I am a native Japanese speaker who used to teach Japanese in a university somewhere on this planet. Currently I don't work but stayed in my house in Northern part of JAPAN. I hope that you could enjoy reading my posts and know what life in Japan is like.
I-adjective “いい” consists from two letters of “い”. The second letter conjugates (changes) as well as other I-adjectives. But the first letter also changes. Note that I-adjective “いい” came from “よい”.
1) The first letter “い” remains to be “い” ・今日は いい天気です。 ・・・“いい” modifies the noun “天気”
・今日の天気は いいです。
・・・“いい” is the predicative.
2) The first letter “い” becomes “よ”
・今日の天気は よくないです。
・・・ Negative predicate in present tense
・昨日は 天気が よかったです。
・・・ Positive predicate in past tense
・天気がよくて、外で遊びました。
・・・ A kind of Te-form
・天気がよければ、外に出ます。
・・・ Conditional form
Therefore, “いい” turns to be the original “よい” in the cases of 2).
I like to go there. The morning market in Niitsu is held on the following days of a month. Niitsu is a town in Akiha-ward of Niigata city, JAPAN.
1st, 6th, 11th, 16th, 21st, and 26th days of a month, from 8:00 a.m. to noon
1st-6th day Morning Market in Niitsu, Niigata-shi, JAPAN
Of course I went to her shop to buy Kimchi.
Ms. Minami Yamashita’s Kimchi Shop
And I always go to papa’s&mom’s fruit shop near Yamashita-san’s Kimchi shop.
Fruits Shop in Niitsu Morning Market
Now it is no longer the season apple, I don’t see any good and reasonable apples in nearby supermarket. I had expected that his shop would be still selling apples.My expectation was right. His shop was selling the yellow apple “Shinano-Gold” which is a new apple with good balance of sweetness and sour taste. He was selling them with very reasonable prices because Shinano-gold apples have scratches and a little colored portions. They were usually not on the shelves in ordinary supermarkets.
Citrus fruits in Niitsu Morning Market
Flowers are being sold. If you plant those seedlings on your garden, you can enjoy the flowers from the day-1 without waiting to grow and for so long until winter comes.
Flower Seedlings in Niitsu Morning Market
Fishes are also being sold. I thinks one portion of squids is too much. Only a big family will be able to buy.
Fishes and Squids in Niitsu Morning Market
This small shop is selling vegetables and white collar flowers.
White Collar Flowers is being Sold with Vegetable
When it comes to Flowers, I asked this lady to make a flower bundle. Just before I left home, I was asked by my mom to buy the flowers to offer my dad.
Flower Shop in Niitsu Morning Market
So these are what I bought yesterday in the Niitsu Morning Market.
Chinese cabbage kimchi: 700-yen
Radish Kimchi: 500-yen
Shinano-Gold apple: 500-yen
Tribute Flowers: 1000-yen
Butterbur (Green Stems in the photo): 200-yen
2,900 JPY purchase in Niitsu Morning Market on June 6, 2020
An old lady told me how to cook the butterbur. I cooked as she told me, but I spent an hour to peel off them. I boiled them by soy sauce with small chips of ginger and red pepper.