Plums and watermelon

In return for the plums, we presented our friends with a few gifts. They felt bad and so invited us again to pluck the many plums on their trees. The rain has caused many of the ripened plums to drop, our friends told us and so they encouraged us to pluck some more plums in order not to waste them. They also gave one of the three watermelons that they grow. It was juicy and very very sweet. This watermelon is the best we have tasted. We are very grateful to our friends for giving us the opportunity to taste such lovely fruits. In Singapore, we will never have the same opportunity as in Japan.

Making Plum Sake

With the plums we got from our friend, the unripened ones were made into "plum sake". We will see how the sake is going to turn out. Hopefully, we will be successful.

Picking plums at our Japanese friends' farm

Our friends invited us to their farm to pick the plums for free. There are just too many plums around and they are giving them away to their friends.
The picking was in the evening and so the pictures are not so good.
My wife and I must have plucked about a hundred of the plums. They are sweet except for the skin which could be a bit sourish.