Ginza Farm’s rice is almost ripe
On the first day of October, I visited Ginza Farm, and saw the rice is almost ready to be harvested. San Francisco Chronicle’s transportation reporter asked to interview me about Tokyo Green Space,...
View ArticleNeighbor’s Fig and Grapes
A neighbor’s garden, which I blogged about twice before, has almost ripe fall fruit. This garden consists of no more than eight potted plants and some hanging baskets, occupying a small footprint and...
View ArticlePasona’s new farm and landscaped building
UPDATE: I posted a revised article, “Sensing Four Seasons at a Tokyo Office Building,” on Huffington Post on July 30, 2010. Some friends and I visited Pasona’s new office last week. They are a large...
View ArticleWatermelon 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 the metal rod balcony. Now there are two fruits the size of...
View ArticleGiant electric pole dwarfs persimmon & street
東京の中には、たくさんのあまりきれいでないものがあります。とても高い電線は江戸時代の五日市街道の上を渡ります。ごみ焼却炉の煙突や高架道路やマンションの終わらない蛍光灯の列も都市生活に奇妙なリズムをつくります。このとても高い電線の下に柿の実が見えます。 There are many urban sights in Tokyo that are jarring to newcomers, perhaps...
View ArticlePomegranate fruit getting ripe in small Aoyama shrine
青山の小さな神社に、ザクロ果実がだんだん熟してきています。 This tiny shrine in crowded Aoyama, next to the Comme des Garcons flagship store, is full of trees, including a mature pomegranate tree. I must remember to come back and...
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