this and that

Tokyo People: the guy with the sunglasses has his portable fan clipped onto the train pole...keeping cool
 

Kinda caught a glimpse of an Eurasian magpie. It was huge in comparison to the sparrows I usually see

Caught these two on the lanai the other day.

There was another one on the electric pole...

I don't mind except that they hangout but they also poop here and there on the lanai...boo!

Caught these two furry ones (can only see one) on the way to the DIY store

On the way back from the DIY store, I stopped into 7-eleven to maybe get a smoothie, but they had a big smoothie sale the day before, so they were all out of smoothies.

I instead got a warm chocolate chip cookie for the walk back home

Made lup cheong rice with the lup cheong I bought in Yokohama

Over the years that I've tried to make this, I think this was the best version

bought us some udon bentos from Marugame, one day for our lunch 

Their summer version has buta (pork) shabu and ume (pickled plum) okra...filling!

also got us some udonuts...kinako flavor

We went to Hamazushi one evening...during the weekends, the wait for a table or counter seat is krazy!

I think we waited for over an hour...

Since I wasn't really in the mood for sushi, I ordered other stuff...like mango & edamame

I did eat a couple pieces of sushi, but I also ordered cheese fries...

I made hoisin sauce chicken.

I was shocked to learn that raw tenderloin has more sodium than the brest?!

I simmered this instead of baking so that we could eat up the marinade too

I really like this building in Ginza/Yurakucho

We had a rather large earthquake the other day...it was quite "long" and our phones were beeping

It seems no one was injured, so that was good! but still scary!

Sanrio has the cutest mailers

Was lucky to take a video of Dr Yellow, the yellow train that checks the Shinkansen (bullet train) routes.

I had heard it was retired, but happy to see it.

The weather is still wonky, some days it is humid, some days it is blazing, some days it is cool, some days it is rainy

Hope you have a safe weekend.