Do you know Kiritanpo in Akita Prefecture?

Ohayou Gozaimasu
Yasu desu.

In Akita prefecture,
Kiritanpo is known as "the taste of mother’s home-cooking". 

It is very popular to serve Kiritanpo when you have visitors coming to your house.
Kiritanpo is cooked rice that is kneaded and mould onto a skewer then toasted over an open hearth.

Served with sweet miso or used as dumplings, pan-cooked with Burdock, Chinese Leeks, Maitake Mushrooms and other seasonal vegetables as well as Japanese Parsley and Chicken.

The sweetness of the newly harvested rice that has soaked up the chicken stock is absolutely delicious and it will warm up your body from the inside.
It was originally designed as a portable meal carried by woodcutters and hunters working in the mountains.

Its name was derived from its shape which resembles a tanpo-yari, a leather spearhead sheath enclosing a cloth ball filled with cotton.
If you ever have a chance to visit Akita, please remember to put Kiritanpo on the top of your to-eat list!

 

Do you know Japanese Kanji?

Ohayou Gozaimasu 

I will give you a Japanese lesson today!

 When we say god, we say Kami sama. Adding same at the end.

Some people are interested in Japanese language, I will give some lessons sometimes.

If you have any requests for the Japanese language, please email anytime.
Arigatou Gozaimasu

That is a sliver car for aging society.

Japan is an aging society. 

More than 60 years old people are growing in numbers. 

Rural areas are suffering from depopulation and house vacancies are noticeable. 
This is a severe problem.

On the other hand, there are many healthy old women. 

They have a thing that they use a lot.
That is a sliver car. 

It is like a trolley.

I watch that on TV. 

It looks like a unique item only in Japan.
Have you seen this before?
Arigatou Gozaimasu