Thursday, June 13, 2013

Katahara Hot Spring in Aichi

Typical Japanese Breakfast 
 
the title said hot spring, but we really went to see hydrangeas in the area hot spring is 
This sign is complicated...


Aichi is about 2 hours away from my house

 
As you can see, it is the home of Toyota
 
Even the police car is Toyota :)
 
Bathroom break... so beautiful...
seats are heated, open and close the lid and flush automatically
There are switches for washing your bottom, too
 
Tochiotome (kind of strawberry grows in this area) cream!
It tasted like raspberry a little
 
harvesting wheat, I think


This is the destination

 
All kinds of hydrangea






 
Girls dress like dolls - becoming common

 
seafood/fish cracker is very famous this area, so we went to buy some to factory
 
little bit of flour, octopus, seasoning, and press it


 
accidentally, we found the famous Mirin factory
who makes Mirin the old way since 1910



Another fish cracker factory
this is the biggest one in this town
 

 
we got to stop by the city of Aichi, too
 
this is the stop where no pictures allowed :(
Noritake would
It's beautiful and huge!


 
 Good bye Aichi!
 
My mom cooks good