Eat, Drink, Sleep @Tokyo, Now in Nagasaki

東京で食う飲む!Restaurant or Bar around Tokyo and Far East. There is a great diversity of food and culture in Japan. You will enjoy the huge range style of food from very local Japanese food to a lot of foreign foods. I hope you will find and feel the diversity of foods in Japan.

17 June 2016

The dinner course, Kayanoya (茅乃舎 レストラン), Fukuoka

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Dashi is the basis and necessity of Japanese foods. Japanese foods contain the Umami taste in itself. This Dashi taste which has rich of Umami was an identity in Japanese foods. When we talk about Japanese foods, we must remind the taste or flavour of the dishes. The Dashi taste is the most important part in Japanese foods as the butter in the French.

Kanoya is a bland company producing a high-end food from Fukuoka, Western island Kyushu. Kanoya basically was run as a Dashi producer as several variation of blended Dashi. They had developed their business as the “taste and flavour company” which produce various condiments or foods. The origin of this company was a bag of Dashi. This pack was used like as the tea bag, dipped in hot water and use a thick essence for the daily foods.

























The restaurant, an icon of Kayanoya is dining facility, is located in the countryside of Fukuoka. The exterior and interior was traditional farmer’s house. This house picture was printed on their products. Kaya-buki roof (thatched roof) is the bland icon of Kayanoya.

The dinner courses were cooked with the local ingredients and products from Kayanoya; the dressing sauce of salad, Dashi soup for the pots, sauce for Sashimi (not only say sauce). The course was formed six dishes as the traditional Japanese style full course. All dishes were designed as the modern Japanese style.

The course was formed, Starter, Vegetable soup (soup from the lands), Mukouduke (Sashimi), seasonal dish from the kitchen, small dish of grandmother from Nagano (traditional style foods), Main course (choice from the lists) and dessert. The course was started with the sweet light liquor.

Restaurant Kayanoya(茅乃舎)


This restaurant has the transportation service from the city centre of Fukuoka as Tenjin. Please contact to the restaurant reservation.

English page is available.

http://www.kayanoya.com/en/

14 June 2016

Ono Catholic Church, Shimo-ono, Nagasaki, Japan [The pilgrimage tour around Nagasaki]

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The simple and comfortable place for praying

Passing through Kurosaki Catholic church and Shitsu Catholic church to Saikai city, there is a small but nice church where does not have resident bishop, Ono Catholic Church. This Church is located on the small hill covered with a lot of plants. From Ono Catholic Church, you will have beautiful view of Sumo Nada (Shape like Sumo wresting) and East China sea.
The church is a house of one storey and stone arranged wall and Kawara bricked roof. The room is small as 6.1m width and 11.8m depth. The window had arch and was smaller than that in Japan. The design of the Ono church was Japanese-French. This church was designed and established by Bishop de Rotz who was mainly live in Shitsu area, on 1893. On the age, the import bricks from France were very expensive. He had chosen the stone which were produced in this area. The stone was black and green basalt stone. The stones were arranged with mortal.

The green stones wall showed very simple and country side style of the church
The reservation by phone call or website is necessary. Please contact to the information centre by phone.
095-823-7650




10 June 2016

Lovely Scottish flight above the Scotland, BE6899, EDI-KOI

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The flights in Scotland were traditionally lovely local routes. The commuter flights were necessity of the local Scottish people and the tourist. I have flied to Islay from Glasgow. This time, I have use the longer route Edinburgh to Kirkwall.

The fleet was Saab340 made in  Sweeden. The  classical but signature fleet was flying around the Scotland, from cities to islands above Highland, from islands to cities. The configuration of the fleet was 1-2 seats. The hat rack has very small space, not for the cabin bag for the airbus commercial fleet.

As the British commercial airline company, Flybe, operated by Logan air which is the commuter airline company in Scotland, served the passengers a cup of hot drink and some sweets during the flight. On my flight from Edinburgh to Kirkwall. I had a cup of tea with milk and chocolate coated wafers. The tea with milk was served as the traditional British tastes and show the nice match with sweet chocolate.


The snack served on flight

The aeroplane flying over the Scotland

7 June 2016

The oldest building of church in Japan, Oura Cathedral, Nagasaki city, Japan [The pilgrimage tour around Nagasaki]

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The Oura Cathedral was the oldest building of church in Japan. This church was built in Oura, Nagasaki after the opening on 1854 AD. There were several churches in port of Yokohama which was one of the opened ports. This had been the first church in Nagasaki and established on1865 AD. The church was located in the foreign settlement formed under Edo era in South Eastern part of Nagasaki. The building is National treasure of Japan.

Beside view of Oura Cathedral. The rosette window was the oldest part of this church which had placed at the front in original church
The building is small but lovely French Gothic style. On the front face, there was the sign “Tenshudo” meaning Cathedral above the entrance. This church had also re-built and extension after 1865 AD. There was one tower in the centre. White wall and green sky blue show the French design style. The pillars were stand and crossed on the roof with the embossed cross junction. The old small sthend glass windows were placed on the each side. The contrast of brown pillars and white walls were show European taste. The roof was covered with Japanese style tiles. The rose window on the right side from the entrance was the original rose window of the first version.


The inside of the church. On the left side, the statue of Maria is one of the important part of this church. In front of this statue, the historical event of "discovery of the Christian in Nagasaki" had happened. 
The "discovery of the Christian in Nagasaki" had been the mile stone event on the long Catholic church history. 
The front view of the Oura Cathedral. The pine tree show the exotic atmosphere of this church.
There is a modern Oura Catholic church located on the opposite side of this cathedral. The red brick exterior shows beautiful contrast with Oura Cathedral. 






Stained glass of Oura Catholic church. 

2 June 2016

The Twenty Six Martyrs Museum, Mishawaka, Nagasaki, Japan [The pilgrimage tour around Nagasaki]

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The place we should think about the Spanish colonization through the modern ages.

The first meeting to Christian in Japan

When I visited to Nishizaka, it was rainy day. Though the spring will be changed to early summer, it was cold and wet day in May. Nishizaka is a small hill in front of the main station of Nagasaki. Pedestrians walked up to the hill to get the museum and small church to pray the twentysix martyrs on Momoyama era.




The history of Martyrs in Nagasaki

This museum and church was officially assigned as the pilgrimage spot in Nagasaki. The martyrdom in Nagasaki had happened on 1597 under the Toyotomi government in Momoyama era. The international trade between European countries and Japan had rapidly developed the past 30 years. On 1596, minor trouble between Portuguese and Spanish and between the society of Jesuit and Order of Friars Minor occurred the Saint Phillipe case. The Japanese Slave trade had become the trigger of this historical event. The governor, Hideyoshi Toyotomi had announced the Statement of Expulsion of Christian padre on 1587. But the statement had been watered down, because the Japanese society had emphasized the importance and benefit of the international trade instead of the Christian. After Saint Phillipe case which the Spanish crews remark about the expansion of the colony of Spain with the Catholic Church, which might have never recognized the truth of event, expulsion had developed to the martyrdom. From the view point of the Japanese government, the Catholic Church and countries which expanded their territories with unethical means had seemed the crisis.
The twenty five martyrs had brought from Osaka and Kyoto to Nagasaki. The journey was cold mid-winter season. Twenty Japanese, four Spanish, one Mexican and one Portuguese had been sentence to a punishment at Nishizaka, Nagasaki.

All countries which had been colonized by Spain and Portugal, Philippines, Cuba, South American countries or several African countries, were still under the difficulty of the development.

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