On Sunday, my friend K and I headed out to Ashoro for their Fukimi Festival.
日曜日にKちゃんとふきみ祭りへ足寄に行った。
Along the way we stopped at this michi-no-eki.
行く中にこの道の駅へ止まった。
Apparently there are a lot of horses in the area, so the whole michi-no-eki was horse themed and there were even races outside.
この町にたくさん馬がいるらしい。道の駅に馬の物がいっぱいあった。
After that stop, we headed to the festival.
祭りへ行った。
We wandered around the festival a bit to look at the different things that were around.
We bought fuki-tempura. It was delicious.
ふき天ぷらを買った。おいしかった。
There was a fuki foot onsen. We wished we had brought towels along with us.
ふきの足の温泉があった。
After we wandered the festival for a bit, we went in search of fuki. We found some just a few minutes walk from the michi-no-eki where the festival was.
祭りを見たの後にふきを探した。祭りから２・３分かかった。
It's so tall!
高いね！
Fuki forest?
ふきの森？
A single, super tall fuki in the michi-no-eki.
道の駅の中に１つとても高いふき。
K: Aren't these cute? Me: They're not cute. Feet should not have feet.
K:：かわいくない？ 私：かわいくないよ。足がある足はこわいね。
Meat flavored cookies? Who would even think of such a thing?
肉の味くっき？なぜ？
After we wandered the festival, we went to yet another michi-no-eki where we had lunch. This was the view from our lunch spot.
祭りの後に他の道の駅に昼ご飯を食べに行った。食べるところから、これが見える。
K made bentos. Aren't they cute?
Kは弁当を作った。かわいいだよね。
Inside was: veggies,
中に野菜と
ham-katsu
ハムかつと
and rice with homemade bonito flakes. So delicious!
ご飯と手作りぼにと。おいしかった。
On the way home, we stopped at the huge cake shop. The chocolate cake was yummy!
帰る中に大きいケーキ店へ行った。ショコのケーキが美味しかった。
K didn't have sunglasses and I wasn't wearing mine, so I made her use them for the super sunny part of the drive.
運転に光が強かったけど、Kはサングラスがなかったから私のかぶった。
And after that fun-filled weekend, I came home and went to bed at 8pm.
週末はとても楽しかったけど、眠かったから８時寝た。
