Nenehachi Diary/Vol.8 "Winter limited ⛄ Tomato soup available"

December 24, 2025

Thank you for your continued support!
This is Nenehachi Farm 🍅🐈⬛🍎
Thank you for coming to read my diary.
Thank you ♪

It's Christmas 🎄
No matter how old you are, the sparkling cityscape will make your heart leap!
My oldest son asked me if Santa Claus was coming to see me, and when I answered "No, he's not coming," he pointed out to me, "Oh, I see, you two must be bad kids."
I'll try my best to be a good girl next year 😇
Every year, Nene and Hachibei roll the Christmas tree decorations around and turn them into toys, so this year I want to save them for next year without breaking them!

If you focus only on farm work,
You will become out of touch with the world.
My sense of the days of the week also gets quite messed up.
You become so out of touch with the world that you don't even realize you're being left behind.
When I have conversations with customers about things like eating pumpkin salad on the winter solstice or making tomato pasta for Christmas, I realize that it's already the end of the year.
It really makes you feel the seasons.

We are able to keep up with the changing seasons thanks to the guidance we get from our customers who we meet every week.
Recently, I was unable to set up a stall at the Mikoda Morning Market due to an event, and there were days when I had to go home early, but for now, things have settled down🤗
We look forward to seeing you again until spring!

We are currently selling a soup made from reduced tomato juice, available only in the winter, topped with wild walnuts.
These wild walnuts are purchased from the neighboring vendor, veteran Yoko Yoshida.
The flavor is rich and delicious 🫢
There are many kinds of walnuts, and wild walnuts are apparently the most delicious... There's still a lot I don't know about them 😢

It was at the Mikoda Morning Market that I discovered that tomatoes and amazake go well together.
It was at the Mikoda Morning Market that I discovered that walnuts and tomato soup go well together.
Maybe I'll find something interesting again in the future! It's still a fun place as always 🍅

There's not much time left this year. Thank you for your continued support until New Year's Eve.

Tomato soup and fried bread. The soup is spicy.