Kendama

It is a typical Japnese toy.
Huwa is playing with it everyday.
He is addicted to play Kendama.
It was given this by his elementary school.

Students have little skills of playing Kendama.
I will show you Huwa's playing.

First, he plays Kendama with songs, and then he plays like baseball.

He is getting new skill everyday.

ehoumaki

I am Towa penguin!!


It's Setsubun today!
We eat ehoumaki on Setsubun.

Setsubun is the end of winter in the old calender,which is on February 3rd.

We have Setsubun ceremony.

In this ceremony,we always say"demon is out, come on luck"
as you throw soy beans toward the front door.

It means to make bad luck go away and welcome the good luck.

Ehoumaki is said to be a good item to welcome a good luck.
Ehoumaki is a big sushi role.

We eat this sushi as you face towards the best direction.

This direction changes every year.

The East-NorthEast is the best direction for this year.

Um---.Yummy!!

So,I upload mamy videos to our Japanese blog for "You tube."
You can watch our family!

http://tsuiteruogurayama.blog81.fc2.com/

Thank you!

We went to shrine

On the last day of this year,Akio-san's brother family and my father came to our home.

He has three children.

Our children and his children play together,they look so fun!!

We enjoyed going to the Onsen in the evening.

We went to the Shinto shrine to say thank you for this year.

We were able to spend this whole year being healthy and well.

We went to Hotaka shrine that was rebuilt this year,so it was very beautiful!!

It was so cold in the shrine,and there were a few people.

Thank you everyone for everything!

Thank you Rumi-Sense this year!

How to cook gratin

I learnd how to cook gratin from Hu-mama.

Hu-mama is my mother-in-low.

We call her Hu-mama(mama means mom)

Because it's too young to call her grandma,so we call her mom.

We live with her.

She cooks nice meal everyday.

She has been living with us since March this year.

She taught me how to cook gratin.

When she cookes it before,it tasted wounderful!!

So I wanted to learn.

First,we cut some vegetables and meat into small pieces.

Then,we saute the onions with butter in a frying pan until tender.

We put a cup of flour into the pan little by little with a strainer.

And then,pour a cup of water .

She says a key here is to use water instead of milk to prevent lumps.

After adding two bottles of milk into it,then add cooked potatoes,macaroni and meat.

We cook over low heat until boiling.

Then,remove from heat,and turn the ingredient into the baking dishes.

We put shredded cheese and sprinkle some bread crumbs on top of gratin.

Finally,we bake in the oven for about 15minutes at 230℃.

That's all!!

Coin-operated laundry

coin-operated laundry

We Japanese people hung out clothes outside fine weather.

But It has been rain two days ago.

There are many damp clothes in our house.

So I and Belinda (She is wwoofer)went coin-operaterd laundry.

She found sneaker washing machine.

She took thie picture ! So I took it too. Becouse I want to introduce it this blog.

Here is a picture.It is fun!

But I never use this machin.

Do you want to try?