night on the banks of the kamogawa

(Continued from yesterday's post)

You see, it was my birthday, so we had to get a little celebration in.

Now, we had already celebrated a few days early with a lovely dinner at another local favorite, Las Meninas (You may remember it from our six month lunaversary celebration). Here we are walking down our street to the restaurant.  Have I mentioned how much we LOVE being able to walk everywhere?






Those of you who know us well may not be surprised to learn we like to take pictures of meals and celebrations before we start eating them, as we tend to get excited about the food in front of us and can't think about much else.





But back to the banks of the Kamogawa.  When the celebration in question is all about me, well, who am I to decline?

Roz and Dick were still recovering from the long flight to Japan, so they called it a night, but Jeff and I headed down to the sakura lined banks of the Kamogawa river to sip a chu-hi. Can you see us there? 

 There were actually hundreds of other people enjoying the cool breeze that evening on the river bank, but my husband artfully cropped them out.

Since it was still early when we finished our chu-hi, we decided to grab one more drink at a cute bar with outdoor seating (this time on a canal leading to the Kamogawa).

 Cheers to ME!

Mata ne,
Melissa