Chopper and Rilakkuma Lunch Box

Wakaba is gaga over the One Piece anime nowadays and after seeing this Chopper Man Heart lunch box, I didn't thinked twice to buy it for her since she needs a new one for the school year and since she's a big eater, 500 ml is just exactly what I need for her.
Haruka however loves Rilakkuma and no wonder, it's uber cute!
Reusable water bottles are good to the environment and my kids brings water bottle to school for water or mugicha ( roasted barley ) everyday. As a mother, I would recommend bringing water bottles for eco ^_^
More of my kids homemade bento here



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Iwaki-Shi, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan

It's almost 3 months after the earthquake and tsunami disaster in Japan, life in downtown Iwaki has slowly returned to ' normal '... running water, electricity, most of the supermarkets were open filled with stocks of foods, no more cars lining up too long when filling up a gasoline, damaged roads were done and etc. BUT not at the disaster striken area on the coastal area in Iwaki. The ruins remained untouched since the earthquake and tsunami.... Coastal area in Iwaki is 20 minutes away from us and everytime we passed by to the place, there is this something that grips my heart~ it looks like we're in a different world.別世界です。。。

We wanted to feel and see with our own eyes most especially to Wakaba and Haruka although it would be shocking for them but we want them to understand of what's happening and think about the devastated area that was striken a tsunami. We went to Ena, Toyoma and Onahama ~ we stopped and walked around the area. I couldn't explain how I felt, the scenery has changed...The area surrounding us was overwhelming in it's devastation. A minute or so, we're all speechless...

This is the scenery at the coastal area in Iwaki when the tsunami strikes the area
Clearing the road
7-11 convenient store in Toyoma operating and open despite of the store's damage I almost cried to have seen the damage
Some of the few items sold were all placed inside 7-11's truck
頭が下がります。がんばろう！！
Abandoned and ripped house Speechless Photos washed away by the tsunami

Onahama

Someone's car, washed away by the tsunami

Ena

Collapsed

Damaged bridge

Almost 3 months after the disaster but it still looked like that at Ena
Scenery at Toyoma


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Almost 3 Months

なのに震度５弱。(-_-;)

子供達が泣いちゃいました。(T_T)

Doutor Coffee

Me and my husband loves to take some morning walks after sending out our kids at school during his day-off on a weekday ( kids ruin everything lol! ), then we usually go for a quick bite and enjoy coffee at Doutor at Iwaki Station. They have tasty sandwiches, simple coffee, snacks and is cheaper too. Doutor is also a hiding place to spend my 'Me' time for sometimes. Finding a table is usually easy to do~ just love to sit down, read a book while having a good coffee. Tried their hot Tiramisu Latte and it was a nice treat ^_^

Hot Tiramisu Latte and Baumkuchen

Doutor's Morning Set ~ Bacon Potato Salad Sandwich and your choice of coffee for 380 jpy


Doutor's Morning Coffee Set~ Shrimp Salad with Avocado Dressing and iced-cold Cafe Latte

Doutor's Morning Set ~ Ham and Egg Sandwich and hot coffee~



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My Kids Bento

Yours truly have been preparing bentos to Wakaba and Haruka almost everyday since last week coz the School- Lunch Center serving at their school was being affected during the 3-11 Earthquake in Japan but this week, milk, a piece of bread and something extra are served as school lunch. According to our PTA meeting, gakko kyushoku will resume next week.

Wakaba's problem with ' gakko kyushoku ' ( school lunch ) is that the serving is too small for her (she's a big eater kasi ) and she's shy to ask for an ' okawari ' ( asking for refill of food or another bowl of rice lol ). I remember what she told me when she came home from school and talked about her first school lunch~ Wakaba told me that she was shocked about the size of the hamburger steak at school, she said the size was far different of what's she was eating at home lol! Well, the serving at school ain't bad it's just that my girl wants a larger size of her favorite meal lol! School lunches serves healthy menus~ it has main dish, side dish and milk.

Well anyway, here's what I prepared for my girls bento~ everyday is a twist, easy and healthy that they love ^_^

Rice seasoned with furikake, fried chicken, potato salad, tomato, cheese, hijiki nimono (simmered thin seaweed ) and strawberries
Chicken teriyaki, chikuwa ( fish cake ), kanikama ( crab stick ), cucumber stick salad, tomato, takuan ( japanese picked daikon ) and takikomi gohan ( japanese rice dish seasoned with soysauce with mushrooms ) topped with nori.
Wakaba and Haruka's Bento for school
Kanikama Maki ( crab stick sushi roll ), kinpira renkon ( braised lotus root ), flowery ham and egg, tomato and apples
Wakaba and Haruka's Bento for school
Tamago yaki ( japanese omelet rolled with nori ), rolled bacon with asparagus, rice ball, tomatoes and grapes

Oval onigiri wrapped with seaweed, wiener, veggie pork stir-fry and strawberries
Wakaba and Haruka's Bento for school

You'll find some of my homemade bentou's of my girls here, my FIL's bentou here,my kids Sports Festival bentou here and here, picnic time bentou here and my husbands bentou here.

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