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I went to the " Hamamatsu International Mosaiculture 2009" .

To tell the truth, I got many comments from reader of this blog which was like " Don't you go to see the Mosaiculture?".

I'm interested in this show because of I like plants. But I don't have any specific chance to visit this show. Finally, I visited here with my family at the end of this show. ( It will open until 23 november)

This show open at "Flower Park" in Hamamatsu-shi. This park built long time ago, and huge park. 91works are on display in the park.

The first picture, this work is displaied near by entrance which is made by Hamamatsu-shi.  Huge work, 7 meters high, it related to instrument. 

Mosaiculture is new art that is mixed with art(like painting,sculpture) and technique of landscape gardening. They plant live flowers on the surface of metal frame by design.

Most of plants is a fleshy plant. Because of they are strong for dry. Of course, they will grow up slowly during a show. Threfore, color and form will become changes also.

The turtle's work is presented by the Gabonese Republic in Africa. When you look this work closer, you can understand how they uses various plants very well!

International Mosaiculture started at 1998, Montreal. And then, It is showing once a three years at all over the world.

Many works collected by all over the world in this time too.

This is the work which got the first prize!

The title is " Man planted the tree". It is presented  by Montreal. Awesome work!

The man is shepherd. He plant the tree alone, Horses and sheeps are exists like in real.

They harmonizes with the man perfectly. The space is the biggest in this show. It is 2,800㎡

, the man is 5meters high.

A flock of sheep next to the man.

Can you see their plump hair? It looks like in real. I can feel very much their life, because of made by real plants.

This kind of warm feeling is the fantastic point of Mosaiculture. So much difference from sculpture.

Well, I 'll introduce some of my favorite works from now on.

At first, this work is presented by Fukuroi-shi near by Hamamatsu-shi.

This work looks have a real life, so cute!

I wish I could see this Mosaiculture were in the park near by my house!  

Next work is presented by Geneva, Switzerland. Geneva is popular city as a clocks.

This clock works very well.　↓

This work is presented by Makinohara-shi near by Hamamatsu-shi.↓

Fujisan-Shizuoka airport opened in these days at Makinohara-shi. They express the beauty of Mt.Fuji, green tea field and airplane.

This work is presented by Sakai-shi, Osaka. ↓

As you can see the figure of people, this is gigantic work! This work also covered by plants (not stone or concrete) , I can feel kind of real life in this work, and seems start moving!

Coincidence, this work is also presented by Shizuoka prefecture. ↓

Shizuoka prefecture announced about this show from few years ago. That why, They may have made this wonderful work. This is the scenery that is sun set casted a beautiful red light on the Mt. Fuji. This one is also big and illuminate at the night time.

How was the Mosaiculture world? This is the first time I knew about Mosaiculture.

When They held first show at Motreal, They hold up " create new culture" and " peace of the world" as an ideal.

 In really, I could see gentle and strongness with their art.

I enjoy to see the art came from all over the world with feeling plant's gentle and powerful atmosphere.

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My friend said that "I am going potato-digging(IMOHORI), so shall we go?" to us when I and my child walked around our house last Saturday.

 She borrows a bit farmland and grows chemical-free vegetables(MUNOUYAKU NO YASAI) as her hobby.

Sometimes she gives us some vegetables.

But she invited us for potato-digging before because it is fun for child.

I replied to her invitation, and we went to the potato field(HATAKE) straightly.

The world extended when we passed through the side path(KOMICHI) from a residential area.

An old man and an old woman were here.

They retire from business and grow some vegetables that they need to eat.

He was so kind person like in tales of old Japan(MUKASHI-BANASHI).

This is today's purpose(MOKUTEKI); sweet potato-digging.

The sweet potato is native to Latin America.

In Japan, those are cultivated since 400years, and they helped people who suffered from starvation(KIGA) several times.

Children also love a sweet potato.

Many kindergarten pupils go potato digging as school outing.(ENSOKU)

An old woman said, "There are taros that they are time to harvest(SHU-KAKU) in my field. Bring Them."  

She dug some taros and gave us.

They are the taro that I said in "Viewing the moon".

Additionally there is a tree of the mandarin orange over their field, and it is heavy with golden-colored fruit.

An old woman said kindly "It is chemical-free. So, their surfaces(HYOUMEN) are not beautiful, but it is good for health. Pick them as you like."

We took away using basket full of fruits, because we couldn't hold in our hands.

Japanese mandarin orange's season is coming soon.

Mikkabi city is next to Hamamatsu, it is famous for a mandarin orange-growing district(SANCHI) in Japan.

I would tell the story soon.

Oh, couldn't you smell the sweet and sour of them even to you.

You can check two languages at the same time!

Please watch also Miko Dico!!

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I introduced an eel as a food, didn't you?
I said speaking of Hamamatsu was an eel.
Furthermore there is a snack(OKASHI) 「UNAGI PAI（eel snack）」 in Hamamatsu, and it is also famous.

There is a custom when we travel somewhere in Japan, we buy a snack as a souvenir of a travel(TABI NO MIYAGE).
And there are snacks that image the region in various parts of Japan.
So we usually buy such snacks, and hand out those to our family and co-worker.
The eel pie is especially(TOKUNI) famous among such snacks.

What does the pie taste that the eel entered?

A factory(KOUJYOU) that makes the eel pie is constructed in Hamamatsu recently.
And the factory tour that visits the factory is popular.

The first photograph is the outside of the factory.
It is a building of huge size.

It is a factory but beautiful like a museum.
Of course, admission free of charge.

You can understand making the eel pie well, because the tour route and the process of manufacture are same.

There is a huge(KYODAI NA) oven over the wall.
There are some windows that you can look in(NOZOKIMADO) on the wall.

Look there!
These pies are rapidly baked on the conveyor belt.

This time the work is packing a bag and a box after finish been baked.
Visitors go upstairs(NI KAI).
And they look down that.

This is it!
Everyone say "Wow!". Because of its big space.
It is almost mechanized, and the person only checks the commodity.
Baked pies are packed in the bag and the box.
And the box is gift wrapped, and put it in the corrugated carboad for transportation.

These operations are interesting to look.
Visitors are also staring it seriously(SHINKEN NI).

There is a theater on the second floor, and some films about the eel in Hamamatsu, and the history of the eel pie are showing simply.

In addition, there is a cafeteria that visitors can have a cake within an eel pie.
The sweet aroma(AMAI KAORI) is filled the factory.
Then they would want to eat something.

This is the eel pie just made in the factory.
Japanese buy a few boxes of those.

Phew.
I finally can show you an eel pie.
It doesn't taste flavor of an eel, but it includes powdered an eel.

My neighbor told me when she had been to United States with the eel pie for souvenir, everyone had pleased, and she had ordered(CHU-MON SHITA) again after that.

By the way, the eel pie's shape and color is alike a real eel.
So compare with the picture of the last blog.

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