It's very cold, off course, even camellias look cold

Snow won't stop us!

Going to the taiko (Japanese drum) practice as usual. Ready for the snow!

千社札 Senja fuda

Their own name stickers called Senja fuda in Edo moji (Edo letter) style.

A girl oni

A girl oni
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Then a girl oni showed up.

A little boy oni showed up

A little boy oni showed up
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A little boy oni showed up.

Bean scattering 豆まき

Bean scattering　豆まき
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Big oni showed up.

豆まき

Went to Azabu Juban for mame maki (bean scattering) after school. It was crowded as usual, though Mo caught a quite good amount of beans. Good job!

Lates purchases

Lamborghini Reventon scale 1/65 and Lotus Evora GTE scale 1/64. He spent his own allowance for the first one and his sister helped him financially with the second one.

Mo on zip line

Mo on zip line
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Zip line all by himself.

Dinner after dentist

Dinner after dentist
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After check up at dentist, we decided to have an early dinner at a restaurant called Saizeriya, a cheap Italian. Ton has no problems, though Mo has a little cavity in a front teeth so we have to go back again tomorrow.

Break at Maruyama Coffee

Break at Maruyama Coffee
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This one is for George and his family!

20140123 Dinner with ladies

20140123 Dinner with ladies, a set on Flickr.

Girls night out dinner at a French restaurant called J. Thank you very much, Chie for arranging dinner!

Breakfast at City Bakery

 Girl with french toast, boy with chocolate chip cookie for breakfast.

 Pretzel croissant and coffee.

And breakfast combo: salad, bacon, egg, and minestrone. Great deal!

Mussel!

The boy finished a bowl of mussel all by himself!

Strawberry cake for breakfast

Strawberry cake for breakfast
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Thanks, Uncle Roger!

Curry dinner

Curry dinner
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Play date and dinner at G&Y's.

Strawberry cake from Uncle Roger

Strawberry cake from Uncle Roger
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Nice gift from Uncle Roger!

20140117 Mochi pounding

20140117 Mochi pounding, a set on Flickr.

Helped mochi pounding at Nishimachi in Kimono. Ren showed up and did his part for a bit, and Ton came over after her school, meeting up with her friends there. It was a long day and we made lots of mochi!

20140111 Trip to Izumo by Sun Rise Izumo

20140111 Trip to Izumo by Sun Rise Izumo, a set on Flickr.

Trip to Izumo and Sakai Minato started with sleeper train. Kids were too excited to go to sleep on the train. We stayed at hot spring called Tamatsukuri Onsen for one night, then flew back home the following day. It was cold and snowy though we had fun!