TAKENOUCH - Home Garden in Bamboo Forest Vol.3

I would like to share some more shots of  my friend's garden called "Takenouchi Garden"

My friend's husband built this lovely hut.

"Do you want to see my secret room?" he said to us with a meaning expression.

We said "YES !!!"

He took us to the back of the hut and said,

"Go over this board bridge:)"

A narrow bridge made of wood was built up to the second story of the hut without a railing.

It was approximately at the level of three meters high, which made me scary.

Ooooh!  I made a brave try!!

Beyond the narrow bridge, we finally reached the small secret room. 

Actually this room is his atelier, he makes various kind of goods here. 

By the way, can you see another board outside the window?

This board was strapped with chain. 

But what is this board for???

The answer is.....

The board was set behind this barred wall so that you can repair it:)

Wen I saw the blue and white awning, I thought we would barbecue.

Wow, it was not a barbecue, but flied food:) 

After the lunch, we were to experience unexpected adventure...;)

TAKENOUCH - Home Garden in Bamboo Forest Vol.2

This post is the second version of  the previous post of TAKENOUCHI.

As I mentioned, this garden has built only by my friend and her husband.

Passing through a green tunnel, you can discover an orchard where various fruit trees are planted. 

There are plum trees, apple trees, orange trees and so on.

They harvest not only fruits but vegetables for all season.

Asparagus was planted and we had it for lunch, which was juicy and delicious!

Actually,  the lovely sign of the asparagus on the above photo was drawn by my friend. 

Furthermore this is the place where you can take a nap.

As I mentioned in the previous post, this rock bench was also handmade.

You can use it as a bench, 

and setting a board between the seat and the narrow bench in front of us, you can use it as a bed. So, you can rest under the tree feeling the cool air in summer :)

I'll post some other shots of TAKENOUCH Garden in the next post.

Thank you for stopping by:)

Rosa Mulliganii by the Window

This rose came to my garden about four years ago...

I'd been wanting a single petal rose.

Rosa Mulligani

This year, it has grown six meters long. Can't believe it! It's planted in a pot!!

Every morning when I cross-pollinate　the flowers, a carpenter bee helps me. 

Thanks to it, a lot of rose hips will be appeared in autumn, I guess:)

You can enjoy them sparkling in the morning sun from our living room;)

Love to see my garden sitting on a sofa with a cup of herbal tea :)

Of course, love to see them under the soft lights of the bulbs in the late afternoon...

Actually, this metal leaf bulb is handmade :-)

TAKENOUCH - Home Garden in Bamboo Forest Vol.1

What do you imagine when seeing this entrance of a high stone wall?

This is not an old castle or a famous French restaurant. Actually, this is a gate of my friend's home. Believe it or not, it was built by my friend and her husband. They heaped up rocks, one by one. They built not only this stone wall, but their stunning garden inside.

Do you want to look inside?

Okay, let's move on!

As you can see in the photo below, when they decided to get this huge land about five years ago, it was just a bamboo forest. 

They removed bamboo trees in the garden and paved  a massive amount of rocks brick by brick to build a path and pond.

As a handmade sign shows, they call here "TAKENOUCH  Garden".

"TAKE"  is Japanese for  Bamboo.

Walking along this cobbled path and reach the top of the slope....

you'll discover a fantastic orchard...

To be continued later :-)

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Visit Japanese Sake Brewery

I visited a Japanese sake brewery on business a few months ago.

The brewery held a festival, so anyone can visit there. This brewery began its business about 400 years ago.

You can taste a new sake:)

A stage was set up and you can enjoy Japanese traditional music and dance!

A president of the brewery took us to the brewing room.

Sake is made from rice. Rice, water from Mt. Fuji and Koji, rice malt, are got together in this drum can, and matured.

Wow, it's making bubbles!!

I looove Japanese sake, so, it was enjoyable experience! 

My Garden in Spring 2015 vol.2

"Blue Angel", clematis, is blooming in my garden. This is the last clematis bloomed among my clematis collection. I've been wanting to see it flowering...

As the sprinkling can is getting older and rusted, I decided to use it as a flower container.

Bored some holes at the bottom with a drill, planted Cape Clover and Ivy:)

From our living room, we can enjoy roses and clematis.

Beautiful season has come:)

My Garden in Spring 2015 vol.1

Hi everyone, how have you been?　I've been overwhelmed by my job , so I couldn't have enough time to post...


With the approach of beautiful season,  want to share a few images of my balcony garden :)

 

In this area, two kinds of roses are blooming!

One is Blan Pierre de Ronsard

The other is Narrow Water

I've been wondering what plants will go with these roses... What  I selected this year are...

White lace flower 

 Veronica

Nigella

It's always exciting to get new plants, isn't it?

Among the newcomers, I do loove the Veronica!!

Assume that its shape becomes an accent in this scene:)

How about your spring garden?