Let's go out

After having lunch, we went out.
The weeds had grown much in humidified atmosphere.















A mailbox on the wall won't be used by anybody.
I guess no mail has been posted in it anymore.
I felt the passage of time.

Relaxing time

I felt released from a bustle of cities.

You can see rural scenery through the slide door.
A broom is left on the box.

















Kitchen...

This is an old style Japanese house.

Do you know Asari?

There are various kinds of Miso soup in Japan.
This is an Asari Miso soup.
Asari is a clam.
I used to go to a seashore and dig many clams there as a boy.

Anyway, we sometimes cook Asari Miso soup at home, but I haven’t seen it is sale as merchandise.








Open it up!

Wow, the package on the left side contains clams and Miso is in the right silver package.

I mixed them up with hot water in the paper cup.

And I drank it.. oh it was good taste.

A happy sushi pack

I'm really happy to be born in Japan, 'cause I can grab such fresh fish at home.
I bought this sushi pack at the supermarket that I introduced at the previous post.

It costs around 700 yen. (About 7 dollars)
It is a little bit expensive for lunch, but it is reasonable price for sushi.

From left to right in the front row:
burned egg, salmon, crab, shrimp

From left to right in the back row:
medium fatty tuna, lean tuna, squid, (It is hidden)

SUSHI, SUSHI, SUSHI !

Many packs of sushi were sold at the supermarket of Kamogawa.
It is a rare scene even in Japan.

Usual supermarket doesn't sell such amount of sushi.
Kamogawa is famous for the fishing industry.
So this shop is special.

Anyway, It looks really good!
My mouth is watering.
Our family member bought sushi that they like there.






This shop's name is Edo-ya.
Edo is the times of about 260 years ago when Tokugawa family governed Japan.
And Ya means shop in Japanese.
Edo sounds familiar with Japanese.









I found out there is a kitchen microwave on the shelf.
I was wondering who uses this equipment.
Are there the needs of eating something soon after purchase?

A castle shape sign

There is a sign of castle shape.
Because there is the castle called Kururi-Jo near this mall.
(Jo means castle in Japanese)

I took this picture from our car.








Rural sights made me relaxed.

Traditional Japanese custom

Lots of carps swim in Japanese sky.
We have an annual event, in which some cloth carps are hoisted to the peak on May 5th.
These carps are called Koi-nobori.

May 5th is the national holiday named children' s day.
There is a song of Koi-nobori in Japan.
According to the song, these carps are a family, and the big one is their father.

I found out a movie about Koi-nobori on YouTube.
And more detailed information is here.

A famous product of Chiba Japan

Crispy peanuts in this ice cream!

Peanuts are a famous product in Chiba Japan.
This ice cream is made from peanuts.
When you eat it, you feel peanuts' sweet flavor.

Peanuts ice cream; it's highly recommended.

What is this burger?

What are these pictures on this burger's paper?
These are shrimps.

So this is a shrimp burger.
A shrimp burger is called Ebi-burger in Japanese.









Let's open the parcel paper.
Lots of shrimps are crammed in the croquette.
It looks really good.

I'm wondering a shrimp burger is popular in other countries or not?

Teriyaki burgers are popular in Japan

We Japanese got five days off from May 2nd through May 6th.
Japanese call those holidays Golden Week.

I went to the southern part of Chiba pref Kamogawa with my family.
It was beautiful day.

We stopped by a famous burger shop Lotteria.
(McDonald's is most famous also in Japan.)




My brother grabbed a teriyaki burger there.
Teriyaki taste is specific to Japan, I think.
Oh I'm getting hungry.

A swing makes you happy?

When was the last time you played on a swing?

I'm wondering a good idea may come to my mind if I get relaxed on a swing once in a while.










These swings' design looks good as well as the slide that I posted yesterday.

These are the last pics of Yanaka Japan.

Beautiful sakura at Yanaka Japan

Wow-ees, beautiful sakura trees aren't they?

Sakura (Japanese cherry) is mysteriously attractive, I think.
















Is this a house of a guardian angel?













The slide's design is good.

Japanese Ukiyoe

It is a fancy store sign like Japanese Ukiyoe!

It is a part of the hair salon Tateyama that I introduced in a previous post.

By the way, it has been raining for a few days here in Japan.
It is like that rainy season has come though a usual rainy season is July.
Little bit gloomy.

A shop with a distinct design

What do you think this shop is?
At first, I thought it was a cafe.

"Hair salon Tateyama" is written on the sign board.

Its look is retro and different from current style hair salons.
But it is fancy.

It is located also at Yanaka.

Dangerous Game

Wow, who is he? Why is he climbing such a dangerous high place?
Come down right away!







...hussshh







Ah! After I looked him up carefully, I found out he was not a real man.
He was a sculptural man!

This is a sculpture museum.
That explains it.














Its name is Asakura-Choso-kan and located at Yanaka.
Cool.

A key shop at Yanaka

This key shop has an appealing sign at the entrance.

You can find it from far away.

A flower shop at Yanaka

I found out that my total overtime work on April was around 100 hours.
That means the average work time per day was around 13 hours.
Oh it sucks! I hate it.
So I ran away from my office today.
But I souldn't complain about my situation right in a recession?

Hmm..
It is a flower shop at Yanaka and has retro-flavored name board , but it is nice.

A tin plate shop at Yanaka

This is a tin plate shop at Yanaka.

The kanji on the windows are Buriki-ten Yoshikawa.
Buriki means tin plate in Japanese.
Buriki seems come from Dutch Blik meaning tin plate.
Yoshikawa may be the name of the shop owner, I think.

The ornament of the entrance is interesting.

A cat with a cup of coffee

Today was a national holiday here in Japan.
It it the last established holiday so far.
It comes from Showa emperor's birthday.

But it has nothing to do with me 'cause I have to work today.
I feel really tired and sleepy.
I wanna get the day off!

By the way, this is a pic of a coffee shop at Yanaka.
Yanaka is famouse for cats.
A cat is also attracted to a cup of coffee.

Cats in the boxes

How cute!

They were so relaxed that they weren't cautious about people.
Most cats at Yanaka were familiar with people.

The foam box looked warm and good place for them to take a rest.

A cat at Yanaka

My wife likes to take cute thing's pic.
There are a lots of cats at Yanaka.



This cat might find out something between the rocks.









It looks so relaxed at a sunny day.


I sometimes think I'd like to be a cat and live a leisured life.
But there may be a unknown hard aspect even in the cat's world.

A temple of Yanaka

This is a temple of Nichiren sect of Buddhism.
Its name is Keiou-ji (Kyoo-ji).

The new government army attacked this temple on 1868 because the temple sheltered some members of revolutionary army Shogitai.

The battle has made its woody gate be scarred by the bullet holes.

Hebi-michi at Yanaka

There are the winding paths at Yanaka called Hebi-michi.
Hebi-michi means the snake path.

This pic is a bar located at Hebi-michi.
The word Hebi-michi is written on the yellow lantern and two flamingos form the heart mark.

A Sento At Yanaka

Give me some holidays, I've been tired much hum..
I had to work on this Saturday and Sunday.
I know I may be busy right before releasing our software though.

Anyway, this is the pic of Sento.
Sento means Japanese public bath.
Many people take a bath together at a big bath.
I think some people of other countries are not willing to take a bath with strangers or neighbors.
But most Japanese don't care about doing that.

This Sento is rare because it's on the second floor.

A House Of Takasyo At Yanaka

This is a Takasyo's house at Yanaka.
Takasyo means falconry, training and using falcons for hunting.

The entrance looks cool.
I wanna go into the house and see how they train falcons.

I found out the introduction of falconry on the internet.
The Japan Falconers Association

Senbei Shop of Yanaka

Oh man, I have to go to work tomorrow on Saturday.
I hate my job.

By the way, this is the pic of Senbei shop.
A lots of Senbeis are displayed in the showcase.
They look good.

Tenugui Shop of Yanaka

You can buy various kinds of Tenugui at this shop.
Tenugui is a thin Japanese towel.

The shop's name is Cyoshi-ya.

Yanaka-Nezu photo 4

Here are some bonsai collections at somebody's house.
Circle window frame is cool.

Yanaka-Nezu photo 3

This is a narrow street of Yanaka's local mall.

You can see some kanji signs of Japanese bars.

Yanaka-Nezu photo 2

Sakura is in full blossom.
There are many people enjoying the blossoms on the street.

Yanaka-Nezu photo

Last Sunday, my wife and I promised that we would walk around Yanaka, Nezu and Sendagi together after I finished my work. (I had to go to work even on Sunday. You can see old Japanese sight at these areas.)

But I had to spend more time to finish my work than I thought.

So my wife enjoyed Yanaka, Nezu alone and took some pictures.
This pic is the one of them, a statue of Buddha of Yanaka.

Japanese cherry

There is a tree of Japanese cherry called Sakura nearby my condo.
I think most Japanese people feel the night Sakura is cool.
This tree is also beautiful though this pic is little bit vague due to hand movement.

cherry blooms

I've worked over time today.
I'm really tired.
On the way home, I found out cherry blooms were blooming a little bit.

Urban shrine

It's rare to find out a shrine at such a street of office buildings.
I took a picture by my cellp hone camera.
I didn't go upstairs.

Sunday night

It's today's dinner.
The front dish is fish and onion.
There is brown rice at the right side.

I don't wanna go to work tomorrow.
I feel like resting more.
Good night.