Today's menu was another popular one-pot dish 'sukiyaki'. Easy and delicious! Though not in season, we enjoyed boiled fresh edamame(green soy beans)as appetizer.
Monday, April 16, 2007
Graphic Art Shodo-12th of April, 2007
It's an interesting experience to write and draw something on papers and cloths using bleech solution . First the ladies practiced kanji with ink as usual. Then using bleech solution and a nylon brush,they wrote kanji on an origami and arranged it on a shikishi with other colour origamis which bleeched in rubber patterns and shapes of real leaves. The ladies challenged on T-shirts and an apron,too.
Shoto-4th of April,2007
It was a beautiful day, best for picnic, but the ladies enjoyed the quiet time practicing shodo. Here are again the wonderful pieces!!
The teacher of graphic art shodo was awarded!
News!!Ms Eguchi, our cultural program teacher of graphic art shodo, was awarded the Tokyo Shimbun prize. She used 24 rubbers for this amazing work of Buddahs. She sends her message: I would like more people to get to know of this rubber graphic art which has tremendous possibility and joy
Friday, April 06, 2007
Shodo-2nd of April,2007
Three ladies enjoyed today's shodo lesson. Words they practiced are 花ーflower,春日ーspring days,春風ーspring breeze and 満開ーin full bloom. After concentration, a coffee break with chattering is also very enjoyable.
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
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!
Sunday, March 25, 2007
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!
Sunday, March 18, 2007
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?
Saturday, March 03, 2007
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!
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
COOKING!
'Nabemono',one-pot dishes are hearty winter meals in Japan. They are easy, quick, and delicious. Today we enjoyed 'Yose-nabe'.Started with fish fillets, all the ingredients includingchicken meat, prawns, vegetables, tofu,etc. are simmered in deep ceramic pot upon the portable stove on the table. When cooked, eat with condiments and ponzu sauce. Delicious!!
Sunday, February 18, 2007
graphic art workshop
Today ladies enjoyed making attractive boards using kimono materials and double-faced adhesive. The cloth was washed and neatly backed with thin paper by our sensei. Ladies chose different cloth and paterns to finish their own work. All are so nice. They will use this board like a photo or a postcard frame.
Friday, February 09, 2007
Cooking-9th of February,07
Today's main dish 'tonkatsu'is probably one of the most popular dishes among Japanese.The ladies in the cooking class also enjoyed tonkatsu as well as Japanese octopus and cucumber salad today. The soymilk jelly with strawberry sauce was also very new and delicious. Unbelievable to use tofu for dessert!
Shodo-8th of February,07
We had fun shodo class on Thursday. Five ladies enjoyed the peaceful time writing such kanji and hiragana as 'shizenbi', 'inu', 'heiwa', 'nihon', 'ume',etc. Have a look at the photo of their great masterpieces.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Shodo-30th of January.07
Three ladies and one new born baby of five weeks joined the Shodo class.It always turn out beautiful when they practice many times and then write on shikishi, a colouful paper, as finished work.
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