Christmas in Japan

Christmas in Japan

Toyosato Elementary School

I went to Shiga Prefecture again. Why do I go to Shiga Prefecture so often? Because it’s Japanese tradition to go to ancestors’ graveyard for o-bon which is around August 15, and my ancestors’ graveyard is in Shiga Prefecture.

I went to Toyosato Elementary School… again. Now this school is famous thanks to the popular anime, “K-ON”, or “Keion”.




It has got so popular that there is going to be even a movie “K-ON” starting from December 3.


There is a lot of development about goods that are sold. There are hare and tortoise cookies, tortoise breads, K-ON character tissue paper, and many other goods.


Hare and Tortoise:


I saw people taking pictures. Are there any famous persons?


Yes! These girls are from K-ON!

They are anime characters but they are here in real Toyosato Elementary School!

Azunyan's Birthday Party at Toyosato Primary School

Azunyan's Birthday 

You might have noticed, possibly you know, that on November 11, K-ON's youngest Light Music Club member Azunyan celebrated her birthday, or rather her birthday were celebrated by countless anime fans. On this occasion, lots of fans gathered at the former Toyosato Elementary School (model of the school in K-ON) and held a birthday party there on November 13 (Saturday). One soul attending the party recorded the whole thing with their camera, so even we can see what it looked like there. Photos talk thousand words so I'll fall into silence for now.


Not only K-ON itasha made appearance. Among others were Fate/stay night, Lucky Star, Nanoha, etc.


Even an itasha with Ayacchi, Azunyan's seiyuu!






They say there were over 300 people there.

I guess they joined Yui's birthday party to it so that they don't have to repeat this in 2 weeks again.

Yakisoba

Yakisoba (ソース焼きそば sōsu yakisoba^?, soba goreng saus) adalah masakan mi goreng Jepang dengan bahan mi, kol, sayur-sayuran dan daging, ditambah bumbu saus uster atau saus yakisoba.
Bahan lain yang ditambahkan pada yakisoba misalnya bawang bombay, wortel, benishōga (acar jahe), tenkasu, udang kering, bubuk katsuobushi, aonori (bisa juga potongan nori) dan mayones sebagai penyedap. Merica dan garam hanya dipakai untuk membumbui daging sebelum digoreng.
Walaupun bernama yakisoba (soba goreng), yakisoba memakai mi yang sudah dikukus matang dari bahan tepung terigu, dan bukan soba yang dibuat seperti mi goreng. Yakisoba bisa dimakan begitu saja atau sebagai lauk. hmmmm yummy .... ヾ(๑╹ω╹