Our friend Jeffery Friedl, who is so good at taking pictures, joined our test tour to take attractive photos for the website.
He has been on other tours as a “test customer” to provide feedback on how to improve our tours for our participants.
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We visited a small village in Takashima for our lunch cooking program at the local farmhouse with an 80-year old lady Kimiko.
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![Jeffrey stirs soy beans](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=323x10000:format=jpg/path/s3836905f2fc25691/image/i47e7d656403cadce/version/1429999504/image.jpg)
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Please check his blog on this tour with plenty of more beautiful photos and impressions through his gentle viewfinders.
Jeffrey Friedl's Blog:
#1 Making Tofu
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