Fish market in Fukuoka 長浜魚市場

Takashi gets his sea food from the local fish market. The Nagahama fish market, like the one in Tsukiji, has business hours that starts late at night and end early morning. Since Takakashi has been going there for 3 year now, therefore has the relationship with the people at the market that he can now call (in the middle of the night) and ask them to hold fish for him.

Nile went to the market three times while she was there and Matt went once as well after his arrival. The second week Nile was there, Imakoko was totally booked and Takashi needed to buy a lot of fish. After Takashi spended an amzing amount of money, Nile got to ride the little cart running around the market delivering fish.

今ここは福岡の長浜魚市場で魚を買います。長浜の魚市場は築地の魚市場と同じで営業時間は夜中から朝までです。父は３年間まじめに通ったために最近（夜中に）電話で魚を注文できるようになりました。ナイルは三回、マットは福岡に着てから一度一緒に行きました。ナイルの二週目に行ったときに、今ここが満席だったのでたくさん魚を買いました。いっぱい魚を買った後で、ナイルは魚市場を走り回る荷台つきスクーターに乗せてもらいました。

The left photo below shows fish labed for Imakoko.

左下の写真の魚は今ここのラベルが置いてあります。

Often fish stick out of Takashi's bags.

度々、買った魚の尻尾がバックからはみ出ます。

After getting all the fish, Takashi goes to breakfast at the market where he often gets the market gossip like how the weather might be changing and thus affecting particular fish prices.

After going to the market for 3 year Takashi no longer has the need to eat fish every time he goes to the market. Nile, however, maxed out in all the fish she could get. Matt tried to get some fish but not too much since he doesn't do fish for breakfast very well.

魚を買った後で父は市場で朝ごはんを食べ、天気の変化によって変わる魚の値段の予報など噂話を仕入れていきます。
三年間市場に行っているので父は毎回魚を注文しなくなりました。でもナイルは魚を毎回食べました。朝ごはんに魚を食べるのが得意でないマットは少しだけ魚を食べました。

Matt's Anago tempura; Nile's Kaisen don and oyster curry.

マットのアナゴのてんぷら、ナイルの海鮮丼と牡蠣カレー
After coming home at 8.

８時に帰ってきてから。





It was Nile's job to clean the Sazae.
帰ってきている間は、サザエの掃除を毎回しました。

Chicken surprise

A chef-friend of Takashi's gave him a couple liters of egg whites because he had only been using the yolks recently. Takashi wanted to give him something as a surprise involving egg whites. Chicken is sometimes baked in a dome of salt held together with egg white, so they made one of those

Not content to bake a chicken in it, they decided to give him bird shaped cookies instead. However, that wouldn't be fun enough, so they decided to make some foam snakes in that would jump out when the package is opened.

Here is Takashi testing the snakes.

The gift is presented

and surprise ensues.

Later the snakes were repurposed in a gift to Matt.

Early morning, Nile visited the fish market, and it was already near closing time.




Endless varieties of fish. Imagine what it was like a few hours earlier.



Fugu is the Japanese puffer fish. This is a delicacy as sushi. Chefs need a licence to be allowed to prepare it because the fish if cut wrong it can be lethal.



After the fish market they had a traditoinal Japanese breakfast, which is really dinner since this is what the fishermen eat after a hard night of working on the boats.

See the web album for large versions of the pictures.

Visiting a Farm Outside of Fukuoka

Nile visited a farm outside of Fukuoka. More pictures in the web album

Nile in Japan

Nile arrived in Japan and is working with her dad in his restaurant. She's uploaded
some more pictures in a web album.

Flying Squirrel Pizza フライング・スクリュール・ピザ

While Aliyah was visiting Seattle, we wanted to have dinner with Sarah and Aliyah. Then, we found out Rachel was in town visiting Eric so the 6 of us went out to dinner to Flying Squirrel Pizza (stylishly in Vango). Before dinner, we went to Sarah's and played Rock Band.
友達のアリヤがシアトルに来ている間にサラと晩御飯を一緒にしたいねと話していました。ちょうどレイチェルもエリックに会いにシアトルに来てるから６人で（サラ、エリックとマットの愛用するヴァンゴーという名前のヴァンに乗って）フライング・スクリュール（ムササビという意味）ピザ屋に行きました。行く前にサラのうちでロックバンドゲームをしました。

Flying Squirrrel Pizza is a Pizza place we've been wanting to try. We really wanted to go to Delancy but it was closed for the Holidays.

フライング・スクリュールは前から行きたかったピザ屋です。本当はディランシーに行きたかったけどクリスマスからお正月まで休みでした。

We got the chanterelle mushroom special, #8 (free-range egg, organic arugula, fresh buffalo mozzarella, parmesan, red onion, sauce ) and Maggie’s (Aged mozzarella AND fresh buffalo mozzarella (buff mozz added after baking), tomatoes, fresh basil, sauce)
食べたピザは、シャンチェラル・キノコのスペシャル、8番（ルッコラ、バファロー・モッツアレッラ、パルメザン、赤玉葱、トマトソース）とマギーズ（モッツアレッラ、バファロー・モッツアレッラ（焼けてからのせてある）、トマト、バジル、ソース）。

Merry X'mas Eve クリスマス・イヴおめでとう

We went to Anita and Jim's for Xmas. We were going to go there last year but with the snow in Seattle last year, it didn't happen.
クリスマスはアニタとジムのところに行きました。去年行くはずでしたが大雪で行けませんでした。

Jim cooked us a very nice meal for us.
ジムがとってもおいしいご飯を作ってくれました。

Elmo got a "special" dinner too. We were impressed when we opened the can and found meat and veggies in different sections within the can.
エルモも特別なご飯を食べました。缶を開けたら野菜と肉と別々になっていたから感心しました。