Thursday, October 04, 2012

A visit from Kanoko and Isabelle...

Kanoko, the wife of a retired Marine, Joe, who used to work with Rodney in Pensacola, is a native of Japan and came to visit her friends and family for a month. We got to see her last night, and we all went to what the Americans around here call "The Chicken Shack." In Japanese it is called Sanzuko. It has a very traditional feel and the food is delicious. Here are some photos from yesterday:

Belle is 21 months and hadn't ever ridden in a shopping cart she could "drive" before. She loved it!

The kids discovered pretty white butterflies and stopped to take a look.

Kanoko and I at the house.

The boys at The Chicken Shack as samurais
The front of the Shack - they are decorated for fall/Halloween.

To the left of the photo above... and my car, which is the first one on the left.

Walkway inside the Shack
Outdoor dining area within the Shack

Inside the dining room

The lanterns and ceiling woodwork
The boys enjoying their noodles

Rodney REALLY enjoying his noodles... these were his favorite.

Me trying a "rice bowl" for the first time - a pack of sticky rice stuffed inside a  seaweed  wrap. It was good.
Belle enjoying chicken on a stick. She wanted to do it herself and would not let her Mom feed it to her on a fork.
Rodney was excited to see a beer machine.

400 yen later, he got one (this is a $5 can of beer.)

A cute group photo in front of the Shack's koi pond
The boys in front of a fall display

On a different note, here are photos of Will in his class' garden, and one of his latest writing endeavors, a baseball card:



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