Month: January 2022

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SHIMONITA negi (green onion)

SIMONITA is city name in GUMNMA prefecture. 　Famous production area of green onion. Thicker and shorter than ordinary green onion. The bottom is ordinary green onion and the top is SHIMONITA green onion.　　Osaka, where I live now, is 600km away from Gunma, so SHIMONITA green onion have never been sold at the store.I was surprised to see that it was sold at a shop in Osaka. I have purchased and eaten.Green onions are an indispensable ingredient in Japanese hot pot dishes.Thick SHIMONITA green onions are worth eating.Occasionally, this green onion is used for jokes.Dirty joke is “SHIMONETA” in Japanese. Because (more…)
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Win numbers of New Year Card in 2022.

The winning number of the New Year Card was announced.2022（令和4）年用年賀葉書および寄付金付お年玉付年賀切手当せん番号の決定 – 日本郵便 (japanpost.jp)Ist prize ： 300,000 Japanese yen　(Cash/e-money) last digits 7701022nd : Set of Japanese food specialities　last digits 12083rd prize : Japan post stamp sheet. last digit 54, 50 or 02Let’s check your number. (more…)
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New Year Ekiden

Eki-den is a long-distance run in which multiple runners run in a relay.Eki is station, den is the meaning of telling. 　It comes from the time that in ancient China, horses were prepared at the stopover point, and the horses were transferred to communicate.New Year Ekiden is a 100km sports event held in Gunma Prefecture on January 1 every year.　Starting with the Gunma Prefectural Office (Maebashi City), which also appears in popular animation as a high-tech tower, a course that returns to the prefectural office via takasaki city area, Isesaki City Hall, ota city hall, famous Japanese companies compete for (more…)