Cheese Cafe

The other day, I went to "Cheese Cafe " with my friend.  Cheese Cafe is in Yokohama City. Cheese cafe is very famous and it is hard to make a reservation. But this time, I could go to there because my friend's acquaintance could not go, so.  We took their place.

Cheese Cafe is near Yokohama Station.  The cafe looks cute on the outside. At the entrance, there is an ornament that is in the shape of cheese.  I think there were many women in the store and the cafe is especially popular among with women.  In the cafe, customers can see the kitchen and the atmosphere is agreeable.

There were many cheese items. For example, there were pizza, vegetable dishes, and steak.  We ordered a few foods, including cheese fondue and the parmigiano reggiano pasta.  parmigiano reggiano pasta was cooked by a chef in our presence.  The chef mixed the pasta with parmigiano cheese. What is parmigiano? It is Italian cheese shaved from chunk of cheese.
The cheese pasta was too heavy, but I think the cheese pasta fit the wine. There were many types of wine the menu. I usually can't drink wine, but I could drink it that day.

Recently, Cheese Cafe second store opened in Yokohama.
We could not eat much because the cheese was heavy, but I recommend trying Cheese Cafe at once!


Cheese Cafe:  Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama City, Nishi Ward, Kitasaiwai 2-1-10
Phone: 045-548-4435
Hour: 5:00 p.m.~11:00 p.m.
Website: https://yokohamacheesecafe.owst.jp

Numazu

On November 23th, I went to Numazu City with a friend by car. Numazu City is locate in Shizuoka Prefecture.
I visited Shizuoka Prefecture many times, but I visited Numazu City for the first time.


This time, my friend drove to Numazu City. On the way, we dropped into a rest area. The area is called " Suruga Bay Numazu service area ".  At that place, the mountains had turned red and I felt fall in the air.

When we arrived at Numazu City, we visited " Numazu Port" . Numazu Port is a sightseeing spot and we can eat fresh seafood dishes and buy souvenirs from Numazu Port.  Moreover, we can try out the food at various restaurants.  Of course, we tried it.  First we had lunch.  We ate a seafood rice bowl. It was very fresh because the fish was served as soon as they came into port. There were a spring lobster, sea urchin and fish in the bowl!

For trying out the food at various restaurants, we bought a Japanese omelet.  It was hot and delicious too. There were not only Japanese omelet, but also like oyster bar.

 Finally, we went to Numazu Deep Sea Aquarium. The aquarium had only deep sea fishes near by Numazu Port.  For example, there were a coelacanth and rare fishes which I had never seen.

I think Numazu Port was bustling with people and in a festive mood. If you go to Shizuoka, I suggest going to Numazu Port and the aquarium!






Numazu Deep Sea Aquarium
〠 : Shizuoka Prefecture, Numazu City, Senbonminatomachi 38
Phone : 055-954-0606
Hours : 10:00 a.m. 〜 6:00 p.m.
Website : http://www.numazu-deepsea.com/

Short trip to Nagoya

This time, I wii talk about my biggest ivent in 2017.  It was a short trip to Nagoya City in Aichi Prefecture.
This story is from about half a year ago, but this trip was very very fun and a memorable memory.

On Jun 10th to 11th, I went to Nagoya with my friend.  The purpose was to go to a concert and sightseeing.

At the first day, we went to Nagaya Dome.  Before starting the concert, we ate Mazesoba as lunch. There were chicken, vegetables, raw egg, laver and noodles in a bowl.  There is a tradition that Nagoya originated Mazesoba.
After lunch, We came back to Nagoya Dome,  the concert began.  Do you know Mr.Children?
This time, I went to concert for the first time, but the concert was very wonderful and exciting!  I was impressed by the concert

The next day, we went to Nagoya Castle for sightseeing.  Nagoya Castle is a famous castle in Japan.  We could enter and look at the roof tile in the shape of a golden shachihoko in there. They are on the top in this picture! The castle has five floors and we could enter from the frist to the fifth floor.  I strained because  Nagoya Castle is tradition castle.  I thought the inside was large.

 For lunch,  we ate Hitumabushi. Hitumabushi is chopped broiled eel on rice and it is famous food too in Nagoya. We went to a famous store, " Shirakawa". It was delicious!

 In Nagoya, there are many sightseeing spot sand many delicious foods.  I want to go to Nagoya for sightseeing again.




Shirakawa   〒451-0031 Aichi Prefecture, Nagoya City,  West Ward , Jyosai    4-20-12
Phone : 052-524-1415
Hours :  10:00 a.m. ~ 8:00 p.m.
website : http://hitsumabushi.jp/

Short trip to Kamakura

On October 21st, I went to Kamakura in Japan with my friend. At day, there was heavy rain, but we had a nice day.

Frist, we visited " Zeniarai-Benten".  This place is a shrine in Kamakura.  There is a tradition that if you wash your money in there, money may increase.  I tried to wash my money too.

We ate Kamameshi for lunch in "Kama Kama".  "Kama Kama" is a famous shop that was broadcast on TV.  By the way, Kamameshi is rice, meat, and vegetables boiled together in a small pot but, this time, we ate seafood Kamameshi.  There are salmon roe, sea urchins and young sardines in the seafood Kamameshi.  It's was very fresh and delicious.

After lunch, we ate shaved ice as dessert in " Oimo Cafe".  We ordered shaved ice with purple sweet potato flavor.  The round things are Japanese cakes.  The purple source is purple sweet potato source.  It was sweet and tasty.  I think girls like this shop because the inside of the shop has clam and we can take photogenic photos.

After that, we rented kimonos in the shop dealing in fabrics for kimono.  I rented a pink kimono and my friend rented an indigo-blue one.  We could rent at low rates! I was very excited because I wore kimono and walked in Kamakura for the first time.
And we looked at the Great Buddha at Kamakura after a long time! The Great Buddha is very big, too. The Buddha has live to a great age as a tradition from old times.
There were many tourists.



After that, we went to "Tsurugaoka-hachimanguu". The place is a famous shrine in Kamakura. I wrote on an Ema. The Ema is a votive picture tablet and we write our wishes on the Ema. The Ema was cute design! This is about 1,000 yen for one.




In this way, we had nice memories. Why don't you visit Kamakura?
I want to visit Kamakura again!

Zeniarai-Bennten : 〒248-0017 Kanagawa Prefecture , Kamakura City,  Sasuke 2-25-16
Phone : 0467-25-1081
Hours : 8:00 a.m. ~ 16:30 p.m.

Kama Kama : 〒248-0006 Kanagawa Prefecture, Kamakura City, Komachi 2-11-8
Phone : 0467-25-3590
Hours : Monday to Friday  11:00 a.m. ~ 17:00 p.m.
             Saturday, Sunday and public holiday  11:00 a.m.~ 22:00 p.m.
Website : http://www.kamakama.jp/honten

Oimo Cafe Kanaria : Kanagawa Prefecture, Kamakura City, Komachi 2-10-10
Phone : 0267-22-2908
Hours : 10:00a.m. ~ 18:00 p.m.
Website : http://oimocafe.exblog.jp

Tsurugaoka-Hachimanguu :  〒248-8588 Kanagawa Prefecture, Kamakura City,  Yukinoshita 2-1-31
Phone : 0467-22-0315
Hours : 8:00 a.m. ~ 20:30 p.m.
Website : https://www.hachimangu.or.jp
English Website : http://www.tsurugaoka-hachimangu.jp

Mother Farm

I visited "Mother Farm" about  three weeks ago with my friend.  Mother Farm is a stock farm where  we can see cows, bulls, sheep and horses, and we can enjoy eating and watching the show.

This time,  we went to the "Mother Farm" by car because it's in Chiba Prefecture. We took turns driving.

When we arrived there, we bought admission tickets.  It's 2,400 yen. The ticket is called a " Mother Farm Tour Ticket". This tickets gives us entry and allows us to have contact with animals by specific bus.

First, we looked at the flower garden.  This season, we could see a salvia garden. There were blooming salvia all around.  It was very beautiful.

When we finished looking at the salvia garden, we touched some animals. There is an open space where we could touch many animals, and we touched capybaras, goat kids,ducks and tortoises.  They were quiet and cute.  In another an open space, we could touch rabbits and guinea pigs which relaxed us.

On a hill, there is the playing speace where there is a ferris wheel and a grass plot. We bought a bottle of  milk there. I felt the milk was very fresh and sweet.  

After, we finished drinking, we participated in the "Mother Farm Tour". On tour,we can touch many animals by specific bus.  We went around the farm and we fed food to alpacas and goat kids.

We had a meaningful day! Why don't you visit "Mother Farm"? You can have a nice day too!

　↓ Big cow

Mother Farm:

〒299-1601 Chiba Prefecture, Futtsu City, Takura 940-3

Phone: 0439-37-3211

Hours: February to November

            weekdays 9:00 a.m. ~ 17:00 p.m.

            Saturday, Sunday and national holiday 9:30 a.m ~ 16:30 p.m.

            December to January

            weekdays 9:30 a.m. ~ 16:00 p.m.

            Saturday, Sunday and national holiday 10:00 a.m. ~ 16:00 p.m.

Website: http://www.motherfarm.co.jp/

Anjin Festival

This time, I will talk about my one day of my summer vacation. I made an overnight trip to Ito on August 10~11 with my friends.   We are different in age and occupation but this trip was very enjoyable.  We had a wonderful short trip.


The purpose of our trip was fireworks a display! The fireworks display is called the " Anjin Festival".  The fireworks festival dets off approximately 10,000 fireworks per hour every year and  it's the biggest fireworks display in Ito.　
There were some shops.  I bought chocolate banana and my friends bought cotton candy and fried noodles.

30 minutes before the destiualed start , suddenly it rained.  We hoped it would stop raining but it rained all the time.  Fireworks were very, very beautiful and exciting! The fireworks display had music.  I had never seen fireworks with music before.
We saw fireworks in seaside cottage. On the second floor.  The second floor had a fine view of the fireworks.




The second day , we experienced ceramic art for the first time too. It was so difficult for us to make a shape.  The store  is called " Ennokama".  I made a rice bowl and a side dish. My friends made small cup for buckwheat noodles and a dish.  And we could choose the color of ceramic art.  I chose subdued green color .   The cost is 3,240 yen and the time required is about an hour.  How would you like to make ceramic art? I think it will be a good memory for you.

Ennokama:
〒413-0235 Shizuoka Prefecture, Ito City, Futo 1317-1053
Phone: 0557-51-8069
Hours: 9:00 a.m.~ 6:00 p.m.
Website: http://ennokama.com/wp/



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