on a walk

Saturday the weather was beautiful and sunny with a nip in the air.

Satoshi and I headed to our favorite neighborhood cafe, Hiro for some breakfast and also shared something sweet.

"Fraises"--a pistachio dacquoise cake with cream, strawberries and pistachios. I loved how bright this cake looked and tasted, it was like it said, "Spring is coming".

After breakfast, we walked back home and came across this shih tzu. She/he looked kinda sad, don't you think?

We stopped at Makiochi Hachimangu. Hachimangu are temples where you go to pray for good test scores and or good grades.

Because it was a Saturday, there was a group of pre-schoolers walking around the property.

I am not too sure, but I think on Saturdays a lot of places have day-care because most parents work on Saturdays here.

The Japanese work week goes from Monday-Saturday, crazy yeah?

A beautiful tsubaki (camellia). I loved how the petals were kind of frilly.

And to leave you with something to smile about...you should know that this dog trainer doesn't train anything but dogs...

p.s. Today's the 1st of March but we've been having rain, the cold is back and are expecting some snow (?) at the end of the week. Mother Nature is having fun with us I'm sure...