Our Adventures in Japan

Friend Hiromi, sent me these sweets from Epinard for my birthday When we lived in Osaka, Epinard was in our area, Minoo   It was nice to re...

This year's sakura was way too quick. I took a break from packing on Monday, and shot this video (click on the photo). The weeping ...

Friday, it was forecast for some snow. Me, I just wanted to see some falling snow...but "someone" in our household said that ...

Went to Saikoji today to check out the fall colors. Only the leaves that the sunlight hit turned reddish. The wind was strong and icy. ...

Saturday night we checked out the Minoo Candle Road event. Candles lit the way to the Minoo Falls. So many people out and about. The w...

We met up with Michelle and her family on Saturday since they are visiting. They wanted to see the Minoo Falls, so that is what we did. ...

Today, I went to Square for lunch because someone posted on social media that the cherry blossoms were in bloom in their area. (click on th...

Wednesday was forecast for clouds and the weather dude was spot on.. I had to use some filters to "pretty" these photos up... ...

It's that time of year again...the cherry blossoms have started blooming and I've started to get out and about more. I'm glad ...

Love social media, so much info out there on new places to try! I went to check out Merci Kitchen recently. Got there just as they were ...

This past weekend was supposed to be snowy or rainy and it was neither, so we headed out. We went back to Square Furniture Stand for lunc...

It's that time of year when I get together with my host-mom & my host-brother's wife for lunch. Today, we went to Menu, the ti...

Hard to believe that there is only a month left for this year. We're supposed to get more rain tomorrow. Was nice seeing some of the...

There is a tiny cafe we stumbled upon...Coffee Uta. From the outside, it looks like someone's house, but if you look carefully, you...

Hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving. It isn't a holiday here, but Black Friday is slowly catching on here. Since Satoshi went out o...

I've been wanting to check out Square for some time, we finally got to this past Saturday. The 1st floor is a furniture shop and the 2...

Sunday, we thought hanging out by the Minoo Falls would be a nice way to keep cool... We walked in 3.8 kilometers (2.3 miles) to the falls...

This past Sunday, we went to Kamizono for lunch. Satoshi loves the food there, especially the fried shrimp. We love that they serve all ...

Yesterday, I walked twenty minutes to Sakurai intending to shop at Daiei. I didn't realize (until I got there) they were renovating an...

Yesterday, I checked out Pâtisserie Cri de Coq, a tiny sweets shop in Minoo. Since I wasn't going straight home, I picked up their cro...