Christmas markets have started and it is suddenly getting colder. Today’s news is not useful but personal, but I would love to share this surprise and excitement with Kumamoto International’s readers, so I share it here.
Do you know what the plants in these photos are? If you are from a tropical country, you will know. It is my favourite fruit, which I was so impressed to share this year, even though it is grown in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1B2k2DBtfh/ Yes, my favourite, papaya. I planted the seeds in the school field, but forgot about them and they grew into a magnificent tree. In six months, the tree is more than one metre tall. Six months ago, I was very impressed that papaya was being grown in Hitoyoshi, and I was really surprised and thrilled that the papaya seed had sprouted and become a magnificent tree with flowers before I knew it. I didn’t know it was a papaya tree, and I was super surprised when I found the word ‘papaya’ in a Google search. It was hot in Kumamoto this year, but it was hot enough for papaya to grow. It’s been cold for the past week or so, but I think November in Kumamoto was much colder when I was a kid. I am very sad to think that the papayas I have grown will die. In the future, if you see papaya trees growing in the flowerbed next to the playground from the Kumamoto Castle tower, and if a papaya festival starts in Josaien, please remember that the papayas in Hitoyoshi, planted by Atsuko, are the origin of the papayas. It was a record that Kumamoto was hot in 2024. Atsuko(ᐛ)ᒃ