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Following the Lyre of Hermes

Following the Lyre Plateau Hague because there is a another story. Indeed, in moving from east to west you go through Pegasus, or rather Solimara ridden by a small fish, the Cauldron, Witch Maéva a head on a cloud, the stove, the distaff, the unicorn, half pony. .. cherry, lice, whale, porpoise which are other projections of constellations at different times of the year, other sky. I just do not say more. If my work and my research interests you, you can contact me for further.

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Gold Kanazawa

"A long tunnel between the two regions and here we were in snow country. The horizon was gray in the darkness of the night. The train slowed and stopped at the switching station. ". The writer begins with these sentences Kawabata Yukiguni (雪 国), the "snow country", one of the most famous Japanese novels of the last century. Today, the comfortable Shinkansen (新 干线) filled with skiers replaced the steam train at night, but one is always surprised by leaving Tokyo under the sun suddenly find themselves, after a tunnel in a white landscape . After changing the train route is then a long valley where lanes along some of the ski slopes before reaching the plains of the Sea of Japan and arrive in Kanazawa (金 沢) the city of "rivers of gold".

The city has the reputation of being a small Kyoto. Like its big sister, she has in any case a stunning modern station. And as the city of Kansai (关 西), is primarily a lively metropolis, with its avenues, its neon lights and large retail. You will not be disappointed to find that too little concrete functional and aesthetic that is the essence of Japanese cities. But the city was also fortunate not to be bombed by the Americans during their campaigns incendaires the Second World War: it is amusing that Westerners often complain about the lack of traditional districts in Japanese cities, so they are largely responsible. Kanazawa has kept intact many vestiges of past centuries. My advice to travelers visiting the city to forget right out of the station parallel with Kyoto, which could disappoint.

Leaving the station you can reach the tourist areas down for about ten minutes the broad avenue that is facing you, to the intersection of Musashi. Halfway on the left is shopping street Yokoyasuecho (横 安 江 町), which includes shops "bobos" version Japanese: the bosses are often cultivate the style warehouse chic, bare concrete is a favorite: they sell accessories often disparate, ranging from towels to small dolls, whose only common point is that they are the taste of the owner, often a housewife who takes over shop for entertainment, and create his own little world, that earning money. That is part modern, and rather quiet city. At the crossroads, facing you is the town market, but you can also take right down the main avenue to the city which is the heart of modern Kanazawa. It is there that most shops and department stores.

The covered market Omi-cho (近 江 町 市场) offers local produce, in a friendly atmosphere popular. In season (February and March), the delicious giant crabs are the undisputed star. I've tasted good morning just delicious oysters cooked on the coals by a vendor who had installed a small barbecue. Fishes of the Sea of Japan are also considered, and that's why the city is one of the capitals of sushi in Japan. A small sushi restaurant run by a chef of almost 80 years, worth the trip for the quality of ingredients and creativity, including an eel seasoned with lemon zest and pepper. It is not uncommon for gourmets and businessmen make the trip since Tokyo or Osaka for lunch, like the "TGV Bocuse" of the early 80s in France. In addition to fish and crustaceans, the city is also famous for the quality of its rice and its Nihonshu called "Sake" by Westerners. Northeast of the intersection of Musashi are two famous shops: Fumuroya sells small cakes of wheat gluten proteins called Fu (麸), delicious if properly prepared, and Tawaraya sells traditional Japanese sweets, the sugar is powdered. In both cases, we buy as much taste, that the form of food, prepared with skill. This area is one of the merchants, and many shops are still in traditional wooden buildings.

After a visit to the market, you can reach the castle by small streets on the hillside. The castle of Kanazawa (金 沢 城) was one of the largest in Japan since its construction in the 15th century by the local nobleman, one of the largest in the country. However, he was burned several times, most recently in the late 19th century. In the great tradition of Japanese reconstruction after disasters, a wing of the castle, however, was remarkably restored with the techniques of the time in 2001. The diamond shape has forced the carpenters to work on the beams in an unlikely form, a technical feat.

Near the castle is the Garden of Kenrokuen (兼 六 园), which was originally the garden outside the castle. The Japanese love rankings, and decided that this park was part of the official list of the 3 most beautiful gardens in Japan (with that of Mito, north of Tokyo, and the Okayama). Japanese gardens are often small, but the latter, with its 10 hectares, the area of a large park in Europe. It is particularly famous for the support structures shaped umbrella (yukitsuri) venerable pine trees bordering the pond that they can support the weight of snow in winter without breaking the branches. It is said that the pond be used primarily to store water for the castle moat, and it was possible to empty a few hours in an emergency to fill the moat. The park also includes orchards, ponds and waterfalls.

The neighborhood near the park Kenrokuen is very nice because it is surrounded by greenery, which is very rare in the Japanese cities still cramped, where every space is used. The city has built in a garden a nice modern art museum, the museum of the 21st century (21 世纪 美术馆), whose star is a pool for walking underwater. Another impressive facility is a completely empty room with no roof, which allows you to admire the sky, often covered in the region. The museum, which was probably part of plans recovery of the economy in the 90s, offers a pleasant visit. It may not help wondering if this magnificent building, but very interesting, was necessary in a country already over-indebted.

Returning eastward, one can, after crossing the Grand Avenue shopping district to join the "Buke Yashiki Nagamachi (长 町 武 家 屋 敷). Like the district Yamanote (山の手) under the Shogunate in Tokyo, all the nobles of the region, then called "Kaga" lived in the city of Kanazawa. They were assigned a plot based on their income, a samurai means receiving about 800 m2. Surrounded by two small rivers, the place has kept beautiful streets with traditional walls surrounding the large estates. Even if the constructions, for most of the early 20th century, are not so old, one feels transported to some minutes in the age of samurai and geisha another, until a small van loaded to rubble, or a schoolgirl bellowing in his mobile phone comes unfortunately break the spell of the place.

To find the past, we can also join a neighborhood on the outskirts of the pleasures of the historic city. These include street remarkably preserved, including the famous "Higashi-Jaya," he must look in the right direction: one end is occupied by a barber shop of the 50 abandoned that breaks the spell completely, while the other end opens to a more aesthetic hill. These neighborhoods date from the 17th century, when Kanazawa was the richest provincial town in Japan, thanks to bumper crops of rice, more than the gold mines that gave it its name.

It remains cons with little trace of an original episode in the history of the region: The "peasant kingdom" of Ikko-ikki (一向 一 揆), when Buddhist monks of the sect of the same name and peasants have seized power in a clan weakened during a popular revolt, and established a republic tinged theocracy that lasted a hundred years until the beginning of the unification of Japan by Toyotomi Hideyoshi.

Practical details

Access from Tokyo: Shinkansen MaxToki (Max とき) to Echigo Yuzawa (越 后 汤 沢) and limited express Hakutaka (特急 は くた か), 4 hours, about Y12410 (95 Euro), reservation recommended

Access to garden Kenroku-in: 8 to 17h in winter (mid October to late February) and 7-18 hours the rest of the year. Y300 per person (2.5 Euros). (English site: http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/siro-niwa/kenrokuen/e/ )

Access castle the garden is open the same hours as the Kenroku-in. The renovated wing of the castle (Hishiyagura) can be visited every day from 9 to 16:30 (last entry at 16 hours) Website English: http://www.pref.ishikawa.jp/siro-niwa/kanazawajou/index_e.html

Museum of the 21st century: Open from 10:00 to 6:00 p.m. Closed on Monday Admission: Y 800 (6 Euros), site in English http://www.kanazawa21.jp/en/

Shop and restaurant Fumuroya (不 室 屋) lunch service from 12 to 14h and 14h of tea at 15:30 . Closed Sunday.

gourmet sushi restaurant Yasuki Komatsu (小松 弥 助), open daily from 11:30 until end of stock (often around 15 or 16 hours) Booking essential. Tel: 076-261-6809, Address: Ground Floor Apa Hotel, Ikeda-cho 2-21-1, Kanazawa (石川 県 金 沢 市 池田 町 二 番 丁 21-1 アパ ホテル 1F), priced around Y10.000 ( € 75) per person, closed Tuesday and Wednesday

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Should we pity those who win elections?

In the chic and slightly vulgar to Akasaka, beautiful cars are common, often black and tinted windows. But I was surprised to have to give way to a superb Rolls-Royce white car which flooded the streets of disco music. It was led by a mature man smiling and eccentric. The doors were decorated with the slogan "Sumairutoo (スマイル 党) party smile. I later learned that it was "Mac Akasaka," the manager and sole party candidate who campaigned on the theme "Let us stop the mouth, smile, and be less stressed." Ideas more dangerous and less useful focused their candidate in power. But rather unfairly, our friendly Mac does not exceed the 1000 votes in a constituency also won by the Democratic Party (民主党). This group has obtained an absolute majority in the country, and for the first time in 53 years, the Liberal Democratic Party (自民党) will be permanently removed from power. Such an event would have caused great popular festivals in Europe. Yet the election night, there was no sign of joy in Japan.

The relative lack of Japanese policy affects thousands of foreign visitors. The latest gossip from the government are certainly not a topic of conversation, and generally, the Japanese little interest in ideology. Neither Marxism nor the ideal of a golden age of conservative Christian political traditions cements in Europe there are recipes. There is some degree both France, left and right, each with their elites and their classes: their rivalry sometimes recalls that between football clubs. This distinction does not exist in Japan. It would be completely incongruous to ask an artist if "left" or "right."

Yet it would be wrong to believe that the Japanese are too respectful of social harmony for political opinions. They even quick to criticize, sometimes cruel. In company or in their neighborhood, the Japanese like to comment and give their opinions, sometimes criticizing bluntly. This also extends to local politics: the first protests of the party in power have often occurred in the 90's when public opposition to questionable projects such as construction of dams on the last great wild river country in Tokushima prefecture (徳 岛), or the construction of a bridge in the French style in the heart of Kyoto (京都). Major corruption scandals, as the Lockheed affair in the 70s, also sometimes temporarily laid evil power, but he always knew, even in the 90s, to renew itself.

If the Liberal Democratic Party has retained power for 53 years, with the exception of a few months in 1993, is primarily because the country has been remarkably ruled until the mid-80s by effective administration working in symbiosis with the political and big business. All was not perfect in Japan from the late 80, but the country was prosperous, more egalitarian and very safe: something to be the envy of the world. The Cold War context was also very practical in Japan, a country that shares maritime borders with China and Russia, which has undergone the regular commando raids North Korean kidnapping of citizens on the shore of the Sea of Japan. The Liberal Democratic party, the guarantor of the American alliance, reassured when opposed adventurous diplomatically. There was also some form of alternation according to the weight of the various factions that gave an obligation of results: a mediocre team would very quickly drop his faction within the party. faction leaders and had the power to dismiss prime ministers. Another factor is longevity of the network "clients" of the parties, especially in rural areas: a member who was bringing its subsidization area was naturally re-elected. It was also a kind of redistribution: the major construction projects gave work to the workers, and farm subsidies improve the lot of less fortunate farmers. The party also extended his reign by his alliance with the Komeito, a Buddhist religious party which has an electorate limited but very loyal.

The system worked quite well until 1991, when a popular Prime Minister, however, Toshiki Kaifu (海 部 俊 树), could not pass a plan Reform may be necessary, because his faction had enough influence within the party. Another opportunity may be missed is the failure of the introduction of primaries in 1978. Before the resentment generated, the party soon returned to amicable arrangements to appoint its officers. The Liberal Democratic Party has also failed to use the popularity of Junichiro Koizumi, prime minister from 2001 to 2006, with a liberal and moderate nationalist. Three prime ministers have followed since so chaotic.

If it took almost 20 years after the crisis began in 1989 that the Liberal party Democrats lost power, but also because the opposition has struggled to organize. Their parties did not necessarily pressure to become responsible when they were condemned to a permanent opposition, leaving free the individual adventures, and the waltz destructive egos. The Democratic Party is thus only formed in 1998 from the merger of smaller opposition parties, and exists in its present form since it was incorporated in 2003, dissidents from the ruling party.

This probably explains why the arrival in power of the Democratic party does not raise the enthusiasm of the crowds, the party has not always a clear ideology, and it has a power structure complex: Yukio Hatoyama (鸠 山 由 纪 夫) will be Prime Minister, Ichiro Ozawa (小 沢 一郎), a former dissident from the other side, is now the real master in the shadow of the party. Its leaders are also largely from the middle of Japanese politics: Yukio Hatoyama is the little son of a prime minister, the son of a minister of foreign affairs, he is also affiliated with her mother to the family of industrialists Ishibashi (石桥), owners of the Bridgestone brand. It is understandable why most Japanese, even if they voted for the opposition, were very skeptical about the program of the Democratic Party. It also promises to many voters, not necessarily explain where the money will come in a highly indebted country: the debt of the state are almost 200% of GDP, more than twice the ratio of French. Another factor is the power of skepticism that will keep senior officials largely responsible for current policies. The new government will need these bureaucrats to govern, because most ministers will lack experience in their field. Succeed in changing the senior public without alienating probably require political finesse.

With all these reservations, the alternation is a great event. If neither of the two major parties imploded, a risk always present, Japan has a mature political system, with two governing parties alternating in power, qu'Ozawa wanted since the early 90s. This is the most effective system in all major democracies, and it will be probably also in Japan.

Many believe that the new government has correctly identified the weaknesses of the country and he promises to strengthen the Japanese social security system: it is very incomplete and requires individuals to many save in cases of hardship, limiting consumption. Besides the tragic human consequences in some cases, this makes the country too sensitive to exports: thus, this year the Japanese economy will contract by more than 6% when France will suffer probably less than 3% of recession. The cost of raising children, only partly supported by the state, is also a barrier to having children. Funding for this new social protection is not at all assured: the promise of savings based on the elimination of wasteful current government seem very random. On some points, the proposed policy is not easy to understand: the new government wants green, but proposes to lower the fuel tax, and abolish the toll highways.

The success of these reforms is not necessary certainty: the history of Japan is due to downturns in the past, and thus slow relative decline, followed by phases of rapid and effective reforms, often after a humiliation National. These changes were never the result of popular uprisings, but have always come from some far-sighted of the elite. Next year, China should overtake Japan to become the second largest economy, it could ECT be that the country needs to decide to modernize.

Japanese Election Results (over 480 seats, an absolute majority to 241 seats)

Majority

Democratic Party of Japan: 308 seats (+ 195)
Social Democratic Party: 7 seats (=)
New Party Citizens: 3 seats (-1)

Opposition:

Liberal Democratic Party: 111 seats (-177)
New Party "Komeito": 21 seats (-10)

independent parties: Communist Party
Japanese: 9 seats (=)
Party everybody: 5 seats
Independents: 8 seats

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Why we're all gone

There is a little over five years, I was employed by a Japanese company, and I lived in an apartment in suburban Tokyo (东京). I found some night a small group of French friends also installed in the country. We were young, happy and good will we really wanted to integrate into a country exciting and pleasant. Yet, we returned earlier than expected in Europe. Crossing last month, I ate at Ginza (银座) with the latest still present. He told me that he returned to France in late summer. We're now all gone from Japan, and here's why.

For some, the country was in a stopover anyway you want the shortest possible. Tokyo in particular includes a large community of French bankers derivatives specialists, developed a branch of the Japanese financial institutions that practice soon. The city is part of the initiatory journey of the profession and has a bad reputation: Tokyo has less charm at first as Paris or New York. And not to mention Japanese financiers remain confined to the Anglo-Saxon community centered around Roppongi (六 本 木), with its shops, restaurants and bars. At work, their only contact with locals is the secretary who prepared the Japanese visa, found their apartment, and sometimes reserve a taxi. It's a small world in which we suffocate quickly, and frustration is often change in contempt for the host country.

Our group included some bankers. However, most of us had learned Japanese during our studies, and were voluntarily came to Japan as or expatriate researchers. We all loved the young adult life in Tokyo: the city is safe, clean, alive and well Sunday at 21 o'clock in the evening izakaya (居酒屋), these Japanese pubs that serve food bar varied in well-watered low prices, are always nice. Akihabara (秋叶原), the area of electronics, has the latest camera models at attractive prices. A good hour commuter train takes you into the mountain valleys remote at the seaside, or in an onsen (温泉). Tokyo is also one of the first steps in all cultural tours and musical world. Often, integration into the life of his neighborhood is going well: I was told in a previous story of how a neighbor took me hunting bamboo shoots, and most had similar stories.

Our Weekdays were often more difficult. The researchers were not the worst off: the work is often in English, and science require less interaction with colleagues. Teaching positions also seem to pose fewer problems of integration. However, my scientific friends had a precarious status, and no opportunity to evolve to coaching, strictly reserved for Japanese. They got tired of it at some point after 5 or 10 years, most have preferred to return to the laboratory or by Western companies, often to a position of responsibility.

Expatriates evolved into the world of gaishikeis (外资 系), subsidiaries of international companies in Japan. The employees are Japanese, often with few leadership positions occupied by the Western parent company. These often have very limited control of what is happening in their business, the Japanese believe, sometimes rightly, that they know the local market better, and often do not want to invest in a relationship with those leaders who will leave anyway after two or three years. Young professionals and engineers, we were integrated with mainly local teams. Work abroad is never easy, and we did not speak any fluent Japanese. Nevertheless, we spent most of our time managing culture shock. It should deploy an incredible energy to not be set aside, and any dispute became protracted. The Western colleagues who have studied at Japanese universities and perfectly bilingual were often face the same difficulties, the barrier was not only due to language. The tension was palpable as often came to office in the morning. We had some support from senior executives of the company, but it is a double-edged sword: it's never good to be the "fayot" service. And this support is not eternal. The typical scenario is: a large group sends a brilliant leader in Japan to process and better monitor the Japanese subsidiary. But after two or three years of mixed success, it will return to the country, and we will leave the Japanese manage their affairs themselves. Once the leader Western will set foot on the plane to return home, the settling of accounts will begin.

Young white men for the most part we were first confronted with racist remarks. As it come to elderly men, often alcoholics, does not surprise him. But a significant number of younger colleagues open and cultivated, often having studied abroad, had similar thoughts when they had a few drinks, including the famous "Nihon ha ichiban Yappari やっぱり 日本 は 一番" or "Japan is really the first. " All This is rewarding but also very tiring. It also comes a time when it is desired to advance his career, and this requires practice his craft and develop his skills, not spend his time negotiating with their Japanese colleagues, and manage the cultural gap. When a headhunter or a former colleague stayed in France called to offer an opportunity was Europe, the decision to return is often obvious, albeit always with a twinge in my heart that we abandon a nice life.

The professional difficulties are arguably the heart of the departures. However, even with a good job, raise a family in Japan can be frightening for those who do not have significant financial resources, is particularly the case for those with a local employment contract without specific benefits, which becomes the rule if it is desired to settle on the spot: you can not be expelled for life. We may wish that his children have a French education, but the high school that offers this course is very expensive. If one accepts that they attend the Japanese system, it will often fear school violence stories (ijime - いじめ), including in some institutions of central Tokyo. Many Japanese parents prefer to do privately. And it can also be reluctant to subject his children three years of high school who may be more intense than the French preparatory classes, and a must for children and parents, ambitious. The retreat is also of concern: it contributes to the state pension which we feel it is, with the demographics at half-bleed. We must therefore think of a private retreat. And if you invest in a principal residence , it often will be worth nothing, and will perhaps even dangerous after 30 years: the property will not be sold or leased to constitute a additional income. We all could feel that our life any parent and retired in Japan would be much less pleasant than the condition of young unmarried why Tokyo is a paradise. That is all the more true that our careers would stagnate, which seemed likely.

There are other routes to Japan: in particular, many French and mostly English-speaking live from odd jobs, most famously perhaps conversation teacher. These are content with a few wealthy suburban existence, more enjoyable at least early on some shots in Tokyo than in France. Others have started their small business and arrived to create a small situation. But despite a few exceptions, examples of successful integration are very rare, and require thinking outside the box. Among the fifteen members of my group of friends, everyone left. Maybe we have preferred to leave Japan on "good terms" rather than force us to stay hard we would have rendered embittered towards our host country.

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When the earth shakes

The inhabitants of Tokyo (东京) live in fear of a major earthquake that would certainly enormous damage. But it is in the region of Shizuoka (静冈) at the foot of Mount Fuji (富士山) that yours truly has experienced a significant earthquake on an outing with a group of Japanese friends. Tuesday morning (August 11), about 5:00, we were awakened by a sharp vertical jolt followed by tremors long and strong enough to knock items placed on a table. These movements are accompanied by squeaks often more disturbing than the shock. We were ill wake up and reassured by the relatively new hotel where we were. But the minute the earthquake lasted long enough concerned members of his family in a less safe place, and even a few of these delicate plates stored so very imprudent on the edge of the table at home.

For those who are at home, the first instinct is to cut off the gas, then go to seek shelter in a place that is not afraid of falling objects, praying that the building does not collapse. Everyone is indeed not equal before the earthquakes. Older people often live in wooden houses that date from their marriage, there are about fifty years. The apartments in prefabricated cheap (アパート) where young and smaller are also more often live presentations, major recent modern structures (hotels and offices) are generally safe.

Immediately after the quake, television broadcasts information immediately about the earthquake, and in particular the risk of tidal waves. In this case, the risks were low, and the magnitude of the earthquake relatively large but not catastrophic (6.5 approximately). Then, everyone has called or sent text messages to his family to make sure everything was okay. Then, as he was not given any signs of evacuation of the hotel, everyone went back to sleep.

wake up, we learned more about the damage. The most important thing is a landslide that swept away a tract of Highway Tomei (东 名 高速 道路) between Tokyo and Nagoya, the country's largest, just days before the big crossover of the Japanese summer . There was also some warnings to gas in the center of Shizuoka, and several thousand homes without water for a few days. The more prudent had followed the custom is that we always have water at home, for example by keeping its full tub permanently. More anecdotally, a section of wall Castle Sunpu (骏 府城) within the city collapsed. It seems that those walls, rebuilt often, are not as robust as they have in the air. In the following days, because it takes time to assess the damage through the ward, we learned that several thousand homes were damaged up to falling roof tiles. Most shops smelling of alcohol, as many glass bottles have not survived the shock. Some wine shops have seen the exhibition goods destroyed. There were about two hundred wounded and the dead whose cause seems to be related to the earthquake. Perhaps most impressive, tremor de terre fut finalement moins destructeur que les inondations dans l'arrière-pays de Kobe (神戸) la semaine précédente, et causées par un petit typhon(台風) se déplaçant lentement, et donc provoquant des pluies trop longues.

Nous devions ensuite prendre le train rapide ( Shinkansen 新幹線) pour rejoindre l'ouest du Japon. Ce service est légendaire pour sa ponctualité, et l'on peut d'habitude régler sa montre à la seconde près sur l'arrivée des trains en gare. Il a cependant bien fallu faire les vérifications nécessaires sur la ligne, et le service n'a repris que noon on the line with four hours behind schedule. We arrived at the station around 14 am, and waited half an hour a train arrives. We almost get a seat, but are finally staying up until our station correspondence. When we arrived, we went to the counter where the employee has repaid a portion of the ticket and apologized very politely obliged us to travel standing.

the evening of August 15, the highway is finally repaired after the work has been delayed several times, the ground being softer than expected. For most locals, the earthquake has made more concrete risk of an earthquake that everyone knows. Many have probably spent some time staring at the cupboards and shelves, and paste the transparent plastic film on windows. This prevents broken glass from falling, and reduces the risk of injury. The wall of the castle, it will be rebuilt later. Our hotel has in turn added prominently on its web page explanation of the exceptional strength of its building to the earthquake, a return to business very reassuring.

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The art of strawberry

The show is amazing. In winter and early spring, many coaches are leaving the inner cities and visit small villages in rural areas. Often, the car park, lovely ladies with a fine hat-shaped cutter host, probably the aunts and daughters of peasants requisitioned for the full season. Once off the bus, they get a cup of sweet milk, and locked up for 20 to 30 minutes in vinyl greenhouses. This is the ritual of Ichigo Gari (苺 狩り), or the orgy of strawberries.

The Japanese grow strawberries in greenhouses during the winter. The sun often excellent this period, temperatures are rather mild and allow markets the country to receive, from mid-January, they often tasted delicious fruit in pastry. One of the most popular cake is Ichigo Short (苺 ショートケーキ), a sort of strawberry. Many Japanese believe that the strawberry is the most "cute" fruit, character cutter (莓) is indeed in recent years allowed for the first names and seem to know some success: what's cuter than naming-Ichigo chan her granddaughter.

However, the real fans go to the Ichigo Gari in the campaign. One can indeed privatize its section emissions, about 1 meter per person, carefully delineated by the bailiff to strawberries. These often grow on small artificial terraces on two or three rows. The plants produce fruit continuously throughout the season, and when we tasted strawberries, one can often see more flower stalks. It is not cheap since it often costs about 1800 yen (15 Euro) per person.

The partygoers then have 20 to 30 minutes to destroy the crop, as it fills the belly of these delicious fruits. The author of this blog has eaten a good sixty respectable size. Even with this good Appétit, the entrance fee may seem high. But the strawberries eaten from the tree are much more tasty and sweet as those of trade, as they have ripened on the stem, not in the maze of distribution channels of supermarkets.

fruit enthusiasts can also go to Budogari (ぶどう 狩り grapes will, between August and September), kinokogari (きのこ 狩り, mushrooms at will in the fall), nashigari (梨 狩り pears will between August and November), or miikangari (みかん 狩り, in winter), but these are confidential. The sakuranbogari (さくらんぼ 狩り, cherries will) have more success by cons. We begin to dream with the crisis, some French agrigulteurs organize days "open orchard" in our finest terroirs: apricots and peaches in southern France would make "gari" fabulous.

Additional information

site Rurunbu ( http://www.rurubu.com/season/winter/ichigo/ ) has a substantial list of "spots" Ichigo Gari. The site "Mapple" ( http://www.mapple.net/sp_mikaku/kaki.asp ) presents some addresses of gari. Full season Ichigo Gari is from January to March around Tokyo.

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