BLACK RAIN


Boxed Eel Supper
Lifted off the net somewhere


"Old Takizo from Shokichi's place, who is eighty-nine, brings three eels for Yasuko; the day after tomorrow, he says, is the fiercest of the dog days, when everyone is suppose to eat eels to keep his strength up."

Chapter 16




Japanese Sushi Counter
Lifted off the net somewhere
"Yasuko took the dishes out of the box and set them on the table. The meal that the works canteen had conjured up today consisted of five mulberry leaves made into tempura, bean paste and salt, two slices of pickles, and a bowl of boiled barley mixed with bran. This was repeated four times, for four people. The idea of the mulberry leaves had been hit on by someone working in the kitchen. They had gotten them from the mulberry orchard next door to the works. ... Around this time of year the mulberries sprouted late buds from the sawn-off stumps of their branches, and by now were bearing young leaves just right for eating."

Chapter 19




Golden Gate Park
Another highlight in the garden is the Drum Bridge. Along with the teahouse and gift shop, it is one of the original structures of the 1894 Exposition.
San Francisco, California
VISIT THE

The Visual Golden Gate Park Project


" How had I never realized there was such an attractive stream so near at hand? In the water, I could see a procession of baby eels swimming blithely upstream against the current. It was remarkable to watch them: myriad of tiny eels, still at the larvel stage, none more than three or four inches in length."

Chapter 13


MASUJI IBUSE