Kiwi Picking with Junko and Family

On November 23 I went to Inochyou with Junko-sensei (my shodo teacher/kinda host mom) and her family. She has a second house there that her husband Yoshichi grew up in. It's extremely beautiful there, on a mountain with an amazing view. She harvests vegetables and fruits on the land there and this time we picked kiwis and yuzu (a Japanese citrus fruit).
Inochyou is about an hour from Kochi and very rural. I was very lucky to be invited to go!

Eshyu, Junko's grandson and his cousin w/ kiwis
me picking kiwis and Junko
Junko's family, Yoshichi on the right

kiwis grow on small trees and are picked in late fall, i learned this that day
the home where Yoshichi grew up, very traditional


outside of home
live crabs for sale at a store on the way
We also went to Yoshichi's sister's house that day. She has a lot of land and is a farmer. She has a pet wild boar (or sow cuz it's female) named Hanako. We couldn't pet her but we fed her pumpkins and potatoes. Apparently, years ago Yoshichi's sister's dog found baby Hanako alone in the forest and carried her back in his mouth like a puppy. Since then she's been part of the family.




picking yuzu