Hiroko's Hitokoto

Very first one for the year. Getting hot!

Bowls kids curved in Yamanaka hotspring, Kanazawa arrived by delivery, after lacquer.

Videos of: Papa Papa trying to flag pole . Ton pretending flag pole. Mo pretending flag pole.

Typical breakfast at City Bakery. They have bagel now!

The second birthday party for the day. Happy birthday, Kaley! Here's a short video of Mo enjoying his drink .

Evan was in town for business trip, so we met up with friends we had met through work years ago at Taproom in Nakameguro. As papa has shareholder's discount, it was pretty cheap! It was fun and we didn't bother taking photos.

He likes making smoothies these days. It's a blend of banana, blueberry, apple juice, and milk.

Attended a kimono contest on last Sun, and won gold medal. I had to dress myself in KURO TOMESODE, which is a black formal kimono for married women, in 7 min. including OBI belt in formal style, too. I wasn't happy about how I could finish up on stage, 45 score out of 100 scale, personally. I was told it was because I could dress myself calmly on stage, but still wonder how I could won the award. Anyhow, the big event is over now, and I can relax a bit. Thank you very much for your support!!

Cheer myself up to get through the day.

After a long day of taiko and ice skate, we made it to Homeworks for dinner...

New shop in Midtown called Paletas has popsicle made with fruits and vegetables. These are not too sweet and I like it!

 Egg salad sandwich & green smoothie for breakfast Egg omlet sandwich from Amanoya .

Mo's friend from kindergarten got him these birthday gifts. Bandana his dad was involved with production, and cookies from his mom. Thank you!

So, for Mo's 6th birthday, we took Hokuriku Shinkansen, the latest one as he requested during golden week. He was so excited, woke up pretty early in the morning, and made his shinkansen flag with message. Before the departure, we hit Shirubia coffee in Shimbasehi, which conveniently opens from 7am, to have a breakfast. It was very quiet as the most of the people were gone for vacation. Kanazawa station was mad crowded, off course. We tried one rotating sushi restaurant recommended by a friend near the station, but couldn't get in after 1.5 hour wait... So, we bought lunch at the station and took onto the next train to hot spring where we stayed for 2 nights. Some videos: Hokuriku Shinkansen entering Kagayaki coming in to platform Mo's impression of Hokuriku Honsen local train Thunderbird coming in at Kanazawa station At Kaga Onsen station, while waiting for the ryokan inn's bus departure, we watched some festival dance they ...

Using left over vermicelli we adopted from Y&G, made this Indian dish. I've never had a real one so can't tell if it's genuine, but it tasted good to me.

Ton, Mo, and myself joined the taiko performance at Nishimachi International School for their Flea Market. Photos here . Videos below: "Dragon vs Tiger" 1 "Dragon vs Tiger" 2 "Dragon vs Tiger" 3 "Dragon vs Tiger" 4 "Dragon vs Tiger" 5 "Dajin" "Buchiawase Daiko" 1 "Buchiawase Daiko" 2

First school trip of the year at kindergarten. We came back from Kanazawa the day before and purchased some of the pressed sushi which are Toyama pref. local gourmet for lunch. Orange one is trout, and white one is yellow tail. Nice weather, kids had fun!

Bought my favorite sea eel rice bento box from Ueno, sold at TAU, a Hiroshima pref. antenna shop . Yum!

Kids' art project of the month. They made flying carp with colorful plastic.

Hassaku orange rice cake