Sachiko in Osaka

Nabe season has come! Japanese enjoy Nabe , Japanese steamboat dishes mainly in winter season. We have many variety of Nabe . Crub Nabe , Fugu Nabe ( blow fish ), Chiken Nabe , Sukiyaki, Botan Nabe (wild boar), Sea food Nabe and so on. This pictures are taken when we had a family gathering we all went to eat Udonsuki Nabe . Udon , Tofu, lot of veggies, some sea food and Udon . You can see how much we enjoyed the food here :) The restaurant is called " Mimiu " Their official sight; http://www.mimiu.co.jp/mimiu/top.html

Sorry, I was not been able to up date this blog for a while.. I had been sick for all week... I feel much better now so I took Ami out to the park. Ami gave me a great surprise to cheer me up! She sat up by herself on the stroller for first time. She was so excited and stayed like this for a long time to show off!!!

One of my friend organised a event of make up lesson and macrobiotic food party which was held on the roof top of the building. Since we have a nice fall weather, we had a nice relaxing afternoon with a great food.

We had a family gathering over the holiday and we went to the picnic at Osaka castle park. I made big lunch for hole family. Vegetarian lunch box. Everyone enjoyed even they are not vegetarians.... Here is Ami. We went on this train to go around the castle . It was a nice 20 min ride.

We went to the Osaka aquerium called Kaiyukan. This place is so popular that always packed with people. We went there on Saturday but late like about 5PM. We made a great decision to go there around that time. The place was not that busy at all even on the weekend. AND we were able to get a descout ticket by going there after 5PM. They are open untill 8PM so I recomend you to visit this aquerium after 5PM. There some shopes and restrants next to it so you can even eat dinner after. Kaiyuka official web sight; http://www.kaiyukan.com/eng/index.htm

These two birds are Sam and Kyo . I got them when I came back to Japan about 10 years ago. I had to leave them at my parents house because most of those apartments in city don't allow pets. This is first time Ami sees birds this close. She was so curious.

We went on the Sagano sight seeing tram " Sagano scenic railway". This is the Arashiyama St. We enjoyed the beautiful landscape on the tram. It was little cold because the tram was kind of open air and we had to go though many little tunnels which made laud noise, I was bit worry about Ami...... but she was asleep all through the ride. The official sight for the Sagano tram: http://www.sagano-kanko.co.jp

Ami and I went to Arashiyama Kyoto with My Japanese friend and her 7 months baby. She is now living in Rome but came back to Japan for 2 weeks. We were both 5month pregnant, last time we came here. The mountains and the river are so beautiful as you walk in to the main street. This bridge is called Togetsukyo a symbol of the Arashiyama area, the beautiful sight of this bridge has been taken up by many poet. In days of the antiquity, boating here was an eloquent pastime for the aristocracy. You will find small shrines and temples like this in the forest. Famous bamboo forest, the sprended walking course. We had lovely kyoto dish for lunch!

My mum bought this lovely sling to carry Ami on her back. This sling is made in Japan. We used to carry babies on the back in my mothers time but now most mothers carry in front. Ami is seems pretty happy:)

We walked around the Osaka castle. All trees are till green but soon all those maidenhair tees will change the color to yellow as the fall is coming. It is good we can enjoy each seasons. Ami enjoys been in the outside, in the nature.