Proverb 1

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

It means 50 today is more worth than 100 tomorrow.


This flower is 'Zephyranthes'; 'Ta-ma-su-da-re' in Japanese.

Flowers of leeks

These are the flowers of leeks; 'ni-ra' in Japanese.


Now the leeks are too hard to eat, but the flowers are pretty.

When they are young, we cook them, for example, fry with eggs, put into soup, and so on.

Pomegranate now

These are pomegranates.

We can eat them after they breake into two or more.