Thank you! (日本語は後に続く）This is my last Hatena bilingual blog about my daily life. I enjoyed sharing many things. I will continue to share things on my YouTube channel and I look forward to staying connected with everyone there. Life…

Sloppy Joe (日本語は後に続く）The other day I had some multi-grain bread and a craving for American food with a twist...or two...! For these Sloppy Joes, I browned minced meat with finely chopped onion and finely chopped maitake mushrooms.…

朝のサラダ The other day, to go with our morning toast, I prepared a carrot salad and a tuna/cucumber salad which I served on Wedgewood dishes. I used mostly sesame oil and ponzu to season the carrot salad and I used mostly finely chopped …

(日本語は後に続く）On weekends, I often upload a new YouTube video. Even during busy weeks, it is fun preparing during the week..deciding what I would like to share...practicing...researching... It helps add a little fulfillment to my dail…

スライス （日本語は後に続く）This photo shows a super easy breakfast. I just sliced! The cucumber is simply seasoned with crazy salt and decorated with lemon balm and mint from our veranda. I served this with toast and coffee etc. In this …

ソーダ フロート （日本語は後に続く）Recently, I was able to enjoy going to a cafe on the 8th floor of the Mitsukoshi Department store near where I live. I went there with a friend and we both ordered melon soda floats. As many of you know,…

桜饅頭 （日本語は後に続く）I found sakura manju at a Mujirushi shop and was able to enjoy it as a seasonal afternoon snack. One aspect of Japan that I like is the spirit of "Ichigo Ichie" （which roughly means the appreciation of the seaso…

レモンバーム・チキンサラダ （日本語は後に続く）A quick search of the internet showed me that lemon balm has many benefits. It can reduce anxiety,relief stress, nausia,insomnia and indigestion. It may even help with cognitive function! As w…

名古屋市公会堂の和室 (日本語は後に続く）One of the highlights in March for me was the opportunity to experience touch therapy in an architecturally fascinating Japanese style room in the beautiful Nagoya City Assemly Hall. It was recommend…

「収穫野菜」で夕飯 （日本語は後に続く）Last weekend, a friend and I had an interesting time participating in a one day agricultural tour of Aichi prefecture, starting with Aoi Park near Hekinan (where I got the strawberries above),and endi…

ストロベリー・チョコレート (日本語は後に続く）I found some small inexpensive strawberries at my neighborheed super market. While my husband was at the barber shop, I made chocolates to surprise him for our Saturday afternoon coffee time. I…

raisin cookies (日本語は後に続く）I had too many raisins so～, I made too many cookies and ran out of wax paper! They look funny but are really delicious. We have an old saying in English, " You can't judge a book by it's cover." It means …

Marshmallow Coffee （日本語は後に続く）Our 3:00 coffee time the other day was fun! I decorated snowman shaped marshmallows with a choccopen and floated them in our coffee. I used our Noritake cups and saucers which I really like. It was ju…

Pumpkin Salad （日本語は後に続く）Last night I made typical American style cooked pumpkin as one of our side dishes. It is made by steaming pumpkin and quickly mixing it in a bowl with butter, sugar, cinammon and a sprinkle of salt. I alwa…

お雑煮 （日本語は後に続く）Happy New Year, everyone! This is a photo of traditional Japanese New Year's soup called, "ozouni." Ozouni differs greatly between regions and even by households! At our house, we use instant matsutake mushroom o…