Japan trip part 3 - Fukushima

Ok, this section is on our trip to Iizakao Onsen in Fukushima. Our favorite part of our Japan trip. We took a local train to the onsen, then we were welcome by the tranquility at the riverside. Xl was fascinated by the ducks in the river, as it reminds him of his fav song "寒鸭戏水”。

The local train

寒鸭戏水

 

And here, we fulfilled our dream to be in the traditional Japanese Onsen Inn.

Personalised welcome message board at the inn

And traditional Japanese dinner in our tatami room. Just like those in 'Japan Hour'

We found an interesting beer- Sapporo+Royce: Chocolate Beer in the convenience store here. Beer that smells like choc, taste like Sapporo beer

 

 This is a lovely town. All houses have nicely trimmed garden. The hotspring here is awesome. We had wonderful time enjoying the scenery, all the yummy traditional meals.I hope it is still around now...

Japan Trip Part 2 - Hokkaido

Hokkaido. Yes, I know it's kind of overdue.. But here it is:

Noboribetsu:

　登别温泉。地狱谷。very "touristy" place, but pictures look great! nice weather. pretty scenery. famous hotspring. (Pls see part 1 for more details)

Sapporo:
The city.
Roads are covered by ice, not snow.(I think coz more ppl walked on the road, so snow become ice). taller buildings spotted. shopping centre, etc

We had lots of good food at Sapporo:

Ramen

Hairy Crab!

Rutsutsu Ski Resort:

This is where we had our first Ski experience。

Ski slope at night

Ski Slope in the morning

Otaru:

We made a day trip to Otaru, a food paradise!

Nice weather again, by the canal at Otaru

Wanted to try Uni-don, but we couldn't read the Japanese Menu, so we ordered Roe-don by mistake

还有很多小吃！This is a huge 'tako' ball with lots of ingredient, cheese, bacons, sweet corns etc

 

Another day trip to Shiroi Chocolate Factory

We had a nice walk to the factory and fun time at the factory. Oh.. I missed the biscuits and chocolates!

Hakodate:

How can we miss sashimi in Hakodate? Ah...sashimi....

Chinese waitress told us this is Hakodate's signature: Sotong Sashimi! The correct way to eat this is to eat with ginger, instead of wasabi. yummy yummy!

And we had ice-cream too! It was on sale that day, half price, I guess no one is as crazy like us to eat ice-cream in this cold winter night. 

We visited the market just beside our hotel early in the morning!

Hakodate is a port, one of the first cities in Japan to be influenced by westerners. We visited the churches, interesting architecture even though they are built hundreds years ago.

Stay positive

Was told I hav low lying placenta now during the recent scan.


I have been telling myself it'll be ok, I shud not be too paranoid. Most of the time it will move up to the correct position. Probably human mind really cannot process negation, this creepy thought of 'what if' lingers.. From now on, I will just think positive.

Everything will be fine.

I am 6mth pregnant!

已经6个月了！ 有时候我会看着镜子里的我，怀疑我是不是只是胖了。已经6个月了，怀孕这事还是有些不真实。不知道是不是我天生反应慢，所以才会这样？可是最近肚子里总是时不时有生命跳动的迹象，一直提醒着我：“我身体里正孕育着一个生命，一个神奇宝贵的生命“。 我做好准备了吗？ 我能胜任当一个好妈妈吗？ 有了小孩的生活会像他们说的一样那么辛苦吗？我会后悔吗？ 现在我只能步步为营，希望接下来的3个月一切都顺利，我的咳嗽会快点好。