I keep this blog for friends, family and students in Japan& the U.S.

Since Spring '07, Zen and Taka moved to California full time for Zen's basketball career. I'm in California most of the time right now too. Almost every day I go to help my Grandmom. She was born in 1919. Taka and I also get to work for Uncle Lynn's landscaping company. Santa Cruz, California. As beautiful as ever. However I still feel homesick for Japan~~

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Not "good food, good people" but "GREAT~GREAT"!!!

Kahori and Ischin, mostly Kahori? Made dinner for us one night. SO, so sogood
(can you tell, I'm hungry right now TOO!)
Our little kitchen...a little old, but wonderfully workable kitchen. And these guys make GREAT food here! (Yes, that big white contraption over the sink is a water heater. And Kahori is in front of a two burner gas stove).
Tofu burgers, and...KABOCHA balls, and...what was that fried thingy with nori wrapping? deep fried- OH HEAVEN! And the SOUP~ kombu~y...hit the SPOT.
Yummy meal in our humble, abode~Naomi, Kahori, and Ischin.

On another day, I went out with Hiromi. I couldn't resist taking this photo of GREEN tea donuts~

and square donuts...I thought Japanese aren't so creative, but boy, have they proven me wrong!!!
I was planning a "Thank You" party for Hiromi (she'd given notice eight months ago that she would finish working as manager for N.A.C.  April Fool's Day~ bad joke eh?!) and Sheon showed me this balloon shop where I got some balloons for the party the next night.
Out in Anjo, a LITTLE place~

My camera makes it look HUGE!The next night a few of us got together to celebrate Hiromi.


Oh, and I found this shirt I had to go back to get.
It says: "Thank you for all the damned things you have done all these years" And the picture is some
character, you see the heels of his shoes? He's bent over bowing with his head to the floor, you can kind of see his face between his legs, his butt in the air~ pretty cute! I wonder if Hiromi will wear it?!


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