As Go and Megumi have a day off, exceptionally! … we went to the local swimming pool with Go in the morning, a great 50m pool with lanes to swim , water at 28 and surprisingly not crowded!
View from home Swimming pool at cycling distance! Japanese driving rules…
As they have a Yuzu tree in their garden and nothing had been made with the fruits, we got the great idea to suggest making some jam/marmalade from those fruits:
… not so sure how to proceed, we got started with help of all volunteers, following something similar to what Hélène has been doing with oranges…
While picking yuzus, Hélène went to the DondoYaki ceremony, apparently a strange mix of traditions and modern consumer frenzies!
Back to Yuzu factory:
We used the peel… … and pulp
A (20l) bucket of yuzu later, checking on internet for recipes … they claimed using 5 yuzus for 1l of water! So we kept guessing and following our own inspirations!
We had to stir constantly so as not to burn another pot A puzzled Rei… … and so is Tommi!!
30 jam jars of all sizes ( mostly tiny baby jars ), this filled most of the day from 10 am to 7 pm – they will remember us! 😉 !!
We still had time for another tour along Tamagawa river, this time going down stream.
Fisherman with his bike!
There is always nice jam where is LN…