Bamboo shoot Eating Season
It is a bamboo shoot eating season now, and we get a lot of bamboo shoots in Satoyama.
I Couldn’t Make Fermented Long Grain Brown Rice
I tried making fermented brown rice with long-grain rice but it didn’t work.
I Have Completed the 9th Week of My Intermittent Fasting
I have completed the 9th week of my intermittent fasting, which means it has been two months since I started it. 3 or 4 weeks to go to reach the first three months.
I am Going to Make Fermented Brown Rice with Long Grain Rice
One of the readers asked me whether we could make fermented brown rice with long grain rice. I think we can but I have never made one, so I don’t know for sure.
Cocoa and Hemp Protein Bread
Recently, I have been making bread with cocoa powder and hemp protein powder. Both cocoa and hemp are good for us and make the bread slightly healthier.
Planting Seeds in the Spring
On Sunday, I planted some seeds before it started raining. It began raining about one hour after I finished planting. It was perfect timing.
Superfood Mashup: Sweet Potatoes and Burdocks
Sweet potatoes are famous superfoods eaten a lot in the Southern part of Japan including Okinawa, the island of longevity. Burdocks are known for having a lot of dietary fiber. When you chew burdocks, you feel the fiber, as if the entire vegetable consists of fiber.
The Ikigai Diet Channel Was Introduced on the Website of the Apricot Centre in the U.K.
It was almost two years when I gave a talk and workshop at the Apricot Centre and they featured me again on their website, introducing my current activity, as well.
Cherry Blossoms, Yoshuku, and Ima Iwai
I developed a custom that I call Ima Iwai out of Yoshuku. Ima means now, and Iwai means celebration. Ima Iwai means celebrating the present moment, appreciating here and now.