Atsuta Jingu shrine 熱田神宮

 Atsuta Jingu has a giant tree. Ancient Japanese people worshiped big trees.

　　

Toyota Museum of Industry and Technology 豐田產業技術紀念館

Brick walls are reserved in good condition, very beautiful.

 Many cars and tooling machines are exhibited.

 This green track is Toyota's first product to the automobile market.

This is a huge machine press that had very high performance in making car parts.

Nagoya Castle with two golden fish on the roof 名古屋城 屋頂有兩條金板虎鯨

Nagoya Castle is quite gorgeous. Two grampuses were made of many small golden plates weighing 90kg in total, brilliantly shining under the spring sunshine.

Ephemeral Beauty in Spring

Cherry blossoms are in full bloom. Branches look like being covered with snow.

Short trip in spring 櫻花開了

 

Cherry blossoms have opened.

This is the temple gate painted red.

 I also visited an old merchant house build 100 years ago.

 A stone lantern in the garden.

The wall of the house was made with stone to prevent fire.

Going to view ume blossoms 去看梅花

Temperature are gradually rising and we can enjoy white and red ume blossoms with good flavour. Birds will come to suck sweet nectar soon.

Swans come to my city. 白鳥到我們的城市來了。

When I came to the lake, I saw two swans close to the shore. I threw them pieces of bread but they never ate. Swans like to eat green leaves thrown by visitors.

The wings are pure white. Sometimes they put their heads into the water to eat algae.

Wheat Plants Are Growing 小麥在成長

 In spite of low temperatures and heavy frosts sometimes, wheat plants are growing. Leaves have become two inches long. 不管是低溫還是大霜, 小麥苗都在一天天成長。

 They are enjoying the warm sunshine.　葉子張大到５毫米了。

Rice fields were dug up soon after harvesting, waiting for rice-planting in the end of April.　水稻田在割完稻子後，就翻地了。等待著四月下旬的插秧。

Soba (buckwheat) Noodle 我自己做的蕎麥麵

I made buckwheat noodle at a mixing rate of 80% soba flour and 20% wheat.

I cut every string at 1.3mm or 0.05inches.