Learning How to Cook Okonomiyaki

Our good friend Tonami-san joined us for a few days in Hakubu. He taught Frederic some japanese and how to cook Okonomiyaki. The video shows whether Frederic manages the final production stage....

We survived the canyoning!

It was water from everywhere at once. To top things off: it started raining :-)

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o hai thar kids

This is Fu speaking!

Remember, sometimes, my dad writes posts, and sometimes I do. We take turns, and he's always the one who makes those short posts, while I do the diary entries. Yes, I know, I'm a bit behind, I've never been good with regular schedules, especially if I have to keep them up by myself.

So, me =/= my dad. Remember that. I'm the funny one.

Anyway, we're going canyoning in 10 minutes, so I don't have time to write a lot. Oh, and try say that. Canyoning. Can-yon-ing. My dad can't say it properly, "canoehen". wtf


And now for the best picture of the whole trip.


Isn't he adorable?? That's my dog, Huan, he's 1 year and 4 months old, Shih Tzu (Pronounced "sher 'dz") race, "chrysanthemum dog", or "imperial lion dog", Chinese. My mom finally got her computer and webcam fixed, which had been 'broken' since we left. Jeeze, we leave for a few days and what happens..
He's what makes me go through this trip, he's what I have to look forward to when I come home.

If you look in the corner, you can see me taking the picture. My mother had put me on fullscreen, and pulled the headphones' plug out, so he could both hear and see me. Ofcourse, he was a bit confused, but he was clearly looking at me. Here's another picture.

Hm, now that I'm at it..

On the left: Moar manga. I have to keep myself occupied with something, ya know? Although I downloaded Ragnarok Battle Offline on our laptop..
On the right: Charms! Sorry about you having to twist your head a bit to look at them.

Red Bag Charm of the Heart: +Health
Blue Bag Charm of Attraction: +Increase to relationship
Soaring Dragon Bag Charm of Victory: +Chance for Victory
Fated Threads Bag Charm of Daijuku Bosatsu Shinnyokai-Shonin: +Health (Exceptional)

Talisman of Warding: +Protection to Evil Spirits
Coin of Lu Yan: +Chance to Coin drops
Bag Charm of Yotsuba: +Luck
Gate Bag Charm of Fate: +Chance of clearing exams

Warding Plaque of the Three Mountains: +Protection to Evil Spirits

Oh, and I made the names up, but the effects are true.

Today´s program - CANYONING...

Will we be braking bones - or having fun?

Visit our host here: http://www.evergreen-hakuba.com/tours/canyon.html

Hakuba - the "Japanese Alps..."

Late Sunday we arrived in Hakuba - and the place definitely has reminiscences of the French Alps. We had prebooked Ks House (the same hostel chain as in Fuji). And the quality was again sky high. It was like coming home.

The red-roofed hotel is just across from our hostel.