komeya

"Komeya" in Izu.http://www.hotespa.net/hotels/komeya/index.html

It's a high-class Japanese-style restaurant hotel

where it isn't big in only 17 rooms.

The Japanese taste dinner & breakfast

was very very good!!

The clean and tidy room is with a hot spring!!!

The services were also excellent(*'-^*)ｖ They are.....

a good powdered green tea&Japaneses sweet on our arrival,

a supper "Chinese noodle" service after dinner,

a coffee milk service in the bathroom and so on.

The food,Izu hot springs and

hospitality all is best(^-^*)☆!
I could relax in a new& modern atmosphere.

MERRY☆CHRISTMAS

I went to see Tokyo Midtown Illuminations.
The square was illuminated by bright light!!Oh,that's great^0^.
The blue&red light was very beautiful*:.｡. *.☆。･:*･゜`★.･:*:･
I blinked the glaring light up*o*!
The people filled the square,but I was soaked in the nice illumination♪



I made a pretty Xmas arrangement
by using the Xmas items' clips.
Do you know the flower,"Christmas Bush"?
It is said to tell "Summer of Xmas"in Australia☆彡.


It is like a star in shape,and the green leaves&red flower are Xmas color.
It is very pretty flower and it's often used in the Xmas arrangement.

Merry Christmas 2007(ﾟ▽^*)!!

HOMEMADE PIZZA PARTYヾ(＾∇＾)

This year is nearly run~!Christmas is just around the corner~!

We had a party at our friend's home for year end &Xmas♪

The food menu of the party is "Italian&Xmas cake"(^０^)

We ordered a special Xmas cake from "14 Juiller Tokyo"

http://www.14juillet-tokyo.jp/ ,each brought some food

and serve them on dishes,and made a pasta&pizza.

The homemade pizza came out nice & fluffy!!
it was very good(≧∇≦).
it tempts you,don't you!?

Because it's fairly easy to make a pizza,
try to make it,please.
We chatted over good meal and tea,and had a good time('▽^)

Next time is...

takoyaki party?gyouza party? nabe party? curry party?.....

I am looking forward to holding the next home party!!

Hitou(´∇｀*o)

I stayed the hotel of hitou,"nakanoyu" in Nagano.
The hotel is one of the 33 hotels belong to
"society for hitou protection".


The society started as the group of hotels
which make a forward-looking approach
to protecting the goodness of "onsen" ,
and trying to preserve the environment at the hotels
in the mountain like being lost to times current.

It is very hotel group that don't forget to appreciate the "onsen",
limited underground resource,grace of earth,work on the preservation
of environment seriously to keep protecting it without exhaustion,
and take into consideration the use and management!!

By the way,in the room window, a splendid view"hodaka(North Alps)"
unfolded before my eyes.Oh...Great!!
A good view,dinner and hot spring made my mind&soul warm♪(ﾟ▽^*)ﾉ☆ .

But....It was pretty cold in Nagano!I saw the first snowfall there.
The winter was ushered in by snow~~

Farewell(≧ヘ≦ )

My lovely junior resigned from our office.
Her warm smiles kept us cheerful every day!!
I'm so sad that she left us,but I want to cheer for her^-^.
She starts to hew her way for her bright future.
I appreciate her hard work!
I hope to see more of her^0^
We gave her a pretty pink flower bouquet looks becoming on her.

Flower arrangement☆彡

These are flowers I arranged recently.
[Crescent bouquet]
The flowers which flow gently draw a line as crescent(mikazuki).
It's elegant and grace bouquet☆.｡.:*･ﾟ☆.｡.:*･ﾟ☆
[Terra cotta arrange] "Terra cotta" means unglazed earthenware in Italian.
I arrange flowers in the natural style using a　Terra cotta.
[Happy Halloween] The theme color is black&orange!
I arrange flowers in pumpkin coach and at it's feet.

Grape Grape(o^∇^o)ﾉ

I received a box of grape from my friend in mid-September.
It was a pleasant surprise!!
They were so sweet and juicy~~♪
I love a grape,so I was very happy^-^Thank you my friend☆

Tsukimi ○!!

Tsukimi is held on Aug,15 in the lunar calender.
Traditionally,susuki are decorated in a vase,
and dango are offerd to the moon.
Tsukimi also has the meaning of celebrating
the autumn harvest.


This year jugoya is on September 25!!
The moon on jugoya isn't always full,
(This time full moon is on Sep,28)
but it's said that the moon on the night is the brightest
and the most beautiful in the year!!
It sure is!! The moon tonight was huge and so beautiful(ﾟ▽ﾟ*).
The moon was shining bright☆｡.:*:･'☆'･:*:.｡.:*:･ﾟ:*:･'ﾟ☆.
It was so bright that the stars couldn't be seen,and
the moon lightened up my room.
We looked at the moon,enjoying the beauty(*'-^*)~~.

I made the"Ohagi"(with bean paste & soybean flour)
in equinoctial week.Many ohagis were made,
so I gave a share of ohagi for my next-door neighbor!

"YUKAIRO KIKUYA"

I went to a hot spring in Izu Shuzenji with my family over the 3 day weekend.

We had a good time relieving our stress.

We took a hot spring bath,went our walking and enjoying nature to the full.

Kikuya,a Japanese-style hotel is very comfortable~~

It gave us a time to relaxヾ(´▽｀).

And, they serve excellent diners at this hotel.

We can choose between Japanese food

and Western food in the breakfast.

I chose Western food.Uhn....very good!!

I spent some quality time with my family(*ﾟｰﾟ)v.

I thought I would like to visit the hotel.http://www.yukairou-kikuya.net/

☆Mexicican☆

I went to Mexico restaurant in Hiroo.

"LA-JOLLA"(which is a meaning of "treasure"in Spanish)

is a comfortable Mexican-style atmosphere,reasonable price,

and the foods are so good!!!

http://www.towntown.jp/item/LAJOLLA/LAJOLLA.htm

Cowboy hats,maracas,and some kinds of Latin goods

are decorated inside of LA-JOLLAﾟ･:｡★:*｡･:*:･ﾟ'☆

The interior design and colorful dishes that are in the motif

of the Mexican flag colors (red,white and green)

are also interested(ﾟ∇ﾟ☆).The Mexican music is upbeat~~♪♪

We feel warm and merry mood(∇~*d)♪!

We ate dishes called "Burritos"

(a flour tortilla wrapped around a filling)

"Quesadilla"

(melting cheese between 2 tortilla)

which are very popular in Mexico.

All foods are large portions,American style of Mexican food.

Though we ate all the food(ﾟ▽､ﾟ*)......Really great!!

The relishes of Spanish rice,beans are good,too.

We enjoyed the Mexican foods in the cheerful atmosphere.

We would like to go there again☆

(This prepares a special vegetarian menu that use only vegetables,

salad oil,garbanzo beans,Japanese tofu,oats etc!

I want to try eating Tofu Taco is very healthy and tasty next~~)

HOUSHI-ONSEN（*＾ワ＾*）

I went to HOUSHI-ONSEN in Gunma.

It is time-honored onsen has history of the 1st century and over.

It is a solitary inn where it takes one kilometer as far as the nearest house.

It is very tastefulﾟ+.(･∀･).+ﾟ.

And a japaneses-style room made me restful(*´ー`)

A hinoki bath is so good!!I was warmed to the bone~

I took it easy without doing anything

in the countryside(*^ｰﾟ)v

Lavender Trip in Hokkaido｡o(^-^)o｡

I went to Hokkaido with my friend over the 3 day weekend.

The main purpose of our visit is "Lavender"!!

Though it made a short stay,

we enjoyed our trip to the full★(*^▽ﾟ)

The beautiful flowers,clear air and

a broad stretch of land healed

my body&soul☆ﾟ･*:.｡.☆ﾟ･*:.｡.☆,

and the delicious foods satisfied my body&mind(≧▽≦)!!

During our stay in Sapporo,

we could meet my friend in Sapporo.

The time we spent with her&her family

also flavored our trip♪

We visited Biei and Furano in Hokkaido.

Furano is famous for many kinds of flower gardens,

especially lavender gardens.

In season,the lavender gardens look like

purple carpets spread all over.

We walked around and look at some lavender gardens in Furano.

It was more beautiful than I would expect!!

Tthese flowers smell wonderfully sweet~~(*ﾟ▽ﾟ)ﾉ




The wide expanse of flowers

as white as snow is a potato patch.
The hills in Biei have some mixed

patches of potato,wheat,beans,and so on,

so the hill in Biei is often called "Patchwork's Hill."

I heard many farmers never plant fields with the same crop

over and over to protect them from getting farmed out.

Anyway, the view was magnificent!!

We certainly enjoyed a lot of nature.

I really could spend some quality time♪♪

Pudding,Soft-cream,Corn and Sapporo beer~~

They was all very good(；∇；)!!

♪Pizzeria Partenope♪

http://www.partenope.jp/shop/hiroo.html
I introduce the trattoria serves the most delicious pizza!
The pizza is recoginaized by "Associazione Verace Pizza Napolitana"
in Italyo(*'o'*)o.
What is "Associazione Verace Pizza Napolitana"?
http://www.partenope.jp/vera_pizza/vera_pizza.htm

There is nothing chemical seasoning in the pizza,
so you can enjoy more delicious taste by only raw material.
It's really delisious! It's just blissful pizza(*^Q^)!

We enjoy very good Napoli pizza &wine in the restaurant
filled with South Italy mood!!
I've never been this happy ☆.｡.:*･ﾟ☆.｡.:*･ﾟ☆