Hey everyone, good evening.
Thank you for the many people who viewed my new work the other day.
Since the theme was Goto, I looked at the data of old photos.
They were all beautiful photos of the sea.
I felt nostalgic, wondering why all of them were taken, even though there must have been others.
Today, I would like to share some of the photos with you.
If you have been to Goto, I hope you will remember it, and if you have not been there, I hope you will see what kind of island it is.
Please take a look, this is the sea of Goto!
Beautiful emerald green color and blue sky.
I remember being very impressed by the colors woven by nature.
It is a beautiful green when seen from afar, but when you actually enter the sea, it is colorless and transparent.
I dyed four colors of semi-solid yarn for this new collection.
These four colors represent the change in color from the shallows of the ocean to the offshore, and I used this photo as a reference to come up with the colors.
Please take a look at them and compare them.
And speaking of Goto, it is a church.
I could not take pictures inside the church, but it was very simple and tasteful.
When you go to famous churches abroad, you can see gorgeous and wonderful stained glass windows.
The stained glass here is very simple, but I remember that the patterns reflected on the floor through the light were beautiful.
And Goto's specialty is Goto Udon.
Please forgive the fact that the camera is focused on the wakame seaweed.
These noodles are much thinner than the udon noodles you are used to eating, and have a round cross-section.
It is characterized by its smooth texture.
It is sometimes seen in Fukuoka, and when I see it, I can't help but pick it up.
There is another way to eat udon noodles, as shown in the photo, but the most famous way is "地獄炊き jigoku daki" (cooking in hell).
The name may surprise you, but it is a recommended way to enjoy the true taste of udon.
It is easy to make, so when I eat it at home, I cook it exclusively in jigoku-daki.
If you are interested, please look up the recipe.
This is the sunset and lighthouse at Goto.
*The lighthouse is at the tip of the cliff.
It was used in the filming of a movie.
It is located in an inconvenient place to go, but it is a must-see spot.
I took a day off from work for this trip to Goto
I went to this place just to watch the sunset.
I waited for the sun to go down and just sat there for about 30 minutes.
I remember thinking how luxurious it was to spend time just to watch the sunset, when normally I would be working.
You can enjoy the sight of the sun slowly being sucked into the ocean.
And this is Onidake, which is also the theme of the yarn.
It is a low mountain and easy to climb.
The weather the next day was unfortunately cloudy, but we could see the beautiful ocean and the breeze was very pleasant.
It was a wonderful spot that made me think that if I lived here, I would be knitting with a snack.
I don't have many photos and can only introduce a few, but I do remember wonderful places.
It brought back many memories.
Fukuoka can be reached by boat, but some distant cities are served by airplanes.
It is a very nice island, please visit it once.
Yarn inspired by Goto can be found here.