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STUDIO QUILTマンスリーキルト、10月のパターンです。

October is the season for harvesting rice.

Since rice is the staple food of Japan,
eating newly harvested rice is always the
delight for the Japanese.

In olden times, it was not possible to
cultivate rice in Hokkaido because of its
cold climates.

However, forerunners' painstaking
efforts made it possible, and the quality of
Hokkaido's rice has become to be comparable
to the rice from other areas known for their
quality rice production.

Among Hokkaido's rice, the latest brand
'Yumepirika' has outstanding stickiness
that the Japanese expect for rice.

Shiretoko is the name of a peninsula located on the eastern part of Hokkaido, jutting out into the Sea of Okhotsk.

Shiretoko has gained popularity more than ever among the tourists loving unspoiled nature and wildlife since it was designated as a UNESCO World Natural Heritage in 2005.

You can often see many Ezo deer and red foxes in Shiretoko, while there are some precious animals in danger of disappearing, like white-tailed sea eagle,Steller's sea eagle, Blakiston's fish owl etc.that are rarely seen.

花のある風景のタペストリーができました。

Autumn is the harvest season in Hokkaido.

The grape is one of the fruits in season now.
You can enjoy picking and eating grapes as
much you like for a price about 800 yen
at orchards in Otaru's neighboring towns like
Yoichi,or Niki where are known as fruits towns.

The grape in the image is "Campbell"
that is a kind commonly cultivated in Hokkaido.
It is characterized as sweetness and wonderful aroma.
You can smell it in the air even you are at a short distant.

The grapes are available at the greengrocers' and supermarkets if you cannot go to the orchard.

Another popular kin

2周年記念企画に参加してくださったみなさま、ありがとうございました。

Most leaves are still green, but autumn is certainly progressing in Otaru.

It gets dark around five O'clock in the evening, and the temperatures go down rapidly after the sun sets at this time of year.

As the difference of temperature of day and night　makes brilliant colors of autumn leaves, I guess we can enjoy wonderful yellow and red leaves in a couple of weeks.

The image is the photo I took a few years ago on the way to a garden known for bright red maple leaves in autumn.(Please refer to "Brilliant Season of the Year" posted on October 21, 2006)

The contrast of green and red

Sounkyo is the gorge of columnar joint in Mt. Daisetsu National Park. You can see the series of sheer strange rocks on both sides of Route 39, and the gorge runs over 20km.

There are two beautiful waterfalls near Sounkyo Hot Spring Village; Ginga(meaning Galaxy) and Ryusei(meaning shooting star) waterfalls.

Ginga waterfall is　compared to female, and Ryusei is compared to male from their visual impressions.

Since there are side by side, the waterfalls are called "Meoto-daki" in Japanese meaning Husband & Wife waterfalls.

They say that Otaru City Museum of Art　and its premises will be renovated.

They are planning to cut down four poplars, and take the wall along the former Temiya railway line off to create a square beside the museum building.

They are going to link the square to the railway track
that serves as a promenade now.

I will miss a scene of autumn like the image　if the wall is gone in the near future.

今日から10月ですね。
気持ちの良い青空です！