My brandnew wallet has come!

Finally I got my new wallet here!I've been looking for the one so long and asked my friends what type of wallet they have again and again.Since it started, I couldn't stop thinking of that and I was keener than usual to find one. When I looked at this at the first time, I liked it but I could not decide immediately then.I went to some department stores to compare and I'm very sure this is the one!It's made by leather and fashionable point is this mesh!Do you like it?

The flower field visiting in Chichibu

29th April, 2007

Now it's on the Golden Week in Japan! Why do we call it like this? I would say that because we have many public holiday on this week, also plus weekend.In my father's case, he has 9days holiday!I will work even this GW as our office will be opened though... Someone say people will spend money for leisure on this season.That's why to be called.

Look at this photo!It's amazing isn't it?I went to the Histujiyama park in Chichibu, Saitama pref. with my family. I wanted to come here for long and finally it come true!I was waken up around 5:00 A.M. and left home soon.Mum said many people are coming so we'll go there earlier than others.My parents have been here before,so I just heard their advice. It takes 2hours drive from my home usually, but this day it took only 1hour as it's too early!However, people already started to gather.It was surprising and my sister and I felt the passion for going out on middle ages are so hot....According to one news paper's prediction, 500 thousands visiters are coming here during this Golden Week!

Big sponge cake just baked!

♪the left black sigh says
''purveyors to the Imperial Household Agency''♪
On the way to home after the gardening shop, I saw a sponge cake factory, which is famous and has long history for selling here in Japan, and we called at there as I storongly requested. Why I did it? Because an idea that there might be something YUMMY flashed into my mind. It was bingo!!! When we parked, I saw a long queue a bit away in the factory area and I run up there quickly with mum. I already smelled something sweet and was sure it's sponge cakes! While we were joining in the queue, we tasted a piece of just baked cakes and bought them ofcourse. They are very soft, really hot and fresh. That an only flavor in the factory! I'd love to come back!

Doors collection for my cafe?

Some of my friends know that I'd like to have my own cafe someday in the future.I've already decided that cafe's name it's ''Chicafe''. Yeah, it's the same as this blog!It's not so easy to start my shop, but doing it on the website is quite easy. So I named my blog like this!Showing myself and my life with beatutiful view and food is my cafe's concept I think it's impotant.


My weekend is not busy and I don't many plan to do. Usually just being relaxed or cleaning at home or I often go out if my parents asked me.I was taken to one gardening shop by them and looking around together. There were many plants and flowers and it looked like very spring! I noticed one area where are full with French taste stuff for gardening. I liked those doors and could not stopping taking photoes of those.Which door is the best for my cafe? Thinking like that is fun really!I'll think about a menu book or interiors of Chicafe next!

Friend's wedding!

21th April 2007
It was already the third wedding party this year!What a happy year!Bride is my friend and we used be coworkerd a few years ago. My all these company are so nice and our friendship have been going on even though I quit my job.On this day, I could see my previous boss as well and it was also wonderful surprising!What I could celebrate her new life starts together was absolutely great time.She was sooooo beautiful!But the most unforgettable thing was that the groom first cry with our such celebration when they cut a wedding cakes !

*the garden and one of meals*

Beatiful Japanese style garden and as you know this, Sashimi!

Asian food night

I totally forgot that I shopped some seasoning and used them tonight. I cooked 'sinigang' which is Philipino traditional soup. It's bit sour taste, but it's good especially when it's hot day. Those taste are different each place we had, I think each family has their original taste. I put white radish and long beans. We had calamansi juice, which is Philinino lime, Thai spicy soup and Vietnamise raw spring roll together. It was really Asian night!

Pregnant mates!

These two girls are my friends and pregant.They don't look that they'll be thirty years old next and mum soon.They've been like this since our high school ages and never change since then. We are so excited that they'll be a mum almost at the same time which is July and August.I wish their baby will be given full of love by many people, but it's silly wish as I'm very sure that will be happen!We already love you guys!

The oasis in the noisiest city, Shinjuku

After wonderful French lunch, we walked one of the biggest park in Tokyo city which name is ''Shinjuku Gyoen''. It was the very first time to be here and it was surprising as it was really big park and was full with green and seasonal flowers.They made me really a photographer today. Truely, it's amazing that there is such a nice park in Shinjyuku, which is well known as a busy and dirty city, I shouldn't say like that though. This building is the Tokyo Metropolitan Goverment Office. As you can see, it is very tall building and you can observe Tokyo city from the top floor of this.

This cherry blossoms are different one from that I mentioned before and also pretty.They have more petals than others and on season. They look like cotton when we saw from a bit away!One special party, which was organised by a current Japanese premier, was hold this morning here and many famous people gathered. It was great weather to have a walk! I could take beatiful photoes of view and palnts, so I'd love to attach them following space.

This leaves are maple tree, we call them '' Momiji''.They will change their color when Autumn comes, but when it's spring and summer time is fresh green. I like both colors!

I put this photo, because I like this color contrast with blue of sky, blossoms' pink and green of the front.I'd like to say that they have spring and autumn of Japan!

The French bistro in Shinjuku, Tokyo

We, four of us who are close and we've know since high school, gathered and had lunch in this restaurant today. The weather was expected to be storm afternoon, but fortunately it was warm and sunny day! It was great day to meet up.

Two of us are pregnant and another will get marry on this October. Today's gathering is kind of celebration for all of us to share those happiness. We were very excited to talk, tell our news and enjoying looking at many photoes we brought.It was so much enjoyable time!

French meal were also great. As I was keen on talking with my people, I forgot taking photoes of dishes though, I'm sure it will make you full and enjoy those taste. It costs ￥1500（A$16) with all such as starter, main dish, desset and coffee.I will recommend you here!!!!!!

Gourmet CHIKA?

I can not tell anything about my going out without food really.It's always exciting and enjoyable experience. So, I 'm quite fussy what I will have when I go out somewhere. When I was in Sydney, I often used to try many coffee in different cafe to find the one, which is cheap and tasty.Well, being not very pricy is one of important matter in my fussiness for food.


Usually, countryside in Japan, Soba (buckwheat noodles) is most popular food. I don't know why, but it would be that those lands are less rich soil and suitable to produce buckwheat.

My father, he especially likes them and we do. We poped in one Soba restaurant and had lunch.
It was good and costs ￥1500(A$16) for all food on my tray, which is this photo. I want to come back again!

The wild Katakuri flowers

We call these flowers 'Katakuri' and their English name is dogtooth violet. After visiting the old temple, we walked up a small mountain to see these wild flowers. Their bulbs are used to eat as starch before. We were tired to climb even it was a small uphill road, but it was good to look at their natural features.

Going out to see another cherry blossoms

I went to one old temple in country side which is two hours drive away from my home.My parents visit here once a year.This temple is famous as it has another kind of big cherry blossom trees, that feature is like fall, and they are the good time to enjoy looking at.

Here I took one photo with my sister!It's Japanese pose, isn't it? It's absolutely beautiful garden and really understand why my parents want to come here annually. As you can see that there are many people, it's very popular!

These cherry blossoms are national natural tresures!They are very tall and old trees. Around this area, there are many cherry blossoms as same as these. Mountans and these flowers showed us another view of Spring and I felt I'm in the old era. My sister and I say spring time is the best season to visit Japan!You will really know how much we love cherry blossoms we call them 'SAKURA'.(They are printed in our passport pages as well!)

On the way to the office in Spring !

I walk about 20minutes every day to go to the office. It's actually tiring and I don't like it, but now I really enjoy doing it. Because it's the most beautilful season in Japan, yes, it's spring I like!Cherry blossoms are in full bloom and they make such a marvelous scenery . I love them so much!

The contarst cherry blossoms' pink and blue sky is also wonderful as you can see here!!Students have entrance ceremony and start their new grade and term, many people start new life in spring. It has something wonder power to make us fresh and enegetic. It's like plants coming into bud!What should I start now?I want to do something though!

Spring has come!

I saw these horsetails a few weeks ago on the way to my office in the morning. Thet were growing as an order of hight and it was funny for me. I just remembered my sisiter!As we are three sisters. It's been a long time to see them when I was a child, I used to do every spring.
Surprisingly they were just a small space between concrete! Thet amazed me and I coulc not stop taking photoes of those!

My dream come true!

Relaxing in a hammock was one of my dream since ever. Finally it come true and I'm so happy with this photo. The resort has a private beach and there were not many people and it made us our busy days forget. I and my sister, who love travel so much, wonderlingly never expected to visit Philippine for travel. It's actually quite close and easy to visit from Japan. I don't reccommend here for people loves duty free shopping, but strongly do for relaxing and to be calm.Yes, you might see some poor people here, but it's real as well. It's one of the realities this country has and happening anywhere in the world. I leant something new and felt how much Japan is still wealthy even though we have some finalcial and social problem.
I hope to visit another Island in Philippine to know another part of Asia!

Magellan's Cross and the fort San Pedro

In the third day in Cebu, I saw my friend Hyun, Korean boy and we've known each other since Sydney, we had great time for sight seeing around Cebu city. He took his friend who sometimes works as tour guide a part-time job and also took care of us very nicely. They took us some old buildings as left photoes and it was impressing! This is called as the Magellan's Cross and was built over 400 years ago. There were many prayers and I felt how much they are religious.
Just a day ago this day, when I went to a supermarket, suddenly one taped talking started and people stopped doing anything.At firsts, didn't undertstand at all, but I did when noticedthat was reading maybe the Byble.It never happen in Japan!



The boy who are wearing black shirts is my old friend Hyun and another boy is Wang-Ye. Both of them are students of the Cebu doctors University.
This fortress was started to build on 1565 and completed an 1738. I knew that Japanese army used here as a kind of jail when they invaded in one guide book. This place has sad history, but now has been maintained and use as a beautiful park for young generations.