Hanasanpo at Chichibu

Huling hirit sa panahon ng tagsibol. The super overdue post.

"finally katamaran left! i can now make my Chichibu post. Yey!"

after 5 seconds....

"Uh-oh katamaran's back. will do it tomorrow na lang..."

I was like this for a month. Actually right now I'm thinking if I should continue doing this or just eat my ichigo purin and continue watching IronMan II. Hee ^_^

So last April 17 I (together with Kuya Mylo, Ate Rhodz and husband) went to Chichibu (West Saitama) for this:

image from google.com

I've been seeing this picture since last year and I was really curious if this place really exists! I wasn't able to go last year kasi wala ako kasama. Hanlongkot naman kasi mamasyal mag-isa.

The place was a 2hr (around) train ride from our place. So I took some pictures while on the train.

Sa tagal ng biyahe and with all the trees and mountains we thought we were already in Pinas. Wahleylung. We just thought of that ^_^

After reaching Chichibu Station we had an early lunch at Sukiya because Kuya Allan was already hungry. Wasn't really that hungry so I just ordered a small bowl of gyudon.

The artistically designed hill of moss phlox is located at Shibazakura near Hitsujiyama Park.

I did not expect that we will be seeing lots and lots and lots of sakura trees here. I wanted to cry! Happy! ^_^

Lovely!

shidarezakura or the weeping cherry

I want to do hanami in this place. Under those weeping sakura trees. They are so lovely I wanted to eat them! haha

I was a little bit disapponted (konti lang naman) when I saw the hill. It was not the same with what I saw in the picture. Arte ko lang. Kahit mukhang ulo na may poknat yung iba e sumatotal I enjoyed the place. Kahit nangitim ako kasi naman tanghaling tapat nung inikot namin yung lugar :P

I was here!

Some parts do not have flowers.

Up-close views of the flowers. I call some of them "santan" because they look like one.

We stopped by this place which is located near the hill for meryienda.

I tried their ikayaki which is a grilled squid. The head with all the tentacles looked scary so I just bought the body part which looks like a hand.

ikayaki or grilled squid

There were also some sheep in the area which I find adorable. Kaso I don't find their smell adorable hehe. Panghe. I don't know why there were sheep in that place. Kinda weird.

Hello Mr. Sheep! Can I take you home?

Reminded me of Shaun the Sheep ^_^

Before going home we checked this place which looks like a small market selling foods, souvenirs, plants, etc. Chichibu lang naintindihan ko dun sa banner hehe

This plant caught my attention because it looked fake. I thought it was fake. But it wasn't! First time I saw this kind of color of sakura. I wanted to buy it kaso bulky and looked heavy. Ok fine it was expensive. And I do not have a good history with plants. Sayang ang anda.

I love this plant.

Meryenda ulit! Food stalls like these remind of the fishball-an and all the ihaw-ihaw things in the street of the Philippines. ^_^

One stick of the barbecued meat costs 600yen. Mahalia noh? Anyway minsan lang naman ^_^ By the way the food was for me and Ate Rhodz. Kami na matakaw.

yakisoba and barbecued beef meat

At around 4pm we decided to go home. It was a great experience. ^_^ I hope to visit the place again next year.

We bought omiyage or pasalubong in this place which is just beside the station.

*Hana means flower in Japanese and Sanpo means take a walk.

P.S. Thanks to Khanto for the tip. Nakapagpost na ulit ng pics ^_^ doumo arigatou ne.

Spring Cleaning

Simula na ng isang linggong paghilata at pagtunganga!

Hello Golden Week!

Kahapon pa kami walang pasok at sa Biyernes May6 na ulit ang pasok sa opisina. Pinapasok pa talaga kami ng Biyernes. Di na nila sinagad :)

Naitago ko na ang aking mga winter clothes kasama na ang mga comforters, fleece na kumotsss at bedsheet. Sa ibang araw nako magpapalit ng kurtina para meron pako gagawin :D

Goodbye Kitty-chan and my ishtwobewi slippers :(

Kelangan ko na silang itapon dahil mainit na sila sa paa at kung makikita niyo lang sila ng malapitan e masasabi niyong mashado na silang gamit na gamit. si Kitty-chan mukha ng pusang kalye :P

Say Hello to Mr. Froggy :)

May tsinelas ka na may panlinis ka pa :)

Sa loob ng 1 taon na paggamit ng credit card eto lang ang kinaya ng points ko. Hindi ako palagamit kasi ng credit card. takot ako sa utang :P

Kapag sinapian ulit ako ng espiritu ng kasipagan sa paggawa ng entry e ipo-post ko yung pasyal namin sa Chichibu nung April17.

Tamad mode ulit... Ciao!

if a picture paints a thousand miles away...

i like taking pictures. pag hindi ako tinatamad (^_^)

so when i wanted to buy a camera last year i didn't opt for a DSLR. hindi naman ako mahilig maki-uso.

i am not really into photography. i'm a point and shoot person. if i like the subject i'll get my iphone or if i really really like to take the picture i'll use my digicam. ganun lang kasimple.

while waiting for our turn in the badminton court i wander around the area for some exercise and to take some pics. using my iphone's cam i started taking pictures.

 ok na sana kaso may sumabit.

saw this penk tooleep infront of our office's bus waiting area. took the risk of getting caught by manong guard coz i think we're not supposed to be there because an incoming bus might hit us.

aren't they lovely?

nagkalat lang sa daan. para lang damo (^_^)

lahat na lang kinakatamaran ko.

that's all folks!