Washism

Tada~ our new hot carpet in the living room...

makes the cold floor much more welcoming to sit on.

Dinner was

natto stir fry with eringi mushrooms, scramble egg and chicken sticky sauce from yesterday

stir fried burdock in miso

cucumber slices with konbu & prawn furikake from wakkanai

black fish cake (made with charcoal) and tofu fish cake

I dont know why i have a fetish for black foods, sqiud ink, black beans, black sesame, and when i came here, charcoal based food like this fish cake. Charcoal here is also touted as a health food. so there are shops specialising in special charcoal for adding to your foods, or steeping in your water jug. =) interesting eh?