into the wild!

kazuto was on the hunt this weekend. hunt for something very small, something you and i are not very fond of: bacteria. i am a frequent user of hand sanitizers so you know how i feel. kazuto says he's currently interested in doing a research on bacteria and magnets. 

so we went to uruma city, ginoza village, and nago city to find some sort of ponds, streams or anywhere that seemed enticing for b. driving by the coast and into the forest was amazing. the greens were so deep.

oh and what was so crazy about today,,, crazy in a good way was we saw so many wild animals! almost like the chinese zodiac come true. we saw birds, a snake, a horse, and a goat, which i thought was a sheep at first (just like lettuce and cabbage can sometimes be hard to distinguish in your head, right?).

scary-looking trees with spiky thorns! OUCH

we saw a horse on the street. like he was just there wandering. we repeated, "what is he doing? what is he doing" but found no answer. it is a mystery!

the views from the nago castle ruin:

art museum and minatogawa stateside town

i am working from monday to friday so i like saturdays. my countdown of the days till saturday officially starts from wednesday. 

on wed, three more days of hard work. on thu, two more day of hard work. on fri, lucky me, just today!

kazuto and i went to naha city for a first-month inspection of our car, then, headed to kokusai-dori for the naha giant tug of war fest. we saw the back of Mickey and Minnie during the parade. literally just their backs from afar and maybe a slight look of their side faces. a bunch of little kids and elder ladies were dancing to their songs. turned out that the tug of war was scheduled for tomorrow. ah! anyway!

today started out with no plan but ended lovely. here are some memoirs of the day. 

the okinawa prefectural art museum: there was a "kanemasa ashimine exhibition" titled "poetry in green" (安次嶺金正展 緑の抒情). the greens kanehisa painted were strong and beautiful. he made me deepen the already present fondness towards the color. green has never been better.

kudaka-mingei-ten (久高民藝店) : one of my most fav shops in okinawa. located on kokusai dori, i think this shop is similar to kogensha (光原社) in morioka and sendai, specializing in beautiful handcrafted ceramics, glassware, jewelries, cloths, and more. i can fall in love with everything at this shop! got two traditional okinawan glasses. 

the well-known market street in downtown naha. so many narrow streets running in every direction. a super spider web!

minatogawa stateside town: there were a bunch of old foreign houses converted into small cute shops like cafes, bakeries, restaurants etc. all the streets are named after the us states such as florida, texas, nevada, indiana etc. it's nice to wander around with super friendly neighborhood cats.

indiana!

florida!

nevada!

oHacorte (オハコルテ): a popular pastry in minatogawa specializing in tarts. got there about 1.5 hr before they close. but fruits tarts supposedly their specialty were all sold out, beautifully swept away from their glass container! 

instead we had a chocolate tart and a fruit sand tart. the chocolate tasted like the chocolate inside choco cornets and brought back some childhood memoirs. 

remember choco cornets? even named after cornets, i always thought they were swirl shells. when i was little, i used to suck the chocolate off the bread (excuse me!) or release the swirl when eating them (yeah). as a child, i believed that was the best way to eat them. as an adult, i still do believe so. 

well, this further reminds me that i like eating baumkuchens layer by layer (excuse me again!). some of you may agree with me on this forbidden joy. 

thanks for stopping by!