From the Morning Sun

TIA, it means Tochigi International Association. Every year, Tochigi makes welcome party for foreigner that live in Tochigi. That call Welcome to Tochigi. TIA  introduce about Japanese culture, Japanese food, Tochigi famous place and about everything, how living in Japan. With TIA, I join twice in Welcome to Tochigi. In welcome to Tochigi, we went to Begonia Garden. Begonia Garden, have so many flowers and colorfull in green house.

After went to Begonia Garden, we go to Kamakura. In Kamakura has ice festival, it held in winter. In Kamakura festival have many igloos. In igloo, we can eat and drink. It is interesting, eat and drink with snow falldown in outside.

After went to Kamakura, we pick strawbery and eat that.

Another year with TIA, we go to pickeld store. In that store we see and do how to make pickeld. Pickeld make from garlic, cucumber, mushroom and another vegetables.  

Do you know Hotaru Yube? Hotaru is means fire fly. Yube is means yuugata in Japanese language and evening in English. Between spring and summer, some places make fire fly festival. In festival, we can see fire fly in place like garden or rice field. Before we see fire fly, we see Japanese attraction, like Japanese song, Japanese dance and Japanese drama. The attraction start from 4 o clock in the evening, and after finished attraction, we can see fire fly at 8 o clock.

Origami is very famous hand craft from Japan. Origami is hand craft for hold paper with high technic and accuration. From this craft can make animal, flower, doll and everything . Origami paper from washi (Japanese paper) or folding color papper.