Sunflower is an annual plant of the Asteraceae family. Sunflowers are flowers that represent summer. If seeds are sown between April and June, they will germinate in about a week and bloom between July and September. Sunflowers are native to western North America, and are said to have been introduced to Japan in the 17th century.  

Sunflower…の続きを読む

  Rape blossoms (Nanohana in Japanese) is a general term for flowers of the Brassica family. Rape blossoms are one of the flowers that herald the arrival of spring, and the yellow flowers spread all over the place are spectacular.

Rape blossoms…の続きを読む

  Japanese industry at the end of 19th century was 200 years behind.  After Mathew C Perry came to Japan in 1853, Japan’s industrial Revolution was started.   Japan’s modern Steel industry was started as Yawata Steel Works  at Higashida district in Kitakyushu in 1901.  Since then, the Steel Works greatly contributed to Japan’s industrial modernization. And Japan became the world’s leading industrialized country in only 100 years.

Japan’s modern Steel industry in 1901…の続きを読む