Chicken Strips Bento
Now that I have to cook seven days a week instead of two, I find that I’m not wasting nearly as much food as I used to, which is quite str....
23 Sep 8:52 am  from  Aibento   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Eikan-dō? Yokan-dō?… In Zenren-ji, we all can do!
31st October, 2006 - As you walk down the Philosopher's Path, you will come across Eikan-dō on the left, across the canal. This temple w....
22 Sep 11:39 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Elegant Nezu Museum garden
The Nezu Museum and its gorgeous Japanese garden are a just short walk from the Nishi Azabu Juban wildness, the Kakuremino bar, and lush si....
19 Sep 9:05 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Hōnen-in – Inhale…Pause…Exhale…Smile
31st October, 2006 - Not far south of Ginkakuji, is the well-worn walking track known as the  Philosopher’s Path (Tetsugaku no Michi)......
17 Sep 10:51 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Lush sidewalk garden in Nishi Azabu Juban
This incredibly narrow garden in Nishi Azabu Juban is overflowing with plants. I love it. Most people would think there’s no room for a g....
16 Sep 9:02 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ginkakuji Pt2 – By the Light of the Silvery Moon…
31st October, 2006 - I mentioned before that Ginkaku-ji was one of my favourite temples in part 1, but not for the pavilion or the ponds of ....
11 Sep 12:09 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ginkakuji Pt 1 – The Silver Pavilion on the Silver Sands
31st October, 2006 - We've come to one of my personal highlights of our trip to Kyōto... Ginkakuji... The Silver Pavilion. Now, I'm ....
9 Sep 10:50 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Elaborate sidewalk garden includes plant labels and stools
This Shinjuku ni-chome sidewalk garden is exceptional in its size, care, and labeling. The gardener lives in a former shop in an old buildi....
6 Sep 9:12 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Early fall color despite heat still on full blast
It’s been Tokyo’s hottest summer on record. While officially summer is over, it’s still 35 celsius during the day and not much cooler....
4 Sep 11:36 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine
In the same vicinity as the Kiyosumi Teien Garden (in my last blog post), you will find the Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine, founded in 1627, a sh....
4 Sep 6:30 am  from  Konnichiwa   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kokoen – Don’t Play Koi With Me…
30th October, 2006 - After walking around Himeji-jo, we still had a few hours left in the day. I had wanted to see Engyoji (one of the famo....
3 Sep 11:35 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kiyosumi Teien Garden
Located in Tokyo’s Koto ward, the Kiyosumi Teien Garden is a Japanese style garden set out in the sukiya style (a pond inhabited by birds ....
2 Sep 2:36 am  from  Konnichiwa   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Balcony garden update
I took this photo a month ago, and our balcony garden is now even more lush. It’s amazing how much incredible heat and daily watering can....
29 Aug 2:15 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
One year’s seeding is seven years weeding
No different to last year Littering the garden floor, millions of tiny grass seeds lay as ticking time bombs. They are waiting for typhoons ....
25 Aug 3:33 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kaza Hana: Amazing garden shop/cafe/bar in Aoyama
Leaving a meeting recently, I walked through some back streets of Aoyama, and came across this amazing sidewalk garden. The contrast betwee....
23 Aug 2:27 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Park signage: hand-drawn and printed
Thanks to the 30 people who participated in the Tokyo DIY Gardening workshop last night at 3331 Arts Chiyoda. We created an enormous collage....
22 Aug 12:42 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Neglected garden
Some herbs at the start of last month I’ve hardly watered the garden this year. The summer has been very dry and very hot. It looks set to....
18 Aug 3:02 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Dense and mature sidewalk garden in Chiyoda
Walking at night in Chiyoda after a meeting at 3331 Arts Chiyoda, Chris and I found an amazingly dense and mature sidewalk garden that seem....
18 Aug 9:06 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Sidewalk bitter melons in two buckets and plastic twine
I first saw these vines a month ago on a nearby sidewalk. They are growing in plastic buckets with an elaborate plastic twine trellis suppo....
14 Aug 10:45 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A detailed view of Korakuen
Korakuen in Okayama City is one of the three top ranked gardens in Japan.Before posting some shots of the garden, I thought I would show som....
7 Aug 10:08 pm  from  Ojisan Jake   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Empty lots are abundant and under-used
Tokyo is full of empty lots that mark the time between demolition and building. Sometimes they stay empty for more than a year. Most are tu....
7 Aug 9:05 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Freezer full of sweet corn
Sweetcorn in the freezer From upon my perch, I espied a good many crows circling the sweet corn. Perhaps unbeknown to them, worms burrowing ....
4 Aug 8:51 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Nature-themed restaurants with beautiful landscapes
These two restaurants, Shizen in Sendagaya and Green House near Omotesando, make interesting use of narrow, vertical, and roof landscapes t....
2 Aug 9:08 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Garden report
The garden takes a lot of my time. I am usually always behind schedule, but this year the weather was behind schedule so I was actually caug....
31 Jul 2:05 pm  from  Ojisan Jake   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tomato heaven
アイコ (aiko) tomatoes This year by far, has been the best for tomatoes. They were looking good before, since then, quite perfect. Only a....
28 Jul 10:48 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tiny garden door leads to mini-forest in Harajuku
I was startled by this tiny garden door, not much taller than the bike’s handlebar. It’s amazing that in Harajuku there are still some ....
21 Jul 9:05 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo Beer Paradise 2010
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Munich’s famous beer festival, an Oktoberfest style beer festival called Tokyo Beer Paradise was hel....
11 Jul 11:18 pm  from  Konnichiwa   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Watermelon grows vertically on balcony
My watermelon plant has produced an enormous amount of growth in just two months on the balcony. It was very easy to train the vines onto t....
11 Jul 12:22 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Flowering vine against power lines
This exuberant, orange flowered vine seems to launch itself off the side of a small two story residence. I love the contrast of the vine wi....
10 Jul 9:05 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Kabocha peekaboo
Kabocha Amongst the sea of grasses a couple of kabocha have plumped up nicely. They look to be somewhere in the expected 500 g to 800 g rang....
7 Jul 12:24 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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