曽爾高原のススキ

I went to Soni-Kogen to enjoy seeing shining grasses last Sunday. It was perfect sunny and the view was great!
I had prepared for cold weather at the mountain, Uniqlo heattech, knit wear and coat. But it was too much. I didn't need them at all. Sunlight was very strong and got me scared of getting burn my skin. And I got a mess after climbing up, because makeup gone with my sweat.

After walking around the grass field, I had lunch at a nice restaurant which was surrounded by pretty cosmoses.
It was a perfect autumn Sunday!!!!


曽爾高原に行ってきました。奈良なのか三重なのかいまいちよくわからんけど、めっちゃ晴れてて最高やった。ススキが有名らしく１０月と１１月がハイシーズンみたいですごい混んでた。
高原やから寒いと思ってめっちゃ厚着していったけど、まったく不要やった。丘を登り終わったあとは汗だくで悲惨なことになったし。

うろうろ歩き回って近隣に道の駅兼レストランみたいなのがあったのでゴハン食べて帰ってきた。コスモスもいっぱい生えててきれいやったし、秋最高。

 

TAIPEI photo diary

Finally, here are photos I took in Taipei. I stayed in Taipei for 5 days in last Sep, and already want to go back there. I miss yummy Taiwanese food, nice local people, sweet jasmine tea with bubble tapioca (basically tea is not sweet in Japan), fresh fruits, and even that hot and humid weather!!

My friends who have visited Taiwan said its food was amazing, and it was true. I had 4 or 5 meals a day + some sweets and lots of juice in Taipei. Townscape of Taipei seemed quite similar with Japan. I found few photos of city in my SD card after I returned to Japan. So, this photo diary focuses on food.

ようやく台湾の写真整理したやでー。９月に行ったばかりやけどもう帰りたい。ご飯美味しいし、人優しいし、いたるところで売ってるお茶とかジュースとか…とかとかとか…！！

噂通りごはんが美味しくて、ずっと食べてた気がする…食べる→食べるとこ探すのターンを永遠に繰り返していた気がする。もちろん間におやつを挟む。街並みはなんか大阪と似てるというかほぼ一緒だったのであんまり写真なくて自分でもびっくりした。ご飯の写真の背景にちょっと写ってる感じやな。

Breakfast on the 2nd day: Tofu soup, meat pies, and some orange flavored breads.

２日目の朝ごはん：豆腐のスープ、餃子の餡がサクサクしたものに包まれている、パンほんのりオレンジ風味で美味

We couldn't read menus, so spied what local people were eating. Chinese and Japanese have same characters. This fact helped me to read some words, but I just guessed meanings. During this trip, I learned "湯 = soup", "珍珠 = bubble tapioca". I thought 珍珠 = milk when I saw this word for the first time, because a juice shop's menu said 珍珠＋５元!!. Some coffee shops require additional charges for milk in Japan. haha

中国語なのでメニューはうっすら意味が分かるけどびみょーによくわからんというもどかしい状態やった。結局まわりのおっさんが食べてるやつ頼んでたら当たりが多かった。湯が汁物で珍珠がタピオカという事実を学習するのにだいぶかかった。最初、珍珠＋５元！！みたいなんがジューススタンドに書いてあるから牛乳やと思ってたわ。

A sweet cookie made from tea leaves.
We took a cable car to MaoKong where is famous for having many tea houses. Actually the cable car was moving too often and made me car sickness. The typhoon was on the way to Taiwan on that day, and its strong wind was blowing hard.

お茶っ葉でできたクッキーらしきもの。
猫空というお茶屋さんで有名なとこまでロープウェイで行ったのだが、台風が近付いていたため強風に煽られ酔う…。しかも結構な揺れでちょっと怖かったし。

The tea house in MaoKong
We couldn't eat all snacks. Tea leaves served in a big can neither.

猫空のお茶屋さん
お菓子が多すぎて食べきれず。お茶も缶ごと提供され飲み切れず。

ぷりぷりの餃子

Jiaozi in soup

Jiufen under gray cloud
The typhoon was almost in Taiwan.

九份　ほんとは夕日が見えるはずであったが台風のため曇天

Jiufen is very famous for being the place of Spirited Away among Japanese. So pleasure to visit there as a big admire of Studio Ghibli. That meant one of my Ghibli list was checked. Dubrovnik of Porco Rosso has been already checked. hehe
Gotland of Kiki's delivery service and Shirakami - Sanchi in Tohokuof Princess Mononoke are still on my list.

ジブリ厨として外せない九份。常用漢字ではないゆえ変換がめんどい九份。紅の豚のドゥブロヴニクに続いてチェック。フフフ
あとはキキのゴットランドとアシタカ様の白神山地やな。

Nearby a hotel we stayed

ホテル付近

Breakfast on the 3rd day

３日目の朝ごはん

Fujin street
There were many cute cafes on the street.

おしゃエリア富錦街
キュートカフェが点在。名前も富むに錦鯉の錦というだけあって金持ち臭がただよう。

Breakfast on the 4th day
A cup of soup and some noodles.

４日目の朝食
牡蠣のスープとなんか麺てきなもの

Taipei 101
The typhoon has gone.

ようやく台風が去る。

May be center of Taipei city. Many shops from Europe or Japan were there. We just walked through.
oh.....! A book shop called "誠品書店" was really nice.

たぶん台北の中心。外資系のショップが立ち並び物価も少々上がる。ゆえにスルー。
あ、でも、誠品書店というとこはよかった。

Beef noodle soup and Jiaozi again
Of course so good!!

有名な牛肉麺
もちろん美味。

SongShan Cultural and Creative Park
We visited there TWICE. We enjoyed having a cup of coffee, some sweets and shopping! By the way, I just now found Toyo Ito designed its new building...... I didn't know about it. I should stop introducing myself as an architecture student.

松山文化創意園區
素敵だったため２回訪れる。コーヒーとケーキと買い物やな。今調べたら新館のほうの設計伊藤豊雄やった。シランカッタ。建築学科なのに。

Mengjia Longshan temple
We saw people were praying for something, and it sounded comfortable for me.

龍山寺
ちょうどお祈りタイムに遭遇。何を祈ってるかはわからんかったけどなんか素敵やった。

I saw these pink flowers everywhere in Taipei. Colorful and cute!

街のいたるところで咲いてた花。南国ぽくてよいよ。

 

Little forest review / リトルフォレスト 感想

 

 

 

I've feel like in the worst place ever these past few days. Seriously bad thing happened to me, and I've been depressed since then. I tried to recover myself but it wasn't so easy. Then I decided to let myself go. Does anyone know the best way to feel better?

The things I tried were calling my friends, going outside, looking at nature..... Eating always help me, but in this case I have no appetite. Watching movie was a little good for me.

Little forest is a Japanese film which just shows you a beautiful and silent life in Tohoku. Tohoku is northern Japan and actually I've never been to there, because I'm from south. Japan is known for having big cities and they (especially Tokyo) have anything from over the world. There is nothing you can't eat in Tokyo ....... except fresh food. Tohoku is the most important place for Japanese food and covered with deep nature. This film ; little forest is about a girl who makes vegetables and cooks them for herself, just it. But this film focuses on great nature, how hard to make vegetables, and nice meals. Beautiful scenes of Tohoku helped me to feel better. If I watch it when I'm OK, I may not think it is good film. If you are tired or need small help, little forest makes you a little bit OK.

ここ数日苦しいことがあって、もうどうにもならんです。私が招いた結果やねんけど…無理やり大丈夫にしようとしたりしたんですが、どうやら逆効果なので、もう身を任せます。どうしたらええんや…

友達に電話したり、無理やり出かけたり、鴨川眺めたり（サラリーマン風のおっさんらがよく鴨川を永遠に見つめてる気持ちが分かった…）、食欲が1ミリもないのでいつもみたいに食べて癒すことはできず。ただなんかしてないと気が紛れないので、こんなかんじでなんかしてる。映画観てみたら意外と良かった。

リトルフォレストはただただひたすら女の子が農業して、野菜作って、ごはんつくってというのを映しているだけの映画やねんけど、自然がきれいで癒された。音もたぶんすごい綺麗にとってあってほんまに自然の中にいるみたいやった。疲れた都会の現代人にはうってつけです。ほんま。