It really is hard to believe it is rainy season when you see these photos but it is. This is the general cycle of rain for a few days, clouds then sun. We have been lucky to have two sunny days in a row. This is a small promise of what summer has in store for us.....hot, hot and more hot........the garden above is part of a beautiful botanical garden just 20 mins drive from our place. We visited here to see the ume blossoms just after winter and it is amazing how much the landscape has changed in the past few months. Today was beautiful and serene and amazingly uncrowded.
Of course, like a strange summer religion, everyone eats kakigori, or shaved ice with syrup. Moo wasnt that impressed.
Lunch was more enjoyable for him. This time another summer religion, somen, a type of cold noodles. Notice the haircut? The first one, ever. I kept some hair, a bit of a sook I know. The hairdresser visited is just for kids with huge cars to sit in, TV screens in front of the kids, bowls of toys and lots of free gifts. He screamed for the duration and ignored all the fancy things but the hair got cut. He got a free glass of milk at the cafe next door, which happened to look down (from the 9th floor)over Shinjuku station and forgot about the trauma once he saw the trains...
Anyway.....we ate lunch in this lovely, cool forest, which was bare a few months back.
And nearby was this beautiful pond filled with lillies and lilly pads and carp and little turtles.
Gorgeous.....
It really is hard to believe it is rainy season when you see these photos but it is. This is the general cycle of rain for a few days, clouds then sun. We have been lucky to have two sunny days in a row. This is a small promise of what summer has in store for us.....hot, hot and more hot........the garden above is part of a beautiful botanical garden just 20 mins drive from our place. We visited here to see the ume blossoms just after winter and it is amazing how much the landscape has changed in the past few months. Today was beautiful and serene and amazingly uncrowded.
Of course, like a strange summer religion, everyone eats kakigori, or shaved ice with syrup. Moo wasnt that impressed. 
Lunch was more enjoyable for him. This time another summer religion, somen, a type of cold noodles. Notice the haircut? The first one, ever. I kept some hair, a bit of a sook I know. The hairdresser visited is just for kids with huge cars to sit in, TV screens in front of the kids, bowls of toys and lots of free gifts. He screamed for the duration and ignored all the fancy things but the hair got cut. He got a free glass of milk at the cafe next door, which happened to look down (from the 9th floor)over Shinjuku station and forgot about the trauma once he saw the trains...
Anyway.....we ate lunch in this lovely, cool forest, which was bare a few months back.
And nearby was this beautiful pond filled with lillies and lilly pads and carp and little turtles.
Gorgeous.....
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