Water wheel at a corner of Jindaiji.
Today I went to Jindaiji to see if any Soba (buckwheat) flowers blossoming yet. Jindaiji is famous for its Soba noodles. There are lots of Soba shops nearby. First I went to Kitarou-Chaya (a kind of cafe) and ate my favorite soft ice cream, which has nice Japanese pear flavor, and then I went to the aquatic floral garden. There were lots of red flowers of Lycoris radiata (Higanbana or Manjushage) beside the harvested rice field. I have been there so many times before, but I didn't know I could see so many of them there. Then I went up to the buckwheat field up from there. Buckwheat flowers were also in full blossom. Quite a few butterflies were flying around and sucking the nectar from the flowers. At the end of the short trip to Jindaiji I stopped by a Soba shop and had some buckwheat noodles with stewed herring on top. They just started using this year's buckwheat flour, so the noodles tasted a little tiny bit sweeter and nice Soba fragrance.
またも近場の深大寺へ出かけてきました。水生植物園では思いがけず、彼岸花の群生を見ることができました。そば畑の花も満開です。今日は神代植物公園の深大寺口すぐそばの玉乃屋さんで、新そばを使ったニシン蕎麦をいただきました。新そばだけあって、ほんのり甘みの感じられるおいしいお蕎麦でした。普段は冷たい蕎麦派なのですが、たまには温かいお蕎麦もいいですね。鰊のうまみと汁のだしとが相まって、最後の一滴までいただいてきました。
Pear ice cream.
深大寺に来たら絶対食べてしまう「鬼太郎茶屋の梨ミルクソフト。」
今日は大山ミルクとのミックスです。何気に一反木綿が…
Impatiens textori (Tsurifunesou)
ツリフネソウ。秋の始まりを感じます。
Aster ageratoides var. ovatus (Nokon Giku) with Licaena phlaeas (Benishijimi).
ノコンギクとベニシジミ。
Lycoris radiata (Higanbana or Manjushage)
深大寺水生植物園にて。
Lycoris radiata (Higanbana or Manjushage) beside the harvested rice field.
ここにも彼岸花がこんなに咲いていたのですね。
Buckwheat (Soba) flowers with Licaena phlaeas (Benishijimi).
Buckwheat field.
蕎麦畑も満開です。
Soba noodles with stewed herring. I ate this at the outside.
木漏れ日の下のにしん蕎麦も格別です。
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