Petit English Garden of MARPLE & POIROT

My wife and I started gardening in Fukuoka (Japan) in 2003. There was nothing but muddy clayey sloping land. At the beginning we made several structure such as steps and paths, and planted turf, fruit trees, roses, herbs etc. In 2010, we visited several famous English gardens, including Sissinghurst Castle Garden, Mottisfont Abbey Garden and Hidcote Manor Garden. We were shocked by the glory of those gardens. Since then, we have been trying to make small but glorious gardens by ourselves.

庭の紹介

　夫婦で庭づくりを福岡の郊外で2003年に始めました.　赤土むきだしの斜面にまず階段や園路をつくって芝をはり、果樹やバラ、ハーブなどを植えました.

　2010年にイギリスの有名なガーデンの、シシングハースト、モティスフォントアビー、ヒドコートマナーなどを回り、その素晴らしさに圧倒され、それから自分たちで小さくても素晴らしい庭をめざして庭づくりをつづけています.

12/16/2014

X-MAS MARKET IN FUKUOKA (博多駅前のクリスマスマーケット)

A Christmas Market is being held, from 21st November to 25th December, in front of Hakata Station (Fukuoka, Japan) with European-style Christmas decorations, live musical performances, hot wine & festive foods! The market is beautifully illuminated with 700 000 LED lightbulbs, and a 14m light tower.

A year-end party of my workplace was held last Saturday evening at the hotel near the Hakata Station. I arrived there at the evening twilight time, and the LED illumination (Blue LED was invented by three Japanese Nobel-Prize winner this year) was unbelievably beautiful.

Because it was Saturday evening, so many people had come and enjoyed the illumination, live music, shopping, and eating.

I really enjoyed looking at the market, and listening a chorus.

At the end-year party, clinic staffs performed a musical of "Frozen" (アナと雪の女王). I had a really enjoyable time at the party. I had got a present to my wife at the lottery; a pair of nice slippers!