Growing capsicums in our garden

Opening of Super Viva, a huge hardware store in Japan

This gigantic hardware store opened on 1 August 2020. It has thousands of hardware items. A big crowd was there on the opening day. My wife and I visited the place and scout for gardening items. However, we found out that the things are relatively expensive as compared to the old "Nafco" which is also selling the same wares. Disappointed, we left the place after a short while.

BT: Please note we couldn't snap many photos because we weren't allowed to.

Harvesting sweet corn

The time has now come to harvest the corn. This is our first time growing corn or maize. It is a success and will do the same next season. It is one of my favorite fruits. In Japan, one of these corn cost about S$1.30 or US$1.

A "BIG" new supermarket opens in Fukuoka

Name of the new supermarket is "Big"! Indeed it is really big and opened yesterday amid a rising Covid-19 in Japan.
We were there at 8.45 am but the place was very crowded and the parking area was full. We had to park our car 200m away in another carpark and walked to Big.
There were many discounted fruits, vegetables, fish, meat etc. on its opening day. We bought fish which was so fresh (1 kg at S$13) that we could have it as sashimi. The 8 kg watermelon was Yen 983 Yen (S$13) and we bought 2. In the night,we visited Big again and got ourselves some futomaki, yakisoba, okonomiyaki etc at a hefty 50% discount for supper and the next day's breakfast.
It looks like Big is going to be one of our favorite supermarkets.

Udon at a different restaurant in Japan

A park near our house in Japan

Corn, Capsicum, Okra and Eggplant

Life in Japan by Boh Tong Pt. 2

Life in Japan part 1

Udon oishii ne 👍

Have not eaten Udon for a while and so we visited an Udon restaurant yesterday. The Udon is thick,chewy and very tasty. They are relatively inexpensive at 700 Yen or S$ 9 a bowl.