Mai East Devon a hiki i Asia Hikina, ua hele hou kā mākou Campaign for Real Vanilla i nā ʻāina i kēia mahina. Ua hauʻoli i ka hui hou ʻana me Yumi-san lāua ʻo Otayo-san, ua lōʻihi ka manawa o ka hui LittlePod ma Tokyo, e komo ana i Foodex Japan 2024 a e hana hou i nā hoaaloha hou, e like me ka wehewehe ʻana o Janet i kahi kamaʻilio me Paul i kēia pule. Eia kāna mau ʻōlelo.

Ua hoʻi mai nei au mai Iapana mai. Ua noho māua ʻo Laura i ka pule i hala ma Foodex ma Tokyo. Foodex Iapana ʻO ia ka hōʻikeʻike kālepa meaʻai nui loa ma Asia a me ka hanana nui loa a LittlePod i komo ai. Ua hōʻike mākou ma lalo o ka hae o ka ʻAhahui meaʻai a me nā mea inu ʻo UK. Ua hauʻoli ka lilo ʻana i ʻāpana o kahi mea honua, me nā poʻe like like a me nā hui mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa. Hāʻawi ʻia i nā mea āpau i hana ʻia me ka maʻi maʻi, ua manaʻo ʻia ua wehe hou ka honua. Ua lōʻihi ka manawa i hiki ai iā mākou ke hana i kekahi mea e like me kēia. He launa maikaʻi kēia o nā kānaka mai nā wahi a puni o ka honua.  

Pono mākou e hele i Foodex Iapana i 2020. Ua hoʻokomo mākou i nā mea āpau a ua hoʻonohonoho ʻia. A laila hele mai ʻo Covid a ua hoʻopau ʻia ka hōʻike. Ua hele au i Iapana, e ʻike i kaʻu mea hiki ke hana. Ua kaʻawale, mehameha, ʻaʻohe kanaka a puni a ʻike mākou hiki iā mākou ke hele i kēia mau wahi a loaʻa iā mākou iho. Ua ʻai pū mākou ma ka hale ʻaina kaulana ʻo Bird Land. Ma lalo o nā kūlana maʻamau, ʻehā makahiki e loaʻa ai kahi papaʻaina, akā hele wale mākou i loko. He ʻokoʻa loa kēia manawa.

ʻO ke kala kala ma 2020 e hui ana iā Yumi lāua ʻo Otayo, ka mea i lilo i mea hoʻolaha ʻelele a me nā mea lawe mai o LittlePod ma Iapana. I kēlā manawa, loaʻa iaʻu kahi papa kuke me Yumi, a i ia manawa aʻu i hoʻolauna aku ai iā ia i LittlePod. Aia ka ʻaoʻao o Yumi i ke kūʻai aku a ʻike ʻo ia i kahi manawa kūpono a noʻonoʻo i kahi hoʻolālā e lawe iā LittlePod i Iapana. Ua ʻōlelo wau, 'Maikaʻi kēlā, akā hoʻokahi mea a mākou e pono ai he mea lawe mai'. Pane akula ʻo Yumi, 'E hui me Otayo, kaʻu kāne, he 20 mau makahiki i lawe mai. Ua hoʻi au i LittlePod piha i ka hauʻoli akā ma hope koke iho, ua pani nā mea āpau ma muli o Covid. Ua paʻa ʻo Iapana a hiki i Malaki i hala akā hoʻomau mau ʻo Yumi i ka hana ma hope, e hana ana i kāna mea hiki. ʻO ka mea i hana ʻia i ka pule i hala aku nei he uku nui no kāna hana nui. ʻO ke kiʻi ma luna, ua hoʻokipa ʻo Otayo lāua ʻo Yumi i kahi pāʻina kūikawā ma ka hale ʻaina kaulana ʻo Tofuya Ukai i ka pō o Foodex e hōʻailona ai i ka lā kaikamahine. ʻO kēia ka hoʻomaka maikaʻi loa o kā mākou pule ma Tokyo.

He hauʻoli ka ʻike hou ʻana iā Yumi lāua ʻo Otayo. Ua hui pū lākou me mākou ma ke kū ma Foodex Iapana i kēlā me kēia lā a hana nui. Ua paʻahana, ʻaʻohe manawa ʻaʻohe kanaka ma laila, makemake nui e ʻike i kā mākou huahana a aʻo e pili ana iā LittlePod. Ua hauʻoli loa ʻo Yumi lāua ʻo Otayo i ka ʻike. Ua ʻike lākou i ka pili ʻana o ka poʻe iā LittlePod a ua hauʻoli lākou i ka ʻike ʻana i ka hopena o ka poʻe kipa i ke kū. Ua ʻiʻini a hauʻoli ka poʻe, makemake e kamaʻilio a e ʻike e pili ana i ko mākou ʻano. Ua wehewehe kekahi iā ia ʻo 'ka noble philosophy of LittlePod', he ala maikaʻi ia e ʻōlelo ai. Ua hauʻoli mākou i ka poʻe i hoʻowalewale ʻia e LittlePod, nā mea a mākou e hana ai a me kā mākou mea e pili ana.

Ua hālāwai mākou me nā poʻe hoihoi he nui ma Foodex Iapana. He poʻe malihini mai ka honua holoʻokoʻa, mai nā moʻomeheu like ʻole a me nā moʻomeheu like ʻole, akā he nui nā mea like ʻole, a he nui nā mea like a me nā manaʻo like ʻole. Ua hālāwai mākou me kekahi kanaka nona ka hui e lawe mai ana i ka vanilla no 60 mau makahiki a ʻo kekahi e kū nei i ka ʻoihana ulu vanilla ma Iapana. Aia kahi wahi liʻiliʻi o Iapana kahi e ulu ai ka vanilla a ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i koʻu hāʻawi ʻana e kūʻai i kekahi o kāna mau ʻōpala. Ua hālāwai mākou me kekahi pūʻulu o nā haumāna noiʻi aupuni mai Taiwan, ka poʻe e hana nei i ka hana ʻana i nā pods vanilla. Ua nīnau lākou inā e hele au i Taiwan e hāʻawi i kahi kamaʻilio i kā lākou keʻena noiʻi. Aia ʻo Chef Catapila Nevin (kiʻi ʻia ma luna hema), nāna i hoʻolauna iaʻu iā Shorna-Kay Richards (kiʻi ʻia ma luna, waena), ʻo ia ka ʻelele Jamaican no Iapana. Ua haʻi mai ʻo Shorna iaʻu ʻo Janet ka inoa kaulana loa ma Jamaica. He mea mua kēlā iaʻu! Ma ke kū'ē i ko mākou UK kūʻai ma Foodex Iapana ʻo ke kūʻokoʻa Ukrainian i kākoʻo ʻia e ke aupuni Iapana. Ua hālāwai au me kekahi mau kāne (kiʻi ʻia ma lalo) nāna e hana i ka mead ma Ukraine a haʻi wau iā lākou ka mead vanilla a mākou i hana ai me Menna maanei. Ua lawe lākou i kekahi mau hua vanilla e hoʻāʻo. Ua hauʻoli loa au. Ua haʻi aku au iā lākou, 'ʻAʻole maopopo iaʻu pehea ʻoe i hoʻomau ai, hāʻawi i nā mea āpau e hana nei ma laila'.

E hoʻomanaʻo i ka ʻōlelo ʻana a ka Haku Lutanela o Devon, 'ʻAʻole anei he mea kupanaha ka hiki i kahi hui liʻiliʻi ma kahi kauhale ma East Devon ke hele a hoʻoikaika i ka honua i ka hana ʻana i ka maikaʻi ma ka home?' ʻAe, ke hana nei mākou ma Iapana, ma ka puʻuwai o kahi mea honua a ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o mākou.

ʻO ka mea hoihoi e pili ana i ke komo ʻana i kahi hōʻike kālepa ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i ka mea āu e hālāwai ai. I ko mākou lā mua ma Foodex Iapana, ua hālāwai mākou me Eugene Yamada (kiʻi ʻia ma lalo me Otayo a me Yumi), nona ka mea kaulana. Māla ʻEnelani ʻo Barakura ma Tateshina. ʻO Barakura ka māla mua ma Asia i hōʻoia ʻia e ka Royal Horticultural Society. Ua ʻike mākou he nui nā mea like. He hoaloha o Eugene ʻO Chelsea Physic Garden ma Lākana, kahi aʻu he kahu, a ua kipa mai i ko mākou kūʻana me Ariana, kāna wahine, hoʻi ʻo ia i kēlā me kēia lā me nā lālā like ʻole o kāna hui. Ua aloha ʻo Eugene iā LittlePod a hauʻoli mākou e hoʻohana ʻia kā mākou huahana ma ka hale ʻaina nani a me ka hale ʻaina ʻo Barakura, kahi e loaʻa mau ai ke kīʻaha ahiahi ma ka papa kuhikuhi. Hāʻawi wau iā Eugene i kope o kaʻu puke kuke Vanila, kahi āna i ʻōlelo ai he nani, a haʻi aku iā ia ʻo ia kā mākou mea kūʻai helu ʻekahi ma Iapana. Ma mua o ko mākou haʻalele ʻana, hoʻi mai ʻo ia e sila i ka ʻaelike me kāna hui a pau mai Barakura. Ua kau ʻo Eugene i kahi manamana lima i ka lewa a ʻōlelo mai iā mākou, 'helu ʻekahi'. Ua hauʻoli wau i kona lilo ʻana i mea kūʻai mua iā Yumi a me Otayo.

Aloha au iā Iapana - ka wahi a me nā kānaka. ʻO ia ke kūpono kūpono no LittlePod. Makemake nā kānaka ma Iapana i kēia manawa. Aia lākou i nā manawa a pau a ʻike i nā mea nui i nā mea liʻiliʻi. Aia ka makaʻala mau, ka ʻike i ka maikaʻi o nā mea a me ka makemake e hana pono i nā mea āpau. ʻAʻole wau he perfectionist, akā ke hana wau i kekahi mea, makemake wau e hana maikaʻi. Makemake au e aʻo e pili ana i nā mea hou, inā ʻaʻole wau i hoʻomaka i ka LittlePod. Nui koʻu ʻano like me ka poʻe Kepanī, ʻoiai ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke hoʻomaopopo i ke kumu i ʻakaʻaka ai nā kānaka a pau i nā mea a pau aʻu i ʻōlelo ai. I kekahi lā, nīnau au iā Yumi a ʻōlelo ʻo ia, 'Janet, ʻaʻole lākou maʻa i kahi kanaka e like me ʻoe'. Ua ʻike lākou i ka ikaika o koʻu makemake ʻē i kā lākou moʻomeheu a manaʻo lākou he ʻakaʻaka wau. Inā loaʻa iaʻu kahi laʻa, e neʻe paha wau i Iapana a lilo wau i mea hoʻomake!

Loaʻa iaʻu ka makemake lōʻihi no ka Noh Theatre. He mea ʻike liʻiliʻi ia, akā ua hoʻokani au ma kahi pāʻani Yeats, ʻo Calvary, ma ka Hawk's Well Theatre ma Sligo. Ua komo au i kahi papa hana keaka ma ke kula kauwela ʻo Yeats a ʻaʻole au i poina i ka ʻike. Ua aloha ʻo Yeats iā Noh Theatre a makemake nā poʻe Kepani iā ​​Yeats a ua hoʻokani wau iaʻu iho, makemake mau wau e hele e ʻike i kahi hana kūpono. ʻAʻole hiki iaʻu ke hana i kēia ma 2020 no laila ua hoʻoholo wau e hele i kēia manawa. Ua hoʻopaʻa inoa wau e nānā i kahi hana ma Noh National Theatre ma Tokyo. ʻAʻole i hōʻeha.

Mahalo wau i nā kānaka a pau. I ka hui FDEA, ʻo Sandra, Karen a me Kevin, iā Laura, nona ka vanilla bean fudge i kaulana loa, i ka poʻe a pau i hele mai e kipa i kā mākou kūʻai ma Foodex Iapana a, ma luna o nā mea a pau, iā Yumi lāua ʻo Otayo, nā mea i hana nui a i hilinaʻi nui iā LittlePod. Ua hoʻohana nui ʻo Yumi i ka noiʻi ʻana i nā huahana a haʻi i ka poʻe e pili ana i REAL vanilla a me kona koʻikoʻi. Ua unuhi ʻo ia i kaʻu puke kuke a kau ma Instagram ma ka ʻōlelo Kepanī. ʻAʻole anei he mea kupanaha?

Ma mua o ko mākou haʻalele ʻana, ʻōlelo ʻo Yumi, 'Janet, ʻaʻole hiki iaʻu ke haʻi aku iā ʻoe i ko mākou hanohano i kou koho ʻana iā mākou e hōʻike i nā huahana a LittlePod ma Iapana'. ʻO ka hauʻoli aʻu e manaʻo nei i kēia manawa aia ka uku i loaʻa iā Yumi lāua ʻo Otayo no kā lāua hoʻoikaika ʻana. Ua lilo lākou i LittlePodders kūpono no nā makahiki ʻehā, e hana nui ana ma hope o nā hiʻohiʻona, a i kēia manawa ua wehe hou ʻia nā mea, hauʻoli lākou i ka ʻike ʻana i nā pane o nā kānaka a hauʻoli i nā mea e hiki mai ana. He mea nui ka hanohano ma Iapana, a he hanohano wale nō ʻo Yumi lāua ʻo Otayo i ko lāua pilina me mākou. ʻAʻole lākou i nalowale i ka hilinaʻi i ka huakaʻi a LittlePod i Iapana. Hauʻoli wau a mahalo nui i ko lākou hoʻomanawanui a hoʻomau, a me ko lākou hilinaʻi mau ʻana iā LittlePod a me kā mākou Campaign for Real Vanilla.