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 Yomogi-mochi is a traditional sweets of Japan. Yomogi is actually a weed, and you can often find it amongst other weeds outside. Sometimes yomogi mochi is also called kusamochi (literally weed rice cake). The last time I made it was when i was in elementary school…but today i felt like make it again. It tastes very good. 

五月。。。草餅の時期ですね〜。小学校ぶりくらいに蓬餅作りに挑戦してみました。うん、なかなかのお味♬

 On the way to Whistler, I saw this big black bear on the side of hwy 99. Looked like he’s just woken up from hibernation. 

If you are stopping in Squamish for a nice quick lunch, I strongly recommend you to try the Wigan Pier Fish & Chips restaurant.
They make the best  fish & chips. The restaurant owner is from England so it’s an authentic fish & chips. 

Cod & Chips…so yummy.

I made a short trip to Yufuin in Oita-pref during my short visit to Japan. 
The hot spring Musouen （夢想園）I visited was just amazing. It can fit up to 150 people and spectacular view of Mt.Yufu is all yours.  

 空海の湯 

 
 
 On a perfectly sunny day, the view from hotspring will look like this… however, the day I visited was raining and misty. But it was still very nice. 

My room…nice and cozy with kotatsu in the middle. 
 

Dessert was served after dinner. It’s a tiny dish but most memorable out of all the others. 

２００９年がスタートしました。年明けそうそう風邪で寝込んでいますw　皆さん、それぞれいろんな目標をもって今年１年もがんばりましょう！

Found this little cute blue spider while I was traveling Japan. For those who are not intrigued by spiders…sorry! but I think it’s a beautiful little creature. 

eleven after elevenの今シーズンのシャツが店頭に並びました。今回はクラシックロゴと、I ♥11:11、それとロバーマン、じゃんけんぽんの４つ。どれもかわいくて目移りしそう〜　売り切れちゃう前にゲットしよう！！

I visited Saturna Island for weekend getaway. It was the most beautiful Island I’ve ever been around this area. 

Congratulations 11:11 for 2nd year anniversary! I went to visit the store the other day and found this painting by Tim on the wall. very nice~

I have been enjoying the beautiful & hot weather in Vancouver this week.

Deep Cove is a pretty and quiet inlet in North Van. It’s a place for kayaking. 

Grizzly bear.You can see real grizzly bears up close on top of Grouse Moutain.

A sloth in Vancouver aquarium. It is one of my favorite animal from Brazil.
All day long…it’s hanging on the tree, sleeping and eating. Sloth is called ”LAZY” in Japanese (怠け者）. It makes more sense.

A baby beluga was born two months ago. Enjoying swimming with mommy beluga. 
It was so relaxing to watch them swim together.