Harvest - 2 (Jabara ジャバラ)

Jabara

 Unfortunately the taste is not so good!

The first harvest in this year (Sprout)

These are today's harvest.

The taste was very good, too sweet!

Japanese Inn (日本旅館)

We stayed at Japanese Inn in Kawarayu Onsen.

 

This is a typical Japanese Inn.

 

The dried persimmon is for every guest.

First experience ( Footbath 足湯 Ashiyu)

This is a source spring for a footbath.

The temperature is 74 degree C.

It's first experience to sit in the footbath for me.

I got satisfaction from the footbath.

 

Strange Festival (湯かけ祭り Yukakematsuri）

Yugawara Onsen had a Strange Festival yesterday.

We visited Kawarayu Onsen for the festival.

 

This is opening ceremony for the festival.

 

The player go to a shrine for playing before Yukake Matsuri.

Yukake means pouring hot spring on each one.

Matsuri means a Festival  in English.

Now starting, they have a tub of hot spring each one.

The festival is a heritage festival which continue for more 400 years.

Lingering snow information for Travis

There is the snow on shadow area in our garden.

It's today's landscape.

 

First snowing in this season

It's the first snowing today.

First Snowing at our city!

It changed rainning after noon.

The first-time vegitable-1 in our garden!

Sprout

This is the sprout which I planted on September 17, 2012.

 

The new year holiday has passed for our grandsons.

 The grandsons were enjoyed at our city on the new year holiday.

In the City Center Garden

 

 In Kezouji Park

      

 

We took then back to their home by the car today.

They are playing at their house now.

Kakizome in a mall

Some high school students held a Kakizome event at a mall in our city.

Our elder grandson tried the Kakizome in the event yesterday.

He wrote his first name ; た(Ta)　か(Ka)　し(Shi).

                                     
                                           He had good experience.
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In a ski slope

We spent the year-end and New Year holidays at a ski slope.

 

Dressed up?

Landscape Planning - 15 (The second parking area under constraction)

This place will be the second parking area.

Landscape this morning! 

It's just Landscape Planning.

Watching mantis eggs

I found out an egg's agglomerate of mantis in the Salaki.

I will watch it.  

So I can see the extrication of it next year again.

 

 

 

Writing a letter first time

Our elder grandson wrought this letter today.

Good job!

But he was crying not to write a hiragana.

To an aquarium

We went to an aquarium in Ikebukuro last Saturday.

He prayed before getting on a train.

 

We came in the aquarium at midmorning. 

The aquarium was not crowded with visitor at that time.

So our grandsons were enjoying to tour of inspection their time. 

We had a nice day!

I don't care!

He was in the concert venue for one hour.

 

As far as the concert was continuing, he wanted to be out from the concert venue. 

He, our younger grandson was playing at a park by the concert venue. 

He was playing here for two hours.

Christmas concert of Four age

                                                This is the concert venue for the children.

 

My grandson played in here with his classmates last Friday.

They payed unbelievable interpretation.

They are wonderful players!

Landscape of this morning

First ice up in this season

 

 We can enjoy to eat the pea again this year.

 The first harvest of the pea was on April 24 this year.

 

A whack-a-mole

These are the landscape of this morning.

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Photo on November 24, 2012