Owl time!!

So one of the things that Shino and I sort of planned was to go to the Fukuro cafe. Have a coffee play with some owls, you know like any other day. 

Let's start with some hakata ramen! ¥400 for a bowl of ramen! Sweeeet 

All full. Off to the cafe! 

So... I like super lost it when I stepped through the door! There were owls errywhere!!! But before you can go hug the crap out of them you have to go to orientation which tells you not to hug the crap out of them. Boo! 

O

M

G

So

Much

Cute

Overload!!!

So overall the experience was fun but I think these guys belong out in the wild  

Itadakimausu!!!

Ok so I haven't posted all the awesome food stuffs I've been stuffing my face in so here we go!

Yum, bread!!

Now you have to chop it up into lady geisha pieces so it's easy to eat 

Some tako yaki 

And tenmusu. Little deep fried shrimp goodness cocooned in a bed all it's own. Awwww

Some Imo mochi ohagi. And some kusa mochi. Fat sweat 

Japanese dinner! Fried ahi fish with onions and cucumbers, chit ashi rice with mountain veggies. Itadome with tofu and grilled hokke fish sticks. Mmmmm

Forgot the bamboo shoots!

Setoka orange on the left funny looking orange on the right. Funny looking wins the taste test

The ugly one tastes better!

Saba sushi, salad straight from the garden, pickles and some seaweed/crab with homemade Yuzu miso

It's bamboo season! What what!

At my grandmama house some more deliciousness!

Finished!

Yo! Check out this foam! That's some skills right there! More katsuo tataki 

That's how it's done folks. Char!!! Burn baby! 

No one get mad at me. But this is what whale looks like. So it tastes like... Nothing. Seriously it has no taste. I'm in whale land so I had to eat it(my cousin made me do it!!)

Ok. So this is the most most delicious tomato on the planet! Behold the beauty and wonderful shape of this fine looking tomato. Yeah my hands are jacked up from climbing, but just look at that beautiful tomato!!!

This is that awesome chestnut shochu I have been raving about. Why can't we get this in the states??!!

Mi chan and I are having a blast

Isn't she so pretty!!!!!!

Ok I'm off to Fukuoka to eat some hakata ramen and some basashi. If you don't know what it is then go google it 

Chu chu

Great Island naoshima

 I went on a island hopping adventure! 

So there were no photos allowed at any of the places. But I am risa sama and I'll sneak a photo if I want! (Or when I can!)

I'm on a boat!

Yayoi pumpkin greets us as we dock onto the island

I had to bike up this steep ass hill but this was what I was greeted with! Worth it!

So first stop the chichu art museum 

There's the Claude Monet room with four of his works, but the room that they made him have these amazing floors that are hand cut dice. I can't tell what was better. The painting the room itself or the floors. Integration yo! 

Obligatory selfie

This place was really inspiring. I always liked the minimal design concept but it never seemed plausible, I guess trying to achieve it in your actual life is really hard since no one ever lives in a glass house. But the grand scale of all this made me feel kindda warm and fuzzy inside. Ando did a really great job 

Next stop the lee ufan museum. 

Nature meets human touch

I might get in trouble for this photo. but this painting was one of my favorites. I have a bunch more in my camera :X I'll only post this one. 

Next stop, the benesse art museum 

Ocean views errywhere!

More ando great space use!

As you bike along the road yayoi kusamas pieces are plopped around the island. I really like this one. One side is smooth and clean but the back side has been battered and withered by the ocean. I liked back side better

Nice

Nicer

Best of both!

Those were the three main museums, then there's the art house restoration project and the ando museum. The art house restoration project is where they are taking old japanese houses and restoring them to their greatness and adding some well known artists work and incorporating it into the house. So far there are 6 houses that they have done. I only got to check out one of them since I was getting tired and it was starting to rain. The ando house was also really nice to check out since it was a timeline of his projects that's he's worked on and a place dedicated to what his intentions are. Is my English getting much bad?! I think so...

 I sea pumpkin! Ha ha ha!! Get it!?

I'm super exhausted. I'll have some more fun adventure stuff next time!