ice cream weather

So the temps have gone krazy...I think the weather dude said we've been in July temps?!

Ice cream weather!

I thought I wrote up about this one but didn't Is'more's texture is similar to melty marshmallow like you find in s'mores

Different but delicious...we tried this one back in 2025
 

This year, Is'more came out with the chocolate mint version...just as delicious

Godiva's melty fondant chocolat bar was rich...love!

I bought the milk ice bar for Satoshi since he's not a chocolate mint fan

Haagen Dazs recently came out with a chocolat mint extra mini cup...will try this soon

Hope the weather is cooler where you are

cool

noticed something cool (to me) with this potato chip bag
 

there are two spots to tear the bag open (arrows on the side)

one arrow up top, when you first start eating

the second one is mid-way, so that you don't need to cut it with a scissors to reach the chips near the bottom of the bag

and the bag stands on its own

do you eat your chips with chopsticks?

I do, so this is perfect, fingers don’t get dirty & no need to hold the bag

bruh

I told you that whenever Satoshi has a tour, he focuses only on the tour and everything he does at home is krazy...

Well, “he said” he was gonna wash his bento stuff before leaving...

not, this was after he had left...
 

and he also forgot his charger stuff...

hope he was able to take the family to Mount Koya safely...

bluff bakery

There are some items at Bluff Bakery that I always get...

their curry pan and carrot cake

I love that their carrot cake is sold by grams

sometimes I buy the small pieces, sometimes the really big ones...ha!

This time around I also purchased their smoked salmon quiche...boy was this dense!

There was lots of broccoli and spinach and not too much smoked salmon...still very tasty though

Their Farmers Blueberry Muffin was also very dense

On their website it says that they make these huge because they loved the muffins that they had experienced at US Farmers Markets

Dense but filled to the gills with blueberries...love!

Love this bakery, they have several locations in Yokohama.

The location I go to the most is located on a hillside, so getting to it you need to walk up a pretty steep slope, but definitely worth the trip

yokohama

Went to check out the roses at Yokohama's Yamashita Park

Love this street in Motomachi, always cool cars to check out

Honda S600

so teeny

The roses were a little past their peak, but were still beautiful to see

Corvette?

Suzuki Twin...so teeny

Glad I was able to see the roses this year, it was blazing...summer has started

this and that

loved this 5 color musubi from V Palette, so many different things in it
 

Tokyo People: I think he had a flat tire

with the krazy war going on there will be a shortage of naptha, which helps make coloring for packages

Calbee has decided to stop adding colors to their packages (not all their products, but most)

The printing technique for the packages reminded me of the time I took Graphic Arts in high school, each color is layered on separately

With all the sensory overload in Japan, it should be interesting to see black and white stuff at the markets...

We tried Asagiri Milk's custard pudding...450 yen (tax included) each

Apparently they are from Shizuoka...I love that their farm has a view of Mount Fuji...

The pudding was a little too soft for my liking but I’m glad we got to try them

Dean & Deluca's Kitchen Sink Cookies...I tried it before and I still love it!

crunchy, coconut, chocolate, oatmeal, nuts...would get this again.

Guerilla showers have started as well as the mosquitos...

Have a safe weekend.

osaka-kyoto-tokyo

Sunday, we woke up early to check out the Shishiden (Lion stage) on the grounds of the Namba Yasaka Shrine
 

I saw this on social media...and there were quite a number of foreigners out and about here too

It was something to see!

After breakfast, we checked out and made our way to Kyoto

On a previous trip to Osaka, I noticed this street art on the side of a building.

After looking it up, I learned that it was a mural of Taro Okamoto, a Japanese artist.

I'm glad I got a photo of it this time around...

Well, the AI site had sent us a message that they didn't have any item similar to Satoshi's cap...boo!

So, when we got to Shin Osaka, we asked the Shinkansen Lost and Found about Satoshi's cap

They gave us a number to call since the item would've probably been turned in at the final destination of the Shinkansen we rode…Hakata!

If you've been reading our little blog, do you remember the huge chocolate bar wall that is at the Meiji Chocolate Factory?!

I wrote about it here and I also uploaded a newer video of the wall here

After arriving in Kyoto, Satoshi checked out some things and then we went to visit our family grave

Lunch was at Mimikou...we have eaten here before

The curry was a little saltier than I had remembered and the serving looked a little smaller too

Satoshi had the ebi ten curry udon

After lunch, we bought our tickets for the Shinkansen and got these soft waffles filled with custard from Patisserie Hiroya, a shop that has been in business since 1956...so ono! with some coffee

It was a short trip, Satoshi got to refamiliarize himself with many areas

I hope you enjoyed this adventure too!

p.s. after we got home, we called Hakata about Satoshi's cap, they had it! they sent it to us and it arrived yesterday, “cash on delivery”

Satoshi was amazed at the lost and found system. 

We're thankful someone turned it in and we were able to get it back.