Ice Fishing in Mikasa City

by Kazu

Why do not the people  fishing on the lake use more items to warm them up? They are on the Lake Katsurazawa  in Mikasa City, Sorachi subprefectural area, Hokkaido.

One of the visitors said he caught only 3 small fish in 5 hours on that day.

They could not drink alcohol to warm up themselves because they came here by car.
 

Kids are pleased with the talk in the tent on the ice . It is very calm outside. Three days later, this area was isolated by heavy snowfall. this year  the area including Mikasa city and Iwamizawa City was hit so hard by heavy snow again and again that the citizens are having tough time to take off the snow around their house almost everyday.
God bless us.

Viva, Bibai City Snow Festival vol,2

 On a beayutiful day of this winter, the sun is shining. I feel good ～!  Of course, I love the tunes of "Queen".

  If you can find this sign at the roadside of Route 12 in the outskirt of Bibai City, Sorachi sub-prefectural area, Hokkaido,  it is worthwhile to drop by. The name of the restaurant is "SHIRAKABA Jaya" which means "Cafe Birch" in English.

Chicken rice is the most popular in this restaurant.

Japanese thick noodle soup in the sizzling pot, Nabeyaki Udon with chicken rice flavoured fish and sou sauce  is today's choice of my wife.  

 The sizzling pot is topped with pork, leek, fishcake, egg and tempra. 

 Japanese buckwheat noodle soup with chicken rice is my choice of today.

 At the vendor of Bibai City Snow Festival, pancakes were best-selling that contain blueberry, cheeze and black sugar.

Lamb hamburger is also popular this time because the sheep was fed with asparagus and the meat is so tasty. 

Five minutes later, my wife dropped the blacksugar sauce inside the pancake on her mitten and she cried out in the crowd.

 Blueberry and cheeze pancake was my choice.

 Quick bite is ordinary in festivals.

Sliding slope was filled with the kids in Bibai City and the battalion deployed in Bibai City helped the kids to climb up the slope.

 TATSUMI is one of the well-founded Yakitori restaurant which provides with skewered grilled chicken. Other than that, Fukuyoshi and Mifune are also the most popular and well-founded Yakitori restaurant.

Good job!

 Mr.Sato is very enthusiastic clerk in the municipality of Bibai.

And a good food fighter.
He is simgle so far. Please post comments if you want to see him or visit Bibai City.

Have a great weekend!

Viva, Bibai City Snow Festival vol,1

by Kazu
For the people who don't like straitlaced, regimented type of atmosphere, the snow festival in Bibai City, Sorachi sub-prefectural area, Hokkaido gives insight into  the cooperation of residents.
This "objet" built up in the central park of Bibai City was made by the Japanese Self-defence force deployed in Bibai.

 On February 5(Fri.), this slope was filled with kids sliding down but this time it's very calm. Staff memebers of the entity that gave the dedication for the success of the festival worked hard around-the- clock to set up the vendors and other items necessary for safety.

"Yukinko" is the kids romping around even in the snow, I think.

Bibai City is very famous as the city of skewered grilled chicken. Chicken breast and intestine.

Chicken rice sourced locally is also popular and famous in Bibai City. The chicken is so special and developed in Utashinai Town.

To be continued.

Guitarist Mr.Yamaki !

by Kazu
We all need some downtime.
So I decided to go dinner show.
Mr. Yamaki played the acoustic guitar at the JR Tower Hotel in Sapporo City on January 31.
He will visit New York City and is planning to give a concert.

As a starter, a pretty dish came and caught our eyes. 

 Crispy fried dumpling was so cute and delicious .

 Pepper beafsteak give us the second wing to fight.

Another stomach could digest this pudding and fruit.

Sapporo City is known as a completely well-planned beautiful city. Its buena vista catch your heart. 

The dinner show was given with such beautiful scenery from the JR Tower Hotel.

Particularly in winter, the scenery will recharge your batteriesimmediately.

The hotel staff struggled to set this illumination for hours. 

He is Mr.Yamaki with incredible skill of supremacy to play the guitar. He will graduate Hokkaido Education College in Iwamizawa, Sorachi sub-prefectural area, Hokkaido.
Thank you very much for happy time and "verboten play"!

Panettone in Takikawa City,Sorachi sub-prefectural area,Hokkaido

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By Kazu
 It may be difficult to find this bakery and cafe named "Panettone" in Takikawa City.
Its flag is at the corner of the nearest intersection in residential area.
Attractive smell is around the bakery from Thursday to Sunday, from 10 to 17.

 Today's special is sandwitch set and soup set that includes bread  and soup.  A blackboard is in front of the bakery. Please find it to have a silent but comfortable time and delicious cake or bread.

Very cosy space is inside the bakery house. The shelves are  so normal as a bakery house but something is differnt.

 The amount of cakes and breads are not so huge in the display .

 This stove makes very comfortable temperature and radiation of heat in the bakery.

 Lamps and sculptures are over our heads.

                                         In winter,few people have their lunch upstairs .  

Everybody is enjoying their time in their own way.

The bakery is appropriate for singles ?

A subtle smile fits the atmosphere to a T.  

If anybody would like to try the bakery, please post the comments and I post the precise location of the bakery.

Have a great week!  

Mayor of Numata Town !

by Kazu

Mr.Yoshinori Kanehira is the mayor of Numata Town in Sorachi sub-prefectural area, Hokkaido.

He was born in Numata Town in 1954 and graduated Aoyama Gakuin University in Tokyo. After fulfilling his mandate as a variety of important posts in Numata Town, he was elected to the mayor of the town last year.

He loves buckwheat noodle cooking, travel and golfing.   Particularly, he has the master-class skill of buckwheat noodle "soba" making.
He set up the circle of  soba and soba making lovers and runs the cram school to teach how to make the soba noodle and enjoy the soba noodle soup.
First off, the buckwheat flour shoud be sifted and
water is poured in the bowl. The amount of water is  40%  of the buckwheat flour. The timing is all. Its 80% water should be poured in the first pouring. And the flour and water should be stirred very quickly.                                                                                                                                                                  water

After pouring the rest of the water, kneading and struggling to make the buckwheat flour cake as you can see on the lefthand side,   it should be expanded with the stick immediately. 

 Mr Kanehira made up buckwheat noodle in half an hour. Kneading skill is superb.

In five minutes, the round buckwheat cake is expanded to a square sheet.

 The buckwheat sheet is folded and cut with the special knife and board.

Many Japanese are crazy for this buckwheat noodle and noodle soup.

 Mr.Kanehira sometimes teach the citizens and guests form outside of the town. If you want to learn how to cook the buckwheat noodle, please post your comment. I will make aphone call to his staff. 

It may be hard for some females but Mr.Kanehira said even gradeschool students could the cooking easily. 

 If you made a mistake in pouring water, the flour should be thrown away.

She was successful in making the noodle but it was so hard for her that the mayor helped her kindly 

 Three kinds of sticks are required in this process.

 Cutting the sheet is a little bit difficult for novices.

 This is what many Japanese are crazy for .

Soba is so popular and some people have it everyday for lunch.

Thank you very much, Mr.Kanehira and Mr.Yokoyama!
Buckwheat flour in Numqtq is excellent!