At the end of the beer bash and Karaoke !

by Chis.

We wrapped up the binge drinking night with the noodle with soup served separately.
Boiled and flavored fatty pork was floating on the soup.
"Yum !" shouted my hubby drunk
and incapable at that moment.

 My hubby picked up the tub at  the bar my friend and I shouted in Karaoke but I did in the ramen restaurant. I really appreciate the patience my friend showed kindly !

The Table Rock on Mt.Shimoakaiwa in Otaru City !

by Tacky

How do you do?
My name is Tacky.
I am a friend of KAZU.
I live in Asahikawa City, Hokkaido.
I would like to introduce the beautiful scenery of Hokkaido to you.

I climbed a mountain called Mt.SIMOAKAIWA  in Otaru City on August 8, 2014. 

There is a rock named  "Table Rock" on the summit of this mountain.
This rock has a diameter sized about 4 m.
This place is known as a famous place for rock-climbing.
The rock is facing a so high and nose-dive cliff and the bottom of the cliff is the sea .

If you stand on this place, you will be able to see the surface of the ocean which spreads downward far, a fishing boat, a ferry, a high sky, and the beautiful Otaru City.

I am sure that the scenery from this place is No. 1 scenery in Otaru City!!

This place will fall to the sea under hundreds of meters, if it falls.
Since there is no handrail, please take great car when you come.
The photos are from  http://www.kokudo-giken.co.jp/hiking/akaiwa.html
and the details are also posted there but written in Japanese.

In addition, hydrangeas and other flowers were in bloom on the mountain path which goes to the summit of the mountain.

See you !

There is a rock named  "Table Rock" on the summit of this mountain.
This rock has a diameter sized about 4 m.
This place is known as a famous place for rock-climbing.
The rock is facing a so high and nose-dive cliff and the bottom of the cliff is the sea .

If you stand on this place, you will be able to see the surface of the ocean which spreads downward far, a fishing boat, a ferry, a high sky, and the beautiful Otaru City.

I am sure that the scenery from this place is No. 1 scenery in Otaru City!!

This place will fall to the sea under hundreds of meters, if it falls.
Since there is no handrail, please take great car when you come.
The photos are from  http://www.kokudo-giken.co.jp/hiking/akaiwa.html
and the details are also posted there but written in Japanese.

In addition, hydrangeas and other flowers were in bloom on the mountain path which goes to the summit of the mountain.

See you !

Beer Garden in Ohdohri Park and after !

by Chis.
The beer bash heated up by leaps and bounds in the night. I can not remember the name of this gentleman seated behind me.

 The photos were taken by the kids of my friends, so the situation was getting chaos gradually.

After the beer bash in the garden, the kids and the hubby of my friend went back home and my hubby, my friend and I headed to Karaoke Bar in the building of bar-hopping area.

 My friend sang "Let it go !" so nicely as there that everybody including my hubby were so impressed and moved in the dimly lightened bar.

At the climax of the tune, she looked so satisfied and in comfortableness. She can do everything including singing, golfing and skiing like a professional.

Beer Garden in Ohdohri Park !

by Chis.

We chose KIRIN Beer Garden arranged by KIRIN Beverage this year. The beer bash with my friend family started in so called magic hour. I would like to accentuate the positive of the annual beer gardens under the sky.  

My friend's hubby is an architect and so special at drawing the portrait of us while we are drinking and talking. This is my portrait he drew.

Every time he kindly sketched myself, I am struck by his skill and the art of communication even in other countries.  

 Their kids always show us nice performance in front of the camera.

I am not sure the reason why they precede every shot of camera with some kinds of endearment.

 They were not bullying each other. They were just kidding,

I gave a photo chance to a stranger seated next to our table. It became a long night for my hubby and friends.
I am so sorry for having failed to post the photos of the beer bash with my friends,
My hubby came back to me from his business jaunt to the east and I was so relieved that I really refreshed in the night albeit my hubby went overboard.  

In the evening of a certain day in summer !

by Chis.

Where do you think this garden is.
This is the old and well-maintained garden in front of my hubby's office building. The branches and leaves of the willows make the shade in which people can kick back and relax even in strong sunshine.

Many benches are placed here and there around the pond in which many carps are swimming.

Just after finishing office hour, I could see almost nobody there. Why do you think ?

Because almost all businessmen and tourists were heading to Ohdori Beer Garden open under the sky in summer.

Beer bush was planned for my hubby and me with my friends on the day. Please be looking forward to the photos of us wearing Japanese traditional Yukata clothes !

Prologue !

by Kazu

It seemed that the Faculty of Agriculture, Hokkaido University held "Hokkaido University Marche" on August 23(Sat.).
Quality veggies produced on the promises and other area of Hokkaido were sold in front of the faculty building.

 On August 25(Mon), my business jaunt to the eastern part of Hokkaido started in the rain.

 Please enjoy the scenery from Sapporo City to Kushiro City. There were so many very calm railway stations to drop by.

 The scenery from the train was so nice that I was convinced I should not read paperbacks in the train.

The rain hit the sheet glass of the windows sometimes.

I thought the further I went to east, the darker the green of woods became because of the increasing ratio of spruce.

Shimukappu Village is one of the rural area that suffers from depopulation and is struggling with the harsh situation of sparsely populated area.

To be continued.

One of my favorites !

by Kazu

This is what I would like to have them all to savor in Sapporo City.
Who are "them" ?
Of course, they are the guests invited to Akkeshi Town, Hokkaido to hummer out the ideas of promotion for the town including the isolated island "Kojima" off shore of the town.  

This lunch set is called " Kakuni Bento" composed of buckwheat noodle soup "Soba" with the very soft and tasty pork and egg boiled and flavored with  broth and soy sauce with secret recipe.  "Shinshu-an" serves this set. The sliced leek, dried seaweed and crisp fried wheat are the complement of the chef.
Please try them up and get enough satisfaction in Shinshu-an"at http://miyoshino-sapporo.jp/shinsyuan/
The original buckwheat noodle soup restaurant "Shinshu-an" was established by a lady at the southern end of Hokkaido University and after having provided the  students and the neighbors with the delicious soba as well as rice bowl set, she closed the restaurant and handed the taste, recipe and the prosperous name of the restaurant to "Miyoshino" Group that was and is running so popular Gyoza (Jiaozi (disambiguation).)  = fried dumpling restaurants in Hokkaido in order to enjoy travel to abroad that she had never tried before that. I liked her recipe and the attitude to the people so much. I do not know what she is doing and if she enjoyed enough her travel that she had planned.