Owen saw a shop selling mizumanju (a kind of traditional Japanese sweet) on TV and said he wanted to eat it. The shop on the show was in Ogaki, which is not so far from Ichinomiya, so on Sunday we went there by train.
I asked the lady at the tourist information office, "Where is the mizumanju shop?" and she answered, "There are lots!" Oh.
First we went to the one we saw on TV, bought some mizumanju, & ate it by the river nearby.
Next we visited Ogaki Castle, then we visited another mizumanju shop, where we had `mizumanjugori` - mizumanju with shaved ice. Yum yum!
After that we found ANOTHER mizumanju shop, so we bought & ate some more...
Finally we returned to the first shop & bought some mizumanju to take home for my wife. But we ate some of them on the train...
If you like mizumanju, I definitely recommend Ogaki!
Near my house there is a shop called Nodaya which makes & sells Ichigo Daifuku. This is basically a strawberry & some sweet bean paste inside mochi (rice cake). I`m not usually a big fan of Japanese sweets, but I like Ichigo Daifuku. I think everbody does!
I went there with Owen last weekend to buy some.
They don`t have a website, but you can see a map here:
http://naviaichi.com/0120-137280/
Osechi is a special boxed arrangement of food which is traditionally eaten in Japan to celebrate the new year. Each dish has a special meaning, such as happiness, long-life, etc.
It looks great, doesn`t it?
But eating cold seafood and mysterious rubbery things is not so great. I only ate a little...
Do you like osechi?
On the weekend I visited a Thai restaurant in Ichinomiya called Restaurant Bangkok. It is the only one I know of in this area.
If, like me, you love Thai food, I recommend you check it out!
http://www.e-shops.jp/local/nsh/5537121305.html
Not far from my house there is a big kiwi fruit tree, full of fruit. When I take Owen for a walk that way, I check to see if the fruit is ready, but it`s always been hard... until now. Finally they`re ripe [jukushiteiru]!
Because that tree is in an abandoned field [akichi] - well, it was abandoned while we were walking past on Saturday... - I thought it would be okay to taste one. YUM!
I also took a couple home. Tonight I had one chopped up in a pancake. YUM again!
Thanks Makie for your delicious pumpkin pudding.
It reminded me of an unusual dessert I sometimes used to buy when I caught the long-distance, overnight train in Thailand. Ah... that brings back memories (=natsukashi).
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