台風15号 Typhoon 15th

台風15号が本日静岡県を直撃。中心気圧が何と940ｈｐaとかなり強力！
国道1号線 バイパスでトラックが強風の為に横倒しとなり渋滞発生し
片側交互通行で通った時に撮った写真です。
スゴイわ台風！

Typhoon 15th directly hit my town Shizuoka prefecture today.
Central pressure of the typhoon is, say, 940hpa, very strong !
One track fell sideways on the national route 1st bypass because of strong wind
so it became single sided mutual passing and started heavy traffic jam.
I took this picture when I passed the fell down truck.
what a great natural phenomena "Typhoon"!

飲み会 in 横浜 Meeting in Yokohama

俺と同じ様に仕事を辞めてトロントに来た奴らよ。
右から竜一郎、ヒロアキ、ユウリ。でもユウリだけは当時学生だったな。
俺以外は3人とも現在関東で働いているんだけど、ユウリは
来月沖縄に転勤らしい。是非遊びに行かねば。
竜ちゃんは今月パパになったばかりで、トロントにいた時は
3人共独身だったけど、今は全員結婚して当時の様な自由はもう
無いはず。そんな訳で久し振りに集まり横浜で飲みました。

When they came to Toronto, they also quitted their job same as me but only Yuuri was 

university student the time.

From right side, members are Ryuichiro, Hiroaki, Yuuri.

Now they are working in Kanto region but Yuuri will move to Okinawa next month.

I have to visit there!

Ryuichiro just became Dad this month.

You know, when they were in Toronto, all of them were single but now they have already got 

marriage so they may have no more freedom like Toronto life.

Anyway, we met and drank in Yokohama after a long separation and it was really good time.

秋田”縄文の湯” "hot spring of Jomon" in Akita

9/7～8で秋田出張でした。
最近秋田へ行った際は”縄文の湯”という温泉施設に宿泊する様にしてます。
最初ここへ連れて来られた時は、安っぽい銭湯みたいで大丈夫か？って
思ったんだけど、ところがどっこいよ。
天然温泉で夜は勿論、朝風呂も入れてサウナ、露店風呂完備。
しかも出来て1年しか経ってないので中は非常に綺麗。
美容室も入っていて￥1,050でカットして貰いました。1泊朝食付きで
料金￥5,700って安くない？

I was on business trip to Akita prefecture on 7^th and 8^th Sep.

Nowadays when I go to Akita, I’m always requesting to stay at this hot sprig hotel.

When I was taken here first time, this building looks very cheap public bath so I worried about this hotel service and everything a lot but my thinking was absolutely wrong.

This hotel’s bath is perfect natural hot spring and I can enjoy it not only at night but also in the morning.

Of cause this hotel has outside hot spring and also sauna bath.

And this hotel was built last year so everything at inside is very clean.

And also this hotel has beauty salon so I had my hair cut by JPY1,050.

Accommodation fee, one night with breakfast, is JPY5,700.

Don’t you think it is cheap?

で、朝食はこんな感じ。

And then breakfast is like this.

次回はお風呂の写真を！

Next time, I’ll try to take a picture of Onsen bathtub!

男山”笹おり” Otokoyama "Sasaori"

先月韓国へ行く際にお土産で持って行った男山酒造の”笹おり”。
1本自分用に置いておいたのを飲んでみてビックリ！
やっぱ旨いわ～。あっちゃんから聞いていたけど今年のは特に
美味しく出来てます。
そんなに高く無いので是非一度試してみてね。
ただし、夏季限定販売です。

This is “Sasaori”, I took as souvenir when I visit Korea last month, made by brewing company Otokoyama.

I have kept one bottle for me and today, I drink it so I was so surprised the fantastic taste.

It is really delicious!

I have heard from Acchan that this year’s “Sasaori” is especially tasty and it is correct.

This Sake “Sasaori” is not so expensive so please try it, if you have interest.

But you can buy it only summer season.