A magnificent ginger tree in the Nakajima family's natural garden!

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Our neighbors, the Nakajima family, have a natural garden where they carefully cultivate a wide variety of vegetables and flowers.

A faint pink glow peeking out from the soil. This is the myoga ginger, a fragrant vegetable grown at our neighbor's Nakajima Natural Garden.

"It's crisp and has a delicious spiciness!" the couple said, sharing with us plenty of the fine myoga ginger they had lovingly cultivated.

We are truly grateful to the Nakajima couple for their kind consideration and warm heartedness as they spend so much time every day lovingly growing their flowers and vegetables!

As soon as I got home, I tried pickling myoga in sweet vinegar! I washed it thoroughly, boiled it briefly, and pickled it in sweet vinegar.

The time spent pickling the myoga ginger you received in sweet vinegar is a fun and wonderful way to express your gratitude!

大きなミョウガ株元
The base of a large ginger plant

The time to harvest ginger is when the flower buds harden before they bloom and start to peek out from the soil at the base of the plant.

ひょっこり顔を出したミョウガ
Myoga ginger suddenly appears
立派なミョウガ!
A magnificent ginger!
咲いた花
Blooming Flowers

I crawled into a large clump of ginger plants and harvested the beautiful flower buds at the base of the plants.

大きな株に潜り込んで。。。
Crawling into a large plant...
「シャキッと美味しいので、甘酢漬けに!」
"They're crisp and delicious, so I like to pickle them in sweet and sour sauce!"

As soon as I got home, I tried making pickled myoga ginger in sweet vinegar!
I washed it thoroughly, boiled it briefly, and soaked it in sweet vinegar.

綺麗に洗ってさっと茹でる!
Wash thoroughly and boil quickly!
甘酢漬けに!
Pickled in sweet and sour sauce!

Myoga is a seasonal vegetable characterized by its unique aroma, spicy flavor, and crunchy texture!

With boundless love, gratitude, and prayers for the delicious, nutritious, and exquisite myoga ginger from Nakajima Natural Garden...

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