October 6th and 7th 2011

Those 2 days we went to Nagano prefecture,

in a village, in the mountains, called Nakano.

There, a friend of Yuta's friend

have an orchard farm with lots of fruits and vegetables....

First we had a walk in the village....

Lots of flowers everywhere

and pure water running all along the way...

We went to the apples orchards....

Then to the vineyard....

Of course Amané tasted some grapes...

and of course she couldn't stop asking for

eating more...and more!!!!

She also tired to pick up some apples...

Mammm mammmm.....mammm mammmmm.....

This farmer, Mr Sato, is living in a wonderfull

old style so huge house, all renovated....

At home, also Amané couldn't stop eating!!!

The first afternoon we all pick up pears....

Amané tried to help us....!

And at the end of the afternoon

3 of us took a private onsen,

in front of a beautiful panorama,

the sun getting down quietly....

Next morning we picked up grapes....

Here Amané is playing in one side of the farm's garden....

Then the mum of the farm

taught me how to do soba nooddles...

1-Make a bowl with the floor and some water....

2- Stretch the paste with a big roll....

3-Hit the paste to stretch it more....

4-Of course you have to look at it sometimes....

It's soooooo big at the end!!!

5-Fold the paste 16 times....

6-Relax and cut it smoothly....

I couldn't relax enough

so Yuta had to cut it for me!

He did it so well!!!

Here is Mr Tsumura, friend of Yuta...

Thanks to him (he knows really well the owner of the farm),

we had a really wonderfull peacefull week-end!

For people living in Japan

it's

NOGYO MINSHUKU in Nakano, Nagano-ken.

Click on Nogyo and you'll have the internet site.

October 5th 2011

Tomorrow we will go to
a farm in the mountains
for 2 days...

From Hokkaido

Kantaro's friends had come!!

Kantaro likes to play shogi with grandfarther .

Nobuya fished big 4 salmons!!

Of course we all ate.

This is Hana's flower .

Now Daijiro is undergoing rehabilitation at Osaka hospital far from here・・・

From Hokkaido

～Before Daijiro undergoing rehabilitation.～

October 4th 2011

PAPAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
She wants to go to the park NOW!!!!!!!!

Mornings (6:30am!!!!) are really fresh....

On the bike we need all those clothes!!

And then...

The ducks!!

YES!!!! HE'S COMING!!!!

Then the big hill!

Then the steps!

And after the morning siesta,

going to an other big park with a pound, some boats,

and lots of good stuff for Amané.

She walked all the afternoon!

Coco was here for 3 days,

it was really good times!

October 3rd 2011

Fresh morning!!

6:30 am, before going to
Yoriko's place for all day....



A little walk with dad!

October 2nd 2011

After her breakfast, Amané puted all the materials
for painting on the table...
7h15 you want to paint???????

6 months ago, Maud and Franck

offered this toy to Amané.....

She really loves it those days!!!!

Merciii!!!

Fresh day so we spent a lot of time in the park...

Amané walked a lot, especially on the little hill...

She saw some base-ball, soccer,

acrobatics bike, ducks teams....

She also tried to jump....

and clean the forest......

We made and decorate a huge bed

for all her friends....

Amané is not afraid of dark or shadows....

17h30 in the little shrine, it's already dark

but she's running alone....

And then she puted in the new bed

Mimi the cow, Popochan, Pierrot the clown,

baby Ninon and Ouh the dog.....

The bed can become a train, a car, a bus,

a boat, a plane..............

October 1st 2011

This afternoon some students came home....

Hideto, Mutsuko, Chiaki, Sachie....

September 30th 2011

Early morning in the park with dad....







And yesterday we didn't upload because we made this:

http://arima-hikkoshi.blogspot.com/

Please send this link to everyone you know in Tokyo!

Merci!!!!

Il manque encore quelques petites choses,

et une traduction en japonais,

mais voila, ça se prépare!

Doucement mais sûrement!

September 28th 2011

Merci man pour tes supers photos!!!!!!!

My nephew is soooooooooooooooooo beautiful!!!!

Eating well...

imitating the serious baby well....

Trying to walk well....

playing flute well...

making people smile well....

Oh Ylan.....

I MISS YOU!!!!!!