Trash management

Sorting out trash is a big part of life here. Everyday of the week is designated to put out different kind of trash. I basically spend almost 20minutes everyday just to sort out trash. from plastic to can, to daily produce waste. The biggest headache i have is that i have to keep all kind of carton box, candy box milk and juice carton and other paper waste in the house until the day to disposal comes. On top of 2 small trash cans i have in the house i already have 3 big cans outside in the yard for sorting and waiting for disposal day. All milk and juice carton need to be washed, dry and cut and open it flatten  and carton boxes need to be flatten and tie up nicely and same goes to paper ,newspaper and candy boxes before disposing. Paper waste disposing day only come once a week so before the day i will have all this waste laying in the already small and crowded kitchen. Just another day after disposing those waste is pilling up again and this trash work seems never ending. Japanese packaging is so beautiful and they come in layers and layers of papers or plastic wrappers. I think half of my shopping goes into the trash. It is not the work that im complaining but the trash that i have to keep in the house stress me out a little.

First visit to dentist

I cant believe that i drag this for this long. His visit to dentist was due when he was 2. Im expecting the worst but fortunately he has only 2 minor decay. The dentist did a small patch to one of his problem teeth and another due for next week visit and he will be good. Im expecting alot of crying and kicking but everything went smooth and well without sheding a single tear. what a relief.

First cooking

I am letting Yuta cook for the first time. He likes to help around in the kitchen but honestly you have to have extra time on hand to let the little one help. He also likes the kids cooking program on tv.  Today i decided is time to let him to cook with the stove with my guardian. We are cooking sweet potato cream soup today. We have been eating alot of sweet potato from the last trip to the farm. Made sweet potato mont blanc (a failure), extra sweet potato cream paste to wrap it in the pancake, stir fry sweet potato and this cream soup. After this first cooking experience he is begging me every time to let him cook.

Mount Fuji

Sunset with Mount Fuji in the background, nice. this was taken from balcony in 2nd floor. When the weather is good we could have this magnificent view. Yuta always says, "look, we can see the volcano again". Its moment like this i wish i have better photography skill.

Sweet potato digging

Another autumn harvest, sweet potato. Our first experience sweet potato digging. 

Its Autumn

Autumn leaves wreath we made from leaves and acorns collected at nearby playground. We were hoping to find some pinecones but there werent any around. so far we saw only 1 pine tree on the way to the train station and always wanted to collect those pinecones but the tree is in an unacessable location. we miss all the pinecone and squirels in our previous home.

A day to the beach

The japanese version of snow cone, "kakikoori"



 A hot summer day, we just got our new car and decided to go for a drive. A 30minutes drive from to seaside is just ideal for the husband. One of the reason we like living in yokohama is a short drive to the seaside and easy accessible to many of the sightseeing spot. Yokohama and Japan overall is foreign and new to us  so we are just like another tourist, there are so much more to discover and to see in japan for us.