Travelog for: Lotta

My host made bread for lunch today.
Cheese bacon bread, tuna and mayonnaise bread was also delicious.
I'm tried drinking cafe au lait.

My host made ​​a Taco-Rice to dinner.
I will place a with crushed cashew nuts, lettuce, taco, tomato, cheese, and radish sprouts on top of the rice.
It is a spicy!

We went to the "Umibe-tsuri-koen(means seaside fishing park)" to walk 15 minutes.
There are people who love fishing a lot of here.
It seems to have caught a mackerel and horse mackerel.
And you can see it was decorated with empty cans are crafted there.
I tried climb to the stone.
I found a flower called "Hamayuu(crinum)" .
We went back home because light rain falling.

It is very hot and humid today. 32 degrees, 82% humidity.
We came to Yokosuka Central Station.
I found an old pay phone.
This phone can also international call.
I want to talk to my mom.

We went to Nogeyama Zoo in Yokohama.
It is a small zoo, but here you can see the animals for no charge.
At first, You can see the topiary of animal.
Giraffe was really big and beautiful.
I can touch several kinds of small animals like mouse, guinea pig and fowl chick.
I and chick and guinea pig was able to play.
Guinea Pigs was really cute.
I think we had become very good friends.

Then, We went to the CUPNOODLES  museum.
Do you know CUPNOODLES ?
This is the museum where very popular in Yokohama.
Golden statue is Momofuku Ando(1910-2007).
Here you can create your own completely original CUPNOODLES package. In a cup that you design, select your favorite soup from among four varieties and four toppings from among 12 ingredients. Altogether, there are 5,460 flavor combinations.
We created own original CUPNOODLES.
CUPNOODLES became a nice bag of air bag.
We enjoyed everything.

We went to Kurihama Tenjin.
This shrine was built 350 years ago.
God of learning has been enshrined here.
There was a "How to pray at the shrine".
We rode on the back of a Komainu(dog). Hot !　Today's temperature is 33 degrees.
I think They want to drink cold beer.

We ate cup noodles to lunch.
It was so delicious.

We made ​​a banana cake on afternoon.
Crushed ripe banana, it was mixed with flour and eggs.
It is surprisingly delicious.

Edamame, Edamame, I eat edamame.
I think edamame is delicious especially with beer in the hot summer.
Edamame are soybeans harvested while still green.
After being boiled in salted water, they are popped out of their shells and eaten.
It was really delicious!

Hi mom,
I am glad that my toy friends celebrated my birthday.
I ate small birthday cake, it was sweet and yummy.
I feel so happy.
a lot of love
Lotta

My host bought three books.
Any paperback is very popular in Japan now.

We went to Kawasaki Daishi .
Today, Japanese wind chime market is held in the grounds of the Kawasaki Daishi temple.
Almost 30,000 wind chimes are brought here from all over Japan.
There are more than 800 different kinds.
It's a wind chime [wind bell], called "Furin", and usually hung outside a house to be played by the wind.
Japanese chime is often made of metal or glass.
We had been fascinated by Japanese wind chime refreshing sound and colorful.
Kawasaki Daishi has a history of 880 years over.
This hall of Kawasaki Daishi was destroyed by fire during the war in April 1945. 
It was rebuilt in May 1958.
Smell and smoke of "Goma" was full to Kawasaki Daishi.
The Goma is a solemn religious ceremony that is supported by a deeply esoteric Buddhist doctrine. The Japanese word “Goma” is read “Homa” in Sanskrit. It means “to burn.” The word expresses the meaning that using the fire that comes from Buddha’s wisdom, worldly desires (the source of suffering) will be completely burned.
We could visit famous temples of Japan.

One popular summertime tofu dish is hiyayakko.
I ate "hiyayakko".
Tofu is made from soybeans.
It’s nutritious and has long been an important source of protein for the Japanese.
There is a variety of tofu dishes, such as hiyayakko(chilled tofu), yudofu(simmered tofu).

One popular summertime sweet is "mizu-yokan".
I ate "mizu-yokan".
Mizu-yokan is Japanese a thick jellied sweet made of azuki bean paste, kanten and sugar.