In January, we made a trip to Amanohashidate in Kyoto for my wife’s birthday. We made a new travelogue video, which we upload on April 1st, our 13th wedding anniversary.
With the 2024 renewal of the site, we closed the travelogue page. Thank you for viewing and sending us comments.
Last month, my wife, my mother-in-law and I went to a food event at a local department store. It wasn’t very interesting and was very crowded. The only item that caught my eye: a man was wrapping strawberries in adzuki bean paste and mochi. The treat was called ichigo daifuku. I said, “Let’s get some of those.” My wife didn’t think I would like it but we came to a compromise and got in line to get three of the 300-yen-apiece sweets.
That night, I bit into my piece and a big smile formed on my face. I thought I had died and gone to heaven. When my wife and her mother ate theirs they broke out laughing. You see, they both thought that I was crazy for wanting to get three. Daifuku is a traditional Japanese sweets but it was never made with strawberries in them until late 20th century. My wife told me that she had always thought that strawberries were an unnecessary and ill-matched addition to the already delicious traditional sweets and had never tried ichigo daifuku before. My mother-in-law told us that not all ichigo daifukus were good. She said the ones we got were incredible. We looked the maker up on the Internet. It’s SUZUKAKE in Hakata, Fukuoka.
We went back two days later for more, but there were none left. They told us that they have a permanent booth in a department store in Shinjuku. Next time we go to Tokyo, we’re getting nine of them.
We uploaded a new video that features dogs in Yokohama.
Have a look.
GO BERNIE!!
A happy new year!
The new year opens with our latest Jazz Japan video from Nikko.
We visited there in November last year to enjoy the colors of autumn.
The weather was exceptionally warm and perfect for seeing the falls and the beautiful Lake Chuzenji.
With the 2024 renewal of the site, we closed the travelogue page. One of the compositions for the Nikko video, “Across the Lake” is included on the CD Liberty. Have a listen!
