Ramen Village

We all slept until about 8:15 am this morning and then everyone pretty much got up at the same time, Yasuko made toast for everyone while I went out to raise the sides of my mini greenhouse's. The weather is overcast today and Asahikawa says it will be rainy, although the weather here in Shibinai right next to the mountain is always a little different, so who knows what will happen.

We are helping collect old newspapers and magazines today for the school to recycle, the money goes to the operation of school functions, we are all meeting at the community center at 10:00 am. Collecting the papers was pretty easy and we made 2 trips to get all of the magazines and newspapers and boxes people had left at their doorsteps for recycling. When we finished Yasuko, the kids and I went to a flea market that was being held at the park we went to the other day that had the castle. The weather was rainy and got cold, everyone started packing up their items just after we arrived and we missed out on most of the items.

We mostly ate food there, and did very little shopping, Yasuko bought a cutting board and some honey made from bees in a cherry blossom field. We ate sausages on a stick, steamed bread filled with scallops and cheese, and ice cream, it was all real good, afterwards we came back home and rested for a while until Yasuko asked me if I still felt like going somewhere else, Why not let's go!! We went to Homac which is a store similar to Home Depot in the States, and then Toys R Us, yep they have one here also... and then we went to Asahikawa's Ramen Village. I had Kim-chee Ramen and a bowl of rice with grilled pork, Evan had a half bowl of soy sauce Ramen, Koby had a Miso based Ramen that was a bit spicy and Yasuko had a soy sauce based ramen, we ate until we were ready to pop.

We got home late after stopping by a local food market and picking up a few items we needed for in the morning. Koby had a little homework to finish, and Evan got ready for bed right away and fell asleep fast, after Koby finished his homework he was in bed by 10:00 pm and fell asleep very shortly. It was a busy but fun day, I hope the weather starts improving from all of the overcast and rainy weather we have had recently, the difference in the rain here versus Texas is that in Texas it floods, and here it just sprinkles, but its cold.

Temp: High - 73
Low - 50