Summer getaway Kusatsu,Gunma ken Part 1

its obon yasume here (festival of soul).although this is traditional festival not an officiall holiday but offices and business are closed. its time for us to go out of town yeheyyy!! remember  last spring holiday we didnt  had  a chance to go out of town..because of my eldest son soccer commitment.im glad we made it this time.the kids are looking forward for this trip.they simply love everything here in kusatsu.the warm natural spring bath,the food,and the strool.
we were here since wednesday night.we travel at night if we have chance its less traffic than travelling at day.we step out of the house around 5:30 to 6:00pm
We had "SANO RAMEN" for dinner  Sano is famous for there ramen.everytime we are going to gunma we make sure to stopby Sano service area.

sano ramen

chocola soft serve.

After dinner we went straight to our destination without any delay thank god.we arrived around 10:45pm.

the kids are so tired of the long journey after we settle our things we got to bed and slept like a baby. On our first morning

what a pleasure waking up to this beautiful nature view.i quickly prepared breakky we start the day  early. the now just awake and energized kids want to swim (the moment they open there eyes) before i go with them i did a quick workout.dont forget a little exercise while on vacay (i motivate myself by having a to do list and paste it by the door and kitchen ref) try it guys it works wink

morning swim with the happy kids

Then karaoke after im surprice they still have energy left after two hours of swim.the kids had a blast at the karaoke room.two hours is not enought for them but we had to go to buy some fresh corn.

papa reading the lyrics while kyohei sings.

the best corn in the planet freshly harvest every morning  from the local farmer

We plan to eat nihon soba for dinner tonight  unfortunately our favorite sobaya that was close.We are to hungry to walk back to get the car so we decided to just eat at the first restaurant's we saw on the way.not further away we saw tongkatsu restaurant we are surprice how delish there tongkatsu was.i had tongkatsu dinner set included with rice tonjiru soup and pickled raddish,carrot,cucumber.we are so full we went back to condotel to hot bath and relax before we call it a night.tommorow is gonna be another busy day for us... family time is always a fun time.wait for part two of our kusatsu getaway

Aquarium visit Day,my youngest is jealous

  hubby and my eldest son (soshi)went out of town for there summer soccer training camp.my youngest is so (kyohei) jealous of his big brother.his to little yet  to go to the summer camp.he was so sad so i decided to treat him to  aquarium visit.lucky us we leave near to the sumida aquarium  at tokyo skytree.just four station away by densia (train)today is  saturday im sure its gonna be lot of people  we went there early this morning.so that we can enjoy looking for fishes before it gets to crowded.


at the oshiage station

kyohei version of wacky face

     noo dull moment with this little guy

we had light breakky before we went ahead to the aquarium.

sunshiny day to hot its melting here.jezz its only 10:30am

we spotted mist fan everywhere to ease the heat a bit.

lets go inside shall we



 

jelly lab

shes talking to kyohei she said that shes counting the baby jelly its so tiny and translucent you have to look closer,

hermit crab,sea cucumber,horseshoe crab

stone fish,red lion fish,weedy scorpionfish,tomato clownfish

spotted green pufferfish so cute

someone is enjoying so far

we found DORI

his happy

were lucky they having a festival this summer(didnt know about it) for a limited time "edo goldfish wonderland" with lanterns and one thousand unusual goldfish.coolll

hotdogs and refreshment break for my baby,there is a cafe inside  "this little boys has a big stomach"

time well spend at the aquarium today.we had a lovely time together im glad my kyohei forgot about his jealosy.his now back on his normal mood and looking forward for his kuya to come home on monday so he can brag about his aquarium visit.tsk tsk tsk kiddos....

souvenir shop at the exit

we eat lunch at solamachi before we go back home its already 2:00pm im starving..

i bought ready to eat meal for tonights dinner

before i  end up of my blog today i just want to share my favorite qoute

true indeed