It’s raining, it’s pouring.

Not much has happened since I last posted. It has been pretty cold and rainy every weekend and we have not gotten out much. Hopefully as summer approaches the weather will get nicer and I have will more exciting things to post about!  Since we can’t do things outside, most of our free time has been taken up by getting pictures put on walls, buying/putting together furniture, cleaning, and changing this house into a home. We are now very close to what we want the house to look like and I am very pleased with everything so far! I can’t wait for people to come visit!

We did go to the Cherry Blossom Festival (I think it was on April 7th) which was held on the base. I think over 10,000 people came through. The base is opened up to all the local people. There were races, booths set up with food, booths set up with crafts, booths set up with beer! My husband played through out the day. I went to all of his performances. The bands did great!! They also had Japanese groups like they had a drumming group which was really cool! It was freezing cold that day so we did not spend as much time out there as we had hoped.  The cherry blossom trees or Sakura are so beautiful. They only bloom for about a week or so each year but they are so amazing when they do. Then when all the blossoms fall off the trees it looks like it is raining flower petals. I love it. The grass is getting greener and the trees are starting to sprout leaves! That means good weather is coming (or at least that’s what I hope!!).

When something more exciting happens, I will be sure to post!

 

Happy April!!

We have gotten our furniture!! It was such a glorious day! Now we are just waiting for the loaner furniture to get picked up so we can really start decorating. The moving company did a pretty good job. Only 2 things were broken. A bookshelf was broken to pieces and a corner of my dresser was broken off. That corner should be able to be glued on pretty easily though. They also couldn’t get our box springs up the stairs. They were only a couple inches too small. My husband figured out a way to saw it in half then bracket it back together upstairs. The plan worked great. He did all the sawing and I screwed all the brackets into place. Now we have all our furniture in the correct places! By the end of this week, the guest bedroom will be fully set up so bring on the visitors!!!!!!

The other night we went out to eat at a Shabu Shabu restaurant. It was delicious! It is almost like a fondu place. You can choose from different broths. Some are spicy and some are tangy/soy based. I personally liked the spicy one! Then you can order a ton of locally grown veggies. All of which were so good. Then you can order different thinly sliced meats. They have beef cuts and pork cuts. You can also get ground chicken with herbs. It’s almost like a chicken meat ball. You put all things into the broth and “swish swish” them around (that is where the name Shabu Shabu comes from). Everything comes out so tasty. This is definitely on the list for when people visit! It is also on the list of our favorite foods so far!

Disclaimer: Any pictures posted on this next part are not for children’s eyes. They depict parts of the male genitalia that parents might now want youngsters to see!

Yesterday, my husband and I went to Kawasaki Fertility Festival called Kanamara Matsuri (translated to Festival of the Steel Phallus). It was very interesting and fun. There were lots of food venders, candy venders, wood sculptors, a parade, drumming, drinking, costumes. I don’t think I can really describe it with words. Here are some pictures from our adventure.

Woman working at a booth

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Creepy child-like no-faced person

Wood carvings

A booth

The big, pink penis

This was at the Shrine

The steel phallus at the shrine

Theres that guy

During the parade, the pink penis was being carried by men in womens clothing

No parade is complete without Naked Batman

Candy