Millet & Buckwheat Trip

After our morning routine, went out for Iya, Tokushima to buy Japan made millet for new year dumpling. Also tied to enjoy Iya style buckwheat.

It took around 2 hours from my home to there by car. Too country sided place, Minawa was. Arrived there a bit before noon.

The shabby restaurant was located beside the train bridge of Dosan line.

And got into it.

Here is the inside of the restaurant. How shabby!

Anyway, enjoyed buckwheat, 600 yen.

The restaurant opens only weekend lunch 30 bowls only per a day. And it looked a bit popular.

And bought 3 kilograms millet which was ordered a day before by phone. That was this, expensive one.

On the way back to home, had a brief stop at Minawa JR station. There one car train was. No way!

Went back home at bit after 14:00, and enjoyed soccer game on TV. Kashima, my favorite team won of 2025 season. Great! It was a good game.

After them all, did preparations for the trip to miyajima which was scheduled on the next day. Such as, air pressure of tire, or filling gasoline and all that.

As this way, my peaceful day went by me. Good day sunshine, good view of autumn color. That was about it.

Idling Day

It was a day do  nothing, just downloaded music, booking millet, and bought wrong present to the big name couple in Miyajima.

So after my daily routine, went out for Aeon shopping mall to buy a kind of Japanese sake for a present for the big name couple who lived in Miyajima.

It was in year end gift season, but customers were few although goods were enough. They say, the shopping mall is getting down.

On the way back to home, got to a noodle restaurant, Sakaeda, for lunch.

My lunch was this, a bowl of noodle, middle size, and a sushi covered by deep fried tofu, 480 yen only.
Enjoyed reading Nikkei paper by free. Reasonable lunch, it was, really.

Came home, and did something for upcoming schedule, then found that sasanqua blossoms were come out in my garden. Yes, it's winter.

Then, recognized that mistook to buy sake, my bought sake was produced in Niigata pref. not in Shikoku's Umenishiki. No way!

Recently mistook for times often. It might be aging on my brain. No cure!

PC Trouble

As you see, every morning, am writing blog. And did it as always. Then mistook PC operation of Dropbox as all photo of my PC to it on the wab. Then, my Dropbox was punctured and stopped. No way!

To enlarge the capacity of Dropbox needs expense every month, so tried to recover it as before, and it took hours.

Finally, could do it and all photo has recovered. What's a relief.

After the trouble recover, tried to print my new year card as a test print, and found some defects of it, and solve them all. Great!

In the afternoon, went out for a shopping mall to take walking for exercise.  There, Christmas trees were, already. Yes, it's December.

There, found a popular Japanese sake bottle, and I may buy it as a present for the big name couple in Miyajima on the next visit there.

The mall was getting down, they say. At the parking area, where happened to build a shop of Workman Color which lumor was not good. That was this.

On the way back to home, dropped in a DIY shop. There found one leg warmer set, but didn't buy it. For, I've ordered more expensive one on Monotaro on the web a couple of day before.

Instead, bought 2 pair of socks which were only 100 yen per a set, included VAT. Quite reasonable. That was this. Cool!

The rest things were, checked all documents for the next car inspection on the next week, and downloaded some music from Youtube to my PC for the next trip to Miyajima to see the big name couple.
Well, that's about it. It was a cold and windy and forgot to take bath on me, LOL.

Big Dinner Day

A big dinner with my successor and junior of school days was scheduled at evening, and it was the biggest event on the day.
 

In the morning, set grip-covers to my Hunter Cub for it turned cold season.

It took a half hour or so, and did it well and all.

For test riding, went to a 100 yen shop, and looked for leg cover, but it was not there.

Instead, bought a pants-hanger set, a bag for fishing, and a plastic case for fishing hooks. All of them costed 330 yen included VAT.

After them all, took a lunch, and went out for a YouMe Town mall and looked for a leg-cover, but there wasn't, too.

Then, evening came, and went out for my tram station to go to the downtown to throw a dinner party.

At the station, a warning sign board was, it told monkeys might appear in this city. No way!

Got the downtown, and walked to the restaurant, Spacca Napoli, again. LOL.

We ate, talked and drank, and they were on me.

And, after the big dinner, went back home by tram, as usual. It was windy and cold.

At home, and did impulse buying on the net. Yes, bought a set of leg warmer.

As this way, my second year end party was done. Well, that's about it.

Restaurant Refugee

It was sunny and was free, and in the morning, after my routine, maintained a fishing reel to liked a leader line to main one, like this.

The blossoms of sasanka started to come out in my garden, yes, it's December, but it was a bit warm.

At around noon, went out for lunch by Hunter Cub, as a test riding of it. And headed for Tanioka restaurant in Shionoe district.

However, when arrived it was not working despite of a working day. No way!

No way was without skipping it to another one. So, went to another restaurant, Cyuka Yoshida.

The restaurant was messy and shabby, but meals were cheap and not bad. Sometimes, am using it.

Ordered a half fried rice and a bowl of ramen. Fried rice came first.

After it, a bowl of ramen came. It was only 750 yen, all. Reasonable it was.

On the way back to home, visited a Workman shop to buy leg-warmers.

Bought the most expensive ones of the store and the second, both.

The rest things were booking of the restaurant, emails, texting and announcement of new-year card termination and so on.
Of course, the Hunter Cub which engine oil was changed a day before, worked well.