Todai Temple

Nandaimon, the South Gate.


Buddha Hall (Daibutsuden)

I wanted to see statue of Buddha in Todai Temple, so I took a day trip to Nara with my friend. I went on the Shinkansen and local train from Tokyo to Nara in about 3 hours (It was far!) .


Statue of Buddha

Do you know the pillar with a hole behind statue of Budha?
The hole is the same size as Budha’s nostril. The hole is small but if you could go through the hole, you will get smarter.


pillar with a hole

Of course I challenged it. I was afraid of my body stuck in the hole, so I could only get my head at first. Then, I tried with courage and I could do it!!! I hope study English become easier than before :)


Shika deer regarded as messengers of the gods live in Nara.

Afternoon Tea

Yesterday, I went to Afternoon Tea TEA ROOM at Marunouchi Shin-Marunouchi Building. We can eat a special souffle only at this shop. The souffle comes in four different flavors: chocolat banane (banana chocolate), vanille (vanilla), chai and mango(mango is limited time offer).
The souffle is served from 3:00 p.m., and it sometimes sell out at end of the day. When I went to eat there after work, all the souffles were sold out, and I couldn't eat them. Since then I have never had a chance to eat the souffle, but yesterday, I could eat "chocolat banane" souffle!

They served the souffle hot from the oven, and I ate it with fresh cream and hot chocolate sauce which accents black pepper flavor. It was smoking hot and fluffy souffle, and melted in my mouth. It was lovely sweet! Delicious sweets will make me happy.

In a Cafe...

I rested in a smart cafe when I went shopping, and I ordered orange and bitter chocolate waffle.

“We can bring you a waffle, so please wait at the seat” a waitress said, and she handed a playmobil doll instead of number plate (card?) to me.

That’s an interesting system!



It was arranged cut oranges and ice cream on the waffle with bitter chocolate sauce. It was good :)

LADURÉE’s macaroon

Last month, Japan’s first LADURÉE’s tea room opened in Ginza, Tokyo.

The LADURÉE in Paris is famous for its colorful, beautiful macaroons! I’ve been waited for this shop to open in Japan, and I heard many more customers crowded the shop on the opening day!

I really wanted to eat LADURÉE’s macaroon, so I talked about that with my colleague. Then, immediately after our chatting, we went to the shop to buy macaroons.
Even though it was weekday afternoon, the shop was crowded and we had to wait in line for one hour to buy macaroons. It took long time to buy them but we got a lot of colorful beautiful macaroons!!!



These macaroons traveled by air from Monaco to Tokyo. There are 14 flavors, so we bought all the flavors for over ten thousand yen!!



I ate several macaroons, I thought the chocolate macaroon is the best! It used a delicious chocolate and it was very moist.



The LADURÉE’s macaroon is really delicious, you should try it by all means!!