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Chichibu in the Fall

Chichibu-Tama-Kai Nishizawa Ravine

Chichibu-Tama-Kai National Park in Saitama Prefecture is a park with mountains and clear streams. It’s highest mountain is Mt. Kita-okusenjo as the highest peak at 2,601 meters. It is characterized by V-shaped valleys with varied landscapes of mountains and valleys. It is popular for hiking, mount climbing, camping, fishing, and river trekking.

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Jaguar Baker San Jose

 

 

L-R Alicia Casas & Mari Casas
L-R Mari Casas & Kristen Dominguez

 

Alicia Casas, the founder of Jaguar Baker, began her bakery journey in 2016 when she was vegan with no vegan options in the San Jose area so she started Jaguar Baker with her sister Mari Casas. Her belief is in a lifestyle that is cruelty free as well as healthy without any animals products. She started to learn vegan baking skills at the Vegan Baking Boot-camp course at the NYC Natural Gourmet Institute. After some trainings and practice Jaguar Baker officially opened for business in 2017. Mari Casas, Alicia’s sister, assists Alicia with the baking and sales as well as Kristen Dominguez who joined the bakery two years ago. They rent a commercial kitchen in San Jose to produce the pastries. Jaguar Baker is located in San Jose, Ca at Japantown Farmers Market twice a month 357 E. Taylor Street, San José – at Gordon Biersch Brewery. Check Jaguar Baker social media accounts for current days and times.

www.jaguarbaker.com

https://www.facebook.com/jaguarbaker27/

https://www.instagram.com/jaguarbaker/

 

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Fall Colors of Chichibu

Chichibu National Park in Saitama Prefecture Japan is known for changing seasons like the Fall.
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San Jose Japantown Heinlenville Park Opens

 

Heinlenville Park entrance
Garden
Chess Board
Religious Ceremony
Connie Young Yu was instrumental in naming the park Heinlenville Park

 

 

 

San Jose’s Japantown newest park called Heinlenville Park recently opened on Tuesday October 10th 2023. The origin of Heinlenville started in 1887 when Chinatown on Market Street in San Jose’s downtown was purposely burned down due to racial hatred against Chinese people. But John Heinlen, a German immigrant farmer and businessman provided inexpensive leases and protection to the local Chinese community even though he was threatened by the city’s white community. Heinlenville in San Jose lasted until 1931 but closed down due to The Great Depression. The name Heinlenville Park was spearheaded by a letter-writing campaign by the Chinese Historical & Cultural Project (CHCP) with community support and finally approved by the San Jose City Council.

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Empty Train in Tokyo

 

 

 

JR Chuo Line at Tokyo Station

 

 

JR Chuo Line at Tokyo Station the first stop going towards Kichijoji. Usually the JR

 

Chuo Line is very busy.

 

 

 

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The Spider & Prey

 

 

 

Araneus diadematus or European Garden Spider

 

 

The spider

 

 

The web

 

 

The prey

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Viva Calle Sunday September 10th 2023

 

Bicycling & doggies

 

Scooter family

 

Wrestling at Viva Calle

 

Skaters

 

This is what Viva Calle is about

 

On a warm and sunny day on Sunday September 10th 2023 tens of thousands of bicycle riders rode through the streets of central San Jose. Viva CalleSJ is a family friendly recreation program on the streets of San Jose bringing diverse communities together to walk, bike, skate, and having fun in the city.

But Viva Calle, a popular community event in San Jose, could be reduced from 3 events to 2 next year if the city cuts the funding. The city plans to cut Viva Calle from three to two days, and cut 25% of Viva Parks budget or $1.1 million targeted for primarily minority neighborhoods to fund the new union deals. But the SJ citizens and Viva Calle participants can avert the cut in funding at an important City Council meeting on September 12th 2023.

 

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Alcea rosea L. Hollyhock

 

 

 

 

 

 220 West Taylor Street

San Jose, CA 95110

Volunteer Hours

Monday & Wednesdays

4:00 – 6:00 P.M.

Saturdays

10 A.M. — 12 P.M.

 

 

https://www.garden2tablesv.org/

 

 

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Unexpected Sunset

 

 

 

 

The scene

 

Brings camera

 

And memories

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The Roof Thatchers of Ouchi-juku

 

 

 

 Roof Thatchers are skilled workers that build roofs of traditional houses, temples and shrines in Japan. They use plants that supported the life in rural districts like manure or fodder (straw) for the animals. But modernization is making thatching obsolete and has been rapidly disappearing. The art of roof thatching is a local resource and helps assist with village revitalization and community development. The roofs have heat-insulating properties and air-permeability that are sustainable, recyclable plant resource that can be used instead of petroleum. Currently there are 100.000 thatched buildings in Japan and around 300 thatchers. Thatchers use rice straw, wheat straw ,bamboo grass and cedar bark as thatching materials.

 

 

http://www.kayabun.or.jp