aramaki (part 2)

In May, we went to the Aramaki Rose garden, which I posted about (here). Well, since the weather has been so nice, we decided to check out their autumn roses.

I packed us a bento (boxed) breakfast. Shiitake mushrooms with butter, tonkatsu (pork cutlet) sauce and okra.

Tamagoyaki (rolled egg) and asparagus wrapped with thinly sliced pork, multi-grain rice, tsukemono (pickles) and sliced apple.

I also brought some coffee.

There weren't as many roses as in the Spring, but it was still nice to sit and eat our breakfast in the garden.

In the community center next door to the garden, they were making taketonbo (bamboo dragonflies), it is a T-shaped toy which is shaved to form a propeller, you hold the thin rod between your hands and by rubbing your hands against each other in one swift motion, watch the toy take off!

There was also a little parade on the way to this rose garden, it was the area's Autumn Festival. The mikoshi (float) was pulled by many people and since the "wheels" are made of wood, these men had to pull at the mikoshi to make it turn.

Hope you are enjoying the weekend!