new take on an old theme. If you're really into your ginger, this carbonated ginger drink will reach the spot....
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Crip
Jul 1, 20231 min
The long read gets an update.
So, we're back in rainy season and I find myself with time to think once more. How novel. While browsing the website, tweaking this and...
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Crip
Feb 19, 20231 min
A videographer comes to Guibi.
Last autumn, Jakob, a German "YouTuber" who currently lives here in Japan, came to see us. This is his video. Many thanks Jakob!
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Crip
Dec 25, 20224 min
Expectations and reality?
Winter is here once more. We’ve had snow on and off for the last week, and steadily for the last 2 or 3 days. I love this time of year....
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Crispin Moorey
Sep 12, 20223 min
Elderflower Fizz. Available Sept. 14th!
「エルダーフラワー」 かわいらしい響きですよね。 エルダーフラワーの花って見たことありますか？ ハーブですが、木に咲く花です。 日本では「西洋ニワトコ」と呼ばれ 春ごろにはうす～い黄緑の細やかな花を咲かせます。 こんな感じ。 こんなかわいい花がたわわに咲くんです。...
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Crip
Sep 7, 20221 min
A hot summer.
I always moan about the heat of Japanese summers, but this year was exceptional. Luckily we're past the worst of it now. This summer's...
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Crip
Jun 26, 20223 min
June. Another busy month.
It's been full on this month, as June always is. At the beginning of the month, we planted both 30a of our regular Kinumusume rice and,...
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Crip
May 20, 20221 min
Amazake Photo Shoot
Today we visited a friend's coffee and cake shop to take some promo photos of our Amazake. We've started selling it through the Mimasaka...
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Crip
Mar 30, 20221 min
It's official. Our rice is really good!
勝英地域のお米番付2021 きぬむすめの部で優秀賞をいただきました。 Well, well, well. Looks like we're not the only ones who think our rice is among the best. The...
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Crip
Mar 23, 20221 min
生姜茶(せんがんちゃ)
We made 500 bottles of Sengancha (Ginger Syrup) today. Our Sengancha is made to a traditional Korean recipe that combines ginger, Asian...
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Crip
Mar 18, 20221 min
Elderberry expansion...
We took delivery of 444 Elderberry scions at the beginning of the month. five new fields have been opened up to accommodate them, and the...
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Crip
Mar 6, 20221 min
New study suggests Amazake benefits.
Research at Nagasaki University has discovered that 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA), an amino acid produced in fermentation, has a strong...
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Crip
Feb 22, 20221 min
Spring is in the air...
The last (?) of the snow is melting away, the yurt and sheds have been swept and aired, peas, peppers, carrots and tomatoes are sown,...
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Crip
Dec 22, 20211 min
Happy Solstice!
Wednesday, December 22, 2021. The winter solstice. Wishing you all warmth and coziness in good company. Days will be getting longer from...
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Crip
Dec 21, 20212 min
You do what you can...
I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised but I was. I've been working the last ten days or so with a group of young Japanese farmers. We...
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Crip
Dec 16, 20211 min
Collecting leaves
Every winter I collect as many truck loads of leaves as I can. Probably 3 or 4 truckloads per day. Last winter I spent 8 days collecting....
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Crip
Nov 24, 20211 min
The most brilliant bed planner!
At Guibi we have a blackboard mounted on the outside wall of the Bokashi shed. Despite being under the eaves, it inevitably gets washed...
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Crip
Nov 21, 20211 min
Penultimate harvest of the year
Persimmons. "Ryoma" Ginger. "Sanshu" Ginger. "Yamato" Sato Imo. "Beni Haruka" Sweet Potatoes. There's forecast to be rain (or possibly...
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Crip
Nov 18, 20211 min
Full moon
Full moon over the valley as I head home from the fields, looking forward to a bath.
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