Sunday, February 24, 2013

Mushroom's exhibition

Today, this blog finish and I'm very sad because I'm not going to able to introdeuce for you about mushrooms. Mushrooms are interesting! This 10weeks, I was very happy to introduce mushrooms. I known many things for mushrooms, and taught people that reeding my blog.

Well, last post is "Mushroom's exhibition." This exhibition held on last year in Tsukuba Botanical garden. I went to this exhibition and I thought it is good idea for blog's post. So, I took many photographs in mushroom's exhibition. 


I'll writing about my report "Mushroom's exhibition in Tsukuba."

Mushroom exhibition has a variety of exhibits. First of all, it is such a feature of the world's knowledge and mushrooms beans about mushrooms.


Speaking of Antarctica, I might not even imagine I grow mushrooms in the world of extreme cold. I have found that there are some 11 types of mushrooms, however. Many mushrooms may be found further in future studies.











Australia and New Zealand is famous that there are many wild animals and plants. Here are many mushrooms grow, there are many unusual types. Many truffles, especially new species have been discovered today. New Zealand is said to be colorful truffles.























Mushroom many strange indeed occurs in New Caledonia. There is a bright vermilion and mushrooms mushrooms and turquoise.
























There are too many kinds of mushrooms are extant South American continent, research has not caught up. Where the researcher has been investigated in Tierra del Fuego is located at the southern tip of Argentina, I found a large amount of Laccaria laccata fellow in the group of water spread over the moss. Also, I can also see that Kittaria round mushroom that grows on the trunks of beech trees.



































There are a lot of Asian countries that prefer to eat mushrooms. It is not an exaggeration to say that in spite of it, and, in areas where the characteristics of the mushrooms do not understand in the world.
Asia is the diverse nature. We have more than 5000 kinds mushrooms have been recorded from Hokkaido to Okinawa and Japan, including those just type 2000, unidentified.
It is said that an unknown number of mushrooms to whether it is not present in the rainforests of Southeast Asia from southern China through in addition to it.












African desert image is strong, it is a region that is spread through one of the world's largest rainforest from the south western part of Central Africa.




























Even today, above about poison mushrooms have been accumulated, the incident leaves no after poisoning by mushrooms.
Superstition is all those listed in the next!
· Avoid mushrooms are eaten vertically.
· Mushrooms can be eaten plain.
· There is a moth mushroom is eaten.
Has a good smell, mushrooms eaten.
· I eat hot.
· I eat cooked along with the form.





















To then, I went to the tented space outside the exhibition venue located in the mushrooms. Where I had ordered their mushroom actually caught in the botanical garden is in a row.
I was very happy because I was able to touch. In addition, the distinctive mushroom smell was.
























Many many mushrooms!














Well, I thoroughly enjoyed the exhibition and mushrooms, made ​​a strap at the corner at the end experience. Made in the same manner as production Furapan this strap. Choose one from the board of several plastic mushroom is drawn, I went color with colored pencils. Picture of this mushroom is very cute, I wondered which try to!















Finished product!
Mushroom-like beads that are reflected in a glass together mushrooms were sold at the shop. Such is cute!















I want to go mushroom exhibition this year.
Now such happy mushroom dish is eaten at street stalls.



So, Have a nice day everyone! ! !








Sunday, February 17, 2013

Mushroom Park

Hello, This time I will introdeuce for parks are interesting.
Do you know "mushroom park"? There is a lot of "mushroom park" in Japan! I explain these parks, the reason why these called "mushroom park", because there is playground equipments and objects in the shape of mushrooms in the park. these are very cute! Playground equipments and objects are big size, so we may fall into the illusion as if it had come into the world of fantasy and are in this park.

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■青葉台公園神奈川県横浜市青葉区青葉台一丁目

Aobadai park located just a Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Aobadai Station.

It is a play by play equipment inside the mushroom. You can be part of the handle is turned to the biggest red mushroom cavity only goes in bulk from the handle.
Blue and brown mushrooms, put in through the hole in the umbrella. Not be an exaggeration to say that mushroom and protagonist, it is a nice park.





京都府立植物園
京都府京都市左京区下鴨半木町


Pocket mushrooms, a total of four.
When you open the door in the parts of the pattern, such as a picture book picture books and children's books are packed closely together. Fine Books can browse freely sitting about 3,000 books, on the bench.
Because it is also installed playground equipment in the vicinity of the children are running around and around the "Pocket" mushroom.
It is a lovely park that is the voice and saw a lot of bright kids, is how you are reading a book or choose happily.








やぶはら高原 こだまの森
〒399-6203 長野県木曽郡木祖村小木曽3362




Kodama plateau to the forest of the Kiso Yabuhara.
Us for our purpose this mushroom! Hey nice shine on the lawn.








■中央公園
沖縄県那覇市樋川1丁目15

Naha city's "Central Park".

Mushroom shelter, which is located next to the mountain "octopus" respectable.
Mushroom mountain and park shelter octopus is installed, but there are several other, it is nevertheless a great combination. The hilt of the mushroom, with a snail of the same color and pattern. Part table, four young bacteria.
I thought of whether they will be fully integrated with fungus growth, the gap between the open (yeah) pattern-forming bacteria.




■楚辺東(そべひがし)公園

〒904-0304 沖縄県中頭郡読谷村楚辺


Well, this Sobe East Park mushroom, grows in a little high in the park position.
Concrete on top of the slide, under the shade of a tree Nyokkiri. As form is the same as Central Park, has a snail on the handle.
Central Park is the difference between capital, coloring and pattern of the umbrella. East Park Sobe mushrooms are, but there are polka dots in bulk.
Also snail, in Central Park, but seemed to be integrated in the same color and pattern though, snail East Park Sobe is painted chocolate brown. Thanks to that, the graffiti as "shit" is largely beside the snail of this chocolate brown.
I do not have feelings do not know. Rather, I feel sore Hohoemashiku to too much straight.



トヨスノコシカケ


You can in about 3 minutes walk from Tokyo Metro Yurakucho Line Toyosu (exit 1a), met Toyosunokoshikake.


Toyosunokoshikake. Yes, mushroom-shaped stool in the Toyosu it is (stool).
Purple and yellow-green that grew on the shaft, Toyosunokoshikake. Pink and blue which grew in gear, Toyosunokoshikake. According worked this work "TOSHIO SHIMIZU ART OFFICE", a concept very mushroom.

"Remains the industry. That I designed the bench that the image of a mushroom to get the energy that dwells in the ruins industry, which has been used in a factory or the like shipbuilding that was in the land of Toyosu once has been born again is the history of the city of Toyosu, symbolizes the growth of the city of Toyosu. mushroom life force is the bench that represents the (future) new life (the past) is fostered and history. "

The mushrooms are decomposers, which will lead to the (future) include the following: decompose the (past) what is left.
I think it works very nice.










■ワンハッピープラザ跡
山梨県北巨摩郡高根町清里3545


 "Mark one happy Plaza" in front of Kiyosato, Yamanashi Prefecture

There is a (former rest house clock tower) building on the corner of the mall that was ruined, it was decorated with mushrooms.
And around the back of the building, there is a rest house to the entrance of the clock tower on the second floor and the third floor,
Maybe part of the first floor of this mushroom has a gatekeeper does not store might have been different. Mushroom on top of the big red handle is turned to the gate snail.
And next to the mushroom is "Spirit of Trees" Looking from the top of
If you look closely, stem extending from the spirit of the tree passes through the mushroom umbrella. Tile the stairs collapsed, we store the other deck is a hole to rot, is covered with rust.
Signs include fancy character is drawn in some places, reminiscent of the time.
You feel more bleakly and mossy stairs and fall flowers are lush, so beautiful scenery, which is also why.











Toilets "mushroom"

I will introduce interesting because there was a toilet.











Monday, February 11, 2013

KINOKO no YAMA

Hello everyone. It is Valentine's Day this week. Do you send chocolate against what? Handmade? Luxury chocolate? I think what any chocolate, feelings that it is important. Now, this time I'll introduce to confectionery is most popular in Japan.




The confectionery's name is "KINOKO no YAMA."

 Mushroom mountain (mountain of mushrooms), the chocolate confectionery snack Meiji Corporation manufactures and sells. Products have also been released for a limited time. Was released from Meiji Seika at the time from 1975 (1975).

Part of the mushroom umbrella has become a double-layer of milk chocolate and bitter chocolate, the handle is a cracker. From that figure that employees gave a biscuit to Apollo is similar to mushrooms, is product development. It was originally released in the golden era of European writing a product, in order to express the image of nostalgia and natural kindness, human dare, named "mushroom mountain" as a friendly name.




               sources: http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/きのこの山



Limited edition of more than 20 have been released so far.


・口溶けミルクキャラメル
・あじわいミント
・宇治金時味
・ホワイトバニラチョコ
・味わいバニラ
・ハイカカオ
・木いちご
・黒糖きなこ
・赤ぶどう&白ぶどう
・黒ゴマ抹茶
・いちごミルク
・クリーミーアーモンド
・ホワイトマカダミア
・クラシックショコラベルギー風
・香ばし粉仕立て
・まろやかビター
・ほろにが
・キャラメル&マカダミア
・香ばしクリスプ
・こく旨マカダミア
・ブルーベリー
・トリュフアイス(夢の味企画)
・ミックスフルーツ(ポケチョコ)
・チョコバナナ(ポケチョコ)
・北海道あずき(ポケチョコ)





November 20, Meiji has launched a nationwide "tailoring macadamia nut pile of large grain mushroom" winter limited edition of the "mountain" mushroom chocolate confectionery. Kneaded into chocolate macadamia nuts that crashed, I have a combination of cocoa cracker. The price is 210 yen.












There is also a taste of sweet potatoes "mushroom mountain". Blended "sweet potato powder" in white chocolate, we have to reproduce the natural sweetness of the sweet potato.
Mouth-filling taste delicious baked sweet potato.








Had been released "mushroom mountain" What can handmade. Amazing! Is very happy there is a variety of types. I never saw this product, I would like to have the opportunity to buy it.














It is also developing region-specific products. It is also interesting to try to find a pile of mushrooms limited areas when traveling!

Hokkaido limited
レアチーズケーキ
ミルクチョコ&コーン

Shinshu limited
巨峰ミルク

Aomori limited
あきたこまちササニシキパフ入り
りんご

Niigata limited
笹だんご風味
さくさくライスパフ入り

Shizuoka limited
抹茶

Toukai limited
小倉トースト

Kansai limited
きなこチョコあんこ風味
生姜風味栗おこし胡麻味
抹茶味ライスパフ

By the way, are sold "mushroom mountain" in the United States. 
It is likely to have been referred to as "CHOCOROOMS" in the United States. The package has been simplified as compared to the Japanese. Japanese version of the package has adopted the design was not adopted mainly to sweets in general, the color of the green. 
Simple, understated than the current color, originally released in idyllic mountain village has been drawn. The current rural landscape that grew mushrooms are drawn.












Saturday, February 2, 2013

Interesting Mushroom Item

Hello everyone, I'll intordeuce nice mushroom items this time. Goods of any mushroom is cute, I also love me. There are a lot of mushrooms attractive elements such as color and shape.



Frist, I intordeuce for famose mushroom straps.
Do you see these capsule toys? Yes! There're familiar item at market and sundry goods store, "Kinoko strap serese" (Price:200yen)
Many close to the real magnitude, in addition to a very realistic-looking anyway, and tactile sense of feeling and purpuric mushroom fits plush points!





 Discoveries likely to come out in a fairy tale, the mushroom table and stools! Would not you love mushroom stools and tables is entirely dream?It is very attractive and glossy color that. Are also part of the shaft crafted fine.












 Mushroom card above is dead stock of the GDR era,
110 sheets of card types and characteristics of mushrooms is written is in the set.
On the back of the card, the icon of the cross and cutlery are expressed in three levels,
So that at a glance the degree of non-edible food and poison.












Mushroom lamps have a fantastic and beautiful but realistic, a mysterious charm.
This view of the world that do not quite meet in the other, the
May be the view of the world can not make it not a mushroom.
















It is a matryoshka mushroom.
This is a handmade piece by Ms. Alla Belyakova (Ara-Beryakoba)
Around the mushroom body set 5, insects and animals that have been personified are drawn.
Picture you are chatting happily playing, I do not get tired even if looking for a long time.
The goodness of your unique handmade piece design that is also slightly different in any set.












Object in the photo is one of the "Charming Tails" series was launched in 2010.
Due to Mr. designers · Dean Griff deeply love animals, has become a popular work in the United States there are about collectors.
Figurative in our rat hat mushroom happily, a sense of movement and soft curves, I feel affection for Mr. Dean Griff.














This wooden puzzle mushroom, designed by the U.S. team Xylocopa woodworking.
Natural wood maple-walnut mahogany Brad Wood has been used,
Enjoy the taste and texture of different colors each tree.
We present 27 mushrooms that have been carefully hand-carved one by one,
Since the actual motif mushrooms all, I will be studying to remember names and characteristics?
In addition to the warmth of handmade, because it is finished with natural tung oil
Luster and out so familiar with embezzlement, or I've somehow rounded.
Feeling that we gradually become one unity may well be, but it is good wood.





Sources: きのこらぼ  http://kinokolabo.jp/wp/?p=3305