There's a way.

There was an annual cultural festival in my local community last weekend. My children took part in it with their friends of our neighborhood. Having practiced to dance around for two weeks, they were confident to get on the stage. They wore happi coat and performed down to a T. Getting down the stage, they showed us happy smiles.

FYI, by the way, "happi" is a name of clothes for festival, which we often wear on. This looks like kimono (yukata). I'm sure you can see people wearing this when you join one of Japanese festival called "natu-matsuri" or something.

イカ刺し ... Ika-sashi

I love Saga prefecture because we can always have fabulous seafood there! My husband drove to Yobuko last weekend; it's a town famous for Ika-sashi. Although we got to a restaurant before lunch time, there were a lot of people waiting to be served!
Sashi is short for sashimi. It also means fresh. I was astonished when I tried Ika-sashi for the first time, because it was so fresh. It was completely transparent as well.
After enjoying the sashimi, make sure to have the squid tempura.





Once you taste this tempura, you won't be satisfied with any other tempura. I was a bit full, but I couldn't stop eating. Squid tempura is the best in the world. Well, are you skeptical? Try it sometime just for the heck of it.

Have you seen this type of Taiyaki before!? It's white. I was so amazed to see it.

Taiyaki is one of a kind of Japanese sweets. It often contains red bean paste which is called anko in it, and sometimes custard, chocolate cream and or white bean jam.

It turned out that this white taiyaki is made from glutinous rice. It tastes terrific and my son ate three all at once.

We went swimming in a river again. My father is over 60, but he hasn't changed a bit especially in a river with my kids.

Rivers in Japan are a lot cleaner than they used to be, but I suppose they become artificial. We enjoyed spending time in an ideal river today.

In Japan, many people visit their parents' place in summer. It is an annual event to get together, and grandparents are very looking forward to seeing their grandchildren.

I'm at my parents'home now. What am I doing? You can see my picture. (^^)v