I Go to Japanese Restaurant Gassan

I went to a Japanese restaurant called gassan with my wife the other day.

The restaurant is located on the top floor in Tobu department store in Utsunomiya city.

The restaurant is famous for its tofu cuisine.

We ordered yu-doufu or boiling tofu and yuba.

Yuba is also called tofu skin, a food product made from soybeans.
It is made, at first boiling soy milk, a skin forms on the liquid surface, then take the skin. That is the yuba.

The restaurant offered us perfect tofu dishes; you should not miss them when you are in Utsunomiya city.

I Go to Utsunomiya Museum of Art

Cherry blossoms have almost gone in Utsunomiya.
My wife and I went to a museum to see an exhibition of a Japanese painter.

The painter was not so famous that I forgot the name of him, haha.

We enjoyed seeing the paintings and walking about the park of the museum.

The picture below shows beautiful t falling cherry blossoms near a sculpture.

Sculpted by an Italian Artist, Sandro Chia

Emi Comes Back to Utsunomiya

My daughter Emi came back home for several weeks. She had ample time to take a rest and relax. That was good for her to recover from poor health conditions.

We went to hot spring, after that, had dinner one day.

We rarely have had enough time to talk about so much of things, such as work, life, future and these things before.

Kinu Green Park, shirasawa, narcissus flowers

Cherry Blossoms in Utsunomiya

Cherry blossoms were in full bloom last week in my town Utsunomiya.

I took those pictures near my office and tennis courts where I usually use.

The video was the scene from just my office site exit gate to tennis courts area.
I took the video while I was riding on a bike.

I Go to Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts

On a freezing cold day, my wife and I went to Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts. The museum had a beautiful outdoor exhibition area. Shinning water, sculptures, trees and their shadows went well with surrounding buildings.

I Go to Indian Restaurant 'Bombay Bistro'

One of my favorite foods is Indian one. There are many Indian restaurants in my home town though, the taste of food at 'Bombay Bistro' in Austin had to be listed on my top ten restaurant rankings.
Prawn curry seemed very spicy, but it was mildly flavored and delicious. Talking about rice, it is almost impossible to eat none-sticky long rice in Japan. I think that type of rice goes very well with Indian curry.

I Stay at Hyatt House in Austin

This is the room I stayed in Austin.
The room was spacious, clean and quiet, a bit old though.

It fitted well for relaxing and working with a PC.

Since it had a small kitchen with kitchen utensils, I cooked light meal, Japanese noodle soup, as for my late-evening snack.

I Go To Texas Steak House

I went to a restaurant which is famous for serving delicious steak in Austin with my colleagues after heavy business meetings.
I ordered local brand beer, beefsteak and prawn, and green salad.
Everything was delicious, We enjoyed the food, conversation and its atmosphere very much.

I Land in Austin, Texas

I landed in Austin airport, Texas to attend two-day business meetings held there.
I had to have breakfast before morning sunrise everyday.
That was the main difference between a sightseeing trip and a business trip.

The most recommended menu for the breakfast was an ordered omelet.
You can request a cook to put whatever ingredients you want in it.

It was unusual cold days in Austin while I was staying. The first day of the meeting was put off to the next day due to a freezing temperature.

Leaving San Francisco for Austin, Texas

Having a transient stay for several hours in San Francisco, I flew to Austin to attend business meetings scheduled only for two days.

I always think that company should offer its employee business class seats rather than economy.

Twelve hour jet lag and a small seat are sometimes a kind of torture for a short term, only six days, travelers. But, it is true that I enjoyed view from airplane windows a lot.

 

Scenery of North American Continent

The last time I came to San Francisco was almost 25 years ago.

I was working for Nikon and visited its San Francisco branch at that time.

The only memory of sightseeing was visiting Fisherman's Wharf area.

I ate soft shell crabs at a restaurant there.

That delicious food became one of my forever unforgettable memories.