Every year, when April returns, I start feeling “it is Sakura, cherry blossom season.”　When the spring comes, I always think of the Sakura in Japan and at the Tidal basin in Washington D.C. Sakura near Kumamoto Castle. Cherry blossom viewing at Kumamoto Castle.🌸 Sakura at my parent’s house.🌸 Sakura at the Tidal Basin in Washington, Read more

I would like to share a short writing that I found in my daughter’s backpack a few days ago. When I asked her what was the occasion for writing it, She said “Yeah! I wrote this during class.” I asked her if I could post it on my blog she said ok! So here we Read more

Look at these Nerikiri Wagashi! I learned how to make them from my wagashi teacher Antomo-sensei’s online lesson. I started being interested in making traditional Japanese sweets, Wagash,　around 2016. Back then, the main resources that I could use to learn about Wagashi were from recipes on the internet, learning from Youtube videos, and Wagashi books Read more

Hi everyone! I’ve finally received the photos and album from a local photo studio where we had our family photoshoot last December. You can still check out that post here. These are the final products that we received! The following services were included in the whole packet. It was about $87 for the whole service. Read more

Hi everyone! I would like to share about some sweets that I tried yesterday… They are bean jelly sweets.　In Japan, we also have very similar sweets called “Yokan.” They are made from red bean paste, kanten (agar), and sugar. I bought 3 different flavors of Yokan. I think this one is chestnut flavor. hehe I Read more

Hi everyone! The dinosaur in the picture below appeared in town around Chinese New Year last month. It looked like a dinosaur exhibit, so we decided to see inside since we didn’t know how long the exhibition would be around. The entrance fee was about $3 per adult and kids were free. There was a Read more