〝川越 これがかき氷〟
天然氷のかき氷のため、口の中ですーっと溶けて、頭がキーンってならないため、今の季節でも全く寒くならなかったです‼️

[English／日本語]
I visited Soto Terrace, a spot that opened last November to promote Hachioji's traditional culture. It is a 7-minute walk from Hachioji Station. You can reach it by passing through a small street in Hanamachi. I visited at night so it was very quiet, but I heard it is very lively on weekends and holidays with events. There is a nice store and I bought some cute sweets. I will report on the sweets I bought next time. Hachioji is an old town, so there are many events and places that convey traditional culture. I think it's a great city for foreign students to learn about Japanese culture!
昨年11月にオープンした八王子の伝統文化を発信するスポット「桑都テラス」に行きました。八王子駅から徒歩7分。花街の小さな道を通るとたどりつきます。私が訪れたのは夜だったのでとても静かな雰囲気でしたが、休日はイベントをしていてとても賑やかなんだそうです。素敵なお店があり、かわいいお菓子を買いました。買ったお菓子は次回報告しますね。八王子は古い街なので、伝統文化を伝えるイベントや場所が多くあります。留学生にとっては日本文化を知るのにとてもいい街だと思います！

[English／日本語]
The other day I bought a French pastry called "Galette des Rois" at "Patisserie Tatsuya Sasaki" just a 4 minute walk from Nishi Hachioji! It is famous in France as a cake eaten on January 6. The cake is not only delicious but also enjoyable, as there is a ceramic doll inside the cake and the person who wins it can become a king. What do you do on New Year's in your country? Most of our international students have their New Year's in February or April! They have a very lively time, eating the country's traditional food and having festivals. When a new year starts, you will feel renewed 😊We wish you all a happy new year!
先日西八王子から歩いて4分のところにある「パティスリータツヤササキ」で「ガレット・デ・ロア」というフランス菓子を買いました！フランスでは1月6日に食べるケーキとして有名です。ケーキの中に陶器でできた人形が入っていて、それがあたった人が王様になれるというおいしいだけではなく、楽しむこともできます。みなさんの国では新年に何をしますか？本校の留学生のほとんどは新年が2月や4月に来ます！国の伝統的な料理を食べたり、お祭りをしたりととても賑やかに過ごすそうです。新しい年が始まると気持ちも新しくなりますよね😊みなさん今年もよろしくお願いします。

[English／日本語]
Tengu-yaki, a souvenir I bought on a field trip to Mt. Takao. It is shaped like a tengu, a demon said to live in Mt. I thought the filling was red bean paste, but it was made of crushed black beans, and the elegant sweetness was very delicious. Our school is located at Nishi-Hachioji Station, next to Takao Station. It took first place in the recently announced "Really Comfortable City to Live in Ranking". Nishi-Hachioji is located along the Chuo Line, which connects to Tokyo and Shinjuku, between Hachioji, which is convenient for shopping, and Takao, which is rich in nature. It is recommended for its many supermarkets and hospitals, and inexpensive rent 😊.
高尾山に遠足で行ったときにかったお土産の「天狗焼き」。高尾山に住んでいると言われている妖怪の天狗の形をしています。中身は餡子かと思いきや、黒豆をつぶしたもので、上品な甘さがとてもおいしかったです。本校は高尾駅の隣の西八王子駅にあります。先日発表された「本当に住みやすい街ランキング」では1位をとりました。西八王子は東京や新宿とつながっている中央線の沿線にあり、買い物に便利な八王子、自然の豊かな高尾の間にあります。スーパーや病院が多く、家賃も安いのでおすすめです😊

南風原町（はえばる）にございます、自動販売機を紹介します。
美ら玉養鶏場兼城店入り口にある、たまごの自動販売機^o^
自社養鶏場で育てた鶏の卵は黄身の色が濃く新鮮です☆そしてその卵を使ったスイーツもイチオシ！私のイチオシはキャラメルパウンドケーキ！こちらの自販機からご購入できます☆☆

[English／日本語]
A 15-minute walk from Hachioji Station, I bought a "Hachioji Castle Monaka" at the Japanese sweets shop Senshuen. In fact, there was a castle in Hachioji in the 16th century. This "Hachioji Castle Monaka" is a confectionary shaped like the castle that existed at that time. The monaka is filled with sweet bean paste and is very tasty 😊By the way, Hachioji Castle is no longer there, but the place where the castle used to be is now a park. I would like to visit there with my students someday.
八王子駅から徒歩15分、和菓子屋の千松園さんで「八王子城もなか」を買いました。実は16世紀に八王子にはお城がありました。この「八王子城もなか」はその時にあったお城の形をしたお菓子です。もなかの中にはしっかりとあんこ（豆の甘いペースト）が入っていて、とてもおいしかったです😊ちなみに、八王子城は今はありませんが、昔お城があった場所は公園になっています。いつか学生と行ってみたいです。

近くのアイス屋さん。
いくらなんでもやり過ぎ？

[English／日本語]
The photo shows "Dorayaki" from "Dorayaki Specialty Shop Makana" which is very popular in Hachioji. Dorayaki is famous among foreign students as Doraemon's favorite food. The dorayaki here was very delicious with its fluffy dough and not-too-sweet red bean paste 😊.
写真は八王子でとても人気がある「どら焼き専門店まかな」の『どら焼き』です。留学生からどら焼きはドラえもんが大好きな食べものとして有名です。こちらのどら焼きはふわふわの生地に甘すぎないあんこがとてもおいしかったです😊

[Englsih／日本語]
Cafe Kojika is a 10-minute walk from Hachioji Station. The interior of Cafe Kojika is decorated in the 1970s, so you can enjoy your meal in an old Japanese house. The prices are all one coin and even better, they were very tasty 😊My top recommendation is the cream soda. You can have your favorite color juice made. There are many international students who would like to do a homestay. However, due to the corona, they don't have a chance to do a homestay, so I recommend this kind of old house café to such students.
八王子駅から徒歩10分の「カフェ小鹿」。カフェ小鹿の中は1970年代のインテリアになっているので、古い日本の家の中で食事を楽しむことができます。値段もワンコインのものが多く、さらにとてもおいしかったです😊一番のおすすめはクリームソーダです。自分の好きな色のジュースを作ってもらえます。留学生でホームステイをしてみたいという学生はとても多いです。しかし、コロナの関係でホームステイをする機会がないので、そんな学生にはこのような古民家カフェをおすすめしています。

[Englsih／日本語]
Stopped by Cerian, a confectionary shop a minute's walk from the school, and found the now rare "raccoon dog cake! I didn't hesitate to buy it 😊"Tanuki Cake" is a raccoon-shaped cake that became popular about 40 years ago, and it is even said to be an endangered species, as there are fewer and fewer stores making this cake these days. I was very impressed by how carefully the raccoon's face was made. The taste was very sweet, and my fatigue flew away ✨
学校から徒歩1分の洋菓子屋さん「セリアン」さんに立ち寄ったら、今は珍しい「タヌキケーキ」を発見！迷わず買ってしまいました😊「タヌキケーキ」は今から40年ほど前に流行した、タヌキの形をしたケーキで、最近はこのケーキを作る店が少なくなっていることから、絶滅危惧種とも言われているくらいです。タヌキの顔がとても丁寧に作られていてとても感動しました。味はとっても甘くて、疲れが飛んでいきました✨

[English／日本語]
Do you know "Miyako Manju," the soul food of Hachioji? 30 yen per piece, you can buy these manju near Hachioji Station. They are popular among students because of their affordable price. They taste very delicious with a gentle sweetness. The store is a local store that collaborates with a nearby university, and the design of the manju often changes, so you can enjoy eating it while having fun. You should definitely try it 😊.
八王子のソウルフード「都まんじゅう」をご存じですか？1個30円で、八王子駅周辺で購入できるお饅頭です。お手頃価格なので、学生にも人気です。味は優しい甘さでとても美味しいです。近くの大学とコラボをするなど地元密着のお店で、まんじゅうのデザインもよく変わるので、楽しみながら食べられますよ。是非一度食べてみてください😊

以前行った築地で人気の甘味屋さん🍦ლ´ڡ`ლ

Visited Shibamata for the first time over the weekend.

I'd been meaning to go for a while because it seemed like an interesting place to visit in Tokyo, but I just hadn't had the chance until now.

It was a really nice place and I was surprised at how few people were there.
There was a ton of shops lined up along the main street and the wooden buildings gave it a really nice atmosphere.

I haven't seen Otoko wa Tsurai yo, but there were statues and posters of Tora-san everywhere, even inside shops and stuff. I guess I'll have to watch it some time when I have the chance.

We ended up eating lunch at one of the restaurants along the main road and they had some Tora Miso Ramen so we decided to try it. It was pretty good and had a decent amount of vegetables in it as well, so moderately healthy for ramen I suppose. We also got some dessert at a cafe afterwards and she got some dango while I ordered an ice cream float.

We also went to the nearby temple Shibamata Taishakuten 柴又帝釈天, or Daikyoji Temple and walked around the main temple grounds and also bought tickets to see the garden and the architecture inside the temple. The garden was really pretty and the walkway around it was quite nice to walk on.

I really enjoyed viewing the inside of the temple as there was a ton of hand-carved panels depicting different scenes. There were descriptions below each of the panels that described them as well, and they were interesting to read.

It seemed like they were all carved by different people but they were all highly skilled.

When we were leaving we found a nice little shows style candy shop and we bought some snacks and played a round of pinball on one of the pinball machines inside the shop. Haven’t played pinball since I was a kid, was pretty nostalgic.

If you're in Tokyo I definitely recommend giving this place a visit on the weekend.

Had some tasty cheesecake at a small cafe near Machiya

Shiraho家cafe
しらほいえカフェ
白保

広いお部屋で緑を眺めながら
ゆっくり過ごせましは

Went down to Takamatsu over the 3 day weekend last week. It was the first time either one of us had been to Shikoku before and it was a lot of fun. I'm surprised it's not talked about more, as there's so much stuff to do. We stayed near Takamatsu pretty much the whole time and we still didn't get to visit every place that we wanted to go.

The first day mostly consisted of Ritsurin Park.

The park garden itself was quite large and there was a lot of beautiful sights to see. We really wanted to go on the boat ride throughout the park's pond, but unfortunately it started to rain just a tiny bit and they closed the boat for the rest of the day, just before we arrived...☔️

Even still we had a lot of fun walking around the park. There were a lot of koi and turtles swimming in the pond too.
We stopped by a small cafe-like building inside the park and i got an ice cream float and she got a coffee.
In front of the shop one of the custodians came by with a big bucket of fish food and created a feeding frenzy amongst the koi. I'm pretty sure I saw a single catfish in there as well. After we finished our drinks we climbed to one of the best viewing spots in the park which had a really amazing view of the bridge and the pond. You can see the people on the boat we didn't get to ride too lol🥲

The one building shown in photo 9 was actually a tea house where I think you could try traditional tea ceremony and eat sweets as well, but they also seemed to offer just a normal tea drinking experience as well.
We decided not to try it, but if you like tea ceremony it looked quite nice.

[English／日本語]
Continuing from last week, I will talk about a crepe shop in Nish- Hachioji. There is a crepe shop called "Twin's Crepe" just a minute walk from the school.The crepes here are so popular that they have been introduced on TV many times. The crepes are beautifully rolled in thin crepe dough and are a work of art. The taste is of course very good. You can eat them as a reward for studying hard😊✨
先週に引き続き、西八王子のクレープ屋さんについてお話をします。学校から徒歩1分のところに「ツインズクレープ」というクレープ屋さんがあります。ここのクレープはテレビに何度も紹介されるほどの人気店。薄いクレープ生地で美しく巻かれたクレープは芸術品と言っていいくらいです。味はもちろんとてもおいしいです。勉強をがんばったご褒美に食べてもいいですね😊✨

[Englsih／日本語]
Nishi-Hachioji, where our school is located, is famous for its many delicious crepe shops. Among them, "Crepe Anne" opened in 1983 and has a long history and many fans. Most of the crepes are handmade. In autumn, you can enjoy eating while viewing the rows of gingko trees. Students who are tired of studying can refresh themselves with a sweet treat.
本校がある西八王子はおいしいクレープ屋が多いことでも有名です。中でも「クレープアン」は1983年にオープンしたお店で歴史があり、ファンも多くいます。クレープの中身はほとんどが手作りです。秋は銀杏並木を見ながら食べることができます。勉強につかれた学生たちもスイーツを食べてリフレッシュしているようです。

🌸お花見一週間キャンプ🌸

キャンプ場イン後の昼食
🍣🍣🍣

ちょうど満開の🌸さくら🌸を見ながら
お寿司を戴きました😋

お花見キャンプは初めて✨✨
どこか浮き足立ってる〜😬

でも寒〜い
ガスストーブで暖まりながらのお花見っていい思い出になりました☺️

来年も来たいなぁ〜

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Dropped by a cafe near Oji Station the other day and ordered a small chocolate cake and a tea. It looks strikingly similar to the one I had at the pasta restaurant a few days ago, with very minor differences lol. I didn't take a photo of the tea unfortunately, I was too focused on eating the cake😅. I suppose it's a popular dessert combination as it seems quite easy but delicious at the same time.

The cafe is called Dining Cafe Tagen ダイニング カフェTAGEN. When I passed it on Halloween they were opening the large doors at the front of the shop and preparing some sort of Halloween event, although I wasn't able to see exactly what was going on with it. They had a big speaker as well, so maybe they were going to sing and give candy away lol. I'm not really sure though. I think they were wearing costumes as well, it looked pretty interesting. It's a nice place though. It can be a bit cramped at times but otherwise it's a nice place to go for a coffee and dessert if you're in the area. You can also take the streetcar Tokyo Sakura Tram to get there as well which is a plus!

Went and had some pasta at a small cafe called Abbraccio the other day. I got a cream and mushroom sauce penne which tasted great. The salad was served with a small slice of bread which complimented it quite well. The desert was really simple but tasted excellent. Just add a bit of the whip cream I think it's whip cream anyways and the what I thought was cherry sauce and it a great way to finish the meal. They had a PayPay campaign going on as well and we managed to get a 50% discount and only ended up paying ¥700 per meal, which was pretty incredible considering we got the drink sets as well, which unfortunately aren't pictured here, but I ordered a chamomile tea I believe. Or something similar to that. It was also quite refreshing. The place seems to have a couple of balcony seats as well but I'm not sure if you have to request them or reserve them or what, but by the time we noticed them we were already seated so we decided not to ask. Overall it was a pretty good place and the service was good as well

Went to Diver City in Tokyo over the weekend. We'd visited in the past as well but my gf's friend was in town so we decided to go again. There's so much to do there that it would take a month to do everything probably.

We decided to go to the "Unko Museum" this time lol. It was a lot more fun than I was expecting to be honest. When the clerks would say "thank you" they would say "arigatounko" and it was pretty funny.

It was really colorful and there was a bunch of different games you could try as well. We heard people yelling "unko" extremely loudly and were confused until we found out that it was a game. The objective of the game was to yell "unko" as loud as you can, and whoever managed to do so, would create the bigger poop. It was embarassing to do, but at the same time pretty funny I managed to win lol😂.

Besides the "Unko Museum," we also did the VR experience and ran away from zombies, etc. Couldn't take photos since we were in VR but it was fun.

We also ate dinner at a steak restaurant that was pretty good and picked up a couple desserts before leaving. Lots of fun though. Definitely plan on going again lol.

関東住在の私には
珍しいなーって思ったので
ハローウィンスイートという
さつまいもを焼きいもに
して頂きました*¨*♬
やっぱり、秋といえば
焼きいも。
すごく甘み濃厚で
とても美味しかったです▹▸
ぺろりと完食しちゃいました笑

食欲の秋をテーマで
自宅で主人と二人で
ホールケーキを
頂きました*'*'*ŧ‹”ŧ‹”

これは群馬にある｢日本一｣というかき氷屋さんの、いちごのかき氷です。
氷は秩父の天然氷を使っていて、日光の天然氷にも変更ができます。また、いちごのシロップは手作りで作られていて酸味と甘みのバランスがよく、店名にもあるように暑い夏には1番じゃないかと思います。

かき氷は日本の夏にはかかせないものと思いますし、今では日本全国に様々なかき氷があって、より身近な存在になったのではないでしょうか。

そんなかき氷を、全体ではなくあえて美味しそうな部分に絞って撮りました。

夏といえば誕生日。

グレープフルーツのタルト😋
夏バテでも食べやすくて美味しかったです

☕珈琲茶館 集

毎日暑い日が続いてますが
そんな時はやっぱスイカでしょ〜🍉
てことでスイカをみんなで食べました•̀ᴗ•́و笑
冷たくておいし〜いっT ^ T💕
暑いしバテるけど夏しか味わえない楽しさが沢山あるから夏が大好きなんですよね〜っ♡´･ᴗ･`♡
コロナに負けず頑張ろ〜うっ！！

夏を感じる食べ物といえば🍧🍉

夏って果物食べたくなりませんか？？