Monthly Archives: November 2010

Yodakimpo

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Another long dinner at Yodakimpo. This time with Mina, my tea master. We ate a lot of food, including chicken nabe (hot pot) with a lot of vegetables. It was really nice and fresh.

Funny thing s that this was the third day in a row that Chie and I had nabe. We had at home too. But at home we use beef and ponsu whereas at Yodakimpo it was chicken and instead of ponsu we used the bouillon from the nabe with yuzukosho (paste of Japanese citrus with black pepper). So the taste was quite different, but still good.

Nagatoro

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We had expected rain yesterday but it never came. Instead the sky was blue without a cloud in sight. Then today, but again there was no sight of rain. So we decided to take Coco on a short road trip to Nagatoro.

We have been there before in 2008, about the same time. BUt this year has been warmer so the autumn has not progressed as much this year as then. The result? Colorful!



The drive there was just short of 2 hours, including some traffic jam caused by an accident that there was no visible evidence of. For those more inclined to conspiracy theories than I am may have made up some paranoid idea about that this being the authorities way to control people. Let them spend half an hour extra in the car so they will be happy just to comply to any absurd idea we have. They will be sooooo happy just to get out of the traffic jam. But not me. I am not like that.

Once we arrived in Nagatoro we spent two hours or so walking around in the nature. The air was fresh and the nature was beautiful and colorful. Though there were quite a lot of other people there as well.



After we spent time around the river and in the small village with some shopping stores we walked up towards Hodo-san (Hodo mountain) and the shrine located just at its base. 2 years ago the shrine was closed for renovation but it was not opened again. Dogs were not allowed in so Chie and Coco took a rest while I entered the shrine.



Autumn in Tokorozawa

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Chie and I drove to Tokorozawa today. As soon as we were there I took Coco for a walk in the beautiful autumn weather. Blue sky and 18 degrees.



You can see some of the blue sky behind the pink flowers.



Taking the Bad Boy for a Ride

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As usual I rode my bike (the Bad Boy) to the office. And as usual I parked at its hiding place.

After office I did not take the bike home as I usually do. Instead I went to the chiropractor in Kamiyacho. On bike. You can follow my ride from home (1.) to the office (2.) in red. Then from the office under a tunnel (3.) that was so low I could not stand up straight to the chiropractor (4.) in green. And back home again in blue.



Each part took about 30 minutes.