Sound like a fantasy? It kind of was. There is a little town north of here called Fujishima, which translated literally means Wisteria Island. A dear sister in the branch called us to let us know that Fujishima has a Wisteria festival each year and it was going on all week. So, we headed out there to check it out. We took our stash of eikaiwa advertisement posters and placed them in several convenience stores on the way and the way back. We actually found that the festival was over, but we found the public square where it is held and saw the beautiful wisteria. It was so beautiful and the fragrance was heavenly.
I took a picture of the poster advertising the wisteria festival. It clearly says that it will be on through May 15th. We were there on May 13th, but the festival was over. This kind of thing happens a lot in our Japan experience. We get wires crossed and never do find out what happened.
But even though there was no festival, the wisteria was in full bloom and we enjoyed walking around under the beautiful bowers. The perfume was so strong it was intoxicating.
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| I wish I could blog the smell! |
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| The bowers surrounded a public square. There was much activity in the square that afternoon. |
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| A favorite sport here is grand golf. Older people love this game and you see it played all over. It's a cross between croquet and golf. |
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| After our Wisteria Island visit, we delivered many more eikaiwa advertisement posters in the surrounding area. We then went to dinner at a cute little place that Imi and Hiroyuki had told us about. We both had Katsudon. It was delicious and they were delighted to have Americans come. |
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| This was the beautiful garden in front of the restaurant. |
I hope you enjoyed your visit to Wisteria Island!
4 comments:
Look how cute you look, you hair model you! I love the pictures of you and Ken and the wisteria. Wow, it must have been breath taking!
Wisteria are gorgeous and what a neat experience to go to an island that is named after it. Sounds like a great day. I can't for the life of me figure out what katsudon is made out of! Thanks for the visit!
That wisteria is gorgeous! Youo and Ken look so cute in all of the pictures! What is Katsudon made of?
Katsu don is a very popular dish in Japan. It's one of my favorites. Katsu means pork and don means bowl. So it's a fried pork cutlet put on top of a bowl of rice. It has caramelized onions (fried with the pork). After the food is fried, they make a sauce of soy sauce, sugar, and water, and I think Garlic and pour it over and add eggs. The eggs cook in the liquid. It's all served over the hot rice. It is really delicious. They use other meats as well. You can order the same dish with chicken, beef, or just the egg with no meat. I've tried them all.
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