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Super humid and blazing on Saturday, but we got out and about and decided to check out Tsurumi, an area of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture that has an Okinawan community.

(this photo of this public bath was taken while we walked toward Tsurumi from Kawasaki, I loved the look of it)

Crossing over the bridge from Kawasaki into Yokohama.

The weather was kinda of foggy/hazy from the rain the night before.
 

Tsurumi Shrine.

Seigetsu's yone manju is a Japanese sweet from the Edo period, soft gyuhi (mochi) wraps ume flavored bean paste, white bean paste or sweet azuki bean paste.

They also have a steamed kokuto manju (black sugar manju) made from Hateruma black sugar.

(Hateruma, is the most southern inhabited island in Okinawa which we visited pre-blog.)

I didn’t think the ume bean paste had much flavor.

Glad we tried these though.

 

There is a Japanese drama on tv now called "Chimu don don" and the heroine is from Okinawa and relocates to the Tsurumi area in Yokohama.

While looking for lunch, we noticed that the Honcho shopping arcade was pretty deserted.

We found these cuties waiting outside a Brazilian restaurant.

It seemed like this area also has a Brazilian community as well because there were flyers written in Portuguese.

Okinawa Bussan Center (OBC), a tiny market selling all sorts of items from Okinawa.

From the OBC, we picked up some andagi (plain and kokuto (black sugar) and kunpen/konpen, a traditional Okinawan manju filled with peanuts and sesame seeds that apparently has been around since the Ryukyu Dynasty.

The kunpen on the left is made by Hokama in Naha and is more “authentic” and not too sweet because it has less ingredients in it.

The kunpen on the right is made by Miyagi on Ishigaki Island and tasted more like peanut butter manju and was quite sweet.

Then we waited in line for Okinawan soba at Yajigwr (yah-gee-gwah)

Apparently Yajigwr means "a part of the Yagi clan" in Okinawan.

The main shop, Yaji, is located on the southern part of Okinawa.

I had their soki soba...fall off the bone tender pork..800 yen (tax included) so delicious!

Satoshi had their yasai soba...all sorts of veggies! 750 yen (tax included) He said he enjoyed this.

When we came out, the line was down the street!

Mazda Carol...so cute!

Ushioda Shrine.

Thought it was so neat that they had hydrangeas in the area where you cleanse your hands.

Nemophila (baby blue eyes)

Yokohama manhole cover.

Love the storefronts.

I would definitely come back for the Okinawan soba and andagi.

Seigetsu

4-28-18 Tsurumichuo

Tsurumi ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Phone: 045.501.2877

Closed Sundays & Holidays

Hours: 8:30-18:30

Okinwawa Bussan Center

3-74-14 Nakadori

Tsurumi ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Phone: 045.504.7816

Hours: 10:00-19:00

Okinawa Soba Yajigwr

3-72-2 Nakadori

Tsurumi ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Phone: 045.506.5754

Closed Tuesday

Hours: 11:00-15:00 (lunch), 16:00-20:00 (dinner)