A souvenir : Midori Milk "Milk Cookie"

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce the souvenirs.

This is it, Midori Milk "Milk Cookie".
This is a souvenir from Oita Prefecture.
Midori Milk is the famous product of milk in Kyusyu area.

There are 10 of cookies in this 1 box.
It has 2 kinds of cookies.
These are the cookies of coffee milk and milk cookies.

The cookie of coffee milk has the good flavor of coffee.
It is so tasty.

The milk cookie has the rich taste of milk.
It is sweet and delicious !

I love both of cookies.

Musashiya : Usukawa Manju

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced the sweets shop "Musashiya" in Oita prefecture, last time.
Today I'd like to introduce the primary product of Musashiya.

This is the primary product,"Usukawa Manju."
Usukawa means "the dough of manju is thin".

The price is 800 yen.
There are 10 sweets.

This is one of traditional Japanese confectioneries which made from sweet bean paste.
The sweet bean paste is the strained bean jam.
The strained bean jam is so smooth.
It is not too sweet and delicious.

Musashiya Karyo : Shiratama cream anmitsu

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced the sweets shop "Musashiya" in Oita prefecture, before.
Today I'd like to introduce the menu of a cafe at Musashiya Karyo.

This is the menu,"Shiratama cream anmitsu."
The price is 650 yen.

Shiratama menas the rice-flour dumplings.
Anmistu is a food consisting of bean jam and pieces of fruit served in syrup.
Cream is the ice cream.
Shiratama cream anmitsu is the Anmistu topped with ice cream and rice-flour dumplings.

I could choose the one of ice cream in four different flavors.
I chose the Hoji-cha flavored  ice cream.

The  rice-flour dumplings are sticky.
The ice cream has the rich flavor of Hoji-cha.
It is so sweet and delicious !!

Musashiya Karyo : Shiratama Anmitsu

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I introduced the sweets shop "Musashiya" in Oita prefecture, last time.
Today I'd like to introduce the menu of a cafe at Musashiya Karyo.

This is the menu,"Shiratama Anmitsu."
The price is 600 yen.

Shiratama menas the rice-flour dumplings.
Anmistu is a food consisting of bean jam and pieces of fruit served in syrup.

The rice-flour dumplings are soft and sticky.
The fruits are so fresh.
The bean jam is sweet and tasty.

It is so delicious !!

Japanese traditional sweets shop & Cafe : Musashiya

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce the sweets shop in Oita prefecture.

This is the Japanese traditional sweets shop, "Musashiya".
It is located in Ushigami, Nakatsu-city, Oita Prefecture.
It was established in 1924.
This shop was renewed in December, 2013, and it opened a cafe.

This is the cafe, "Musashiya Karyo."
The cafe is added to the Japanese sweets shop.
The cafe is small, but it is comfortable.

I'll introduce the menu at this cafe, next time.

Japanese confectionery: Ishigaki Mochi

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce Ishigaki Mochi.



Ishigaki Mochi is one of Japanese confections and a local sweet of Oita Prefecture.
We need flour, sugar, sweet potato and salt to make this Ishigaki Mochi.
All ingredients are mixed and steamed.

Ishigaki means the stone wall.
This shape looks like stone wall, so we call it "Ishigaki Mochi."



It has the natural sweetness of sweet potato.
It is delicious with simplicity.

Usa-jingu Shrine

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I visited Usa-jingu Shrine for worship today.

Usa-jingu Shrine is the head shrine of all Hachiman shrines, and it located in Usa City, Oita Prefecture.

I go to pray at Usa-jingu Shrine every year.
It is the very holy place.
I like the place, because I can feel peace when I visit there.

A scenic site : Shidakako

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce a scenic site in Oita Prefecture.

This is the scenic site, "Shidakako."
It is located in Beppu, Beppu-City, Oita Prefecture.
It is known for the beautiful autumn leaves.

It is a lake of neighborhood about 2km in the plateau.
There are the campground and rental boats.

The atmosphere is clear.
It is a very beautiful lake !!

Yaki-Yaseuma : Oita

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce the souvenir.

This is it, "Yaki-Yaseuma".
This is a souvenir from Oita Prefecture.

Yaseuma is a local specialty of Oita Prefecture.
Yaseuma is similar to Udon noodles to eat with sugar and soybean flour.
Yaki means bake.
Yaki-Yaseuma means to eat Yaseuma broiled.

There are around 24 packs of individual package in this product.
The price is around 1000 yen.

This is a kind of rice crackers.
It is containing sesame and soybean flour.

It has the flovar of sesame and soybean flour.
It is a rice cracker with a simple flavor.
It is sweet and delicious !!

KANTA CUBE Cheese Manju : Oita

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

Today I'd like to introduce the souvenir.

This is it, "KANTA CUBE Cheese Manju".
This is a souvenir from Oita Prefecture.

KANTA is the sweet potato of the Oita original brand.
KANTA has the sweetness strongly.

This is a steamed bun of cube shape.
It is not so big, so it is easy to eat.

It is a manju with sweet potato paste and cream cheese.
The sweet potato paste matches cream cheese well.
It is so delicious !!

Kaisen tamatebako Don-maru : Ryukyu-Don

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went to Beppu city,Oita prefecture, the other day.

Beppu city is near the sea, so it is famous that seafoods are delicious.
I ate sea foods bowl in a lunch.

It is the shop specializing in sea foods bowls,"Kaisen tamatebako Don-maru".
It is takeout only. 
It is located in Minato-machi, Beppu-city, Oita Prefecture.

There is the menu of bowls more than 60 kinds.
The price is 500 yen.
All menu is the same price.

I ate this sea foods bowl, "Ryukyu-Don".
Ryukyu is a local specialty  which various sashimi (raw fish) pickled in soy sauce.
It is very similar to Poki of Hawaiian food.

This fish is very delicious !!

The hot spring facility: Yumetamatebako

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went to Beppu city,Oita prefecture, the other day.

Beppu is famous for a hot spring resort.
I went to a hot springs.

This is the hot spring facility, "Yumetamatebako".
It is located in Kitaju, Beppu-city, Oita Prefecture

The entrance fee for the hot spring facility is 520 yen.
There are over 10 kinds of baths.
It was a very nice feeling hot springs !!

Japanese traditional sweets shop : Amami-Chaya : Chaya Parfait

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went to Beppu city,Oita prefecture, the other day.
I visited the Japanese traditional sweets shop, "Amami-Chaya" where located in Beppu city.

Today I'd like to introduce the menu of sweets.

This is the sweets, "Chaya-Parfait".
The price is 720 yen.
This parfait is containing the ice cream of green tea, topped with sweet bean jam, chiffon cake and  mousse of green tea.

The ice cream of green tea is like the sherbet, and it is so delicious !!
The chiffon cake and  mousse are also delicious !!

 

The place and the view are very nice.
And the taste of sweets is also good !!

Excellent !!

Japanese traditional sweets shop : Amami-Chaya

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went to Beppu city,Oita prefecture, the other day.

I visited the Japanese traditional sweets shop in Beppu city.
Today I'd like to introduce the sweets shop.

This is the Japanese traditional sweets shop, "Amami-Chaya".
It is located in Jissoji, Beppu-city, Oita Prefecture.
Amami means sweets, Chaya means tea-house.

It is an old Japanese house among trees.
It looks antiquated !!

This is the entrance.
It is a very cool !!

I'll introduce the menu of sweets, next time.

soba cafe "yu-hi" in Oita Prefecture

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went to see the Sunflower field of Nagasakibana, with my friends the other day.
We visited a cafe to eat lunch.

This is the cafe, soba cafe "yu-hi".
Yu-hi means sunset.
The cafe is located in Matama beach which is famous for the beautiful sunset.

We can see the sea from the windows of the cafe.
The place is refreshing for us.

I ordered the menu, "Koikana set".
The price is 1000yen.
The menu is containing zaru-soba, deep‐fried chicken, rice ball.

The soba is very tasty.
The deep‐fried chicken is delicious !!

The place is nice, and the taste is good !!

Sunflower field of Nagasakibana, Oita Prefecture

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went to see the Sunflower field with my friends, the other day.

The sunflower field is Nagasakibana where located in Bungotakata-city, Oita Prefecture.

1200000 sunflowers are planted in the field.

That was very beautiful. that sunflowers shined in the blue sky !!
These flowers are best viewed from mid-August to late September.

Hatsu moude at Usa-jingu Shrine

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I visited Usa-jingu Shrine on the first shrine visit of the New Year, on January 3.

Usa-jingu Shrine is the head shrine of all Hachiman shrines, and it located in Usa City, Oita Prefecture.
Many people come for a New Year's visit to Usa-jingu Shrine, because it is a very famous shinto shrine.
Usa-jingu Shrine received many worshippers and tourists on that day.

The main shrine stands on a slightly high hill after passing through this torii.

This is the main shrine.
The manner of prayer is "Twice bowing, four times clapping and one-time bowing."
The steps and manners may differ depending on shrines.

Usa-jingu Shrine has the very large precincts.
Usa-jingu Shrine is the holy place and it has a long history.

It is a very interesting place, please come once !!

JR Oita City (4)

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went to Oita city,Oita prefecture, last month.
The purpose was to visit to JR Oita city.

I ate a lunch at the food court in the third floor.
After I ate a lunch, I wanted eat dessert.

I dropped in at a gelato shop.
The name is "ViTO."
The head office of this shop is the gelato shop at Fukuoka-city,Fukuoka prefecture.

I found an advertisement that the shop had the gelato using local ingredients.
I ordered the gelato.

Left:Natsumi orange latte
This is the gelato made of Natsumi orange harvested in Kunisaki-shi, Oita.

It is the gelato of orange and milk.
It was refreshed and delicious !!


I fully enjoyed JR Oita city.
I want to come again.

JR Oita City (3)

Hello.
This is May in Japan.

I went to Oita city,Oita prefecture, last month.
The purpose was to visit to JR Oita city.

This is the food court in the third floor.
I ate a lunch there.

I ordered at this shop.
The name is "Beef Kitchen."
The head office of this shop is the yakiniku restaurant at Beppu-city, Oita prefecture.

I ate the Tsukimi sparerib rice.
It is the dish of cooked rice topped with vegetables, sparerib and egg on the iron plate.

It is eaten with a special sauce.
This was very tasty !!

I like it so much !!