The Kawazu cherry blossoms bloom first, followed by Somei Yoshino, Oshima cherry, mountain cherry, double-flowered cherry, and Beni Temari cherry trees, with approximately 700 cherry trees blooming in succession. Springtime at Lake Sanaru is bustling with many cherry blossom viewers! Our family moved to within a few minutes' walk of Lake Sanaru last October...
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佐鳴湖の我が家で気軽にワイワイ楽しめる「たこ焼きシャンパーニュパーティ」を開催致しました！ 平日の昼下がりに集ってくださった素敵マダムの皆さんとマグナムボトルにて乾杯！ たこ焼き器の中にオリーブオイルを浸して、海老や青柳...
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寒さ厳しい2月には、女子力高まる一大イベントの「バレンタインデー（St. Valentine’s Day）」がやって参ります！ 年に一度のショコラの祭典として「遠鉄百貨店」にて、1/24（木）～2/14（木）...
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I was invited to a home party where I could enjoy Indonesian cuisine that can be made in a Japanese home! Indonesia, a multicultural country, has long been a culinary kingdom that makes extensive use of spices, and it boasts a diverse range of cuisines including Balinese, Javanese, Sundanese, Makassar, Manado, and Padak...
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With winter truly upon us and the weather bitterly cold these days, our New Year's party at home will feature a charcoal grill on a tabletop to keep warm, and a hot pot to warm you to the core, along with some exquisite wine for our charcoal grill and shabu-shabu party! On this particular day, we visited "WINE B...", a wine shop in Hamamatsu.
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Our family's annual New Year's party is always "sukiyaki," and this year, as always, we'll invite close friends to enjoy "Rosanjin-style sukiyaki" and "a tasting of different types of Japanese Black beef"! Kitaoji... is a man of many talents, including seal engraver, painter, ceramicist, calligrapher, lacquer artist, and chef.
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At our family dinner table to celebrate the New Year, we enjoyed the Osechi ryori (traditional New Year's dishes) lovingly prepared by Keiko, the mother of our friends, sisters Ayako and Nanako Matsui, along with our own Ozoni (New Year's soup), and toasted with fine sake! The Osechi ryori consisted of Japanese kaiseki cuisine...
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This was my second home party since moving to the shores of Lake Sanaru, and it was hosted by Takayuki Matsushita and Yukako Matsushita, the owners of my favorite French restaurant, "Restaurant Lagap," in Fujieda City...
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Among French breads, there's one called "Baguette," which means "cane" in French! As the name suggests, it's shaped like a slender cane, crispy on the outside, soft and chewy on the inside, with a wonderful aroma of wheat flour. It's delicious lightly toasted...
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We regularly host home parties, and this time it's a sukiyaki party, as requested! For the beef, we got it from the nearby Watanabe Meat Shop – Shizuoka-raised beef – including short ribs, two types of thigh, and ribeye, so we could enjoy the different flavors of each cut...
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Valentine's Day is a busy time for Japanese women in many ways: "Honmei Choco" for the person they have a crush on, "Giri Choco" to express gratitude, "Tomo Choco" to female friends to say "Let's continue to be friends!", and "Gohobi Choco" for themselves! (*´Д｀...
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On a sunny Saturday weekend, I took my beloved Maserati Quattroporte for a drive to Kanzanji Onsen in Lake Hamana, where the "Enshu no Karakaze" (a strong, dry wind of Enshu) blows fiercely! Along the shores of Lake Hamana, you'll find attractions like the Kanzanji Ropeway and the giant Ferris wheel...
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