Iris Festival at Mōtsū-ji (temple)

The beautiful season of the many-colored irises and contrasting greenery has arrived.
This time we bring you an Iris Festival in Iwate.
The place is Mōtsū-ji (temple), newly designated a UNESCO World Heritage site in June 2011.
With the view of the early summer green leaves reflecting off the waters and the brilliant irises, now Mōtsū-ji might just be at its most beautiful.
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"山形代表 (Yamagata Daihyou)"

Do you know that Tohoku region is famous for its fruits? The cold weather of Tohoku is the best for fruits plantations.
Here is a special product; the representative of Yamagata prefectures: "山形代表 (Yamagata Daihyou)"
It is 100% pure juice. You may often see juices labeled as 100%, but many of them is condensed for easier transport. This Yamagata Made "山形代表" juice does not go through any condensation process. It is made from the best quality fruits!
Their tomato juice is so sweet that you won't believe it is a pure fruit juice. They taste amazing! My personal favorite is the Pear Juice.

You should try it whenever you come to Yamagata!
By the way you can order it online at goo.gl/UL2Gq6

Cream Dango from Iwate prefecture

Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We really like Japanese sweets. Each region has its special sweets, which often include the region's special ingredients.
Today we introduce Cream Dango from Iwate prefecture. A sweet cream is hidden inside a rice flour (mochiko) dumpling. When you bite it, its like a stream of sweet river flow in to your mouth.

This Cream Dango comes in several flavours. On the shop that we visit, we found strawberry, green tea and goma (sesame seed) flavoured cream dango. The strawberrry and green tea flavoured use emulsifier, but we confirmed to the seller that it is not meat-based. So, Alhamdulillah we can savely eat them.
You can directly see and order the products on www.shoeidoh.co.jp
It looks like there is some more flavours offered.

Cherryland Sagae

If you go to Sagae for cheery picking and want to take lunch here, you can rest and buy halal lunch in Cherryland Sagae.
Cherryland Sagae is resting and shopping area located in Sagae City near the place for cherry picking.
There is a turkish food shop that sells sheekh kebab, doner kebab, dondurma (turkish ice cream) , and other turkish foods.
All of the foods here are halal, insyaAllah.
You can also buy various kinds of souvenirs from Yamagata at Cherryland Sagae.

Map: https://goo.gl/maps/Y0DJT
Website:http://www.michinoeki-sagae.com

Fukushima, now is the season of delicious cherry

Hi! This is Tomomi Hama!
Today I'm visiting Fukushima prefecture.
In Date city, Fukushima, now is the season of delicious cherry.

We visited a farmers' market run by Japan Agricultural Cooperative Date.
Above anything else, there are so many varieties of vegetables and fruits.
There are many kinds of cherries too, but only few of them were left when I visited the market in the early evening. They must be really popular in too here! I recommend you to visit this place in AM if you want to enjoy different kinds of cherries.
They make sure that every product passes radiation test so that consumers can enjoy fresh and safe vegetables and fruits.
You can try cherry picking at some farms near the market.
Please come enjoy!

Niigata Shikomi (新潟仕込み)

Assalamualaykum,
Dear brothers and sisters,
Did you know that one of the most popular rice in Japan is produced in Tohoku region, especially in Niigata prefecture? Niigata is one out of two prefectures in Japan that are sufficient in rice. We are so lucky to live in Tohoku where the high quality rice is basically everywhere.
And today, I would like to review one of the products from Niigata, which is made from rice. The product is rice cracker known as “senbei.” Senbei is considered as one of Japanese most favorite snacks. This rice cracker from Niigata called, “Niigata Shikomi (新潟仕込み)” is sooooo delicious. I cannot even stop eating that. Alhamdullilah that this product does not use any Haram ingredients, so we can enjoy this rice cracker. I hope you like it and please share your experience with us.

salam,

cherry picking!

Hello everyone...
Right now is the cherry season. So, grab your chance to enjoy some cherry picking!
Sagae city, Yamagata is best known for cherries. It is the largest producer of cherries in Japan.
Here, you can eat all you want for 1 hour and it will only cost you 1000 Yen. I will give you some tips that I had received from the locals on how to pick a delicious cherry. Basically, large and red cherry is sweet.
I enjoyed my time during cherry picking and the cherries are so sweet and fresh too. Of course, I did climb a ladder to pick a big and red cherry (Actually, it was really fun!!).
For extra information, you can also receive a discount of 200Yen / person if you ride taxi from Sagae station to reach cherry farms.

Tuna flakes

Tuna flakes is a tasty food and can be prepared easily for you when you don't have much time to cook.
Tuna flakes is usually prepared with mayonnaise, which makes one of the favorite toppings for onigiri in Japan.
You can also prepare it with another dishes such as salad.
Of course, Insha Allah, most of tuna flakes are halal.
You can get canned tuna flakes at supermarket or convenient store.

review about Akiu Great Falls

Reviews about Akiu continue. And this time we would like to review about Akiu Great Falls; a beautiful waterfall in Akiu will amaze you with its secret.
Akiu great fall is included in Japan's Top 100 Waterfall. It is 55m tall and 6m wide, and because of its beauty, Akiu great fall is designated as one of the Places of Scenic Beauty.
You can take the bus from Sendai station towards Akiu Ootaki. There are parking spots available close to the waterfall if you prefer to go there by car.

After enjoying Akiu Hot spring, cool yourself with misty waterfall and relax. Watch the greenery in surrounding area.

Akiu Village shopping center

Assalamualaykum
Brothers and Sisters, If you want to buy original local souvenirs from Akiu Hotspring area, then you should go to Akiu Village shopping center. This is the place where you can find various kinds of local products of Akiu: fresh fruits and vegetables grown by Akiu farmers (Organic and pesticide-free): sweets such as puddings and cakes, as well as fresh milk and yoghurt.
A unique building made of woods and a large parking space make this place very welcoming and convenient to visit. Actually I did not really want to leave this place, because there were still many products that I wanted to explore and review.

I hope I can visit this place again someday.
Tell me your experience when you visit this place, ok?