http://japanese.about.com/od/japanesecultur1/a/Hinamatsuri-Song.htm
雛祭りに先行して勝手にケーキでお祝い。
March 3 is Hinamatsuri, Doll Festival or Girls' Festival, when people pray for the happiness and healty growth of girls. Families with young daughters mark this day by setting up a display of dolls inside the house. They offer rice crackers and other food to the dolls.
Ground Meat Rolled in Cabbage leaves 朝の占いで "かに座"は今日、ロールキャベツを食べた方がうまく行くということで、"ロールキャベツ" になりました。
1世紀頃からアナトリアで食べられていた「ドルマ」という料理があります。ブドウの葉で肉や米などを包んで煮込むもので、現在でも人気のあるトルコ料理です。これが15～16世紀にヨーロッパに伝わり、形を変えながら現在のロールキャベツになっていったものと考えられています。
日本には明治28年（1895年）刊行の「女鑑」に「ロールキャベーヂ」として紹介されています。
Although the direct heritage of cabbage rolls cannot be certain, it’s lineage can be traced back to Jewish cooking some 2,000 years ago. Recipes vary among Jewish communities depending on region; Romanians and northern Poles prefer a savory sauce, while Jews from Galicia and Ukraine favor sweet-and-sour. Many variations of this traditional dish have since then been adapted throughout numerous cultures.
女性ホルモンに似た成分を含む食べ物として、大豆、ざくろ、いちじく、ごま、エンドウ豆、アボカド、かぼちゃ、オリーブオイル、そしてキャベツ。キャベツに含まれる「ボロン（ホウ素）」が、エストロゲンを活性させてくれます。ボロンは豊胸サプリによく使われている成分です。キャベツの他には、リンゴやぶどう、梨などのフルーツ類、昆布やわかめ、アーモンドなどもボロンを含みます。
http://www1a.biglobe.ne.jp/matsuda-kanko/2017sakura.html
今日は晴天だったので、神奈川県の松田山ハーブパークに桜を見に出掛けてみました。現地では少し雲がありましたが、綺麗に咲いた河津桜と菜の花で一杯でした。
On a hillside near Odakyu Shin-Matsuda and JR Matsuda Stations, a large patch of cherry blossoms bloom in March. These are early-blooming (hayasaki) sakura. The place is spectacular when the cherries are in full bloom.
In just a few short months one of the most beautiful times of the year in Japan will bloom: spring. A season when smiles return to faces, the winter chill starts to leave and more importantly - the sakura, or cherry blossoms, arrive. The delicate flower are seen as a metaphor for life itself: beautiful, yet fleeting.
The cherry blossoms signal rebirth and new beginings, and when Japanese people witness the first flushes of pink in parks and on tree-lined boulevards they know that the cold, dark days of winter are almost over, it's time to celebrate life and each precious moment. They use this time to connect with friends and family at festive outdoor hanami ( flower viewing ) parties where they drink sake, dine on bento ( Japanese box lunches ) and dango ( sweet dumplings ), and play music under tha pale luminescent petals - sometimes until late in the evening.
This is the best chance to come and visit Japan for other reasons, too. Air fares are often at the lowest prices in the calendar year while new tours and activities become available and the summer sales begin in earnest. Whatever the reason to return to Japan at this time, be sure to head to a local park, spread a blanket under the cherry trees and soak up the joyful atmosphere of this wonderful and age-old Jpanese tradition.
Sakura season usually arrives around the end of March or beginning of April in Tokyo but that all depends on the year's weather - the warmer the temperature, the earlier the blossoms.
Check the English page of the Japan Meteorological Agency website closer to peak bloom for national forecast Agency website closer to peak bloom for a national forecast and schedule: www.jma.go.jp/jma/indexe.html
http://foodslink.jp/syokuzaihyakka/syun/fruit/hassaku.htm
The hassaku fruit looks like a big orange, or maybe a grapefruit. It is harvested in December, so a good time to look for it in the stores is during winter.
The hassaku has a much different flavor than an orange. The fruit is tart and sweet, almost sour.
The kiwifruit is a small fruit approximately 3 inches long and weighing about four ounces. Its green flesh is almost creamy in consistency with an invigorating taste reminiscent of strawberries, melons and bananas, yet with its own unique sweet flavor.
