Tuesday, August 09, 2005

grand vacation in kuruizawa, nagano prefecture


this is the one-hectare property of shimoyama-sensei's parents. it's a beautiful place in the mountain. i almost missed experiencing this until sensei called to invite me to go with her to nagano. i asked her if i can bring one friend with me and she said yes. to make the long story short, jessa -- another jds fellow from the philippines -- went with me. it was so much fun! while tokyo was sizzling hot, the tempreture in the mountain was very, very cool....

the top photos were taken inside the rest house of sensei's family, while the lower ones were taken around the area of asama-san where we were brought by yuko-san (sensei's ultra elegant older sister) to watch the active volcano.

one of the oishii dinners we had in kuruizawa...takusan tabemono arimasu ne! if there's one thing that thrilled jessa and me to death was the food they prepared for us in the three days we were there.

yuko-san taught us to make things out of clay...muzukashi desu ne! this was one of the reasons why we were so excited to visit sensei's rest house. her sister makes beautiful pottery and ceramic stuff...we wanted to try too.

our last day in nagano...haji-san (sensei's brother-in-law), yuko-san, sensei, jessa, me and rudy...

2 comments:

bo said...

wow!
sory la ko kapic sa makati kay wla man ko kabalo asa ko motuntong. hubya lwat ak.
ofis na ako. sumo duro. as in. grrr. pero yana pala ak sulod. wray ghap ak visit internet for almost a month.
write longer next time.

tippi said...

bo...miss u...