Living abroad can be an excited experience for many people and frustrating for others. One of the interesting ways to connect with other’s people culture is throughout the gastronomy . It can give us moments of pleasure around a table to try new dishes hearing and sharing about interesting stories and to dive into new cultures.
Brazilian cuisine Peruvian foodEating out in a Hawaiian restaurantA delicious sandwich in a Japanese style Asian cuisine Salud !Cheers!
Viver no exterior pode ser uma boa experiência para uns e péssima para outros. Uma das melhores maneiras de se conectar com outras culturas é através da gastronomia. Ela pode nos proporcionar momentos de alegria em volta de uma mesa para experimentar novos sabores, escutar e compartilhar boas estórias.
2020 is gone, finally. The first day of 2021 is typically cold on the north hemisphere and very quiet. There is just a few people in the park walking or jogging , then we only can hear the birds singing and watch them flying happily in-between trees and the river that crosses the park.
Japan
So, after coming back home, the best thing that we have to do is to stay under the air conditioning drinking a delicious hot coffee, reading, writing and watching some movie, isn’t it?
Taken in a coffee shop some months ago.
Happy New Year!
Taken at the of november
Greetings from Japan.
2020 acabou, enfim. O primeiro dia do ano é tipicamente frio e tranquilo no hemisfério norte. Há poucas pessoas caminhando ou correndo pelo parque, e daí só se pode ouvir o canto dos pássaros e vê-los voando entre as árvores e o riozinho que atravessa o parque.
Então, depois de voltar para casa o melhor para fazer é ficar em casa debaixo do ar condicionado tomando um café quente lendo, escrevendo ou assistindo a um bom filme, não é mesmo?
When I was a child I used to believe in Santa claus, fairy tales and I was delighted with the cartoons about Christmas… Of course, I don’t believe anymore, but I still love the magic atmosphere of Christmas ♪ ♪ ♪
The Japanese cuisine is famous around the world. In most countries, you find a Japanese restaurant, but with some slight difference of taste from the ‘original Japanese cuisine’ according to the country where it is prepared. At least, it was what I noticed when I tried it in Brazil and United States of America, for example. It also happens with other cuisines, when I visited China I drank for the first time the jasmine tea, I just loved it and then, when I came back to Japan I bought one, but its flavor was very different, unfortunately.
Here is the famous yakiniku (the grilled meat) the Japanese barbecue that was introduced by Koreans in Japan. In this restaurant the yakiniku is prepared on a grill and it is accompanied by sauces and it can be eaten with a lot of rice, vegetables and desserts.
The meat is cut very thin
Another food that is loved by the Japanese is the seafood. In every supermarket you will find Sashimi, fishes ready to prepare at home.
Fish roeSashimi This the sample of a bentō that is served in many factories accompanied with rice, misoshiro and green tea. Western food in a Japanese style
Patisseries in Japan
The japaneses love to prepare the lunch boxes carefully decorated and also to make sweets and bonbons of varieties formats. See the photos below:
Most photos were taken at Midland Square and vicinities. Here, the sweets are not so sugary like the brazilian ones, for example. I prefer savory food to sweet, I admire the decoration and the delicacy of each sweet, cake and formats of bonbons.
Tanabata 「evening of the seventh」Tanabata 「star japanese festival」
On the photo bellow, it is a place where the believers follow a rite: at first they drop a coin in a box bowing their heads and at the same time also clapping their hands and then, they make a wish.
The shrine is surrounded by dozens of trees that create a unique sound when the strong wind sways their leaves. Maybe at night could a bit scary if you are alone.
「⛩」The Shinto shrine is located at Ichinomiya city, Aichi province, Japan.
The summer just arrived and it is getting hotter day by day. Except on rainy days that we can walk around at midday on the streets, though with a great chance of having our shoes and clothes soaked by the rain.
Taken in a rainy afternoon.
Now it is good time of going to the rivers, beaches and play under the falls, but unfortunately we are caught by a plague that postponed our plans and some habits.
For some of us that live in a city, the best thing to do is walking around during the coolest hour to burn some calories and breath some fresh air enjoying the beauty of the flowers and the sunsets.
Flowers are really beautiful, unfortunately I do not know their names.
The Gifu Castle is located at Gifu city, in the south-central of Gifu Prefecture, Chūbu region of Honshu, Japan. The Gifu Castle of Dosan and Nobuna (formally called Inabayama Castle), was built on the top of Mt. Kinka in the year 1201.
A beautiful view of range mountains Nagara river
Oda Nobunaga, a general in Sengoku period, became the first master of castle in 1567.
Today the castle is a museum that welcome visitors during the whole year. In 1569 a Christian Portuguese missionary , Luis Frois, visited the castle seeking protection of Christianity and became amazed with the place.
Here you can see the beautiful ceiling of the castle.
Our travel to the Gifu Castle was quiet and the weather condition was good, then we could take great photos and enjoy the day. We did the route using the Google map app and without mistakes we got right there.
In the castle , you can take pictures with male wax dolls dressed as a samurai. The ‘men’ looks like an alive ones!
Male Doll wax
And if you are hungry, you can eat in the restaurant at the top of the mountain. From there you can watch the landscape and maybe some flying birds!
Japanese foodWestern food
For further information, you can access this site bellow about the history of the castle, tickets price, opening and closing time and how to arrive:
The two main religions are the Shinto and Buddhism. The Shinto is a native ancient religion that is practiced by the most Japanese. The word Shinto (神道) means way of gods with features of festivities, rituals and ceremonies like the weddings ceremony that occur under the ceremony Shinto.
Gate (Torii) is a Shinto religious symbol.Sakurayama Hachi Mango Sanctuary, Hida Takayama, province of Gifu pref.The jizo deities found near the shrine or temples are to honor the dead or unborn babies.
The Buddhism, second one, is also very present in the Japanese lives through the rituals, art and ceremonies like The Japanese Tea Ceremony (茶道) and the art of Ikebana ( 生け花), that is art of arranging live flowers and also funeral ceremonies are held according to the Buddhist ceremony, hence both religions are symbols of traditional Japanese culture co-existing with harmony .
Komaki city, Aichi Province.
The red colors mean power of gods (神), lucky and protection from evil and also is a type of paint that contains cinnabar mercury that helps to protect the wood.
The entrance of a Buddhist temple Osu Kannon (大須観音) Nagoya city, Aichi Province.Gifu city, Gifu Province.Ikebana (natural flowers arrangement)
Sometimes is very difficult to distinguish a difference between a temple and a shrine because the cultural and religion elements co-existing very well in the same space here.
It is springtime in the land of the sun rising, and one of the activities that I love to do is walking around the rivers near my house gazing the beautiful wild flowers that surround the rivers.
A river that crosses the town
There is a peaceful moment in my walkings, when I stop walking to listen to the birds singing and watch them playing on the trees, in the fields or when I meet my lovely friends, the cats.
A cute black cat 💙
Another thing that I admire here is to see the flower pots in front of the houses decorating the entrances and the beautiful small gardens in open places without a fence between the street and the house.
No fences
For many people this is is something usual, but not to me, because I was born and raised in a country totally different from where I am living now. Well, this not the objective from the blog to write up about the bad things of the life, but is to show the beautiful side of the life.
During this beautiful season in every street you can see the flower pots, not only in front the houses, but also in front of train stations, banks, coffee shops, stores or buildings. In other words, the Japaneses are in love with flowers.
A coffee shopThe entrance of a train station Train station
