Motsu Nabe @ Fukuoka (Kyushu area)
I went to Fukuoka last weekend. Fukuoka is located in Kyusyu area which is south west area in Japan.
The purpose of visiting Fukuoka was to introduce my son to his great-grandmother who is 95 years old.
It was his first flight so I was worried whether he would cry or shout during the flight. But it was 1.5 hour flight and he was pretty OK.
I personally love the local foods in Kyushu area. One of my favorite and must-to-eat food is a hot pot called “Motsu Nabe”. In English, giblet hotpot. We could eat this hot pot near the hotel so I was totally satisfied. v(^o^)v
My husband, my son and I only spent two days in Fukuoka but we enjoyed the family time there. Hope you like other photos as well and visit Fukuoka soon or next time you visit Japan!
YUCa’s Table : vol.102
Breakfast menu:
– Miso soup with fried tofu and spring onion
– Yaki-onigiri (Grilled rice ball)
– Yaki-onigiri with Japanese basil and miso
– Grilled cod fish
– Sausage
– Braised pumpkin
– Mini tomato
– Sauteed shiitake mushroom
– Japanese omelet
– Pickled plum
YUCa’s Table : vol.101
Dinner menu:
– Brown rice
– Miso soup with wakame and tofu
– Miso marinated cod fish
– Japanese omelet
– Pickled daikon radish and plum
– Coffee jelly
YUCa’s Table : vol.99
Dinner menu:
– Miso soup with seasonal vegetable rape blossoms
– Japanese rice
– Mackerel simmered in Miso
– Sweetened sweet potato
– Tofu topped with dried bonito flakes
– Pickled dried daikon radish, plum and myoga
– Orange
Japanese Breakfast @ Hakone area
I visited Hakone this weekend with my family. Hakone locates western side from Tokyo and it takes about 1.5 hours from Shinjuku station. Since my family live in the western side of Tokyo, so we took the Romance car (special rapid train to Hakone area) from Seijo-gakuen-mae station.
Hakone is famous as for “Onsen” (Hot springs) spot! So many people visit there usually on weekends for relaxing. We also stayed at the “Ryokan” (Japanese style hotel) and took Onsen at night. And what is the best part, Japanese breakfast! Seeing the nature outside of the window, we had delicious breakfast!
In addition to the Onsen spot, there are so many unique museums along with venetian glass museum, Le petit Prince museum, Open-air museum etc… For more detail, please check other photos. I hope you like them!
Seasonal Event : Hina-Matsuri (March 3rd)
The 3rd of March is the traditional and representative spring event day called “Hina-Matsuri” in Japan.
Hina-Matsuri means Girls’ Festival! There is a tradition if the baby is a girl, the parents of the mother give a traditional dolls called Hina-kazari (Traditional dolls of Emperor, Empress, their servants and accessories on the tiered stand) to their daughter’s family. This day, parents having daughter invite their families and friends to celebrate this event. They display Hina-Kazari and serve guests traditional dishes, like Chirashi-zushi (garnished sushi), hard-shell clam clear soup, hishi-moshi and hina-arare (pink and white grilled piece of rice cakes). And they drink Ama-zake (white sake). This is called “sake” but Ama-zake is usually non-alcohol sake for this occasion.I like to make Amazake at home.
*For more detail, please check here!
When I was a child, my parents invited the Hina-Matsuri party for me and my younger sister every year. So this event reminds me of my childhood and I loved it♡
Though I have a baby boy, I like this event. So, I made the Chirashi-zushi for my family this year. Also I found the compact (and also tasty!) Hina-kazari at the supermarket so I built it at home! In addition, I got the modern style Hina-arare (grilled bits of rice cake) as well. Yummy!
Have a wonderful Hina-Matsuri (Girls’ Festival) day, everyone!
YUCa’s Table : vol.98
Breakfast menu:
– Miso soup with tofu, wakame and spring onion
– Japanese rice
– Fried chicken with onion sauce
– Sweetened black beans
– Pickled plum
– Pickled dried daikon radish
– Green beans with sesame sauce
