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干しブドウ

Raisins

October 2006, Pamukkale, Turkey I got some raisins from an old woman by the roadside. I don't clearly remember whether she was just collecting what she had dried, or if...

Raisins

October 2006, Pamukkale, Turkey I got some raisins from an old woman by the roadside. I don't clearly remember whether she was just collecting what she had dried, or if...

アイルランドの市場で見かけた醤油

Soy sauce I saw at a market in Ireland

Cork is the second-largest city in southern Ireland. Here, I visited a local market called "English Market".https://www.corkcity.ie/en/english-market/ Among the many specialty shops for meat, fish, and other goods, there was...

Soy sauce I saw at a market in Ireland

Cork is the second-largest city in southern Ireland. Here, I visited a local market called "English Market".https://www.corkcity.ie/en/english-market/ Among the many specialty shops for meat, fish, and other goods, there was...

Yubeshi

  One day in early winter 2022, while researching crowdfunding, I came across a project to make yubeshi in an old folk house and decided to participate. Making Fujino Yakuzen...

Yubeshi

  One day in early winter 2022, while researching crowdfunding, I came across a project to make yubeshi in an old folk house and decided to participate. Making Fujino Yakuzen...

Yunnan Market

I was just remembering a bit about a market in rural Yunnan where I found puffed rice. When talking about China's frontier regions, I've been to bazaars held by Turkic...

Yunnan Market

I was just remembering a bit about a market in rural Yunnan where I found puffed rice. When talking about China's frontier regions, I've been to bazaars held by Turkic...

雲南のポン菓子

Yunnan puffed rice

In January 2019, I encountered "pongashi" (puffed rice) deep in the mountains of Yunnan Province. *Looking back now, it seems to have been a minority bazaar in Laomeng Township, Jinping...

Yunnan puffed rice

In January 2019, I encountered "pongashi" (puffed rice) deep in the mountains of Yunnan Province. *Looking back now, it seems to have been a minority bazaar in Laomeng Township, Jinping...

春のある日

One spring day

It was April. One spring holiday morning, I went to a nearby market. In the vegetable section, I found bamboo shoots and warabi. Out of laziness, I chose bamboo shoots...

One spring day

It was April. One spring holiday morning, I went to a nearby market. In the vegetable section, I found bamboo shoots and warabi. Out of laziness, I chose bamboo shoots...