The beginning of summer will begin on May 5th, 2025.
This is Sakemaru.
Rikka literally means "the time when summer begins."
The transition is from Grain Rain to the Beginning of Summer to Shoman...
Through the grain rain that sows seeds in the fields,
The temperature is rising and summer is upon us...
This is the period when various things become full.
When May came around,
I visited my fourth-grade homeroom teacher's house...
We received a huge amount of bamboo shoots! 
I can't possibly eat it all, so
Along the way, we stopped at various friends' houses to share some food.
And actually, I
Bamboo shoots are a material I'm not good at because they take a long time to remove the bitterness...
I got some great information from that teacher.
Apparently, you can remove the bitterness by simmering it with camellia leaves ! 
So give it a try! 
A picture of the finished boiling.
Just remove the leaves and you're done.
Super easy! 
The first one is,
I had it as sashimi.
Excellent with tamari soy sauce!!!
Everyone should give it a try.
It's really easy to remove the bitterness!
Well...it's early summer.
I'm sure there are many people who have enjoyed touring on motorcycles or scooters.
I've always ridden Kawasaki triples...
Actually, I also love the Iron Scooter series. 
I sometimes look at foreign books like this.
Of course, Italian Vespa and Lambretta,
Germany's NSU and Zündapp,
There are also American brands such as Neracar, Cushman, and Salisbury...
And don't forget,
Japanese steel scooters!
Fuji Heavy Industries' Rabbit and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Silver Pigeon, 
Some rarer examples include the Honda Junoo, Hirano Balmobile, and Dongchang Pandora...
The beauty of the early Rabbit is particularly impressive. 
In honor of the Fuji Heavy Industries Rabbit,
This printed T-shirt! 
The famous mark is prominently displayed on the chest. 
Available in two colors.
Both colours are likely to be the colours of the cars of that time. 
In fact, these iron scooters are...
World War II had a major impact.
The country that became famous for manufacturing iron scooters is
Japan , Italy and Germany .
What these countries have in common is that
All three countries were defeated in World War II .
The engineers in the fighter jet industry were told by the victorious nations that they would no longer be allowed to make weapons.
To travel the desolate roads of their homeland,
The iron scooter was created with the aim of creating a vehicle that was easy for everyone to use .
If the war had been won,
Such wonderful iron scooters have never been born anywhere in the world.
Although war has overwhelmingly more negative aspects,
Such a positive thing also happened.
This is the blue fabric I wear as my personal item. 
If you look closely... 
Wow! There's a design that looks like the company name hidden inside! 
Personally, I love this kind of gimmick.
Actually, when I was 20 or 21...
There was a time when I was the owner of a silver pigeon (named Peter) for a short time. 
This photo was found on the internet (lol)
It wasn't such a beautiful car, it was in pretty bad shape.
It's good that I got it though...
In the end, the parts were not available,
I quickly let it go and forgot about it (lol)
I moved to Tateyama,
I came across this photo while sorting through my albums.
However, he has even lost that photo, which is so careless.
Oh dear.
