Club BBQ

Today was the hiking club's autumn BBQ at Shonai Ryokuchi Koen and we had perfect weather for it. When I think of BBQs, I think of rain, burnt burgers and wilted salad. I had no idea that the Japanese version would be so sophisticated! Ito-san cooked kajiki maguro (marinated tuna) and other fish on the hot plate, Takashi brought sushi, Masa made a Thai curry and there was also chicken, squid pasta and yaki soba (meat and noodles). Yum! I made some new friends including a lady who has tea parties, a girl who lives on my street and another lovely woman who spoke wonderfully slow, clear, simple Japanese so that I could understand everything :-)

BBQ photos here

After the BBQ a few of us went to see the roses in full bloom in the rose garden. It was also a good chance to see dogs decked out in their finest.