Asahikawa, day 2

 After a day of fun the night before, I had to take a shower. This is the hostel's shower - different places water can come from. 

前の日にとても楽しかった。朝の最初にシャワーした。これはホステルのシャワー。３つ所から水を出る。

After that, R and I went to Starbucks. Chai!

その後Rとスターバックスへ行った。チャイ！

Japan has the most awesome selection of planners. They're always super cute. 

日本では手帳の種類がいっぱいある。そして、だいたいかわいい。

A Canada wallet. She had to have a photo with it. 

カナダの財布。Rは写真が欲しかった。

After shopping, we headed to a Risotto restaurant for lunch. 

それから、リゾットのレストランへ食べに行った。

Here's the salad. 

これはサラダ。

My lunch friends! 

昼食の友達。

My lunch - yum! I got the Japanese style Asahikawa Risotto. 

私の食べ物。和食の旭川のリゾットを食べた。美味しかった。

Look at all that steam. 

蒸気が多かった。

Monday Holiday

After our adventures to the Sea of Clouds, K and I went for bagels. Somehow she’d never been to the bagel shop – it’s probably my favorite shop in town.

雲海の後にKとべグルを食べた。Kはべグルの店へ行った事ない。私とてもびっくりだった、大好きな店から。

Of course, we had to peek at the fall colors surrounding the river near the bagel shop.

もちろん、べグルの店の隣の川の紅葉を見た。

We went a little closer to the water.

川の近いへ行った。

We took the road out to see the view. The mountains were gorgeous, but they’re so tiny in this shot. Wide angle didn’t work so well.

眺めを見るのためにこの道路へ行った。山がとても綺麗だったけど、この写真に小さかった。この場合に広角レンズは良くなかった。

After that, we split up for a bit and then met back up for lunch. We went to the café by the lake, Ito-ya, for it’s last day of the season.

それから、家に帰って、昼食に会った。今年の最後の日に湖の近いカフェへ行った。

We had curry, which was perfect for the slightly chilly day.

カレーを食べた。ちょっと寒い日にちょど良かった。

I had chai, of course!

もちろん、チャイを飲んだ！

This is Mrs. I. She always takes good care of us.

この人はIさん。Iさんは私たちがお世話になる。とてもうれしい。

A, K, and I after our fun lunch.

楽しい昼食の後にAとKと私。

It was a wonderful way to spend the weekend after being sick the week before.

前の週に風邪がひいたの後にとてもいい週末があった。

Summer Adventures: Day of Cafes

A couple of weeks ago, I had to go to Asahikawa for the day. I ended up eating breakfast and lunch at Cafes. 

2週間前ぐらい1日に旭川へ行った。朝ご飯と昼ご飯はカフェで食べた。

Of course, breakfast in Asahikawa had to include chai. 

もちろん、旭川で朝ご飯を食べたら、チャイを飲んだ。

For lunch, I went to a cafe a friend recommended and had their summer set. 

昼ご飯は友達のおすすめカフェで食べた。夏の定食を食べた。

Chai time

Today, it was time for something fun in the morning. So I decided on chai.

今朝チャイを作った。美味しかった。

March Photo Challenge

A couple of months ago, I stumbled upon this website called iheartfaces. They had some cool photography ideas that as far as people photos went, were much more the kinds of photos I wanted to be taking.

Then I spotted one of their photo challenges. My camera has been largely ignored the past few months because I’ve been busy and behind on editing and not feeling any major need to get more behind.

But, I’ve been wanting to get back in the habit of taking photos on a regular basis and looking for the kinds of things I like to take photos of. When I saw a month-long photo challenge I knew I had to try it – project 365 last year lasted for a couple of months, so I know I can take a photo everyday for a month.

Here’s the project if you’re interested in joining in. I’ll probably post everyday during the week and then 3-4 on Monday after the weekend’s over.

Unfortunately, the project started on an away weekend, so here are the first 3 days.

March 1: Me

This shows how I spent a large portion of my day – outside in a very windy-snowy Hokkaido. Between my walks to and from the car to schools, a school’s winter festival and a 20 minute wait for the train, I got a lot of snow in my face.

March 2: Favorite

In Niseko, we found GOOD chai. It doesn’t take much food talk with me to discover chai is a favorite of mine – and chai spiced anything comes very closely behind that.

March 3: Happy

There were lots of good moments today. But I have to say I was especially happy when, after a weekend of a crazy blizzard where several people died, I made it home. This is after shoveling the area in front of my garage which has nearly a meter of packed snow that isn’t going anywhere.

Stay tuned tomorrow for better pictures from my real camera, rather than my phone.