The sakura blossoms in Japan are incredibly breathtaking. There are a couple of areas in Iwate prefecture where the sakura blossoms bloom beautifully.
This is where you can see the Iwate mountain right by the lakeside. The locals come to this area craving for a mini break.
There’s a saying in Japan that goes “Hana Yori Dango” meaning dumplings over flowers.
The core meaning shines light on how we focus more on the practicality over traditions, and the substance rather than its exterior.
The sakura soft serve while gazing at the beautiful Sakura is quite the match made in heaven.

Matsumoto

花より団子

日本の桜は美しい。岩手県には、桜の名所が数多くある。
ここは岩手県の象徴・岩手山が眺められる湖畔で県民の憩いの場だ。
日本には「花より団子」ということわざがある。
風流よりも実益、外観よりも実質を重んじることのたとえ。
桜を眺めながら、桜のフレバ―を使ったソフトアイスクリームはかなりイケる。
松本

Apparently Japan’s got a number of bioluminescent creatures.
Today, we headed over to the Japan Sea to go shoot the firefly squid – also known seasonal to spring.
We used SONY’sα７S for the shoot, which has an ISO that goes all the way up to 406000.
After we were done shooting the blindingly sparkly firefly squids, we obviously had to stuff them in our stomachs.

Matsumoto

摩訶不思議！　光るホタルイカ撮影

日本には珍しい発光生物が数多くいるそうだ。
今日は、日本海で獲れる春の風物詩・ホタルイカを撮影に行った。
カメラはSONYのα７S。ISO406000まで可能なカメラだ。
まばゆいばかりに光るホタルイカを撮影した後、もちろん食べちゃいます。
松本

We went out to do a coverage on “Orbi,” a museum that offers a supercharged nature experience. It was filled with exciting exhibitions and theaters, but the thing that blew my mind was the “Blue Burger.” It had been made to look like a globe and it’s outstandingly blue.

The buns were steamed, and to much surprise, they hadn’t used any food coloring to make it look blue! Seaweed had apparently done the trick. Aside from whether it looked tasty or not, let’s just say the taste was quite simple. Beware though, your tongue and teeth are going to turn blue after feasting on this globe burger.

Matsumoto

「美味しいのか！？」

大自然超体験ミュージアム「Orbi」に取材に行ってきた。
色々なエキシビジョンやシアターがあったが一番驚いたのが、この「ブルーバーガー」。
地球に見立てたハンバーガーで、すんばらしく青い。
パン生地自体は蒸しパン。この青さで着色料使ってないそう。なんと海藻だとか。食欲がそそられるかどうかは別として、味は普通のハンバーガー。ただし食べると歯や下にくっついて青くなる。
松本