We went out to eat on Saturday night and found a new okonimiyaki restaurant fairly near to our home. We ate the best okonomiyaki we have ever eaten and got some tips on how to cook it! This is a vegetable pancake with a variety of ingredients in it. The restaurant prepares the ingredients and then we fried in on a hot plate on our table. We also tried our hand at making takoyaki--fried octopus balls! They also were the best we have ever eaten!
Today we went to meet the architect. He had made a plan, based on his idea of what an American would want, but we ended up making quite a few adjustments--actually totally reworked his plan. It looks like it may take a while, but that is ok. (Poor Akihiro tries to interpret my comments for him, so it is a bit like the telephone game. I'm not sure that everything gets through exactly--not necessarily because of Akihiro's English, but because of that male-femal communication scenario!) It looks like our date to get possession of the house is going to be April 7th now.
Here's a picture of the ume (plum) blossoms on the river walk near our home. Every day there are droves of people out painting them. The blossoms have a wonderful scent! It is fun to see the children reaching their noses up to get a whiff!