Cooking November.

The biggest thing about quit the job is that I can cook myself profoundly....again! :)

Gorgeous days.

Food and people are all I need to live in peace :)

In the wake of dull October....

　When October has finally gone, a sense of relief came in my mind, and I thought, "Oh, I don't have to repeat this dull month anymore".

 During the month, I'd read a bunch of books, mostly a century-old novels. I was reading as if I was trying to run away from something, or perhaps, eagerly reach out to something. Maybe the both. For me, October turned out to be a book month in the end. I just hope I can spend more relaxed days in upcoming months.

 Anyway, life goes on no matter how hard it is, and I'll carry on with it :)

Nothing in particular.

Perhaps I want to destroy everything in my mind.

Take a morning walk in Gujo Hachiman!

 Driving for 80 minutes from my hometown Nagoya city, there is a beautiful riverside town called "Gujo-hachiman(郡上八幡)" among mountains. One late summer morning, I visited there to take a walk.

 Every time I think about walking somewhere nice, this place always comes up to my mind. Small, traditional Japanese houses here and there, nice clean river with fresh fish... Oh, that's wonderful just to imagine!
 Since I arrived in the early morning, I could spend time alone :)

 As time passed by, people gradually showed up in cafes and streets. They all looked relaxed being there, just like me.

 Okay, it's time to have lunch!

 Yeah, I love this special grill meal "Houba-yaki(朴葉焼き)", which is a famous food in this region. Instead of putting ingredient and beef directly on a pot, they inserted a dried leaf, then put a popular local wagyu Hida beef(飛騨牛) as well as sweet soy paste and vegetable such as mushroom, green onion.

 Coming along with rice, pickled vegetables and small dish, I was so satisfied coming there :)

Coming soon...

 :)

A sunset on a local bridge.

 I ran into a beautiful sunset on a local bridge the other day. Thankfully, I wasn't in hurry at that time, and it seemed the scenery could become even more attractive if I waited for a while.

 So I decided to wait :) opening up a novel, reading on the bridge while feeling the autumn cool wind coming across the river.  Just ten minutes later....

 Oh, wow! The beautiful things always make me feel my life is worth living. 

Going to "Sake Exchange Tokyo"!

 Unlike typical Japanese society, where alcohol play a big role in business meetings, festivals, and parties, my life goes well without it. But sometimes I miss the atmosphere of drinking in public, and that's exactly why I joined a fantastic workshop "Sake Exchange Tokyo" a couple nights ago.

 In this event, they serve six different sake along with dish. Each sake was paired with carefully chosen meal so that it enhances the taste of sake. It means we could enjoy not only sake, but also food :) A British professional man taught us the basic information about sake both in English and Japanese, then he told us how to make a best combination with sake and food.

 We enjoyed so many kind of sake on the evening that I almost fell asleep on the train coming back to home, haha.