Niitsu 1st-6th Morning Market in Akiha-ku, Niigata-shi, JAPAN

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This is a view just before sun rise. There is Hishiga-take Mountain behind which is the highest peak of Gozu Mountain Ridge.

I got on a local train to go shopping in Niitsu. The day was of Morning Market that is held at days with number 1 and 6 for the last digit of date.

I saw the Mountain Yahiko through the train window. The mountain stands on the edge of Niigta plain. So the behind the mountain is the sea. The peak of the mountain is not so high; it is 637 meter (approx. 2000ft).

I got off the train at JR Niitsu station. My destination could be seen from the platform. There are vinyl tents in a parking lot near the railway station.

There is a stained glass at the east end of the station building. Niitsu is the town that is famous for railway. Steam locomotives are drawn on the stained glass.

So this is a morning market in Niitsu.

This is a fruits shop that I always buy something. I bought one basket of persimmons with 500 yen.

There is a half body of salmon on the cutting board.

These are what I bought in the morning market in Niitsu today.

• Apples:800JPY
• Grapes:600
• Persimmons:500
• Chinese Cabbage Kimchi:500
• Radish Kimchi:500
• Two Pears:400
• Ginger:200
• Cauliflower:150
• Taro potato:100
• Total:3,750JPY

And then I pickled Cauliflower and put them into two small bottles. I want to know when they will be best to eat; in two days or two weeks?. And every time I make pickles, I become wondering how I am supposed to do with the soup when I finished eating pickles. I don’t want to just throw it into sink because the soup uses a lot of sugar, vinegar and spices, but just drinking it with diluting with water does not taste good.