Japanese Pub: 'Otsukare San'

Recently, I found a cozy Japanese pub named 'Otsukare San' near my home.

My wife and I visited there three times in two months.

The pub serves ample delicious meals and my favorite beer at an easygoing price.

Asahi Super Dry is one of my most favorite beer labels on earth.

Cafe F & Burmese Vegetable Soup

 It's been in the rainy season in Japan since the beginning of June.

The rainy season will continue until mid July.

During the season, we don't have 100% rainy days.
It's sunny day today, it rained yesterday,  that the way it goes.

The other day, my wife and I picked up one of not-raining days and went to “Cafe F” which is famous for its Burmese vegetable soup.

The soup tasted, a bit spicy though, very good with well cooked beans, eggplants, carrots, tomato and minced meat.

They decorated inside of the cafe with beautiful hydrangeas that were currently in its top season.

BBQ with My Tennis Friends and Their Families

I went to Igashira park for a barbecue party with my tennis friends and their family members.

There were barbecue spaces, a fishing pond, a flower garden and tennis courts there.

We usually use tennis courts, of course, but this time we chose a BBQ space for a change.

We drunk beer, ate meet, vegetables, fish, needles and so forth.

It's nice to know some of my aggressive tennis players having such cute kids.

At a Rose Garden near the BBQ space.

Kiyono and Stephanie Wear Kimono

 I couldn't go with them because of my tennis practice but Kiyono, Stephanie and her friends went to kimono wearing lessons.

They seemed very happy in these pictures.

The clothes looked very nice with the background of the Japanese garden.

I heard that they, in their kimonos, participated in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony, eating sweets and drinking Japanese powder green tea.

It must have been a good Japanese memory.

Stephanie Stays Our Home

Stephanie who is a college student in Iowa, U.S.A. came to Utsunomiya city for a  cultural exchange program between Japan and U.S.

She took part in a concert held in our city and played the clarinet among her other orchestra members.

We were asked to be a host family of her and accepted it just a week before she came to Utsunomiya city.

I felt as if I could have another elder daughter during her staying home. We had a fun time chatting this or that.