Cooking- 26th of March,2007

Today's menu was tempura, akadashi miso soup, and asazuke(lightly-pickledvegetables). Deep-fried a variety of vegetables and seafood, even conger eels.The most enjoyable part of cooking is eating. Dipping tempura in delicious sauce with grated radish and ginger --- yes, it was yummy!

Hikari School -20th of March,2007

Today's workshop was handkerchief origami. Everyone made an origami kimono using handkerchief. The above picture shows lovely gifts of handkerchief origamimade by the ladies. The tea ceremony was sakura-cha (green tea leaves with cherry blossoms).After the lesson four ladies were presented the cirtificates of completion!

15th of March,2007

Have a look at these beautiful pieces of shodo done by five ladies! Every piece is lovely and different.

Shodo-5rh of March,2007

Two different ways of wrighting 桜　"sakura" on a lovely light pink small sheet of paper are quite attractive, aren't they?

cooking-2nd of March,2007

Today's menu was 'yose-nabe' and 'ichigo daifuku'.Four ladies challenged Japanese sweets called 'ichigo daifuku'. The difficult part was making 'mochi'which was so sticky, butthey made beautiful 'daifuku'. Of course, very delicious!

shodo-1st of March,2007

Again, beautiful pieces written by the ladies!