Sunday, March 30, 2008

Enjoying our "Hanami Picnic 2008"

Spring time... the season of cherry blossoms! As adopted from the Japanese custom... this means HANAMI picnic for our group, the Philippine NAKAMA! In connection to our yearly spring gathering... we had fun today in Sumpu Park all day long under the bountiful cherry blossoms. Happy birthday Ajie! It's cloudy and partly had some slight rain shower! Enjoying a game at the picnic
We packed up early this time due to rain shower in the afternoon!Hope you join us again next year!





Saturday, March 22, 2008

Along the coast of Mochimune

It's a fine weather today! After having lunch in Yumean Japanese Restaurant... we took tatay and Ted to Mochimune coast to show them some of Shizuoka City's fishing spot. We used to visit here many years ago for fishing and strolling Lucky around. It's surprising to see that for some years of our absences, many places around had been developed!

Mochimune Port
Part of Mochimune fishing coast

Part of Mochimune Beach

Papie with puppy (^-^)v... behind a strange camping car?! a truck?! a house?!

Next time... we hope to take them to Mochimune Fisharina.

Thursday, March 20, 2008

Bowling night!

We went bowling tonight at Tomato Bowl in Shimokawahara. We broke up into two groups and we had two games.

It was Ted's first experience to bowl but he did fine... fast learner huh! Tatay did good too! Uncle Jo had the higher scores followed by our two teens... Ryo and Yuki! Well... it was a good practice for me and Yuta! Nyaaahahaha!

We had so much fun there! Before we went home... we all had a cup of coffee on nearby Saizeria restaurant.

OTSUKARESAMA DESHITA! (^-^)v

Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Lunch treat!

Dang invited us for lunch today at their home in Shimokawahara. She prepared and cooked Pinoy dishes! Wow naman, ang sarap talaga po! It was also raining... kaya lalong masarap kumain! Dang's yummy dishes... Tinola soup, Kilawin, Tokwa with pork's ear and steamed fish... so what more could we ask?! Dang's puto with sweet beans inside! After the delicious treat, Sarah and Dang took us to some recycle shops. They're amazing! They know so much about cheap and wise shopping. I actually enjoyed our adventures!

Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Trip in Kyoto and Osaka!

Inspite of my dreadful pollen allergy... Sachan, Liza and I took Tatay and Ted around some cool places in Kyoto and Osaka on a three days two nights trip (3/12~14) by bullet train. It's off season to travel in Kyoto and Osaka, so we thought that this is our good chance to avoid the crowd. Unfortunately...every places we went in were crowded! We started our trip in Kyoto. We stayed in Hotel Sanoya, a Japanese-style hotel. We first visited one of the 17 world historical treasures in Kyoto, the Kiyomizu Shrine then we went to Gion, the most exclusive and well known geisha district in Kyoto. The old Japanese style houses, tea rooms and restaurants in Kyoto are really cool! The next day, we visited the Golden Pavillion, then we end up our trip in Kyoto Studio Park. We travelled to Osaka on late afternoon. We stayed in Keihan Hotel inside Universal City. We spent our last day in Universal Studio Japan.
Kyoto Station...Japan's second-largest train station building, after Nagoya Station.

Main Gate of Kiyomizu Temple

Kiyomizu Temple is a Unesco World Heritage listed site in the Eastern Kyoto region of Higashiyama and is one of the best known sights of the city.

The temple dates back to 798, but the present buildings were constructed in 1633.

Otowa-no-taki, the waterfall where visitors drink for health, longevity, and success in studies

Taking a break... hinay-hinay lang po!

Street lined by beautiful old buildings in Gion district

Geisha!

Shrine

My dinner!

Our room in Hotel SanoyaRest time!

Our morning breakfast

The Golden Pavilion, or Kinkaku, is a three-story building on the grounds of the temple. The top two stories of the pavilion are covered with pure gold leaf.

Golden Pavillion is really beautiful! It is surrounded by a calm lake and a lovely Japanese garden.

Kinkakuji Golden Pavilion is listed on UNESCO's World Heritage List in 1994. Kinkaku-ji (Temple of the Golden Pavilion) is the popular name of Rokuon-ji (Deer Park Temple), a temple dedicated to the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, Kannon. The temple was built in 1393 while the present building dates from 1955.

Japanese Tea House

Kyoto Studio Park... also known as TOEI Uzumasa Eiga Mura

Meiji houseOld streetcar

Hide and seek?!

"This sword is mine!!!"

Traditional stage theater

Show time!

Samurai stage show

Late lunch time! Filming an Edo Period action-drama


Statue of Kyoto Studio Park

Our hotel in Osaka... Keihan Hotel in Universal City

Shopping in Universal City

Kare dinner at Oriental restaurant in Universal City

Time to rest!

Having Mcdonald's morning breakfast in our room.

Universal Studio Japan

Popeye & Olive!

ET!


Fisherman's wharp

Sesame Street

Ted's toy store

Jaws!

Jurassic Park

Land of Wizard of Oz

My restaurant!

Tatay's art gallery!?

Time to go home!

Going back to Shizuoka City


(^-^)d

More pix to come!