Homemade "miso" The Japanese diet is so popular around the world because it's healthy. It has very varied and plenty of fermented food.The most famous Japanese fermented food may be "miso". Miso is made by fermenting a mixture of soybeans, malted rice, and salt. Miso is not only miso soup. Miso goes well with everything! I use miso as a secret ingredient in curry. I only put tomatoes and miso in a pot for making tomato sauce. Miso cookies also taste good. Yesterday, I made miso with my daughter. It will be ready to eat next year. Homemade miso is translated into "temae miso" which also has interesting meaning. "temae miso desuga..." means "I don't mean to brag, but..." in English. "temae miso desuga", my homemade miso is the best ! (photo) left : I made it yesterday. center: 4 years ago. right : last year

My daughter I have a daughter. She is nine years old. Her name is Nico. Most of the people who know her name think that Nico was named after NICONICO means smile in English. It's not wrong, but not correct. Nico was named after NICOSHI. This word is very old Japanese, so it is rarely used. NICOSHI means soft in English. Especially, it shows softness like baby leaves or baby birds' feather.These things make people happy. I think that what is important for life is good feeling. So I named her Nico. Nico is written in KANJI as 和. 和 is Japanese spirt. Her name also comes with a wish of peace. My name is Ai means love in English. Yes, we are Love ＆ Peace !

Hanami ~cherry blossome viewing~ I went to Tokyo two days ago. At that time the cherry blossome season was almost over. But the cherry blossomes in my area are in full bloom now. Today, I had a good Hanami time with my friends.