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I bought this in a supermarket by 100 yen. When it comes to Avocado, I always remember the first time I ate one: <br> That was when I was just a school kid in a rural area of Japan, where was surrounded by nothing but rice fields. Maybe my mom thought that I should know what it was like in urban area, she took me to the city which was the province capital. Of course, the city is also tiny small one if you compared to Tokyo. But the six-lane road in front of the station of the city was not the thing which could be seen in where I live. <br><br> </left> <br><br> <center> <img src="07/avocado_into_halves.JPG" width="320" height="240" alt="two pieces of avocado with seed at the center"> </center> <br> <left> I had cut the avocado into two halves. The seed was so hard that cannot be cut. I just cut around the seed, and twisted two parts of the avocado: <br> There was a small hotel at the corner of intersection of that six-lane road in the city. My mom took me to a restaurant in the second floor of the hotel, and ordered full course dinner. That dinner should have been expensive, but I guess my mom thought that it is also an important experience to eat such meals. <br><br> </left> <br><br> <center> <img src="07/avokado_into_three.JPG" width="320" height="240" alt="avocado"> </center> <br> <left> What was brought to our table for soup part of the dinner was cold soup of Avocado. In retrospect, it is really amazing for me that imported food like avocado was available in a rural province in Japan several decades ago. Was that a real Avocado? I'm not sure. And I don't remember the taste. But I remember that it was the first time for me to eat Avocado. <br><br> </left> <br><br> <center> <img src="07/avokado_on_salad.JPG" width="320" height="240" alt="avocado on salad"> </center> <br> <left> Years have gone by. Avocado is available in almost of all supermarkets in Japan now, although it is still not so much popular vegetable. And to my sorrow, the restaurant had already been closed. <br><br> I thought I would like to write some thoughts on my mind recentdays, but now it's time to go to bed. <br><br><br> </left> <!--  % % THE END OF WRITING PART  % % --> </font face> </font color> </span> <a href="01.html" target="_self"> <img src="../../pic/previous.GIF" width="100" height="25" alt="link to previous page"> </a> <a href="09.html" target="_self"> <img src="../../pic/next.GIF" width="100" height="25" alt="link to next page"> </a> <a href="#toptop"> <img src="../../pic/top.GIF" width="100" height="25" alt="link to the top of current page"> </a> <a href="../../nikki.html" target="_self"> <img src="../../pic/diary.GIF" width="100" height="25" alt="link to next page"> </a> </td> <td width="120" valign="top" cellpadding="10" bgcolor="#D6EAFF"> <span style="font-size: 9pt;"> <font color="#E01170"> <b> CHAPTER II RENUNCIATION OF WAR <br> Article 9. <br> </b> </font color> </span> <a href="../../article9_Japan_constitution.html" target="_self"> <img src="../../pic/japan_peace.JPG" width="100" height="147" alt="Do not go to war. Resource should be used to make people's lives better"> </a> <br><br><br> <span style="font-size: 9pt;"> <font color="#E01170"> <b>Links to OUTSIDE</b> </font color> <br><br> <font color="black"> <b>Portal/Communication Site about JAPAN</b> </font color> <br><br> <a href="http://www.whynotjapan.com/" target="_blank">WHYNOTJAPAN - for Kansai (Osaka, Kyoto, and Kobe)</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.jref.com/" target="_blank">Japan Reference</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.japan-guide.com/" target="_blank">japan-guide.com - Japan Travel and Living Guide</a> <br><br> <a href="http://www.japan-zone.com/index.shtml" target="_blank">Japan-Zone.com - Japan Travel Guide, Japanese Pop Culture, History, Japanese Girls, Japanese Guys</a> <br><br> <a href="http://metropolis.co.jp/default.asp" target="_blank">Metropolis - Japan's Number 1 English Magazine</a> <br><br> <br> <font color="black"> <b>Forum about JAPAN</b> </font color> <br><br> <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/dir/?link=list&amp;sid=396545488" target="_blank">Japan - Yahoo! 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Not Monkeys!" by Apeman-san</a> <br><br> <a href="http://d.hatena.ne.jp/claw/" target="_self">"CLick for Anti War" claw-san</a> <br><br><br> <font color="black"> <b>Excite Blog</b> </font color> <br> <a href="http://sekakata.exblog.jp/" target="_self">"Sekai no Katasumi de Nyu-su wo Yomu" by mahounofuefuki-san</a> <br><br><br> <font color="black"> <b>So-net Blog</b> </font color> <br> <a href="http://furuido.blog.so-net.ne.jp/" target="_self">"Shikou Sakugo" by furuido-san</a> <br><br><br> <font color="black"> <b>Rakuten Blog</b> </font color> <br> <a href="http://plaza.rakuten.co.jp/intisol/diary/" target="_self">"inti-sol no burogu" by inti-sol-san</a> <br><br><br> <font color="black"> <b>Seesaa Blog</b> </font color> <br> <a href="http://uyotoubatsunin.seesaa.net/" target="_self">"Uyoku Toubatsu Iinkai" by uyotoubatsunin-san</a> <br><br><br> <font color="black"> <b>Cocolog Blog</b> </font color> <br> <a href="http://finalvent.cocolog-nifty.com/fareastblog/" target="_self">"Kyokutou Blog" by finalvent-san</a> <br><br><br> <br><br><br> <a href="http://febcjp.seesaa.net/" target="_self"> <img src="../../pic/flogo.png" width="127" height="47" alt="image for link to febc"> </a> <br><br><br> </td> </tr> </table> <table width="800"> <tr> <td> <span style='font-size:12.0pt'> <b> <a href="../../../index.html" target="_self">The Top Page of "echigonagaoka.com"</a> </b> </span> <span style='font-size:9.0pt'> Any compaints, or some, send them to <img src="../../../pic/address.GIF" alt="my e-mail address" width="155" height="15"> <br><br> </span> </td> </tr> </table> <!--LINE3--> <!--LINE4--> </body> </html>