"Red Bird" Is the Name of a Restaurant

Akai Tori, Red bird in English, is the name of a restaurant.

It stands just across the street from home.

We can’t go out or come back home without seeing it. But it’s our first time to get in the restaurant.

My wife, daughter Emi and I went there a couple weeks ago, had bowls of ice shavings with syrup and an ice cream with sweet boiled beans and fruits.

They kept hundreds of strange dolls, figures, accessories, and so forth in the shop.

What's the Best Food on a Super Hot Summer Day in Japan?

 It's been very hot since the beginning of August in Japan.

On a day like these, the best choice to go is, I guess, an ice shavings shop.

I went to a restaurant called Miyoshi that is famous for its sweets in Utsunomiya, ordered a bowl of "ujikintoki" or shaved ice topped with green tea syrup and sweet bean paste.

I think it's too sweet for me but for people who have a sweet tooth will enjoy the taste very much.