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YAYOIHIME

Yayoihime is a strawberry variety developed by Gunma Prefecture.Yayoi means March.　Hime is princess.Yayoi is popular as Japanese girls name.　There is a period called the Yayoi period in the ancient Japan, and it originated from the fact that pottery from this period was excavated from a place called Yayoi-cho (present-day Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo).　<-Many people don’t even know Japan. Yayoihime comes form girls name bacuse -hime:princess, I think.In Tochigi Prefecture, which is next to Gunma Prefecture, there is a strawberry variety called Tochiotome.　Tochiotome is the most famous strawberry variety in Japan.In west Japan, there is a brand variety comparable to “Tochiotome” called “Amaou” (more…)
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Nichijou “Selamat pag”?

“Nichijo” is Japanese comic(manga) and animation.(2) Nichijou – Yukko goes to a coffee shop – YouTube 【日常MAD】ヒャダインのじょーじょーゆーじょー FULL – YouTube This manga is set in my hometown of Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture.Recently, I learned that the high school that the main characters attend is modeled after my little sister’s high school.　Every time I saw the school gate in the animation, I felt like I had seen it before.　It is said to be the alma mater of the original author.I found one with an English ticker on YouTube, so I added a link above.When my coffee shop Starbucks opened in Japan, how (more…)
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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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REIWA Era.

There is an era in Japan.Basically, when the Emperor changes, the era changes.Or, the era name of Japan is changed when there is a natural disaster and the plague and it wants to change the mood.On May 1, 2019, the era name was changed from HEISEI to REIWA, Emperor changed.HEISEI means that the world becomes peaceful. REIWA means that the world will be beautiful and symphony.The era name is often decided from Chinese classics. This is because Japan has studied China since ancient times, and there are many researchers in Chinese history and classical literature. Since Japan was attacked 750 (more…)
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Shikisima water plant

Maebashi-city in Gumma prefecture is water city. Gumma prefecture is the source of rivers Kanto (Tokyo metropolitan) area. So, Maebashi has long history and many plants for water supply. This is water tank This water tank is symbol of Maebashi city and now this tank and water system is stopped not working. This system is too small for current Maebashi city. In 1983 Gumma has a national sport festival. Then Maebashi-city start up this system and bottled to a can this water and sold. “Maebashi no mizu”, mizu = water, no = of. In those days, pet-bottle and mineral water (more…)