tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65082427348204406682024-03-13T04:11:32.160+01:00ReflectionsHello! Welcome to my blogWalterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-74816453211336965032020-12-27T20:11:00.002+01:002020-12-31T12:48:50.853+01:00Goodbye 2020 , hello 2021.2020 is almost over. 2021 is just around the corner. 2020 has been unlike any year I have ever lived through. <div><div><span>I remember the day Belgium went into lockdown like it was yesterday. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>A few weeks before the lockdown Covid19 had appeared in Italy and a</span> colleague sitting at the desk next to me who had been to Italy for a meeting was told to go home and quarantine herself for at least 2 weeks.</div><div><br /></div><div>I am happy to say that during her quarantine she didn't get sick and neither did I. So we were probably not infected.</div><div><br /></div><div><span>2 weeks later on Friday the 13th of March we were all told to work from home.</span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>On Friday 13th I went to the local supermarket. It was absolutely swarming with customers. </span></div><div><span>Inside it looked like people were expecting a war to break out any minute.</span></div><div><br /></div><div>Flour and sugar had almost sold out.</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKIB2OXRiTSws4oWGKu5CJXPg3msYW8YLMgT9_dhxR9qBFtNqLonAg1Z506YnD4viFh8af03CyLuMlBWjKYM3TjkiASCcEjre3tYept20BY4ybjH-_vxUBwYexJBdcucqAc_nsgdbhLU/s1600/IMG_20200313_092302_S.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieKIB2OXRiTSws4oWGKu5CJXPg3msYW8YLMgT9_dhxR9qBFtNqLonAg1Z506YnD4viFh8af03CyLuMlBWjKYM3TjkiASCcEjre3tYept20BY4ybjH-_vxUBwYexJBdcucqAc_nsgdbhLU/w416-h312/IMG_20200313_092302_S.JPG" width="416" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Coffee , just a few brands left. </div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhF6x06Ez-kjuVRGFYuZvrw6H4kS1z0TdW-gfpx7qoPWnhPMp6aZF1FwJl8ck8kX24qcxEWQW0SwRASHpkT5wklvwDqOhqpkrh_USprqbMbUgmOcygC4Tp2woHOBhVhsdUyA5Mp1MVxcg/s1600/IMG_20200313_092318_S.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhF6x06Ez-kjuVRGFYuZvrw6H4kS1z0TdW-gfpx7qoPWnhPMp6aZF1FwJl8ck8kX24qcxEWQW0SwRASHpkT5wklvwDqOhqpkrh_USprqbMbUgmOcygC4Tp2woHOBhVhsdUyA5Mp1MVxcg/w400-h300/IMG_20200313_092318_S.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>Toilet paper : nothing left. Spaghetti and canned tomatoes and canned tomato sauces : empty shelves.</div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>I had visions of people living on nothing but pasta and tomato sauce and coffee and sugar ( and pancakes) for the next few months </span>and looking for places to stack their mountains of toilet rolls.</div><div><br /></div><div><span>For some unfathomable reason, more than half of the champagne in cartons of six bottles had been sold (see photo below). Not the single bottles though. And the wine shelves looked as full as ever. </span></div><div><span><br /></span></div><div><span>I found that rather comforting. At least some people were trying to stay positive and preparing for the celebrations that would happen when the lockdown and Covid would end. </span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXzWR4SdTms8dXDZpU6h3WswlAoe1w1WGDIJ_m1nxamiaDTN4Y1Lw5I48LtOtfUTEcO_q_UiEwPHkQyVHSg5Yr1OqkoE2iPl0DFG_dFFc7Nas7DWQL2_YsgaS-SektWliDzSu2PcUimk/s1600/IMG_20200313_092749_S.JPG"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNXzWR4SdTms8dXDZpU6h3WswlAoe1w1WGDIJ_m1nxamiaDTN4Y1Lw5I48LtOtfUTEcO_q_UiEwPHkQyVHSg5Yr1OqkoE2iPl0DFG_dFFc7Nas7DWQL2_YsgaS-SektWliDzSu2PcUimk/w400-h300/IMG_20200313_092749_S.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>There was still plenty of beer, wine and fresh vegetables and fruit. I stocked up on fresh veggies and fruit , cheese and meat and fish and a crate of one of my favourite beers. Just the necessary things to keep me going for the next two or three weeks. Not having a car keeps you from overbuying stuff you don't really need.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FpRe7Ms69Lwbk1gE-YxwinVZGCSuhZVCrLO403VUZAmlD1bAOAEt5rEdyVZFnLJ41T5WTOgAkJoXT3Jv3N2jN0XfrN-zksaoSqZBjy2Owf1z0rBw7_OIax44ZT7F2ru313eQe_rs6sY/s2000/IMG_20200515_135825_S.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="2000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FpRe7Ms69Lwbk1gE-YxwinVZGCSuhZVCrLO403VUZAmlD1bAOAEt5rEdyVZFnLJ41T5WTOgAkJoXT3Jv3N2jN0XfrN-zksaoSqZBjy2Owf1z0rBw7_OIax44ZT7F2ru313eQe_rs6sY/w400-h300/IMG_20200515_135825_S.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div>Working from home does have a few advantages. </div><div>I don't need to drive to work every morning and I also get to eat as much recipes with garlic as I like</div><div>during the week, because the next day I won't be bothering anyone. </div><div><br /></div><div>My cat of course thinks the lockdown is great! Her personal butler (me) is now available 24 / 7.</div><div>Heaven !</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvA9JqgujERbRY-uWH1iBKd6daLPEYd0nRgrNuyNIpIlQHcu62XMj6NGP6Q10URfTxJLtl00IGnDBz6lg0VCj9FE7PKTt29qdAXtDHH8mI_EdWNgsoT8MOKNYOOoX4RNZEWJJCRk01lJ4/s2048/IMG_20160403_Natsuki_S.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1150" data-original-width="2048" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvA9JqgujERbRY-uWH1iBKd6daLPEYd0nRgrNuyNIpIlQHcu62XMj6NGP6Q10URfTxJLtl00IGnDBz6lg0VCj9FE7PKTt29qdAXtDHH8mI_EdWNgsoT8MOKNYOOoX4RNZEWJJCRk01lJ4/w640-h360/IMG_20160403_Natsuki_S.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Because traffic is much less and there are less people on the street, the local wildlife has grown bolder and I see more of them in my garden.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I don't have a lawn and a lot of the garden near the fruit trees is pretty uncared for, except for my vegetable garden at the back. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I dug a hole for a large pond once, somewhere in the distant past and put a plastic sheet in it to keep weeds from growing. It fills up every time it rains and every day dozens of birds come to wash and drink there.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">In autumn and winter when food get scarce I hang up seeds and dried insects for the birds.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One of my regular customers is a robin who's been living nearby for a few years.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGT8T-W3ZAM9BasxGKFxq30OtNlwWRnsPo6oHBq_XfuGN-6AVgo245zP-zgm-q_vGLDHwhZI5bgZ0m6_Wcf_xiYAPw_6DH1Unjw4yLgOMapaLSpHbfD-Xv-u9ELGVEXNgxz9iYq_RSTXc/s2048/IMG_6003_robin_S.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="2048" height="418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGT8T-W3ZAM9BasxGKFxq30OtNlwWRnsPo6oHBq_XfuGN-6AVgo245zP-zgm-q_vGLDHwhZI5bgZ0m6_Wcf_xiYAPw_6DH1Unjw4yLgOMapaLSpHbfD-Xv-u9ELGVEXNgxz9iYq_RSTXc/w640-h418/IMG_6003_robin_S.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">He's particularly keen on the dried insects.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocsO30HwcpIn0sgaAn2wN8pRDvkVBhVcNm6tC24uTGRNgV3SiYbVOR_4C5oSR8gZK_P7Q8VRn9c59Z-ln63s9ANukUy98MvzFYaDeh7wxBM17SKoTYg0ndS2O8BSlrJHZLeS6cKDlfJc/s2000/IMG_5999_Robin_s.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1317" data-original-width="2000" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjocsO30HwcpIn0sgaAn2wN8pRDvkVBhVcNm6tC24uTGRNgV3SiYbVOR_4C5oSR8gZK_P7Q8VRn9c59Z-ln63s9ANukUy98MvzFYaDeh7wxBM17SKoTYg0ndS2O8BSlrJHZLeS6cKDlfJc/w640-h422/IMG_5999_Robin_s.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">One day he got into the house and I had a hard time persuading him to leave until I threatened charging him rent if he staid indoors. He was out the front door in a flash. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiICTsioC9JkNRH5hDTNDt91MPEo-pX-ExwVTqRcaWBNPjXixOzF_WsuA-Mr-uutl27M_eyZdwfOb9RXKA4mWAhz8EgJiMcUl_w9aBJw2Cw1qGgc3xGJYV2gsv_wBSXf9VbhNNxjfbFeI/s1600/IMG_20201204_144022_robin_S.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1223" data-original-width="1600" height="306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiICTsioC9JkNRH5hDTNDt91MPEo-pX-ExwVTqRcaWBNPjXixOzF_WsuA-Mr-uutl27M_eyZdwfOb9RXKA4mWAhz8EgJiMcUl_w9aBJw2Cw1qGgc3xGJYV2gsv_wBSXf9VbhNNxjfbFeI/w400-h306/IMG_20201204_144022_robin_S.JPG" width="400" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Once I got a visit from a pheasant, which is a bit strange, because there is at least 400 metres of streets and houses between me and the nearest woods, which he has to cross to get to my garden. Maybe the birds tell each other which garden has food ?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYlrXWw0hNKMJp5RB7IK3uFeaftry1iEwlejy_-N1Pyxm2TKyQ_FqQI92e8qvWUqU32kUv-XCEXiLDa3lp3fHf8hIIgqviz7kQNDKVP1AGY0pB_3fqnOkafirNGFXuB6swEFakbTm4k8/s1703/IMG_5980_pheasant_s.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1703" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoYlrXWw0hNKMJp5RB7IK3uFeaftry1iEwlejy_-N1Pyxm2TKyQ_FqQI92e8qvWUqU32kUv-XCEXiLDa3lp3fHf8hIIgqviz7kQNDKVP1AGY0pB_3fqnOkafirNGFXuB6swEFakbTm4k8/w640-h416/IMG_5980_pheasant_s.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>He was looking for seeds and so close to my back window, which made it actually hard to take decent pictures. I had to sit up against the pane to get a good view and keep him from spotting me :)</div><div>I think he nearly spotted me in the photo below.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_zzyXNkGxyVcGf-WAphVJIbh9nTJDQZThRddPXeq0m1gXoZRIiyJ8VUEHDxeaKs7k_Pqa8KTFLEDX1ZtMATGtN-kIGl-ZA1uRe1UUZptJ_HDhXxRwPFkrPuzGUWFWTYMsTEJoRXJovo/s1703/IMG_5984_pheasant_s.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1703" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY_zzyXNkGxyVcGf-WAphVJIbh9nTJDQZThRddPXeq0m1gXoZRIiyJ8VUEHDxeaKs7k_Pqa8KTFLEDX1ZtMATGtN-kIGl-ZA1uRe1UUZptJ_HDhXxRwPFkrPuzGUWFWTYMsTEJoRXJovo/w640-h416/IMG_5984_pheasant_s.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>A wild garden has of course massive amounts of snails and this young hedgehog was hunting his favorite snacks (snails) right in front of my front door one evening. </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEEmL1lpXcHPWammV_gDKIthGPLwHAHGH52dfUz6G37IoPTwOSn32nWvI_jQkJxUemNQjhzndrf6Qk5ZUEpjsm4yq8E8lvsBfHqH-arLH_SH4lxS-tvjKLpBUPk8zGBXkRxQnczhX-aY/s2048/IMG_20201020_Hedgehog_S.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjEEmL1lpXcHPWammV_gDKIthGPLwHAHGH52dfUz6G37IoPTwOSn32nWvI_jQkJxUemNQjhzndrf6Qk5ZUEpjsm4yq8E8lvsBfHqH-arLH_SH4lxS-tvjKLpBUPk8zGBXkRxQnczhX-aY/w640-h480/IMG_20201020_Hedgehog_S.JPG" width="640" /></a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>This year I have also had success with my citrus plants. Each year I transfer them to a larger pot and</div><div>now that I have potted them in larger pots (12 and 14 liter) they're big enough to produce large fruits. </div><div><br />My lemon tree is now bearing full size fruit.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oBaHVIg_Ul1IHet-BW7LyK_Mkh1cPeAsIZes0VM8RnTMa7eMpAeMKLWMgoGNo_ksV2285JjvKa5yjaAEt3Mqcn5WCFs1YOrpEeFPnrajdh1_-u6fFAHkfgZkHx9Y4BrvXg29RxIm-uE/s1600/IMG_6098+Lemon_S.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1149" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_oBaHVIg_Ul1IHet-BW7LyK_Mkh1cPeAsIZes0VM8RnTMa7eMpAeMKLWMgoGNo_ksV2285JjvKa5yjaAEt3Mqcn5WCFs1YOrpEeFPnrajdh1_-u6fFAHkfgZkHx9Y4BrvXg29RxIm-uE/w460-h640/IMG_6098+Lemon_S.JPG" width="460" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My two Yuzu trees. The yuzu fruits are not full size yet but very fragrant.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3CkGY1ZMOb3xVRS2usWZhp6uqY_IGepscegAyIqWFNPXFXVI7kIwducJlKMtJ1vHkeAY_AeBZyqaHkwKUvEdjX2Gu1qDhLYmqd841n4LhrigEYkkdWk5bBD_LAINZArlprLHnjCzIBU/s1940/IMG_20200214_2145Yuzu_S.JPG" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1260" data-original-width="1940" height="416" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk3CkGY1ZMOb3xVRS2usWZhp6uqY_IGepscegAyIqWFNPXFXVI7kIwducJlKMtJ1vHkeAY_AeBZyqaHkwKUvEdjX2Gu1qDhLYmqd841n4LhrigEYkkdWk5bBD_LAINZArlprLHnjCzIBU/w640-h416/IMG_20200214_2145Yuzu_S.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><br /></div>and finally my Satsuma tree. It has lost quite a few leaves and some branches dried out in the hottest June we ever had, but it is now big enough to have complete fruits and the fruits are OK. They have turned a nice orange by now, so I will be eating extremely fresh mikan on New Year '21, straight from the tree. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJ2dMnv4x1oatlIPSbr3BxVUFiq9LklwC7px6GHKuMop5Fr8GhdTFJnB6o3tujy6Ekpb1G24M5I2krvfIp7PUSOqAqQJzblz6ITMNmJ4ktSqrPyQB0uYbb1hNE0MWOvn0n4NCHLTVdzM/s1944/IMG_6104+Mikan_s.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="1296" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVJ2dMnv4x1oatlIPSbr3BxVUFiq9LklwC7px6GHKuMop5Fr8GhdTFJnB6o3tujy6Ekpb1G24M5I2krvfIp7PUSOqAqQJzblz6ITMNmJ4ktSqrPyQB0uYbb1hNE0MWOvn0n4NCHLTVdzM/w426-h640/IMG_6104+Mikan_s.JPG" width="426" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Best wishes for the end of year and all the best for 2021.</div>Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-18314563746573386532016-06-19T23:38:00.000+02:002016-06-19T23:38:53.068+02:00Spring 2015 Hanami in HasseltHasselt is home to one of the largest real Japanese gardens (built by Japanese gardeners) in Europe and I'm lucky to live an hour or so away from it.<br />
Traditionally every Spring the garden holds a Hanami. <br />
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What better place to wear a kimono ? <br />
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Lucky for us the weather was splendid : lots of sun, no rainclouds anywhere ( very unusual here in Belgium !).<br />
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The Japanese garden has a large waterfall cascading down into the upper lake ,<br />
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from where the water flows through a winding stream , with paths alongside it.<br />
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And we weren't disappointed : the sakura were in blossom everywhere around us.<br />
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First to arrive : Maaike and Ben, as always impeccably dressed.<br />
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Meeting up with their friends from the tea ceremony , that was held in the tea house later on. <br />
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Joining us from the Netherlands : Thirsa , Amy and Jody.<br />
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Our party settles down in a choice spot underneath the sakura trees.<br />
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Amy, watching the drummers play.<br />
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Thirsa , who's here for the first time, is a professional photographer. She also loves to pose for photographs.<br />
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That's a very dignified look. Stern almost :)<br />
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Lovely smile, though :)<br />
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Amy and Jody , showing off their sleeves. <br />
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Amy at the entrance to the teahouse.<br />
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Posing by the tea-house : Thirsa, Amy and Jody. <br />
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What a lovely surprise : Caroline (in kimono) and her sister. <br />
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That's a wonderful plushy ! Oh, it's a pirate ?<br />
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Everyone posing at the bridge.<br />
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The traditional tabi shot ( well at least three are tabi ! ).<br />
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When you visit a hanami in kimono, people are always curious and ask what you're wearing :)<br />
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Before we go back to the lower lake by the tea-house , everyone poses<br />
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I have just baked a wonderful pie dish with a rich and moist filling of chicken, leek, smoked bacon, cream, wine and a bit of garlic and an onion.<br />
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Here's the dish , just out of the oven.<br />
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And it's only half the calories of the 'fat' version and just as tasty . The secret is of stir frying the vegetables in a wok with very little oil, using light cream and using crumpled sheets of filo dough ( the paper thin one ) coated with a very small amount of oil to cover the dish instead of the usual puff pastry made of wheat flour and butter, which is tasty but very heavy.<br />
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Filo (or phyllo ) dough was easier to work with than I thought. <br />
The sheets are paper-thin and don't stick together , but when you take it out of the package and roll it open it does dry out in minutes and cracks, so best keep it covered with foil till you use it or use it immediately.<br />
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Have a great end of year and see you all next year !Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-90631896878458862302014-04-15T12:21:00.000+02:002014-04-18T16:46:31.473+02:00Flowers and kimonos : Keukenhof Spring 2014 ( part 1 of 3 )Spring has finally arrived. Last weekend I went to a meeting with people from the Kimono de Jack NL at the Keukenhof Flower Show, near the small town of Lisse , located in the West of the Netherlands, not far from the coast.<br />
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The Flower Show is held each year in spring in a very large English style garden , that dates back to the 19th century. It was originally designed to show off the flowers from local flower growers<br />
( mostly bulb flowers like tulips, hyacinths , daffodils ) and these are still the main attraction of the Show. <br />
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Each year , nearly 100,000 people visit the Flower Show each week. Luckily the garden is so large, it never gets really crowded.<br />
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Hyacinths come in many varieties and they all smell wonderful.<br />
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A mixed border with a footpad in the middle : the garden is full of opportunities to stroll and enjoy the flowers.<br />
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Most of the flowers are outside , but there are several large indoor halls at the show where thousands of flowers are on display.<br />
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Hundreds of varieties of tulips and other flowers are on show here. <br />
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These are only a few examples.<br />
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The tiny blue bell-flowers of Muscari ( grape hyacinth ) : one of my favourite bulb-flowers.<br />
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This weekend , the Flower Show has a 'Old Holland' show with people in traditional Dutch costumes from past centuries. These women's caps (headdresses) are made from white cotton or lace and adorned with golden ornaments.<br />
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Interestingly , these traditional costumes are different depending on which town
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Bio-powered go-cart, early Dutch model. You move the handle back and forward to move and steer with your feet.<br />
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Nice pose, young girl ! I love the way the artist has used bottle caps to decorate the fish.<br />
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Sitting down at one of the ponds to enjoy our food and the sunshine.<br />
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Mei-ing and Carolien.<br />
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Mei-ing's lemon cake was irresistible. <br />
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Getting ready to take their own photos home from the event. <br />
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Maaike and Ben from Belgium.<br />
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Always in a good mood , Maaike is.<br />
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Wearing kimono in public always attracts attention : lots of people stop by for a chat.<br />
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More people arriving : Stephanie, Lizemijn, Tim and in the back Youandi talking to Jordy, Jente and Maxime.<br />
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Linda is wearing a asa no ha (hemp leaf ) patterned kimono with Dutch themed musubi.<br />
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Maaike's musubi.<br />
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Mei-ing's musubi.<br />
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Carolien's musubi.<br />
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Youandi's musubi<br />
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Maxime's musubi.<br />
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Stephanie trying her hand as a waitress. Very elegant !<br />
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The sunny spring weather seems to give everyone extra energy : Stephanie running forward through a sudden shower of cherry petals. <br />
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Jente spins her furisode. Quite appropriate, since furisode means ' swinging sleeves' .<br />
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Posing in front of an old fishing boat , part of the 'Old Holland' exhibition.<br />
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Our Kimono de Jack signature shot : a rosette of tabi.<br />
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Tulips, a wooden clog, a windmill and everyone saying "cheese" : it cannot possibly get more Dutch than this.<br />
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Thanks to Lizemijn taking photographs , I was able to pose in this group shot too.<br />
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Water is an essential part of the Netherlands , so we set off looking for a more adventurous location to pose. <br />
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One small step for man, but a giant leap if you're in a kimono. Luckily, nobody fell in. <br />
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From left to right : Carolien, Linda, Youandi, Barbara, Maaike, Stephanie, Jordy, Maxime, Jente and Ben. <br />
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After all the group photos, we looked for locations to take some individual photos.<br />
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Jente , posing under a blossoming cherry tree, wearing a furisode and a purple hakama.<br />
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Jente and her friend Maxime.<br />
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Closeup , showing off her hair ornament.<br />
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Jente and her friend Jordy. <br />
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Carolien, sitting on a fountain. She is wearing a h<span class="userContent">itoe tsumugi komon with temari ( japanese stringballs) motif.</span><br />
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Youandi , in a kimono with yabane ( arrow fletch) motif.<br />
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Maxime, looking very smart wearing a black beret.<br />
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Maaike. <br />
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Jente.<br />
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Wonderful! Found some sakura blossom to pose by. <br />
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and Carolien found this bench to pose on. Great! The sun is starting to set and the low sunlight from behind is perfect. <br />
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The life of a model is not a path of roses. There were always people
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Around 6 o'clock , most of the visitors went home. I was surprised because the show stays open till half past 7. A wonderful opportunity to take some wide shots without lots of people in them !<br />
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The low light and the quiet made me feel like I was in a fairy tale garden.<br />
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These are another of my favourite flowers : daffodils.<br />
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Over the years , growers have developed an amazing amount of varieties in many colours and sizes from a few originals.<br />
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These are two 'double' flowers , where the central tube carries additional petals.<br />
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and of course each variety has it's own name. This one is 'Dear Love'. <br />
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'Charming Lady'<br />
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'Thomas Mawson'<br />
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'Akita'<br />
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The low sun lit up the flowers beautifully.<br />
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Walking back to the central pond,<br />
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with this swan swimming along beside me.<br />
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Only a few people were still enjoying the quiet.<br />
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Flower beds along the central pond.<br />
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The forest path at the east of the park.<br />
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As I walked out of the park , I took a look across the fields of the
commercial growers. Here flower bulbs are grown for shipping across the
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<br />Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-42628669270644044662014-02-02T23:46:00.000+01:002014-02-02T23:52:31.669+01:00Three ways to preserve your cloves : garlic tsukemono.At the end of summer till autumn ( July till October ) garlic is harvested.<br />
It's one of my favourite herbs since forever, but I always have to throw away bulbs because they've gone bad or started to sprout.<br />
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That is , until I discovered tsukemono (literally : 'pickled things') : the japanese art of pickling vegetables and herbs. I'll be describing my three favourite recipes here. <br />
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Get the best dried garlic you can find : it'll be worth it in the end.! Preferably around autumn, when the harvest is, although you can buy good garlic all year round these days. <br />
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The first recipe is 'Ninniku Hachimitsu-zuke' ( Garlic in honey ) <br />
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Use about 7 medium bulbs ( around 300 grams) of garlic<br />
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and about 250 grams of honey. I used Hungarian acacia, a liquid honey with a light taste.<br />
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Don't EVER heat honey in the microwave to pour it, it will heat unevenly and start to lose its taste and flavour. Honey should be heated in hot water of about 40 degrees C , which is slow but won't affect the taste and flavour. When honey is heated to over 45 °C flavour and taste ( and the enzymes in the honey) are being damaged.<br />
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Separate the cloves, cut off the root ends and peel them completely. No need to remove the core.<br />
Look for a glass jar that will hold all your cloves and sterilize it.<br />
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I always use an empty jar from honey (500 millilitres) like the one in the picture above and sterilize it and its plastic top at 110-120°C in the oven for 20 minutes.<br />
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Always put the jar and the screw-top in the cold oven before heating it up, so it has less of a chance to break. You can safely put a plastic top upside down in the oven too : at 120 °C it won't melt. Don't EVER screw the top on the jar : when the air in the glass jar heats up, it will push against the top and will deform it !<br />
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Take the glass jar from the oven and put it on a cloth or a wooden board so it won't break.<br />
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Pour a few litres of boiling water over your peeled cloves, to disinfect them. Make sure your hands<br />
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Pat the cloves dry with a paper towel and put the cloves in the glass till it is full.<br />
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Pour the honey in , the cloves will start to float.<br />
Shake the jar , so the honey flows all the way to the bottom.<br />
Leave a little space at the top , so it doesn't overflow when you close it.<br />
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Put the jar in a dark and cool place or in the refrigerator. It's best to put it on a little tray, because after the first weeks , the tsukemono will ferment and produce some gas, and some of the honey may drip over the edge.<br />
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Unscrew the top to let it out , once a week. I have on occasion forgotten this and only let it out after a month with no problem ,but the top was bulging and some honey had come out.<br />
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After a month, you can start using this garlic in your recipes.<br />
It will taste a bit of honey , but still taste a lot like garlic, and it will not spoil.<br />
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The honey will become a bit darker and garlic flavoured. Mix a spoon in hot water , it's a wonderful drink on cold winter mornings.<br />
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Over time , the honey flavour of the cloves will get stronger and the garlic taste will become less strong. <br />
Just to see what would happen, I once left a few cloves at room temperature in honey in the dark for a year.<br />
The honey became quite dark, but was still tasty. <br />
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and the cloves had a very sweet honey taste with a hint of garlic , almost like candy.<br />
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The second recipe is 'Ninniku Shoyu-zuke' ( garlic in soy sauce )( and vinegar)<br />
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Use 7 to 8 medium bulbs ( or 10-12 smaller ones ) of the best garlic you can get and trim off the stems with a sharp knife. don't break them off : you could damage the cloves or break the bulbs. <br />
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Peel the skins off , carefully till only one skin remains. Don't worry if some final skin comes off or a bit of two layers remain ! Inspect you bulbs well and reject any that have damaged cloves.<br />
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Find a glass pot in which the bulbs will fit close together, otherwise you need too much soy sauce, and sterilize your glass jar and the jar top in the oven ( see above for the details).<br />
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This one is a perfect fit for seven bulbs with one on top.<br />
I'll be using the leftover bulb for something else ..<br />
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Disinfect the bulbs by pouring over a few litres of boiling water.<br />
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Put the garlic in your sterilized jar , fill to the brim with rice vinegar ( about 0.4 litres , depending on how well they're packed) and screw the top on. Put it in a dark and cool place for two weeks.<br />
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After the two weeks ( this garlic will ferment as well , so open and close the top each week ),<br />
remove about 2/3 of the vinegar and measure how much you have removed.<br />
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You can keep the vinegar to use in salads. The vinegar will smell of garlic, but surprisingly will only have a very light taste of garlic.<br />
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This vinegar will stay good for a very, very long time.<br />
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Pour the same amount of soy sauce, as of the vinegar you removed, into a bowl.<br />
For every cup ( 250 ml ) of soy sauce, add about 1 tablespoon of sugar and mix well till the sugar dissolves. You can warm the soy up a bit to help dissolve the sugar , but don't boil it !<br />
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Pour the mixture on the garlic and close the top. Put away in a cool dark place or your refrigerator.<br />
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Now you wait for at least two months (yes! 2 months! ) before using the garlic. It will keep for a long time in a cool place : I have had some in the refrigerator for almost 2 years : the soy taste becomes stronger.<br />
The pictures below were taken this summer and are of some I made last year.<br />
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Don't they look gorgeously mysterious in their dark marinade ? They do smell heavenly !<br />
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To use , fish out a bulb and cut it in half with a sharp knife. You can pick out separate cloves to use. The smell of the garlic cloves is a lot less than the fresh ones.<br />
I especially like slicing one clove finely in the morning and mix it with a bit of the soy-vinegar and the raw egg in my Tamago kake gohan ( raw egg on rice ) instead of using soy sauce.<br />
It tastes so much better than the 'ordinary' Tamago kake gohan.<br />
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To keep, you can simply put the leftover bulb back in the jar.<br />
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The ones below have been pickled for at least 4 months.<br />
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Half a bulb in the soy sauce-vinegar in a small glass jar makes for a very nice present too!<br />
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The final recipe is 'Ninniku Miso-zuke' ( garlic in miso)<br />
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Use about 6 bulbs or 250 grams of garlic.<br />
Separate the cloves, cut off the root ends and peel them completely.<br />
Put a pan of water ( 3 cm deep or so ) on the fire , large enough to hold all your cloves.<br />
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When the water boils , briefly cook the cloves ( about 2 minutes)<br />
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and drain them in a clean colander.<br />
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Mix 250 grams of yellow miso with 4 tablespoons of honmirin.<br />
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Sterilize a 500 ml jar and top ( as I described above )<br />
and put a spoonful of miso mixture in the jar.<br />
Add a spoonful of cloves and push them gently into the miso.<br />
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Keep adding layers of miso and cloves, making sure that the miso covers all the<br />
cloves. The jar does not have to be full but make sure no cloves are above the miso.<br />
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Because you cooked the garlic, they'll taste less strong right away and the miso can get into the garlic more quickly. Keep it in the refrigerator and in a week you can start eating this.<br />
I have never seen this tsukemono ferment, so leave the top on till you start using it. <br />
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The cloves can be served whole or sliced together with some of the miso. <br />
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The perfect accompaniment for your sake.<br />
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If this recipe has one disadvantage , it's that it tastes irresistibly good. Because of this I cannot tell you if it keeps longer than 3 months , because it's always eaten before 3 months are over...<br />
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I hope you'll try some ( or all) of these recipes at home. <br />
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(as always, click on the pictures to get a full size view)Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-37606349695616059002013-12-23T00:15:00.000+01:002015-02-10T14:56:00.393+01:00Chicken with forty cloves of garlicI've come across this fascinating ( FORTY cloves ! ) recipe more than once in the past in many cookbooks , always wondering what it would taste like and this weekend I finally made it happen.<br />
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A lot of versions of this traditional French recipe can be found on the internet, but I went for the most traditional one.<br />
And for those who are too scared to try this : NO, your house or you will NOT smell of garlic for the next two months, in fact it hardly smells at all while cooking and you won't have garlic breath after eating it !<br />
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You'll need<br />
one good 1,5 kg chicken ( don't buy a cheap one fed with fishmeal and 'ready to eat' in 12 weeks, buy a real chicken ! ) <br />
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I used a Mechelse koekoek , which is a famous special Belgian breed (since 1898 ! ), known for good laying and tasty flesh. It's also known to be a good natured and well behaved breed. <br />
( picture copyright www.mechelsekoekoek.com 2013-..)<br />
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By the way , the one in the picture is a rooster, who is way bigger than the chicken I used :) <br />
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4 spoons of olive oil<br />
1 glass (250 cl ) of red wine ( or white wine )<br />
4 or 5 bay leaves to put inside the chicken<br />
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About 3 whole garlic bulbs for your 40 cloves : cut the end off each
clove and peel the cloves ( lots of recipes suggest unpeeled cloves and
the cloves do get really soft, but they are much easier to handle after
the cooking when they're peeled ).<br />
When you start peeling , it's a good time to start preheating your oven to 180° C<br />
Use an oven thermometer ! Almost all ovens lie ! Mine needs a setting of 205 to get to 180<br />
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I still had lots of garlic in honey ( one of my three garlic tsukemono ) so I decided to try adding 20 of these to see what they would taste like.<br />
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I rinsed off the honey : they still taste very much of garlic even after spending 3 months in honey, even though they look glazed. <br />
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Put the bay leaves in the chicken. Oil the chicken well, sprinkle with salt and pepper all over and put it in a solid iron pot. Put the remainder of the oil in the pot.<br />
You could also use an earthenware or steel pot , I just 'happened' to have this robust pot so I can cook things over an open fire outside :) <br />
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Traditionally , to keep the steam inside , the lid is sealed to the pot with a ring of dough.<br />
To make this, put 100 grams of plain flour in a pot and add about 40 grams of water to start. <br />
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Now you can finally use those kneading pins of your mixer !<br />
Start mixing till all the flour has been absorbed and if required add water one spoonful at a time till you get a nice flexible dough that bounces back when you knead it. Knead for at least a minute more to make sure the dough is completely mixed through. You can also knead it by hand for a few minutes. If your dough is sticky , it's too wet : mix more flour into it.<br />
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Make sure your hands are clean and dry to roll the dough : no need to spread flour all over your tabletop ( and kitchen floor ^^ )!<br />
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Roll the dough into a large sausage that will go around the top of your pot.<br />
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That takes me about half a minute ^^ . The dough roll should be long enough to go around your pot with some overlap. Put it all around , so it hangs over the inside and the outside.<br />
If it's too short , don't pull on it, it will spring back, just take it off and roll it a bit longer.<br />
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Put all the cloves around the chicken and don't forget to pour the wine in !<br />
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Put the lid on and press it down, so the seal is tight.<br />
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Put in the middle of the oven and cook for about 1 and a half hours ( or 1 and three quarters if you have a ceramic pot) at 180 degrees C (measured with a thermometer).<br />
It will look like this : the dough seal is all hardened. <br />
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Pry the lid off : a delicate smell of moist , soft chicken comes wafting out. The skin will be totally soft ( here it even opened up , which tells me it's well done ! )<br />
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Take the chicken out and carve it up , whichever way you like.<br />
Pour the sauce in a sauce pot : there's a lot of fat riding on top of it , which you can skim off if you like it less fatty.<br />
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The sauce taste very nice , make sure everyone at the table gets some !<br />
Because I used red wine , it turned a rather bland grey brown , but
the garlic and wine flavour is very subdued, not what you would expect
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I put some of it in a white bowl for this photograph, you can see the fat on top. It looks a bit more grey in real life ^^.<br />
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Carefully lift out the cloves with a spoon : they are very soft. ( the purple spots are from the red wine I used )<br />
To eat with your chicken , put them on bread ( French baguette or whatever bread you like )<br />
( the orange one on the left is one of my honey tsukemono garlic cloves : it still has a lightly sweet flavour, which I find interesting)<br />
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They are so soft , you can spread them out with a spoon. <br />
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Dip your bread in the sauce, it's heavenly !<br />
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You can serve this chicken with some steamed green beans , if you want some vegetables with it. Personally I prefer to have a nice vegetable soup as a starter.<br />
The delicate garlic flavour was a surprise to me : maybe next time I'll try a 100 cloves.<br />
<br />Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-85743782530450487292013-11-01T18:31:00.002+01:002013-11-01T18:31:19.720+01:00Autumn 2013 : Japanese garden Clingendael near the HagueEvery year when autumn comes around, nature starts to prepare for winter : <br />
the leaves on the trees start to turn yellow and red and many birds travel south.<br />
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These are some geese in front of the park, preparing for their long annual journey to the south.<br />
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Each year in autumn the park of Clingendael near The Hague, the Netherlands , opens their splendid Japanese garden for visitors for a mere 2 weeks : an excellent opportunity to get together and wear Japanese kimonos in a unique setting.<br />
This is the main 17th century house of the Clingendael Institute in the centre of the park.<br />
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Although the weather was still mild for October, it had been quite windy and rainy the past week. Luckily the rain stayed away while we were visiting.<br />
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The Japanese garden is criss-crossed by many small paths <br />
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and bridges, giving excellent views of the many ponds, with their moss-covered edges.<br />
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Everywhere you look you can see beautiful mossy patches and shrubs.<br />
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Sitting at the tea house : from left to right : Youandi ( who has organized this year's meeting) and our newest members , Maxime , Jente and Jordy.<br />
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To welcome our newest members ( and also because I like food ) I'd brought a few sushi I had made that morning at home.<br />
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I have several favorite spots around this garden : one is behind the tea houseand through the round window with bamboo lattice.<br />
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Jordy and Jente.<br />
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Maxime and Youandi.<br />
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Musubi shot behind the tea house. <br />
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Maxime's musubi.<br />
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Youandi's musubi <br />
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Youandi's kanzashi ( hair ornament)<br />
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Jente's musubi (Obi knot). The picture is a bit unsharp , sumimasen ! <br /><br />
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A little fountain right next to the tea house. <br />
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All of us , posing in front of the tea house <br /><br />
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Showing off our sleeves.<br />
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We stood there for quite a while : suddenly everybody wanted to take pictures and pose with us :)<br />
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Our traditional tabi shot :)<br />
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<br />A grey heron decided to pay a visit to the garden, but unfortunately for him , there are no fish in these ponds.<br />
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This little bridge between two ponds is another favourite spot of mine :<br />
Youandi showing off the motif on her sleeve.<br />
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Jente in a kimono with lots of autumn colours.<br />
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Maxime, wearing a michiyuki ( outer garment ) over her kimono.<br />
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Maxime, showing her kimono without michiyuki .<br />
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Jordy.<br />
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While the sun was starting to set and everybody started to move towards the exit, I took a few last shots around the garden.<br />
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The pond in front of the tea house.<br />
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One last look at the tea house<br />
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and I'm off to Belgium again. <br />
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Till next year.<br />
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(as always click on the pictures to see a slideshow with enlarged photos) Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-28233129750231304902013-07-27T17:18:00.002+02:002013-07-27T17:18:51.167+02:00Green is cool !This morning the rain came pouring down and right now it's the hottest and most humid Saturday afternoon since I care to remember.<br />
I could make matcha tea to pass this sweltering afternoon,<br />
but in this weather this quick and easy home-made matcha ice cream will do me just fine.<br />
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Take 450-500 grams of the best vanilla icecream you can find and put itin the refrigerator, let it get softer in about half an hour.<br />
Mix a heaped tablespoon of your best matcha tea powder really well with one and a half spoon of warm temperature water ( dip your chasen ( tea whisk) in hot water first , so it doesn't get stained by the green tea powder) and let it cool down till room temperature.<br />
Mix half the ice cream well with the match and then mix it with the rest of the vanilla ice cream.<br />
Now you can either mix it till it's completely blended or still striped. Mine is completely blended.<br />
Then sit it in the freezer for an hour till it's hardened enough to scoop.<br />
Eat it out of a bowl or in a cone or between two wafers ( my favourite way ). <br />
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Sure, it looks less green than that coloured stuff you can buy at the conbini ^^ ( or in all those green toned photo shopped photos you find on the net , haha ) but the taste of home-made matcha is so much better !<br />
If I run out of matcha I can always go back to eating THE TOWER :<br />
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From top to bottom : vanilla, pistachio ( with pieces of real nuts ) , <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculoos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">speculoos </a>with bits of speculoos ( a biscuit) , mocha coffee flavour and chocolate with bits of dark chocolate.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-13708664734439471662013-06-29T19:30:00.000+02:002013-06-29T19:22:21.810+02:00Japan Day Dusseldorf 2013 ( part1 ) : Japanese house, temple and fireworks.Duesseldorf ,in Germany , not far from the Belgian border, houses a large number of Japanese businesses and one of the largest Japanese communities in Europe.<br />
Once a year , they organize a<a href="http://www.japantag-duesseldorf-nrw.de/en/?fb_action_ids=615165755174954,614981598526703,614345198590343&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map={%22615165755174954%22:269198976554561,%22614981598526703%22:318339184959460,%22614345198590343%22:346678198793227}&action_type_map={%22615165755174954%22:%22og.likes%22,%22614981598526703%22:%22og.likes%22,%22614345198590343%22:%22og.likes%22}&action_ref_map=[]" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Japan Day with market and events</a> and in the evening a fireworks display.<br />
The Eko House in Duesseldorf, where I'd visited <a href="http://brandnewbearings.blogspot.be/2013/03/japanese-garden-dusseldorf-2012.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the Japanese garden</a> last year , holds a special open door event during the Japan Day : a unique opportunity to visit the buddhist Temple and their Japanese Wooden House. <br />
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I was frankly amazed at how richly decorated the Buddhist temple was. <br />
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Above the two paintings of peacocks on each side of the main altar, were very detailed gilded ( gold foil plated ) wood carvings displaying scenes with peacocks. <br />
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The panel on the right :<br />
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the beautiful wood patterns of the ceiling plates ,<br />
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the copiously decorated gilded lanterns ,<br />
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and the altar itself , decorated with fresh flower bouquets. <br />
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Underneath the main hall was a display of beautifully crafted unique japanese puppets with the theme "Watching the fireworks".<br />
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Older people watching the fireworks above them ,<br />
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Of course, this late in the evening , not every child manages to stay awake :) .<br />
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The Eko House also has a wooden Japanese house in the back , that was open for visitors.<br />
View along the hallway :<br />
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I have taken all the pictures below , while sitting in seiza position, so the views are the same as you would get , when living and sitting there.<br />
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Large room next to the dining room :<br />
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View of the front garden when sitting in the main room :<br />
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View of the back garden when sitting in the dining room : it's easy to imagine you're in Japan.<br />
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We were not allowed to go out in the gardens, but when you clean the glass of fingerprints and push your lens right up to the window, you can't tell the difference.<br />
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Above the separating doors between both rooms were these wooden panels with depictions of birds and Fuji-san , made by see through out gaps in the wood, so they can be viewed from both sides of the wall.<br />
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Visible from a small window in the entry of the house , where we left our shoes, was a delightful small 'dry' garden.<br />
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In another cellar of the Japan House , I found an exposition of some
unique ceramics with the theme "Flying Ash and Traces of Fire - Bizen
Ceramics". The ceramics were made by Fujiwara Kei (1899-1983) from <a href="http://okayama-japan.jp/en/skillfull/okayama-kougei/233.html" target="_blank">Bizen-Okayama</a> and on loan from a private German collection.<br />
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These ceramics are made without glaze : the patterns and colours are made by interaction with the ashes and fire circulating in the wood fired oven.<br />
The black spots are made by falling ash.<br />
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I think these are tea ceremony flower vases.<br />
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This would be lovely for serving grilled fish.<br />
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Each piece is unique, since the artisan can 'steer' the colouring slightly by the way the oven is fired and where the pices are located in the oven, but it all depends on the flows of heated air and ashes in the oven what the result will be.<br />
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I made most of these pictures by leaning against a stand or the floor or the wall to get the long exposures , but for the shot of the sake sets I set up the tripod (1/6 th second f4 at 200ASA for optimum colour and low noise), because there was nothing to support the camera. <br />
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I'd love to have such an ochoko (sake cup) and tokkuri (serving bottle) ! Unfortunately , Fujiwara Kei died in the eighties. If I ever visit Bizen, I'll buy me a few sets. <br />
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The second part of this post will cover the fireworks at the Japan Day. Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-61257616080542091322013-06-29T19:20:00.000+02:002013-06-29T19:20:21.969+02:00Japan Day Dusseldorf 2013 ( part2 ) : evening fireworks.A shot of the market at Japan Day ( more than 60,000 visitors !) : extremely crowded and near impossible to get good pictures of the stalls, so I decided to skip this.<br />
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One highlight of the Japan Day in Duesseldorf is always the fireworks display in the evening.<br />
The theme this year was " Heart of Japan", promising Japanese motifs like cherry blossoms, Japanese characters and other Japanese motifs.<br />
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I set up my camera on the bridge across from the fireworks, more than
half an hour in advance to get a good spot. It was cold and windy up on the bridge there.<br />
View from the bridge : the Japanese market is on the left of the Rhine. In the distance you can see the television tower.<br />
( for the best viewing of these photos : darken your room a bit or better yet : hook your laptop to a large display )<br />
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Several
boating companies were offering 'firework viewing' ferry rides ( at a
price ) , manoeuvring into place on the Rhine, offering their passengers
a close and comfortable (and dry!) view of the fireworks ( including lots of good food
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Just before the
fireworks started , rain clouds moved in and it started to rain... I managed to keep my camera reasonably dry , but I did have to wipe the lens dry regularly. ( Next time I'll bring an umbrella ). That's
why I ALWAYS have a UV filter on all my lenses. If I scratch the filter ,
it's just 65 Euro for a new filter, but scratch the lens and you're
looking at a much more expensive replacement.<br />
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Because
of the rain , the wind and the
distance and because some explosions were quite small not every picture is as sharp as I'd like it to be, but for
once I've broken my own rule of only posting perfectly sharp pictures,
because I feel the colours were too lovely not to publish them. I hope you enjoy the not so sharp ones anyway.<br />
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The opening of the display : fountains of sparks.<br />
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A lot of the fireworks featured Japanese flowers.<br />
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At this point , the size of the display became much larger : multiple very bright streamers and smaller colourful dashes.<br />
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Very big , very noisy !<br />
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One of the trademark fireworks of Duesseldorf : the "golden rain". They send up several fireworks at once to fill the sky with long golden streamers.<br />
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After the golden rain, lots of little colourful explosions.<br />
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and very big ones<br />
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A collection of flowers.<br />
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Japanese characters, but from this sideview , not possible to see which ones :)<br />
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Looks like palm trees.<br />
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The end of the evening : a massive display of very bright ( and loud) white explosions,<br />
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that completely lit up the river.<br />
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Next year I'll definitely come back to photograph this again and get more pictures.. <br />
<br />Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-8783344244508673652013-06-23T18:58:00.002+02:002013-06-23T18:58:46.703+02:00May 2013 : Japan Market in LeidenJust like last year , the Sieboldhuis in Leiden organized another "Japan Market", in remembrance of the visit of the Japanese Emperor to Leiden. The Kimono de Jack club of the Netherlands, always on the lookout for an opportunity to gather and wear their beloved kimonos was going to visit the Market. <br />
After several weeks of bad weather , nature finally decided to smile on us : the weather on Sunday the 19th of May was exceptionally good. <br />
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Off to Leiden in the land of tulips to meet the Kimono de Jack Netherlands!<br />
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The central part of Leiden where the harbour is, near to the place where the Japan Market is held, has some beautifully preserved old houses.<br />
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The Dutch have a long history as a sea-faring nation and on a sunny day like this , everybody seems to be out on the water.<br />
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The first members of the Kimono de Jack arriving : Jody and Youandi.<br />
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Meeting up with ( from left to right ) Linda and Riga.<br />
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To the right, Whaizan, Riga's boyfriend.<br />
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Carolien, Youandi and Linda.<br />
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Linda with a modern day samurai ( he made every bit of his elaborate costume by himself !)<br />
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Youandi's taiko musubi (lit. drum-knot )<br />
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Linda's cho cho musubi (butterfly knot)<br />
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Another butterfly knot<br />
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Linda and Leyla , who's dressed in lolita fashion , a fashion that originated in Japan in the seventies.<br />
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Joining us for the first time in Leiden were Naomi and her daughter.<br />
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Naomi's daughter at one of the stands : ah, so many pretty things !<br />
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The ikebana (lit. 'living flowers' ) and bonsai stand always has very nice examples of their art on display.<br />
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A flowering bonsai ! <br />
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Last year I didn't get to see Nadine or Charissa from the KDJ perform with the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/raidenyosakoi/info" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Raiden Yosakoi dance group</a> , but this year I was not going to miss it. Yosakoi evolved from the summer dance awa odori , back in 1954 in Kochi city. In Japan competitions with thousands of competitors are held these days at Yosakoi Soran festivals and it's starting to spread to other countries. <br />
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Crowded into a small inner yard in the Sieboldhuis : Charissa (the girl in the middle ) getting ready for the dance. ( Her hair is not dyed green, that's from shooting through a window with a polaroid filter ). The jacket she and the other dancers are wearing is a Japanese happi.<br />
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The dancers use naruko ( wooden clappers ) that were originally used in Kochi to scare birds away from rice fields. <br />
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It looks like lots of fun<br />
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After the dance , the public is invited to join in. I was really tempted but I decided not to join in , to keep casualties to a minimum.<br />
Hey, if I had danced, you wouldn't have had these nice pictures to look at, right ?<br />
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everyone gets going...<br />
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For the very young among us , even the simple moves might be a bit confusing..<br />
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So you just do the moves you know,<br />
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and you smile and skip the ones you don't know, just like we all do in real life :) <br />
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In a crowd , no one will notice anyway and the important thing is to have fun, right ?<br />
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Another tradition after the dance : a group shout.<br />
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The first one apparently was not nearly loud enough, so : once more, with feeling !<br />
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Last Sunday, the 14th of April, I met up with other Kimono de Jack NL members for our hanami<br />
( cherry blossom viewing ) at Amstelveen, the Netherlands.<br />
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Hanami ( cherry blossom viewing party ) has been a tradition in Japan since the beginning of the Heian period ( late 8th century ).<br />
For the Japanese the blossoming of the sakura indicates the end of winter and the beginning of spring.<br />
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Because the delicate blossoms don't last much longer than a week and heavy rain or wind can make them drop even sooner, they are often seen as a symbol of our own brief lives.<br />
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Winter this year has given us frosty nights all the way up to April
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With only a few trees in blossom out of the four hundred, we had set up strategically near to the largest one.<br />
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After a week of quite rainy weather, we were lucky when later in the
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Stephanie in a blue kimono.<br />
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A little bit of kitsuke required ( the Japanese art of dressing
someone or yourself in kimono ) : some obis had shifted a little after
sitting down and getting up.<br />
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which gave me a chance to take some close-ups and detail shots.<br />
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Riga has changed the front of her afro hairdo : lovely !<br />
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Riga's musubi.<br />
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Maaike's musubi with sunflower and ladybugs (kawaii !).<br />
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Musubi shot of Carolien( left ) and Linda ( right ).<br />
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Carolien's musubi .<br />
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Carolien's obijime with obidome ( obijime decorations ).<br />
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After the fixing of the obis , our party strolled over to the one tree in blossom, to take pictures.<br />
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Linda, posing by the sakura tree , for another photographer.<br />
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I don't know if talking to the tree that was blossoming ahead of all the others will encourage it to bloom again for us next year, but it never hurts to try :)<br />
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Yes, hugging it may work too, Riga!<br />
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Everyone (more or less) busy lining up for the group shot near the sakura tree with Armindo looking on in the background.<br />
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From left to right : Ben, Maaike, Carolien, Stephanie, Riga, Linda and Nancy.<br />
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Musubi shot by the sakura tree<br />
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Showing off of the sleeves.<br />
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The KDJ NL signature tabi shot ( well at least six of them are tabi ).<br />
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This little shy fellow came over for a closer look and let himself get petted by Linda , but when everyone moved in closer he ran off :)<br />
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Carolien, enjoying the sun.<br />
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Later in the afternoon, Dalisha joined us.<br />
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Of course, we redid the group shots :)<br />
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I can't remember who came up with the idea for this group shot, but it may well become (yet another) tradition.<br />
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Linda and Riga taking pictures of Dalisha posing with sakura blossoms<br />
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One sunny Wednesday in September , I visited Düsseldorf in Germany, that houses one of the largest
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Not far from the Rhine at the Brüggener Weg, 6 in Niederkassel, a suburb of Düsseldorf, the "Japanese Society for Buddhist Understand" has built the <a href="http://www.eko-haus.de/en_wir.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ekô House</a> together with a <a href="http://www.eko-haus.de/en_rundgang1.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">splendid Japanese garden</a> , The garden is part of a Buddhist temple complex.<br />
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Outside in front of the garden , at the driveway leads up to the Ekô House , past the library and the Japanese Kindergarten, where German and Japanese children are taught together by a Japanese and a German teacher.<br />
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The temple gate ( 山門 ) at the entrance to the garden.<br />
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It has a beautiful wooden beam structure, covered by tiles.<br />
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At the end of the main pathway , a statue of Prince Shotoku (Shōtoku
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The garden is laid out in a strolling garden style , whose main purpose is to
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Several paths cross the garden, each offering different views. To the right a small gravel path leads away from the main path to the top of the garden , towards the Eko House and the Temple.<br />
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The gravel path leads past the wall of the garden to stepping stones that take you to a small lantern. <br />
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From the stepping stones you get a good look at the dry river bed and a lily pond. In the back you can see the magnificent bell tower.<br />
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A stone bridge with two arches takes you across the dry river to a central grass lawn.<br />
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On the bridge a view up the stream towards the top part of the path. <br />
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View from the double bridge towards the pond and the statue of the Prince.<br />
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On the central grass lawn you have a splendid view of the large
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On the central grass lawn , looking across to the bridge from the main path.<br />
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From the central lawn : view towards the bottom of the garden.<br />
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Walking back from the lawn and going up the path again, a glimpse of the Temple roof through the many Japanese maples across the dry river bed. <br />
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Further up, the path winds between massive rocks up to the top part of the garden and<br />
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ends in a stone staircase up to the Eko House.<br />
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Looking backward from up here , you can see the dry river bed flowing under the double bridge , and turn to the right towards a lily pond.<br />
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In the dry river bed I found this single flower.<br />
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The garden makes excellent use of hardy shrubs and maples and very
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The water basin at the left past the entrance , serves to purify yourself with water before entering the garden. <br />
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Just in front of the basin , to the left of the gate, a small path leads up a small rocky staircase to the bottom of the garden.<br />
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On the side of the path an small ornamental apple tree, bearing fruits.<br />
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The bottom of the garden contains a winding gravel path across a lawn lined with pines and a few hedges.<br />
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From up on the grass lawn at the bottom of the garden , you can enjoy views of the garden and pond below.<br />
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At the end of the winding path through the lawn , this delightful fountain hides between the shrubs . <br />
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Viewed from the main path ,the water pond lies quietly in the midday sun..<br />
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From the bridge , past some beautifully shaped pines , a view of the lily pond.<br />
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where the lilies are in bloom.<br />
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After crossing the bridge : glancing backwards to the left of the bridge , across the pond towards the entry gate.<br />
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From the main path : the bell tower.<br />
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The bell tower has a large bronze bell ,which is not just ornamental but used for ceremonies. <br />
The wooden and tiled roof has beautiful ornaments.<br />
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Walking across the bridge from the central path you go towards the Temple.<br />
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Just like the roof of the bell-tower, the temple roof is ornamented. <br />
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View from the temple doors towards the garden.<br />
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The Wisteria on the pergola was no longer in bloom but I'm sure it smells wonderful<br />
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From the path in front of the Temple , you get a good overview of the garden.<br />
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As I visited on a Wednesday afternoon, I was able to park in the underground
garage , but I imagine it'll be pretty full during the weekend.<br />
Despite the sunny weather , only about 8 people visited the garden during the 3 hours I spent there.<br />
It's a pretty quiet place.<br />
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to the Eko house are 2,5 Euros , but the garden is open to the public for
free Tuesday till Sunday from 13-17h ( closed on Monday and during the Easter, autumn and Christmas holidays) , unless
they're holding a concert or a ceremony there. So check <a href="http://www.eko-haus.de/en_besichtigung.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">the website of the Eko house</a><br />
For professional photography ( ei weddings ) you need a permit.<br />
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There's <a href="http://www.duesseldorf.de/stadtgruen/park/nordpark/japanischer_garten.shtml" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">another Japanese garden ( a pond garden ) in Düsseldorf</a>
, near the Dusseldorfer Messe , created by Iwaki Ishiguro and son, in
the Nordpark ( 51°15'23"N 6°44'40"E ) which I hope to visit the next
time I go over there.<br />
<br />Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-22162942529034803592013-03-03T21:36:00.000+01:002013-04-25T00:56:11.503+02:00Dusseldorf 2012 : Visit to the Japanese quarter<br />
A mere 190 kilometers from where I live lies the city of Düsseldorf in Germany. It has one of the largest Japanese communities in Europe ( because of
the large amount of Japanese firms there ) and a Japanese garden.<br />
The last week of my summer holiday on a sunny Wednesday in September, I drove over there for a day-visit. By motorbike it's a little over 2 hours , if you keep to the motorway. <br />
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Düsseldorf is built right on the borders of the Rhine, one of the main rivers in Europe with lots of shipping.<br />
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When I arrived the weather was quite sunny and right under the bridge , a
large herd of sheep and goat were grazing on the river bank.<br />
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Across the bridge I arrived in the old town centre and was able to park right there near the Rhine on the Burgplatz, where there is a large FREE parking space just for motorbikes. Great ! <br />
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Walking towards the Immermannstrasse takes about fifteen minutes.<br />
The town is crossed by several pretty canals. <br />
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It's interesting to see how older buildings are sitting among the modern ones , like this church<br />
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and this house.<br />
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In the Japanese "quarter" , most shops are located on and around the Immermannstrasse. This is a book, music and other goods shop.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.dae-yang.de/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dae Yang group</a> has several outlets in Germany like this very well stocked one at Immermannstrasse 21. Another grocery and goods shop is the <a href="http://shochiku-online.com/en/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shochiku</a> at nr 15.<br />
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The Dae Yang has a large collection of ceramics. I didn't want to take pictures inside the shop, so I shot this from outside the front window.<br />
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There are more shops on the same street , but since I wanted to take lots of pictures of the garden , I didn't go to all of them.<br />
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A "must visit" if you are in Düsseldorf , is the bakery "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/bakerymyheart" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bakery My Heart</a>"
on Marienstrasse 26, where you can buy really good Japanese baked goods and which
has a pleasant coffee and tea corner. With all the local Japanese coming
in to buy bread, it almost feels like you're in a bakery in Japan. I
didn't take any pictures inside or outside, just click the link. <br />
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Another place I visited was the "<a href="http://takagi-books.de/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Takagi Books & more</a>" on the same street, Marienstrasse 41 where I bought a few nice books and a Japanese calendar. <br />
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After the ride and the walk I wanted something to eat, so I looked around for a nice place to eat.<br />
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Tucked away in a corner of the central place of the Nikko hotel on the Immermannstrasse ( walk in past the Nikko entrance ) is<br />
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the very fancy Benkay restaurant.<br />
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The menu at the Benkay looks impressive, but I didn't go in. Perhaps next time when I arrive more early and don't want to visit the Japanese garden as well.<br />
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The first two courses look real nice,<br />
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and the Tukimi course seems to go on forever ! At 80 Euros I would of course expect lots of delicious food :)<br />
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I hurried myself over to wait at the Takumi on Immermannstrasse 28 ,across from the Nikko, to open at noon.<br />
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At noon you'll find
yourself sitting there among Japanese businessmen waiting for the place
to open. <br />
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The staff are nice and try their best to speak German, but are just as happy when you address them in English :).<br />
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This picture was taken in the evening when I went back for another meal and already people are lining up outside, it's that popular. <br />
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Apparently on Wednesday you get two servings of gyoza for the price of
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My pork ramen ! Yes it was as tasty as it looks :) <br />
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In the next post I've posted my pictures of the<a href="http://brandnewbearings.blogspot.be/2013/03/japanese-garden-dusseldorf-2012.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Japanese garden in Düsseldorf .</a> So keep visiting my blog :)<br />
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<br />Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-36192962851537490552012-12-10T23:43:00.000+01:002012-12-11T00:11:49.028+01:00Bigos : a famous old Polish hunter's stew .When the winter enters the land and the nights grow long and cold, this famous old Polish hunting dish will be perfect to keep you going!<br />
It's basically a hunter's stew of lots of white cabbage , sauerkraut, apples, some mushrooms, dried prunes , water , a little wine and plenty of pork or other leftovers of cooked meat.<br />
You make this dish one day in advance, because it has to be cooled down and reheated before served.<br />
Every reheating will make it more tasteful! ( so my Polish cookbook says )<br />
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These are most of the ingredients<br />(except for the white cabbage, this picture shows about half the required amount of ingredients )<br />
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For 6 (really large) to 8 ( still quite large) portions of this hearty dish you'll need<br />
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A large cooking pot ( 4 to 5 litres )<br />
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1 kilo of white cabbage<br />
1 kilo of sauerkraut ( 2 bags like the one in the picture)<br />
2 nice stewing apples ( these are Belgian Boskoop apples)<br />
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a handful (10-15) of dried prunes ( pitted) <br />
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3 to 4 onions, red or white<br />
a glass (0,15 l) of a hearty red wine ( dry , not a sweet one ! )<br />
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0,75 litres of boiling water<br />
10 juniper berries , crushed ( if you can't find these don't worry you could substitute a teaspoon of gin , which get its flavour from juniper berries )<br />
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10 black pepper corns, whole<br />
4 dried bay leaves<br />
a handful or two of mushrooms , dried or fresh <br />
a tablespoon of honey<br />
500 grams of Polish sausage ( or another tasty sausage )<br />
500 grams of cooked ham or stewed bacon<br />
500 grams of braised pork<br />
a tablespoon of oil or butter<br />
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( you can use other kinds of cooked meat, as long as they can be stewed ) <br />
Some recipes recommend dried sausage, but I've found that that becomes too hard and chewy when stewed.<br />
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Cut the cabbage into fine
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Put the cabbage in a sieve and slowly pour boiling water over
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Peel the apples, remove the cores and dice them.<br />
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If the mushrooms are dried, put hot water on them till they're fully covered and let them soak for 15 minutes.<br />
Then cook them for 30 minutes and keep the water they're cooked in.<br />
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Once when preparing this dish, I was so lucky to be able to buy this wonderful collection of fresh mushrooms : you clean them off with a soft brush and cook them slowly for 30 minutes in water. Keep the cooking water and slice the larger mushrooms into half before adding them.<br />
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I have also used these collected mushrooms which come pre cooked in glass jars. They taste quite nice too. </div>
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You just add water and use them like this, or slice up the larger ones.</div>
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Chop the onions not too finely and brown them in the pot in a tablespoon of butter or oil over a low heat, to keep them from burning.<br />
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I chop my onions by cutting them in half, slicing the halves <br />
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and while keeping the sliced halves together, cutting across the slices. There are other ways to do it, this is just the way I do it. With my razor-sharp Japanese knife , it's a fast way :)<br />
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Drain the sauerkraut ( leave some of the juice on it ) and add it to the onions.<br />
Add the cabbage strips, the diced apples, the whole pepper corns, the bay leaves, the prunes, the mushrooms and their cooking water and the 0,75 litres of boiling water.<br />
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Your cooking pot should be about half full by now.<br />
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Cover the pot with a lid and let everything simmer slowly for 1 hour. <br />
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In the meantime , cut the meat into cubes about as tick as your thumb and the sausage into slices , about as thick as your little finger.<br />
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Stir the meat and the cabbage well and let it simmer without the lid for another 40 minutes or so. Stir from time to time , pushing what's on top to the bottom, so all the meat gets stewed...<br />
When done, the cabbage should be very nice and tender.<br />
You'll have almost 4 kilos of stew ( that's why you needed a BIG pot )<br />
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Cover the pot and let everything cool off during a night in the fridge or like I do it : cool it off outside in the garden with the lid securely tied on, if it's below 8 degrees and not freezing outside.<br />
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Reheat the dish till it cooks and simmer for another 10 minutes : the cabbage will be wonderfully soft, slightly sour ( much less poignant than pure sauerkraut ) and the meat very tender.<br />
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Serve it with thick slices of brown bread ( to dip in the wonderful juices ) and a small glass of cold Polish vodka, which is supposed to let you digest it better. The vodka will also boost your confidence as a hunter and improve your aim immensely when you go hunting after eating :)<br />
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If you don't want to heat the entire pot , you can also reheat just the amount you want to eat by putting your serving in a soup plate , covered with a dinner plate and cooking it at half the strength of your microwave (350 watts for about 12 minutes or so), which heats it through and lets it simmer long enough to blend the tastes nicely.<br />
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<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="pl"><span class="hps alt-edited">Życzymy smacznego (</span></span>Enjoy your meal) ! Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-5709364442807848552012-12-08T15:00:00.000+01:002012-12-08T15:01:59.755+01:00Bird feedingWith snow starting to cover the land, I've started hanging balls of lard , a bird feeder with seeds and one with peanuts out in my cherry and pear trees to help my feathered friends through the winter.<br />
This sunny morning I saw quite a few of them come by.<br />
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While I was replacing the empty ones this morning, this robin started eating while I was still in the garden! He didn't even fly away when I came back outside with my camera :).<br />
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The great tit ( parus major ) is clearly recognizable by the black and white pattern on his head<br />
and the yellow on his belly.<br />
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Even a great spotted woodpecker (<span class="st">Dendrocopos major)</span> coming to feed.<br />
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The goldfinches<span class="st"> (Carduelis carduelis)</span> eat only the seeds from these large weeds and nothing else. I try to sow some of these weeds each year, but I haven't found out which species they are.<br />
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Blue finch <span class="st">(Cyanistes caeruleus</span>) not the sharpest picture, but you can clearly see the blue cap )<br />
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The sparrows always come in larger groups. This is a female.<br />
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While up in the tree , the robin is waiting for the sparrows to finish eating.<br />
They are called 'red breast' in Dutch and 'robin red breast' in England (later shortened to robin).<br />
Curiously the colour is clearly orange, but until the 16th century orange was unknown in English as a colour , event though the word was used for that fruit since the 13nd century.<br />
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This finch is waiting next to him.<br />
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Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-24935155987395301272012-11-02T10:21:00.003+01:002012-11-04T01:28:09.535+01:00Autumn 2012 Kimono de Jack NL at the Japanese Garden near The Hague.Sunday October 21st the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/152450111516543/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kimono de Jack NL</a> aka KDJ Holland visited the <a href="http://www.denhaag.nl/en/residents/to/Japanese-Garden-in-Clingendael-Park.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Japanese garden at the Clingendael park</a> near The Hague.<br />
The Japanese garden is only open to the public twice a year for a few short weeks and with autumn colouring the leaves , what better occasion for our members to wear their beloved kimonos ?<br />
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Despite the light rain and cloudy weather , many KDJ NL members showed up for the occasion : From left to right : Jody, Mei-Ing, Dalisha, Youandi, Ben , Stephanie and Yumiko.<br />
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While everyone was waiting for more members to arrive , I took the
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Carolien.<br />
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Dalisha's musubi.<br />
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Dalisha's bird feather hair ornament.<br />
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Youandi , wearing a bright furisode.<br />
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A closer view of Youandi's musubi.<br />
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As soon as most members arrived , we made our way from the entrance to the garden<br />
On the left, Linda. On the right, Yumiko.<br />
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The rain had made the paths through the park rather muddy : the higher your geta, the better for you !<br />
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The bright autumn colours of the garden were just begging to be photographed :<br />
Here is Youandi taking pictures from the bridge.<br />
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Of course the bridge is also a nice spot to pose on : Linda<br />
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Jody and Youandi posing together. I got them to open up the umbrella for me, because I liked the way the yellow matches the leaves behind it.<br />
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Arriving at the central tea house,<br />
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where everybody settles down for a pick-nick.<br />
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Maaike and Ben from Belgium.<br />
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Jody, Yumiko, Linda, Dalisha , Youandi and Carolien. In the background Stephanie and Mei-Ing.<br />
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Linda.<br />
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Carolien taking a picture of me through the round window of the tea-house .<br />
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Amy ( in the red hakama ) and Jeffrey arriving quite fashionably late ^^.<br />
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Linda, Dalisha and Mei-Ing, posing behind the round window in the tea-house.<br />
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The red leaved tree behind them was a popular spot for posing.<br />
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Stephanie's musubi.<br />
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Yumiko showing us a trinket of hers.<br />
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Yumiko's musubi.<br />
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I used a bit of fill in flash for Carolien in her blue kimono here : it makes the background darker and puts more emphasis on the person herself. I think I'll use it more in future.<br />
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Carolien's musubi.<br />
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Dalisha wearing a purple kimono with wine leaf motif.<br />
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Ben and Maaike, who is wearing an orange furisode and green hakama.<br />
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Three shades of ochre and orange : Yumiko, Riga and Mei-Ing.<br />
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Youandi in her furisode.<br />
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Linda wearing a green kimono and posing with her stole :)<br />
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And Linda without her stole.<br />
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Mei-Ing , wearing an orange kimono and black haori.<br />
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Mei-Ings haori.<br />
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Amy with a red hakama.<br />
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Nice beret, Amy !<br />
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Our traditional KDJ NL tabi shot ( well ,mostly tabi :) <br />
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Everybody posing for the group shot.<br />
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Well, everybody posing for the group shot is what I thought , but we had to do it over : Jody and Amy were missing.<br />
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The whole group in the picture : the tree at the back was barely wide enough !<br />
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Showing off of the sleeves.<br />
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Showing of the musubi.<br />
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I nearly decided not go to this meeting because of a cold I'd caught, but I'm glad I did : I would have missed out on taking all these pictures. Till next time,everybody ! Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-58498829902587043312012-09-30T02:03:00.000+02:002012-10-28T11:25:13.917+01:00Zaanse schans 2012Last weekend the Kimono de Jack NL visited de '<a href="http://www.zaanseschans.nl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zaanse Schans</a>" : a popular Dutch open air museum in the middle of the Netherlands ,
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The '<a href="http://www.zaanseschans.nl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zaanse Schans</a>" has many historic buildings and windmills and is surrounded by fields and canals.<br />
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At the entrance everybody tried their hand at some of the traditional Dutch games, like throwing rope-rings.<br />
From left to right : Riga, Whaizan and Carolien.<br />
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Riga skipping rope with Whaizan spinning the rope.<br />
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Riga and Carolien , skipping together .<br />
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Eva skipping rope.<br />
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Even Jody can't resist having a go.<br />
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Whaizan decides to hand over the rope and do some skipping himself.<br />
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Carolien showing us the proper way to walk around on stilts. <br />
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A quick musubi shot ^^ : on the left Eva in a red hitoe kimono made of woollen ikat fabric with yellow obi, on the right Carolien in a pink komon with a grey and purple obi.<br />
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Eva's musubi.<br />
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Carolien's musubi is tied with two differently coloured hanbabi obis.<br />
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After the "games", we went on a stroll through the 'village' with it's antique shops and houses.<br />
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Here we're posing in front of a shop that sells Miffy rabbits ( or 'Nijntje' in Dutch ). You can see one in the wheelbarrow on the right and behind the window.<br />
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Discussing where to go next ( and where to get lunch ).<br />
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KDJ NL delegation posing with one of our many, many foreign admirers...<br />
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Stephanie wore what has to be THE ultimate Dutch themed kimono outfit ever : 'Delfts blauw' blue and white tiles motif, with a red, white and blue flower hair ornament , orange obi and finally red, white and blue (Dutch flag) seams on the sleeves and obijime.<br />
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Riga in the little garden at the back of the restaurant.<br />
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In front of the restaurant from left to right : Jody , Carolien, Stephanie , Eva and Riga.<br />
Jody wears a custom made blue cotton kimono and cotton hakama with a patterned white silk haori.<br />
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In front of the restaurant are several original Dutch houses , just across a moat, each with their own bridge in front. <br />
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Stephanie , on one of the bridges.<br />
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Carolien.<br />
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Eva. <br />
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Eva doing a 'hanging' pose ^^<br />
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Riga.<br />
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and Jody ( kimono-power ! ) <br />
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After the village , we visited the windmills,<br />
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"where Jody, in a sudden outburst of Dutch patriotism , displays his love for his country's flag..."<br />
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is what I would like to say , but actually he's just having a lot of fun..<br />
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At one of the windmills , this fellow popped out sporting clogs ,and an accordion.<br />
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Teaching the girls the 'pancake' dance. I strongly suspected him of making them up on the spot , just so he can dance with any young woman that gets near his windmill but these dances actually exist ^^<br />
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The windmill dance.<br />
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" the windmill blades are turning.."<br />
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That's one I've danced at Belgian weddings ! It's the..errrm. ..<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVlpy5USN-E&feature=related" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> CARWASH</a> !<br />
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Dutch wooden clogs have been popular in the Netherlands for more than 700 years and they're world-famous ( especially here in the Netherlands ^^).The Zaanse Schans has it's own clog museum and outside there are some super-sized ones..<br />
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Oh yeah !<br />
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Is it a small yellow boat ? No it's a giant yellow clog ! <br />
In this first group shot everybody is still acting sensibly , but very, very soon ...<br />
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total silliness starts taking over (I blame it on breathing too much fresh air ).<br />
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Glamour shots on the clog.<br />
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"OOOOOH, your afro is sooo soft , Riga !" <br />
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Hugging the clog ?<br />
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Ooh, look! I can sit inside it !<br />
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Are we all happy ? YES, WE ARE !<br />
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<br />Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-85671528954635505442012-09-02T20:10:00.002+02:002012-09-02T20:54:41.107+02:00Obon Matsuri at Japanese Garden in Hasselt 2012Last Saturday 18th of August , to conclude the '<a href="http://www.20jaarjapansetuin.be/programma/evenement/obon-kinderdagen" target="_blank">Obon Childrens Days' week</a> in the Japanese Garden in Hasselt, the <a href="http://www.japanscentrum.be/" target="_blank">Japanese Cultural Centre</a> organised a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/426566597388097/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nocturnal Obon Matsuri</a> ( Bon Festival ).<br />
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Entering the garden through the small tori at the entrance. <br />
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It's a sunny day and hardly anyone is around at this time so I have the waterfall and the garden all to myself. <br />
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In front of the centre stage , where the taiko drums are waiting,
lots of colourful origami cranes from the Kids Days. ( the giant kanji
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Across from the stage the children have also hung up ema (wooden wishing tablets) with their wishes ( these will be burned later )<br />
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Some of the wishes : " A healthy baby ", "Red soup with meatballs" , " Peace for everybody", " I want to be a ballerina "...<br />
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At the festival tent , I meet Ben en Maaike of the KDJ NL , who've just finished the first course of their Japanese festival dinner.<br />
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Lovely dinnerware ! Ooh, sake cups :)<br />
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While they're eating, I take a look around the garden. Behind the stage a lawn has been 'planted' with little white rabbits for the children to take home and colour. They'll be able to use them as entry cards for the Moon festival end of september.<br />
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The sun is starting to set and people are gathering in front of the stage <br />
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The taiko drummers are warming up<br />
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but they can not go on stage yet because first two groups of children were give us their own performance on the taiko ^^.<br />
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Taiko drumming is fun :)<br />
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it's a lot of fun for adults too ^^<br />
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Behind the kitchen, the chef and staff from Oishii are arranging the dessert.<br />
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Night has set in and while the bon odori ( lit. : bon dance ) is starting up, I stroll off into the garden<br />
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The bridge from the tea house has been strung with blue lights and across the pond the bon odori is in full swing.<br />
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Lots of candlelight everywhere and the lighting has been left on.<br />
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The chochin ( paper lanterns) from the toro nagashi ceremony have drifted across the pond.<br />
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with the tea house fully lighted<br />
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and silhouetted against the night sky.<br />
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Till next time.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-40251533588026038792012-08-26T22:21:00.000+02:002013-07-04T23:47:51.070+02:00From Japan with Love - Zeeland( to see the pictures full size , left click on it on any picture to open the slide show , right click and select view picture and left click (+) to enlarge ) <br />
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When driving through Zeeland, a province in the South-West of the Netherlands, almost completely surrounded by the sea and as flat as the proverbial pancake, you'd hardly suspect silk caterpillars were bred here in the early 19th century for the production of silk.<br />
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The World of Silk museum is (until the end of September 2012) holding an exposition of a very large collection of silk kimonos, uchikakes , haoris , obis and many other items. Most of them date back to the beginning of the last century Taisho (1912-1926) Showa ( 1926-1989) and Heisei (1989-now) era , some even go back to the Meiji era (1868-1912 ). The photos here represent between half and two-thirds of the whole exposition. Most pieces hang in front of mirrors , so one can see the front as well , but I didn't photograph the mirrored side.<br />
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The exposition is still open till end of September, every Thursday , Friday and Saturday from 12 till 17h30. For a mere 6 Euro's you get to see a LOT of breathtakingly beautiful and unique pieces of art. And the parking in front and around the building is free<br />
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The staff will let you photograph , but without flash ( could be harmful to the coloured fabrics ) and they lend you a colour guide with detailed descriptions of most of the exhibits. There is also a continuous movie shown on weaving ,making and colouring kimonos.<br />
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Make yourself comfortable, hook up your laptop to a big screen and click on every picture to see the large version, you'll love it !<br />
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At the entrance the first thing you see is this splendid Uchikake.<br />
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Detail of the upper back with phoenix birds<br />
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Detail of right sleeve ( mandarin ducks). <br />
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Furisode , Showa , hand-painted on black silk, with three mon (crests).<br />
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Furisode, hand-painted silk, Showa<br />
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Detail of the sleeve.<br />
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Furisode painted in a circular pattern. Heisei.<br />
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Furisode with lots of silver thread patterning, making it hard to photograph ^^<br />
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The pattern shows up better when I darken the picture.<br />
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Detail of embroidered flowers on the sleeve<br />
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There are several display cases with plenty of interesting items. Here's a few examples : a tsuno kakushi , worn by the bride at a wedding ( it has a hairpiece woven into it )<br />
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Another lovely hairpiece. <br />
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Comb and Hairpin, 1930<br />
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Between the inside room and the hall were several display cases with obi.<br />
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Nagoya obi, hand painted pheasant and sakura on shioze ( heavy habotai silk), early Showa<br />
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Nagoya obi woven in tsumugi technique , Showa<br />
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Fukuro obi , Heisei.<br />
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Bridal Fukuro obi , silk satin damask ( rinzu ) Meiji ( 1868-1912 ).<br />
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Fukuro obi , pheasants and sakura Showa.<br />
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Nagoya obi , Swallows painted in yuzen technique on shioze silk. 1950<br />
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Nagoya obi , Heisei , hand-painted. The three dimensional raindrops are extremely well done.<br />
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Fukuro obi , silk, hand embroidered mandarin ducks, before 1940.<br />
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Obi : woven picture on silk. Not listed in catalogue.<br />
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Fukuri obi ,1950 , painted silk<br />
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The inside room , where the movie is shown, contains many more furisodes and uchikakes.<br />
Furisode hand-painted with gold and silver leaf. Showa.<br />
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Close-up of the lower part<br />
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Detail of the sleeve.<br />
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Detail of the hem.<br />
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This kimono is listed as bridal furisode (1950-1960) with filled hem, hand painted on silk. <br />
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Detail of the hem.<br />
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Bridal furisode (1950-1960) with hand painted cranes and plenty of gold thread.<br />
What the photo can't show very clearly is the pearly metallic shine of the fabric.<br />
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Detail of the right sleeve.<br />
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In the inner room a rare Art Nouveau Uchikake was displayed, together with a white and red undercoat, all meant to be worn together.<br />
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Taking a picture from below brings out the woven pattern of the white undercoat<br />
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and of the red undercoat ( top of the left sleeve ).<br />
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Also in the central room , this embroidered silk screen with four panels is embroidered gold
thread on brown silk showing fighting roosters and wisteria flowers (Meiji era).<br />
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On the hallway with the kimono were original obi patterns. Hinagata bon ( lit. : design print ) can be patterns for any kind of fabric but with the years have come to be known mainly as kimono patterns.<br />
These were used by the obi weavers as templates for their obis, but also to show to customers, so they could choose which obi they'd like to buy.<br />
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On the left: painted silk with paper backing , Showa. On the right : painted silk , Showa.<br />
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Hinagata bon painted on paper ( phoenix birds and camelias )<br />
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Hinagata bon : painted on silk with Kabuki players, Showa<br />
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Hinagata bon : painting of Noh theatre on silk, pattern made in Kyoto , Showa<br />
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The corridor leading to the garden was lined with very nice examples of men's haori ,that traditionally have decorations on the inside lining.<br />
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Men's haori with a hand made sumi-e ( painting in chinese ink ) on the inside, 1930 early Showa.<br />
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Men's haori with hand painted drawing on silk, early Showa.<br />
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Rare men's haori ( the inside and outside are made from the same silk) with very large painting, depicting women on their way through the fields. 1930 early Showa.<br />
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Men's haori : painting on silk of a Shojo in a sake cup, Japanese ghost with red hair, who's known for drinking a lot. Showa<br />
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Men's haori : painting on silk : women near a canal. Early Showa <br />
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Michiyuki ( overcoat for kimono ) with hand painted drawing on silk of peasant women.<br />
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Not only grown men and women wore kimono's . (Rich) children had kimonos made for them too.<br />
Boys kimono embroidered phoenix bird, painted paulownia with family crests. Showa<br />
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Boys kimono hand painted boy on koi ( carp) with family crests. 1950 Showa<br />
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Boys kimono hand painted Gosho motifs with family crests. Showa<br />
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I kept some uchikake for the last , to keep everyone from getting bored in the first part :)<br />
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Bridal uchikake, embroidered depiction of "Tales of Genji" with princesses wearing juni-hitoes ( very formal multilayer kimonos)<br />
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Detail of princess near top.<br />
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Detail near the hem.<br />
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This juni-hitoe uchikake is hanging in the top of the central room. Unusual, embroidered with lots of silver thread instead of gold, depicting peacocks. <br />
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Detail of peacocks on right sleeve.<br />
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Detail near centre top.<br />
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Bridal uchikake handpainted and embroidered with a LOT of gold thread (1950-1960 ).<br />
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The gorgeous crane on top of the back in embroidered gold thread, looks like could fly off any time !<br />
Looking at this , one wonders how long it took to make this and more importantly how long it took for the artisan to reach the level one needed to do it this well.<br />
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Detail near hem.<br />
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Bridal uchikake , embroidered on satin silk, Heisei. This fabric was very colourful and shiny, which is troublesome to photograph well, but I hope some of it comes across.<br />
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Detail near the top<br />
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Detail near hem.<br />
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Detail of crane in middle near the hem.<br />
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Central near entrance : bridal uchikake , embroidered silk , garden scenes with cranes. Heisei.<br />
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Details : right sleeve.<br />
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Top of right sleeve.<br />
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Bottom of right sleeve.<br />
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These gorgeous Hina dolls depict a scene from the imperial court from the Edo period. Showa<br />
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These dolls were a gift from the Japanese to the Dutch shipping company. Period unknown<br />
See ! That's how elegant you can look wearing a kimono :)<br />
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After the photo-shoot, I relaxed in the garden behind the museum. The garden has mulberry trees,whose leaves serve as food for silk worms on and a small pond.</div>
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Our friend Masami from the KDJ NL told us she'd do a kimono show for the Japanese stand on Friday the 3rd of August. Flowers and kimono's !<br />
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The weather was sunny and quite pleasant : ideal for wearing yukata. </div>
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I arrived a bit early which gave me time to introduce myself to Makiko Goto who's a "Shihan" (master) koto player and has performed all over Europe and Japan. </div>
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Lucky me : I love listening to the koto!</div>
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Makiko remembered the KDJ NL from the Venlo kimono demonstration in June ! Meeting her gave me a great opportunity to get a few shots of her magnificent kimono , before the show ^^. (As always , click on the pictures to see a full size version ).</div>
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This is Naomi Sato who plays a sho ( which looks like a bunch of small pipes and sounds like a small pipe organ with very high notes ).</div>
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The other members of KDJ NL finally arrived : from left to right Anne, Mirjam and Carolien.<br />
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We went for a short stroll through the beautiful Japanese garden. <br />
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Anne photographing the shishi-odoshi (lit. "scare the deer" ) water "knocker". <br />
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The white gravel symbolises a river or the sea. The rock and plants in the middle symbolize an island.<br />
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Masami presenting the show, wearing a kimono with a wonderful flower motif.<br />
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Masami's classic taiko ( drum) musubi.<br />
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Makiko showing off the sleeves of her furisode.<br />
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Another gorgeous furisode. <br />
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This type of musubi sticks out quite far. </div>
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This kimono is rather special : it's designed to be worn mid-summer ( July and August ) . The see through fabric is specially woven silk called 'Sha'. The Obi is made from silk material woven in such a way that it is quite airy : it's called 'Ro'. Really nice looking handbag too.</div>
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From left to right : young girl wearing a <a href="http://nifwlseirff.hubpages.com/hub/kimono-fabrics" target="_blank">tsumugi kimono</a> ( the blue one ) , Masami's daughter wearing a yukata and Masami's son in hakama and haori.<br />
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As part of the show Masami remade the musubi on one of the furisodes.</div>
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First you completely untie the obi.<br />
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Lots of Ooohs and Aaahs when people see for the first time how long an obi actually is. <br />
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Putting it back on and tying the musubi is a matter of minutes.<br />
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Sato is wearing a kariginu (hunting garment) from the Heian era (about 800-1200AD). The white strings in the sleeves aren't for show : you can tie up the sleeves with them if needed.<br />
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A view from the back shows how very wide the sleeves actually are.<br />
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The cloth around her instrument is quite beautiful too.<br />
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Of course, as representatives of the KDJ NL , our friends were 'volunteered' to go on stage and show off their yukatas.<br />
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Showing the musubi , which are a lot more modest when wearing a yukata. <br />
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"Any volunteers to wear a yukata? " "Yes : me. " <br />
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It's like putting on a bathrobe, actually.<br />
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Getting my obi tied. I liked the nice pattern on the other yukata too , but that one was way too small. <br />
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All that was left was to squeeze my feet in a very undersized zori ( amazingly the straps held ^^ )<br />
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Tadaaa ! <br />
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Anne, me , Carolien and Mirjam. <br />
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My very first KDJ NL tabi shot. The straps are very tight, but the zori are quite comfortable.<br />
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You've probably seen glimpses of them in the pictures above : the furisode and the uchikake that were displayed on stage ( the uchikake was also displayed at the kimono show in June ) . <br />
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Details from the blue one at the back of the stage.
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View from the front of the uchikake. <br />
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The embroidery on this uchikake was quite amazing : view from the back.<br />
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One of the sleeves.<br />
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Lots of yellow gold embroidery : pine trees and cranes.<br />
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After the show , we took a walk through the rest of the Floriade.<br />
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Carolien at one of the many patches of rose bushes.<br />
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The Chinese garden had some beautiful buildings around a lotus pond. <br />
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This model of the Borobudur temple was built in the India stand. Quite lifelike if photographed from ground level ^^<br />
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A display of Gladiolus , in gorgeous colours ( even palegreen ).<br />
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Beautifully purple variety of Anthurium. The real flowers are those small pink 'dots' on the central stem.<br />
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There were huge displays of many type of orchids : this one is probably an odontoglossum<br />
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Vanda orchids hanging from a lattice of bamboo<br />
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These Paphiopedilums come in a large variety of colours <br />
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The graceful shape of these flowers and the beautiful colours make them one of my favourite orchids.<br />
Don't the two slender side petals remind you of the long sleeves of a furisode ?<br />
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Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-72180091741574677122012-06-02T00:26:00.000+02:002014-05-09T23:39:43.108+02:00Spring 2012 Leiden Matsuri<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">In honor of the visit of the Japanese emperor to the Rapenburg in Leiden in 2000 the SieboldHuis Japanmuseum <a href="http://www.sieboldhuis.org/actueel/detail/japanmarkt" target="_blank">organizes a yearly market.</a></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">This year was the fifth occasion , so they organized a matsuri (Japanmarkt (Nl.). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">What better occasion for the Kimono de Jack NL to get together again ? The weather forecast promised very sunny and very warm weather : perfect for wearing yukata!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif;">Leiden is a Dutch city with a well-preserved historic centre and criss-crossed by lots of canals.</span></div>
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All along the length of the Rapenburg street, the stalls of the Matsuri were set up, promising lots of goodies and food.</div>
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Members of KDJ NL were starting to arrive ; from left to right : Carolien ,Mei-ing and Linda.</div>
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Charissa in a pink yukata .</div>
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Maaike and Ben from Belgium.</div>
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Amy in a lovely green yukata.<br />
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One ( of the many ) foodstalls.</div>
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Third from the right, one of the newest KDJ NL members : Fiona . </div>
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Stephanie, Carolien and Linda checking out the ikebana stand.</div>
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And getting photographed while checking out the ikebana stand ^^</div>
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Lovely arrangement with hosta leaves and an allium.</div>
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Ben trying his hand at shogi ( Japanese chess )<br />
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The man from the shakuhachi workshop ( at the Shofukan tea house opening ) </div>
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Maaike , Ben and Mei-ing posing with Kumiko-san , who we met at the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_800305683" target="_blank">Hanami event</a><a href="http://brandnewbearings.blogspot.be/2012/03/spring-2012-amstelveen-hanami.html" target="_blank"> in Amstelveen</a>.</div>
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The activities at the SieboldHuis finished with a procession of drummers.</div>
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Charissa having her musubi fixed before I'm allowed to photograph it ^^</div>
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Mei-ing's pearl and goldfish obidome ( ornament that fastens onto the obijime )</div>
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While everyone was having fun at the matsuri or on the water, others were hard at work, like this little fellow, collecting stems from the yellow water-lily to build his nest. </div>
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Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6508242734820440668.post-80786386149877989492012-04-22T23:03:00.015+02:002012-09-02T20:36:39.321+02:00Spring 2012 : Tei-en Matsuri at the Japanese garden in Hasselt , Belgium<a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/106940936538158933717/TeiEnMatsuriHasselt2012?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfCxdOCnu-fnwE#" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Hasselt in Belgium has a long standing relationship as a sister-city with Itami in Hyogo Prefecture , Japan. Twenty years ago this led to the building of a Japanese garden of 25000 m², at this time still the largest in Europe.<br />
Last weekend I went to visit the Tei-en Matsuri at the garden together with a delegation of the KDJ Netherlands. The weather was cold and cloudy, but a true kimono enthusiast won't let that stop her (him). <br />
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The garden has been designed together with Japanese garden-architects and it shows.<br />
At the centre a large waterfall cascades down, feeding two streams, that cascade down to the different ponds to each side of the garden. <br />
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A path winds along the entire garden, crossing the stream at various points.<br />
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The bridge for 'viewing lily's' , leading up to the main waterfall.<br />
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Many Japanese and other exotic trees have been planted here .<br />
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There is a lovely Shinto shrine at the entrance, which is a scaled model of the shrine at the Shukkei-en gardens in Itami. It's been consecrated, so it can be used for Japanese religious rituals.<br />
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A delegation from Itami opened the celebration by inaugurating the new tori at the entrance.<br />
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The six metre high tori is constructed in Japanese style without any nails.<br />
There is a smaller unlacquered one in the middle of the garden.<br />
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During the opening speeches, I discovered this Japanese woman in an interesting kimono.<br />
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We didn't waste any time getting her to pose with our KDJ NL delegation. The second from the left is Caroline from Belgium , who was visiting the event with her parents. <br />
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Her musubi.<br />
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By this time Linda and Mei-ing who'd parked the car at the other end of the garden had joined us, so I posed them by a car from the organizing committee.<br />
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Caroline and Mei-ing.<br />
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Great looking musubi and obi , Caroline ! <br />
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Lovely chrysanthemums on her haori too.<br />
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Mei-ing had a wonderful little jewel on her obi. <br />
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Mei-ing posing with the woman in the green-flower kimono. Quite tall for a Japanese lady.<br />
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and with her whole entourage in less traditional clothing.<br />
( On the left the man from Okinawa "12°C ?!! : I'm freezing ..." ^^)<br />
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The delegation from Itami had a shakuhachi (flute) player with them ( " I'm really nervous " )<br />
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Very nice hair ornament, Carolien.<br />
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After the singing and flute play , the whole party joined in a traditional dance (Bon odori dance ?)<br />
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After the dance she agreed to pose with the group. Lucky !</div>
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After the posing we talked with her and her husband. They were so kind to give Mei-ing and Carolien two unique ten year old fans. (They can start their own fan-club now.)</div>
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Alice from the Netherlands in a very nice furisode. Really long sleeves :)<br />
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Kawaii ! She has a Hello Kitty on her obi.<br />
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The huge koi in the pond are waiting for their daily bread.<br />
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One crumb of bread and it's WAR !<br />
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The sun wasn't shining, but everyone's lovely smile sure made the day look bright :)<br />
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We didn't forget the tabi shot , but we DID forget the showing of the sleeves.<br />
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Ah , finally : sakura trees in bloom to pose by ! <br />
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Stephanie in front of one of the many water features.<br />
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We met this young lady at the ' Have your name written in Japanese' stall.<br />
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Of course we invited her to pose with the entire group.<br />
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Musubi shot :) <br />
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Further in the garden we ran into a maiko and samurai group from the Netherlands, that was also visiting the gardens.<br />
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Linda and Mei-ing checking the pictures of the visit.<br />
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Everyone walks back to the car park for the long journey back home : a great day, but over too soon.<br />
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Thanks everyone for coming to Belgium !<br />
You can find some hires pictures <a href="https://picasaweb.google.com/106940936538158933717/TeiEnMatsuriHasselt2012?authkey=Gv1sRgCLfCxdOCnu-fnwE#" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">at this adress</a>.Walterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03821899020081610647noreply@blogger.com8