荒城の月 KOUJYOU NO TSUKI

the monument is for a song koujyou no tsuki 荒城の月 in aizu wakamatsu castle.

it means the moon on the ruin of a caste.

the song was written by mixed western and japanese music.

enjoy on youtube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI5kFfbAgis

ninomiya kinjiro

he is ninomiya kinjiro(1787-1856)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninomiya_Sontoku

you can see his figure in every elementary school all over japan.

of course it was in my school.

it's at odawara station. i often went to odawara when i worked at hot spring spa resort hotel in itoh, shizuoka prefecture.

i encountered mr ryotsu

i lost ex-job for the world economic crisis.

i looked for new work. so i visited kameari for a job-interview.

i didn't pass the interview. but i saw ryo-san inf ront of the station.

once i was told by jobmates" you are ryotsu!!"

because of square face, body shape, short hair.

i may agree in it. i may be otaku,either.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kochira_Katsushika-ku_Kameari_K%C5%8Den-mae_Hashutsujo#Characters

Matsusaka beef and ise ebi(japanese spiny lobster)

i have never eaten matsusaka beef and ise ebi(japanese spiny lobster).

i told my friend it.

he sent me them. they are potato chips.

chocolate parfait

i love chocolate parfait. it's popular in japan.

kishimen

at nagoya station i ate kishimen. it's a kind of udon. famous in nagoya.

to tokyo i took on local train. i gave up on the way at nagoya. i took super express shinkansen.
it's very comfort. i only sit on the seat and charged mobile phone battery.

BBQ

this is yoshoku. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dshoku
my great grandfather started the restaurants.
now only one is still managed by my relative.
it's nice. i often ate in my childhood.

yoshoku is western influenced cooking in japan.
i heard passengers for long trip on ship were really fed up and eager for japanese taste.
cooks made new recipes. this is the begining of yoshoku.