Sculpture by the se 2013

Sculpture by the sea

has started.

This head has many
small balls , it is exactly like a head of
Japanese Buddha.

Made by a Japanese
artist.







                                       Bondi Hercules!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                 Sea anemones and a star fish fashion parade

BUBBLE GUM KID...

MONBETSU, HOKKAIDO SURFING Sep 2013

Ohhhh it was so windy,  so good for wind surfers, yeah!

We didn't miss any riding on a surfboard,  we needed to get wet because we have driven for a few hours.  Actually it was better than a look.

After surfing  of course we went straight to the town for feeding ourselves.
Hokki-gai don ( on the top of the boiled rice Hokki clam cooked with egg) was a very choice, yummm.

YAKUSHI ONSEN (hot springs)

It looks abandoned from outside and it does - It looks deserted inside and it does.

But the the supreme good quality of the springs exists.  this rusty colour water comes from the

bottom of the natural river like pond and see the sparkling  bubbles of the minerals cover around

the body.  Nice , it skin makes turuturu (smooth).

The bathrooms consist of three parts, this is man & woman mixed bath, you share the space with
the naked strangers, can you do it??

 Onsen TARO - Higuma (Hokkaido bear)

After typhoon 18 surfing ( 16 SEP 2013 )

Look at this delicious food!!  Autumn is the season for the salmon , so every coast lines have serious

fisherman watchers or antlers.  But none of us has chosen the salmon somehow.

This set menu is $13 to $15, not a bad deal at all.

We heard that one of the costal road (Oogon Rd) has closed due to the wild weather.

Ummmh, the quickest and the safest way was to take a highway via Obihiro...What a trip...

But we made our day extreme!!

Hokke fish,Hokki shell and Prawn stock miso soup

Tenpura Don

Chirashi (Sashimi)Don

Surf Trip Erimo & Hiroo 2013 by Three Hokkaido Surf Chicks

We, THSC, first met in Australia through the surfing friends living in Hokkaido.

Recently two chicks went back to Hokkaido and I was there for my holiday , so we decided to have
a re-union surf trip to the mid-east coast.  Typhoon 18 was chasing up us but anyway we drove toward the meeting point.

When Miss E & I arrived near Erimo, Miss T already have had one session and by this time the rain and the wind got stronger.   We moved to Funbe , after watching other guys surfing , we decided to
paddle out.  OMG..the  rain got harder and harder.. Raining doesn't mtter as we get wet anyway..

As soon as I got in the water, I felt as if I was thrown down into an ice-full pool.  My brain was frozen
straight away and  stopped its mobility.

We only stayed about 30 min.   Luckily the powerful  rain shower took off all the sands and the salts away,  but we needed something to warm us up.   Of course.. a tucker ...yes a food...mochiron kuimon.

To be continued.

Kyoto - Kurama to Kibune shrine

Kurama temple stands in a part of Mt. Kurama.  Kurama has few mythology.

A spiritual medicine man like monster [ it sounds scary ] called Tengu  lived or could be living

in this mountain.  Also Mikao Usui who became a devout Shingon Buddist and practiced discipline in

Mt. Kurama.  He is the originator of Reiki, the healing techniques and energy disciplines using ki.

I was hoping to see Tengu sama... Or maybe it was good that I didn't encounter with him...

Autumn. I cannot stop eating in Hokkaido

Chestnut cake is called Montblant

Dried salmons is on a wheel