Though it is rainy season, today I had so much fun picking blueberries for the first time! I swear, I have more old friends than I do friends my age here. I went to a BBQ yesterday and the mans neighbor had mentioned he had blueberry farm. In passing I said that I wanted to go. To my surprise he invited me to come over today! I was so happy, because I love blueberries!

Though it was raining, it was so fun, and he was so kind. He actually told me a secret..he said when planting blueberries, you should plant the branch. AND, the branch needs a female and male branch to bear fruit. The branch should also be thick. Once you have your branch, as soon as it bears fruit you should pick those fruit off so it can allow more fruit to grow. He told me that this was a common error many people do. Once they see fruit, they want it to fully grow so they could eat it. BUT, the first batch(?) of fruit is always better to pick off right away to allow more fruit to grow. He also had ANOTHER hobby which is creating sculptures out of bamboo. These dragonflies all belong to an orchestra! Not to mention, he built his own wood burning oven and made us pizza afterwards. amazing..

I got 1KG for ¥2000. Check out the pictures!

xoxo,e