Showing posts with label Toi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toi. Show all posts

Randomness! Food, Shopping, and More!

Well, here's one last post of random stuff. Though my Tokyo post will have plenty of randomness as well.



This was a box of Hojicha Kit Kats. Hojicha is a type of green tea that originated in Kyoto. I bought these when I was in Kyoto back in the fall. I put them in the cabinet and kind of forgot about them and didn't eat them until February. They were really good! They are one of my favorite Kit Kats. I wish I had tried them earlier so that I could have bought some more when I went back to Kyoto in December.



I saw this bush every time I walked to school or went shopping. It has a face!



The aloe grows like crazy! It's kinda ugly really, but the flowers are neat.



 Strawberry sandwiches are awesome. :) They have strawberries, cream, and pudding.



Big Bang shirts at Uniqlo



tiny pieces of chocolate



I made soup. Well, sort of. There wasn't a lot of broth. I used soba noodles, cabbage, mushrooms, onion, and shiro dashi.

 

bento from the grocery store



big slices of bread, peach juice, and Crisp Choco (like chocolate corn flakes melted together, yum!)



sweet puffy stuff for Hina Matsuri (doll festival)



It snowed! In Toi! In March! It was above freezing though so it didn't stick.



I bought this adorable box of tissues from 7-11.



Ugh! This photo refuses to rotate. Anways, I bought this candy from the grocery store. It looked similar to candy I bought in Kyoto, which wasn't awesome but wasn't bad. This was so cute so I couldn't pass it up. Unfortunately, a lot of it was actually gross. Some of them were just normal gummy stuff which was okay, but others were weird and mushy. 



I bought this candy in December in Kyoto. I wouldn't let my boyfriend eat any because I wanted to take a picture of it first. I kind of forgot about it for a while and didn't eat it until March, lol. It was okay. It was a little bit too sweet. I ate some of it, but I didn't finish it before I moved.



I'm really going to miss random sandwiches like this one which is pudding cream. It was good, but not as good as the cream soda one, lol.



I love seeing Fuji-san from ordinary places. This picture was taken from Mos Burger in Numazu.



I've mentioned Sun to Moon many times. That's what it looks like.



 inside of Sun to Moon



Sun to Moon has an escalator ramp. I went up it once, but it was just a day care or something up there.



view of Fuji-san from Sun to Moon



I pass by this sign when I go to Sun to Moon. I wonder if they really meant to put "flesh" or if they meant to put "fresh." It kind of works both ways. :P



cranberry and cream cheese doughnut from Mr. Donut



Taiyaki shaped candy



 Soba boro cookies are made from buckwheat flour (like soba noodles). Yum. :)



Strawberry bread! It was slightly pink! :)



random chips (white, black, and red pepper flavored) with a cute character on the package



 Hello Kitty apple tea :)



squares of chocolate with mango cream



ice cream cone candy, orange Fanta hi-chew (like Starbursts), and 
harusame (made from potato or bean starch) cup noodles



I bought a lot of stickers for my scrapbook.



I really wanted some pineapple juice but my grocery didn't have any right then, but I found guava juice, which made me very happy. :)



I shipped many boxes of stuff home. Many of them looked like this. The awesome tape is from a 100 yen store. The English on it is pretty horrible, lol.



"Celebrate that you birth with my whole heart."
"I celabrate you birth."
"Today is happy day."
"Happy birthday. Really!"

I hope you enjoyed this super random post!

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My Last Weekend in Toi

I'm back in America now, but I have some catching up to do. In the next few days I plan to do several posts about my last weeks in Japan.


I had planned on going to Tokyo on the 12th and 13th of March, but I ended not going because of the earthquake. I thought about going somewhere else, but there wasn't much time to plan so I decided to stay in Toi. I wanted to explore the town one last time. Plus, I had quite a bit of packing left.


On Sunday I started out by going to Toi Shrine.


That's a random store near Toi Shrine (I never went in the store though).



Toi Shrine



One of the 3rd grade junior high students walked by and saw me taking pictures of the shrine. So he asked me, "Shall I take your picture?" and took a picture of me by a large tree. Then I wandered down the street towards Anrakuji Temple.



I found a small park I hadn't seen before. There wasn't much there though.







Anrakuji's entrance gate






garden in front of Anrakuji


Near the entrance of the temple are stairs going up a hill. They lead to a cemetery. This was my second time visiting the cemetery. I loved it just as much as the first time. It's my favorite place in Toi. Maybe that's weird, but I really love how Japanese cemeteries look. Plus this cemetery has great views overlooking the town.













I walked up the hill through the cemetery and down the other side to Seiunji Temple.


But before I got to Seiunji, I passed this building:




Now here are a few pictures from Seiunji.








The entrance for Seiunji is between the city office and the elementary school.


Then I just walked around some random streets for a while.




I took this picture, and the next one, between a space in a bamboo fence. I think this is part of a ryokan.



Sakura! :)





trash shed painted with a ferry ad






"We know that there is a moment only a piece of cigarette make our life rich and joyful." Huh?

After wandering random streets and alleys for a while, I eventually got to the shore and walked along the road to the Travelers' Point one last time.




Then I walked back towards town and walked along the beach to 7-11.



I bought many of my favorite things at 7-11. :)

I ended up being glad that I had stayed in Toi. It was a great day for walking around and taking pictures. It was sunny and warm enough to not need a coat. I wont miss Toi a whole lot because it was so small and there wasn't much to do, but I'll miss days like that. Just wandering around a town like that in America isn't nearly as interesting to me.

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