Monday 29 October 2007

a feast...

for the butterflies....found them all munching on this rotten persimmon...

Sunday 28 October 2007

jinmachi soba...

buckwheat noodles, this was absolutely delicious, and pretty cheap too, about 3 quid ; )

Sunday 21 October 2007

drove up this time...


i decided to take another trip up to okama, by car this time to take photos, again foggy and freezing, this was about all you could see.....now the road is closed for winter..

Friday 19 October 2007

finally..

after 8 years, I plucked up the courage and cycled the 36k, most of it up hill, to the crater lake....although when I eventually got to the top, after 5 and a half hours, this was the view! it was soooo cold, and foggy and rainy, my hands were frozen...but at last i did it!

Thursday 18 October 2007

tomorrow...

when I first came to Yamagata, and drove to Zao Okama, a crater lake in a dormant volcano, I thought how nice it would be to cycle there....

Saturday 13 October 2007

fancy dinner...

this was the first course, and perhaps the best, especially the seasame tofu....

Friday 5 October 2007

wine tasting....

well this was the party after the tasting, we got this years fresh pressed grape .... not quite juice, not quite wine....

Thursday 4 October 2007

local vinyard...


the grapes seemed too sweet to be made into wine tho....absolutely delicous, although not sure we were allowed to be eating them...

Wednesday 3 October 2007

big drum..

one of my kindergarten students....came and placed himself, very proud of his drum, infront of my camera..

Tuesday 2 October 2007

Monday 1 October 2007

they finished...

their test and promptly fell asleep on the desk!