Maybe you know Japanese sushi, and perhaps it's the type of rice ball. You may have seen raw fish put on a small rice ball. But we have another type of sushi called Chirashi-sushi. It's a rice dish put on a saucer. My mother often makes this type of sushi using a big leaf instead of a saucer. This is a very very traditional type and made in the countryside in my region. We can eat it only in June or July because we cannot get these leaves this season only. You will feel the smell of leaves when you eat this sushi.
Sakura is the most beloved flower for Japanese people. This year, at last this flower started to bloom. It’s earlier than usual. When sakura starts to bloom, many Japanese people cannot stay calm. It’s because they want to go out to look at it as soon as possible. It’s me too. And we have many kinds of food attached with the name of sakura. This is called “Sakura mochi”, it would be very beautiful, right?
For the first time in a long time, the town was lively. I felt the pandemic is ending soon. The town was bright and peoples’ faces were bright. I walked around my town with my wife today, on Sunday. Stopping at the used book shop, I bought books. Books which I bought were from a university library, it was very reasonable. I’m not sure if current students don’t read books or not. For me, it was good shopping.
