Osaka day trip :11

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went for a one-day trip to Osaka with my older sister on March 9.
Our total time in Osaka were only 10 hours, but that was a very fulfilling trip.

After we ate the "Ikayaki", we wanted to eat something sweet.
We went to the shop of gelato around Umeda Station.

This was the gelato shop, "GROM".
This gelato shop is very popular in Osaka.

We chose 3 kinds of flavors.

The brown gelato was "Bacio", it was the gelato of Jean Doe-ya chocolate with nuts.
The yellow gelato was "Zabaione", it was the gelato of Egg cream and Marsala wine.
The white gelato was "Cassata siciliana", it was the gelato of Ricotta cheese and 3 kinds of citrus peels.
That was all rich and delicious !!!

We were satisfied the gelatos !!

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Osaka day trip:10

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went for a one-day trip to Osaka with my older sister on March 9.
Our total time in Osaka were only 10 hours, but that was a very fulfilling trip.

After we took a rest in the coffee shop, we took a walk through an underground shopping center for a while.

It was Umeda Hanshin Department Store that we came over.
Umeda Hanshin Department Store is very big.
It is the one of historical department stores in Osaka.

We went to the first floor of the department store basement and we bought the specialty of Hanshin.
That place had a line, because it was very famous.

This was the specialty of Hanshin,"Ikayaki".
It was one piece of 152 yen.

"Ikayaki" is the broiled squid.
It mixed wheat flour and cuttlefish meat and baked it on the plate.
This is a kind of the snacks.

The salt flavor of cuttlefish was tasty.
I liked it !!

This was "Derayaki".
"Derayaki" was added egg to Ikayaki.
It was very yummy for source taste !!

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Osaka day trip :9

Hello. 
This is May in Japan.

I went for a one-day trip to Osaka with my older sister on March 9. 
Our total time in Osaka were only 10 hours, but that was a very fulfilling trip.

After we visited a bakery "Le Sucre Coeur Yotsubashi branch office", We took the subway and went to around Umeda Station.

There are many commercial buildings around Umeda Station, and it is very convenient for shopping.

We were tired of walking, so we entered the coffee shop "belle ville" in the Umeda Station underground shopping center.

I ordered the flavor tea.
A hole was opened on the cover of the cup.
The handle of the leaf-shaped tea bag exited from the hole.
It was so cute !!

The flavor tea had very good fragrance.
The flavor tea healed me.

My older sister ordered the pancakes.

It was the pancake of baked apples and caramel.
The pancake was the souffle type.
It had soft mouthfeel.
That was a very delicious pancakes.

We entered the coffee shop unintentionally, but we could eat yummy pancakes.

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Osaka day trip :8

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went for a one-day trip to Osaka with my older sister on March 9.
Our total time in Osaka were only 10 hours, but that was a very fulfilling trip.

After we visited a variety shop "ASOKO", we walked towards subway Yotsubashi Station.
We arrived at a building.

This was the sign of a shop which we wanted to go.
There was a bakery in the basement of this building.

I couldn't believe that there was a bakery in such a place.
I was half in doubt and went down the stairs...

That was there.
"Le Sucre Coeur Yotsubashi branch office"
That was a very small bakery where there were only the showcase and eat-in space.

This was a branch office.
This branch office sold breads which were produced in the head office.
This head office is in Suita-shi, Osaka and it is the most popular bakery in Osaka.

We visited this bakery for the hope of my older sister.

I bought a bread containing salt caramel cream.
The bread had elasticity, and the flavor of this cream was very rich.
I was taken by surprise with the deliciousness of the bread !!

We were satisfied and left the bakery.

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Osaka day trip:7

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went for a one-day trip to Osaka with my older sister on March 9.
Our total time in Osaka were only 10 hours, but that was a very fulfilling trip.

After we visited a variety shop "Flying Tiger Copenhagen", we walked to another variety shop.

This was the shop, "ASOKO".
It is a variety shop of the origin Japan.
It also has a lot of cheap goods.

I'll introduce some goods which I bought.

This is a pen case.
It was 200 yen.
This design is same as the design drawn on the outer wall of this building.
This design was very funny, so I bought it.

These are paper bags.
I like these designs.
I gave the souvenir to my friend in this bag.
My friend was happy about it.

We enjoyed shopping at this shop.
We have overbought !!

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Osaka day trip:6

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went for a one-day trip to Osaka with my older sister on March 9.
Our total time in Osaka were only 10 hours, but that was a very fulfilling trip.

We visited the most popular variety shop "Flying Tiger Copenhagen" in Americamura.
There were a lot of cute goods at the shop.

I'll introduce some goods which I bought.

These are plant holders of mantises.

This is a real mantis more than I expected.
I don't have the plan to make a private vegetable garden.
I bought these plant holders for my cat.
My cat loves insects.

I gave this plant holder to my cat.
My cat sniffed the plant holder.
And...

My cat punched it !!
It looks like my cat likes that.

The variety shop "Flying Tiger Copenhagen" has a lot of cute and cheap goods, so we enjoyed shopping there.

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Osaka day trip:5

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went for a one-day trip to Osaka with my older sister on March 9.
Our total time in Osaka were only 10 hours, but that was a very fulfilling trip.

We visited the most popular variety shop "Flying Tiger Copenhagen" in Americamura.
There were a lot of cute goods at the shop.

I'll introduce some goods which I bought.

This is a coaster of leaf.
It was 300 yen.
I like this natural feeling.

These are boxes.
It was 300 yen,too.

3 small boxes of floral design were 1 set.
I like this floral design.
I'm going to use these boxes for accessory cases.

Osaka day trip:4

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went for a one-day trip to Osaka with my older sister on March 9.
Our total time in Osaka were only 10 hours, but that was a very fulfilling trip.

After we visited a bakery "PAINDUCE", we walked to Amerikamura.

Amerikamura is a generic name of the neighborhood of Nishishinsaibashi, Chuo-ku, Osaka-shi, Osaka.
Amerikamura has a lot of shops which are popular among youths.

We went to the most popular shop in Americamura.

This was the shop, "Flying Tiger Copenhagen".

It is a variety shop of the origin in Denmark.
It owns 150 stores primarily in European 16 countries and Japan.

This was the first shop in Asia that opened in July, 2012.
It was super popular at the time of opening, so it had set a limit to entrance.
We visited there on weekdays, it was crowded with customers, but we didn't need to stand in line.

There were a lot of rare goods in the shop, and we enjoyed shopping !!

I'll introduce some goods which I bought, next time.

Osaka day trip:3

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went for a one-day trip to Osaka with my older sister on March 9.
Our total time in Osaka were only 10 hours, but that was a very fulfilling trip.

We took the subway and went around Shinsaibashi.
We visited a bakery which was 4-minute walk from "Hommachi Station" of the subway Midosuji Line.

This was the bakery "PAINDUCE"
This bakery is very famous so that it is appeared in a magazine.
It was one of the bakers which I wanted to go for..

All breads of PAINDUCE looked delicious, so we decided to eat in there.

It was my second breakfast, ham and cheese sandwich.
This bread was very tasteful, the more it is chewed, the tastier it becomes.
It was a simple sandwich, but it was very delicious !!

This was bacon and egg focaccia which my older sister chose.
Bacon was very thick and the focaccia was very springy.
That was so delicious !!

We were satisfied and left the bakery.

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Osaka day trip :2

Hello.

This is May in Japan.

I went for a one-day trip to Osaka with my older sister on March 9.

Our  total time in Osaka were only 10 hours, but that was a very fulfilling trip.

We arrived at Shin Osaka station at 9 o'clock in the morning.

The Shin-Osaka Station is used by many people because it is a big station as same as Tokyo Station.
It was crowded at Shin Osaka station, so I almost lost my older sister many times.
We changed to a subway at Shin-Osaka Station.

We bought the daily tickets to take a subway.
A day ticket was 800 yen on weekdays, but it was 600yen on weekend.
It was very convenient for us to take a subway.

We took the subway and went around Shinsaibashi.

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Osaka day trip:1

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went for a one-day trip to Osaka on March 9.
My total time in Osaka was only 10 hours, but that was a very fulfilling trip.

I went to Osaka with my older sister, because she used to live in Osaka and knew a lot about　there.

We woke up early in order to take the 7am Shinkansen at Kokura station in Kitakyusyu city.
The morning was still dark.

The 7am Shinkansen was not crowded, because it was early in morning on weekdays.
We could eat breakfast slowly on the Shinkansen.

It was about 2 hours from Kokura Station to Shin-Osaka Station.
The Sanyo Shinkansen line had many tunnels, so we couldn't enjoy the scenery through the windows.
When we approached Shin-Osaka Station, we could finally look the scenery through the windows, but it was rain.

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Tickets of the 40th anniversary of the Sanyo Shinkansen whole line opening

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went for a one-day trip to Osaka last week.
The distance in a straight line from Fukuoka to Osaka is about 430Km.

I usually go to Osaka by staying overnight.
But this time, I got a bargain ticket of Shinkansen, so I went for a one-day trip to Osaka.
 

The tickets were bargain tickets of Shinkansen.
It was the tickets of the 40th anniversary of the Sanyo Shinkansen whole line opening.
These tickets was sold time-limited, because the Sanyo Shinkansen became the whole line opening 40th anniversary in this year.

The normal price of the Shinkansen is 14,450 yen from Kitakyusyu(Fukuoka) to Osaka by one way.
But it costs 5610yen by one way !!
It is surprisingly cheap !!

I went for a one-day trip with this ticket to Osaka

I'll introduce the one day trip to Osaka, next time....

Oreo : soft cookies Matcha Milk

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

It's started to enter into the spring season recently.
With the coming of spring, sweets of the green tea taste are sold well in the public.
It is one of products which I introduced "Pocky of Kasane-Matcha" last time.

Today I'd like to introduce a unique sweets of Matcha.

This is the product,"Oreo soft cookies Matcha Milk".

This is a product unlike normal Oreo.

The cookies are very thick and soft.
It seems the sponge cake rather than a cookie.

It is filled with green tea cream and milk source.
It is like the confectionery.
That's so  delicious !!

Pocky : Kasane-Matcha

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced "Pocky" before.

Today I'd like to introduce the new product of "Pocky".

This is the new product,"Kasane-Matcha".
It is a new product released on February 10, 2015.

Kasane means double in Japanese.
Kasane-Matcha means  double green tea.

The pretzels include powdered green tea.
And it is coated with green tea chocolate.

I can feel bitterness of the green tea.
This pocky is slightly sweet and delicious !!

Tsubaki

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

The tsubaki trees are blossoming in our garden.

The tsubaki blooms in the winter.

Tsubaki is one of the seasonal charms of winter.
When a flower is scattered, spring comes.

Chikugo-Drive :LeSucre

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went for a drive to Chikugo area, last month.
Fruit and wheat cultivation are thriving in this area.
So, there are many bakeries and patisserie in the area.

At last, I visited a cake shop.

This is the cake shop,"Le Sucre".
The patissier of this cake shop makes cakes with fresh fruits which produced in this town.
There were a lot of cakes using the strawberry at the present time

This is a cake of strawberry and lychee.
It is the cake which a strawberry mousse with lychee jelly coated with white chocolate.
The sweetness of the strawberry was strong,and the lychee was fragrant.
It was so delicious!!

It is a cake of strawberry and ginger.
This cake has a sour taste of strawberry and spicy of ginger.
It was interesting taste, but It was good !!

I was glad that I could eat a lot of delicious foods.
I want to go to Chikugo, again !!

Chikugo-Drive :miel cake cafe

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went for a drive to Chikugo area, last month.
Fruit and wheat cultivation are thriving in this area.
So, there are many bakeries and patisserie in the area.

I visited Yoshii-machi where it had an old town scenery remaining.
After I ate lunch, I found a kind of patisserie shop near Ma-boya.

This is the patisserie,"miel cake cafe".
It is the Japanese house matched it with a scene of old cityscape.
This patisserie was a cafe.
I bought a baked cake, because I was full with a lunch.

I bought this pound cake with black soybeans and chestnuts.

The pound cake had a lot of black soybeans and chestnuts.
The cake was very moist.
I could smell the butter.
That was delicious and not too sweet.

I want to eat cakes at this cafe, next time !!