They grow a lot of daikon (big ol’ radishes) and hakusai (napa cabbage) near Maki’s parents’ house. These are winter veggies, and some are kept in the ground basically until spring, I think, even after they’re ready for picking. Apparently leaving them in the soil is even better than in the refrigerator, and the longer they stay in there the sweeter they get.
The botanical garden described in the last post had a nice place for the kids to play. This set is Zoe climbing a wooden ramp with a rope.
Today was still winter-ish, but not nearly as bitingly cold as it’s been recently. So, first we went out to a cafe in Kyoto for a late breakfast, then to the Botanical Gardens.
The botanical gardens were nice and empty, not surprising considering there were no flowers outside, and the trees looked like this:
We went into the greenhouse, and my lens (and Maki’s glasses) immediately fogged up, resulting in way too many pictures like this:
Couldn’t figure out what this machine was, but figured it might have been the humidifier responsible for my foggy lens.
Eventually we went to a less tropical room in the greenhouse, and my lens cleared up enough to snap some real photos.
And, finally, botanical stuff:
