walk to Ishibashi, train to Nakayama for Shichi-Go-San, monorail to Jazz, bus to Home

when i left home today, i had no real plan where i was going. that sounds like a good first sentence to a novel but that was how my little adventure began. i left around noon and returned around 9pm with some Mister Donuts to share along with some good stories, photos and videos. too much to write about now but i will write down a few words to remember for later. one of my favorite streets to walk on (or ride my bike on) in Sakurai. Aemi-chan and Aki-san. i could be wrong about the spelling of this very kawaii (cute) 3 year girl wearing her best and reddest kimono and her very kirei (beautiful) Mother i met at Nakayama-dera. the cute Anpan-Man and Hello Kitty mizu-bue (water flute) i bought for Dai-chan and Misa-chan. the hundreds of o-jizo-san. the christmas tree at Senri-chuo. oishii (delicious) takoyaki from Takozo. a couple of hours of all kinds of jazz including fusion and Big Band. "more cowbell" and "encore" and last but not least. . . Mister Donuts.

as for friday, we had some unexpected excitement due to Otosan (Father) tooth problem which turned out to be more serious but not too serious. he has another appointment for monday. after accompanying Noriko and her Father to the dentist in Ishibashi, they dropped me off for the last hour and half of "street live" at Senri-chuo. Sakamoto Keisuke was there again. i bought a cd of the duet Qurune`s music as well as the very entertaining Yo-Ryo. and waiting for me at home was another delicious dinner. and speaking of delicious, Noriko`s Mother and i had a nice o-bento lunch from
Kikuya. she had the napa gohan and i had my usually hire-katsu.