Onjuku Town

Onjuku Gardening Club – Day9 : Changing from fall/winter to spring/summer vegetables

Saturday, April 9, was the day for planting spring and summer vegetables, but weeding was by far the more time-consuming task. From the time we gathered at 8:00 am until the chime sounded to signal noon, we frantically weeded two fields for four hours.

2022.04.15

Onjuku Gardening

SIT Architecture Student’s Presentation in Iwawada, Onjuku

On Tuesday, March 15, a SIT student's presentation was held at Iwawada, Onjuku Town by an associate professor Michiko Okano's laboratory from the Department of Architecture at the Shibaura Institute of Technology. 39 people of various and wide generations gathered, including the Mayor and the Chairperson of Onjuku Town, and the Mayor of Iwawada Ward.

2022.03.17

Iwawada

Onjuku Gardening Club -Day8 : Soil Preparation for Spring/Summer Veges

The Onjuku vegetable garden, started last September, has completed one cycle of fall and winter veges, and now it's time to start preparing for spring and summer veges! We cultivate the barely remaining ridges again, add fertilizer, and make ridges.

2022.03.07

Onjuku Gardening

Onjuku Handmade Craft Exhibition

An exhibition of handmade dolls, temari balls, flowers, and Chinese zodiac dolls, as well as dolls depicting the Mexican memorial tower that symbolizes Iwawada and the fishing industry, all of which have been created by the aunties of the Iwawada district of Onjuku Town over the past year, has just started!!

2022.02.17

Iwawada

Onjuku Gardening Club -Day6 : Late Harvest of Autumn-Planted Vegetables

Winter is a slow time for the Onjuku Vegetable Gardening Club. Many people gathered for Day 5 at the end of October, but for Day 6, we had a quiet but very enjoyable harvest! We sowed the seeds and replanted the seedlings on October 9 last year, and it's been over 3 months since then, but it's harvesting!

2022.01.18

Onjuku Gardening

Beautiful Autumn Day : Iwawada, Onjuku

Return to Tokyo on Sunday night, spend four days in Tokyo, and then head to Onjuku on Friday morning's first limited express Wakashio. The day of Onjuku will come so quickly that you won't know what you did in Tokyo. I went around Iwawada again in the pleasant autumn weather.

2021.10.30

Iwawada

One Day Activity #02 : Iwawada, Onjuku

In Iwawada, where I was born and brought up, I planned one day activity that even people who do not surf or fish can enjoy!! Gather on Sunday morning to start the day with beach yoga, then went on a cruise around the Pacific Ocean. Also, we visited the Mexico Memorial Tower and Koura coast.

2021.10.26

Iwawada

One Day Activity #01 : Autumn in Onjuku

The area of Onjuku Town is about 25 square kilometers, so it is a very compact town, about 10-15 minutes by car from one end to the other. Introducing a day where we can fully enjoy the sea and mountains of Onjuku.

2021.10.26

Onjuku Town

Onjuku Gardening Club -Day5 : Kids and Nature

On Saturday, October 23, we had our 5th Onjuku Vegetable Gardening Club. We did weeding and thinning in the Toriihara vegetable garden, and put up anti beast protection nets and sowed seeds in the Takiguchi vegetable garden. The members' friends came to join us, and it was a lively field work.

2021.10.25

Onjuku Gardening

Onjuku Gardening Club -Day5 : A lot of friends joined!

It was the 5th Onjuku vegetable gardening club on Saturday, October 23rd. Friends of each member also came from Onjuku, Tokyo, and Yokosuka, and enjoyed farming with a large number of people.

2021.10.25

Onjuku Gardening