AizuWakamatsu Trip in May 2012

Since I have not written on our blog for many months there have been many events and ideas which have been left unblogged..

one of which was our trip to AizuWakamatsu in May. AizuWakamatsu is Akiko's birth town. We had a nice time there. Visited the Castle, Gardens, and I could appreciate learning about AKiko's childhood and school years.

 Aizu's iconic NekoBeko, Red Cow, image on the local train. 

 The castle at Aizu, amazing. 会津若松城 AizuWakamatsu-Jo.

 We visited a brewery, tasted sake, Akiko was tipsy :)

 Miso DenGaku, an amazing meal, great food, and unique Japanese vegetarian bbq cuisine.

 One of many beautiful, silent, grounds of worship and housing past life. 

 Organic Citrus Cake, nice design, and nice taste, however the coffee was terrible :)

A sunset by Street View.

Breads

This is my latest bread, baked at home our toaster oven. There have been many before this one, but because of my many other daily tasks, I very often forget to keep a record of them on our blog. 

This latest bread is a blend of white and rye flours, with organic nuts, dried fruit, and molasses enriched, and leavened naturally. I suppose the reason I am choosing to post about this bread is because the taste was quite good, in my opinion. I was pleased with it, and felt some satisfaction to have some success after months of trials and experiments. 

It is very enjoyable, making, baking, and eating home made bread. I look forward to having a proper oven, to cook large breads, and have better results.

Happy Birthday to teddy Adam!!!

おたんじょうびおめでとうございます！

As Adam is having work on his birthday, we went out for dinner at organic restaurant in Gakugeidaigaku
on 11th July.

I hope he could have a good day on that day, because its special day for him and me since
this is the first time for celebrating his BD in Japan together

I know it's not that easy to live relaxed completely in Tokyo and he is not happy with Japanese  hot summer weather.

so I'd like to try my best to make himself comfortable at home as possible as i can.

because home can be the only place for us to be relaxed in a day.

Since the Fukushima plant explosion, its is getting harder for us to live in Tokyo in many ways in daily life.

Well, I hope he will be even more happy being with me than before.

we enjoyed the organic beer and food.

いただきま～す！

love love Teddy :)