Kikusui-sai Autumn Festival

Kikusui-sai autumn festival was held in the city center last Saturday and Sunday.

I took these pictures on Saturday.

They must have had a traditional Japanese Yabusame or a horseback mounted archery on Sunday.

Unfortunately, I did not have time to see them yesterday.



Day by day, it becomes cooler in Utsunomiya.

Rina, my younger daughter, is preparing for her college exams which are scheduled to be held in coming February.

She still has more three to four months. In another words, we have only several months to live together.

Definitely, she'll leave us and go to Tokyo for her college.
To think about it makes me more cooler.

Far East Kitchen

The other day, I went to a cafe 'Far East Kitchen' with my wife.
It took about fifteen minutes from home on foot.

 I ordered an omurice or a rice omelet with curry sauce.

The food, ketchup-seasoned fried rice wrapped in a thin sheet of fried egg,  is very famous in Japan.

My wife  ordered a chestnut spaghetti and  sweets.
Each food looked nice, so was the taste.

Cosmos Flower Field

 I went to a cosmos flower field in Kinu Green Park to take pictures yesterday.

Hot summer days have gone behind Utsunomiya city now.
It was a very pleasant Saturday afternoon.

World Cup Soccer Asian Preliminary League: Japan vs. Iraq

   

Nearby shopping mall provided a public viewing area of the soccer match with a big screen  last month. 

They also prepared beer stands and invited light meal vendors. 

I went to the viewing space expecting that there would be lots of people drinking, shouting, yelling at the screen. 

But, actually not many people gathering there. I watched the screen for about an hour then walked back home alone. 

On my way back home, I took a look at a screen in a pub where I used to go for chats with friends several years ago. It was also not crowded at all. 

Hibiscus Flowers Are Blooming at Home.

I bought a small hibiscus tree last year.
Even all flowers and leaves had gone away in winter, the tree showed us big flowers this summer again.

To my regret, it bloomed a bit fewer flowers this year than the last.

It brightens not only our living room but also whole our family and visitors.