Fireworks show in my town

We had a firework show in Futako-tamagawa which is my town. I went to the river side with my wife and kid and enjoyed it.
When I watch its firework, I feel the summer is ending.

Raw meat of chicken

As you know, Japanese likes to eat raw fish. Do you know that you can eat raw chicken in Japan? You can eat fresh meat of chicken, beef and even horse. I like to eat fresh chicken breast fillet with wasabi and soy-sauce. Its taste is weak because of low fat and you can eat like raw fish.

When you have a chance to come to Japan, please try to eat raw meat as well as raw fish.

Takoyaki

We ate TAKOYAKI at dinner. TAKO means octopus and YAKI means baked. It is very popular snack in Japan. Takoyaki is a dumpling with a diced octopus.
We generally eat takoyaki as a snack or a light meal, but people in Osaka eat takoyaki as an usual meal. I had felt it was strange to eat takoyaki at dinner, but now I became enjoy it. Beer is good for takoyaki!

Its recipe is simple, batter, dices octopus, pickled ginger, green onion and takoyaki sauce. However, it is a little difficult to make a ball first. To make takoyaki, we need a special pan for takoyaki. It is said that all families in Osaka have at least one takoyaki-pan. Because my wife originally came from Osaka, she brought a takoyaki-pan as one of her hope chests when we got married.

I think our home made takoyaki is much better than that was sold in the market.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takoyaki