HANAMI & NODATE

Our favorite park for HANAMI

HANAIKADA

Our first trial for NODATE, an open-air tea ceremony.

Thank you for nice green tea, honey and sweetie.

11th anniversary

We celebrated our 11th anniversary 2 days later in TOCHIGI. You are the best daughter in a whole world, sweetie!

In the rain

Waiting for the fish, just like me.

Cherry blossoms are getting in bloom.

Nothing happened though, nice try Lance.

HIRATA crippled

Strong influenced by FF magazine No.220. I would like to use them when I see HIRATA's hatch and rise.

Weekday Fishing

I took a day off first time this year today. Needed a rest just for change.

                                              

Waiting a rise. But the main stream kept silence today.

I found a rise on second stream though, couldn't get it...

Blind fishing gave me a first fish on the rapids.

In the evening, couldn't see any rises at first hole. And found some at second hole though, it was not easy one. For fly fishing, difficulty is always fun itself.  I mean thank you for giving me lots of fun today.
By the way, HIRATA is getting pop out in the evening.

Fishing Guide D-chan

D-chan as my KANOGAWA mentor took me to his secret main stream hole today.

OKUMA was seen so often around noon. But it was hard to find the rise for me on main stream.

 D-chan gave me only one precious rise there. And I got it by OKUMA crippled dun pattern. Thank you so much!

Moved to another stream for blind fishing.

After two mistakes for good ones, caught small one there.

In the evening, the river kept silence. I had no chance to cast for rises.

My strong passion for the fly fishing is getting back now.

Fishing with my collegues

Just like coffee colored water because of last night heavy rain.

I grabbed only two-handed rod through a day today.

Nice catch, YM_san!

Nice hat, Tommy!

I got skunked again...

ERABUTA?

Wow, so long interval for tying. Need more practice, but definitely fun time for me.

Skunked HATSUTSURI of this year...

Missed only one good bite by line break... You don't have to use 7X tippet there, Lance.

The present from my wife

to us was SAKE and Green tea coke. SAKE was so fruity taste and I like it. Likely SAKE in SHIZUOKA has sweet and soft taste because of unique koji sort ( based on my wife's knowledge).

Her first sleepover

at my parents' house without her mom. Good job, Lance...

And she had good time also with her grandpa.

TOROROIMO

is typical traditional local food of my hometown. Now I know it is important to keep our traditional food culture as one of Japanese. Please teach me dad next time.

YUKIASOBI 2

At KODOMONOKUNI, it was much better than Grinpa for us, we think.

Vanilla monster,

which I requested as dessert on my 38th B.D. Thank you very much, my honey and sweetie! Super yummy, loved it!!

YUKIASOBI

At Grinpa, love you guys, my sweetie and sugar.

Rotation of tires

Because of the wear difference between front and rear tires, I rotated them after countless long time interval. I would like to change the color of seat post as next.

New Spikes

You should take care of  P cover's wear, Lance.

I don't know to say P cover(toe cover) in English, by the way. 

Reading a book

as much as possible is one of my plans this year. I have three books which should be returned to the libray by next weekend. I mean totally behind... 

Tea break

It has been busy through this week, but fun to start something new.

'Plain living, high thinking' is one of my resolutions this year.Don't forget them, Lance.  

Ride on my bike

When I took care of my older daughter's new MTB, I felt I would like to ride my bike after long interval. So I went to the library by my bike. It was fun to feel the wind after long time.

What is this?

 It is late her B.D. present from us.

She said "I don't want a normal bycle, but want a real MTB".

I could understand her as one of MTB riders ( long long time ago...).

Have fun with your new bike and let's go cycling together, sweetie!

Her Birthday

 Christmas is her birthday also. My wife was busy to make secret sweets for her.

 She was so pleased with them. Good job, honey!

I liked it very much, and ate too much. I mean we enjoyed happy Christmas day too much.

Surprise Flower

always makes women happy. Yoko ONO said the same thing on the TV program, I think. Yes, it seems to be true.