Mayuhake omoto part2

They are growing fast. It's like dancing.

Mayuhake omoto in 2009

Mayuhake omoto opened up this year too. It comes to a family from this year.

tonight pasta

I've cooked a pasta with tapenade, swordfish and shishitou(green pepper).
shishitou is hot in rare cases, but It's fine this time.
and This is a white rum that I liked in this summer. It's nice to make Mojito(a cocktail with mints, sugar and lemon or lime) with it.

a vacation to Hokkaidou part5

We've enjoyed a canoe tour in Kushiro muskeg area. There are many thing to see. birds, deers, and a big nest of eagle(about 1m in diameter).








The last picture is Yokohama on my way home. I wanna go somewhere again.

a vacation to Hokkaidou part4

In the morning, We can see Japanese deers in the front of the house. There are deer, fox and bear in the forest. We haven't see bear, but see deers in every morning.
There are liver and small lake near the house and can fishing. We can get some tiny fish. There is fossil surface of wall too. Perhaps, This is a nice place to make wine. haha. It would be nice.

a vacation to Hokkaidou part3

I've visited my eldest sister house located in Akan-cho near Kushiro.
Her husband built their own house about 10 years ago in a deep in the mountains. The bathroom and bathtub(boiled with fuelwoods and it takes 3hours to get boiled!) is outside. We've enjoyed this experience. There is electricity, gas, water, and internet, so that We never felt disadvantage and enjoy the countryside.

a vacation to Hokkaidou part2

I've been to Nikka whisky.

a vacation to Hokkaidou part1

I've visited Hokkaidou the end of this Summer to stay my sisters. It happens that there are two of my three elder sisters living in Hokkaidou now. and my friend has opened a cake shop in Furano too. So that I decided to visit them while they live.

the foods and drinks that I've cooked and eaten recently

The wines that I've been touched.







The foods that I've cooked. tapenade with green olives and some pastas.







My favorite cup that I've got recently. nice texture and velvety touch on my mouth. I love this simple white cup.

weekend meal

Those foods that I cooked and ate on this Sunday.
the salad with cucumber, tomato and octopus. The dressing was white vinegar, olive oil, ggrated sesame seeds, salt and pepper.



edamae. It is a popular appetizer in summer here. People drink beer with them.




a spaghetti with pesto genovese. There are a bunch of basil that my mother grew. She don't use them even though she grow basil. So, I made the it. She don't use them on cooking, but she eat this pasta. haha.


This is a Japanese simmered dish, "Iwashi no nitsuke". Some people simmer Iwashi(sardines) with Umeboshi(salted Japanese apricot which taste salty and sour. non-Japaense wouldn't be familiar with it).