Strolling in Sakai City

scenes in Sakai... including a while at home!

It was a rainy day, but me and my dad had a brief stroll in central Sakai City. My parents live in the suburbs of this city after they've returned from Singapore.
I didn't have enough time to explore the area in the past, but this time, dainty foods that can easily lure gourmets have convinced my hesitant body still stuffed with yesterday's alcohol, to go outside. Soba noodles of Chikuma were the first on the menu. The soba noodles in steaming baskets' style were quite tasty, and I forgot all about the distressing weather outside.
After a five minute walk we were eating some traditional kurumi mochi(=walnut rice cake) of Kanbukuro. Sweet but not too rich in taste, which makes you eat more than you can! We decided to take out some of them home. I was told that this was a typical date course for couples in their sweet days.

At night, it was baseball time with sushi! The first ever interleague games in Japanese professional baseball history were played today in five stadiums (one was postponed). We watched our favorite Hanshin Tigers play the Nippon Ham Fighters in Sapporo on television. The last two innings rally had brought the team from behind to an overwhelming 10-2 victory.
Not bad to finish a day like this. And I only had one can of beer! Rest well my livers...

タイトル：堺を散策

写真：堺の風景…家でのひとときも入れて！

雨降りの一日だったが、親父と一緒に堺市の中心部を少しだけ散策した。両親はシンガポールから帰国したあと、この街の郊外に住んでいる。
これまでは周辺を冒険する時間が十分無かったが、今回はグルメをも簡単に引きつけられる美味しい食べ物が、昨日のアルコールが抜けきらない重い身体を説得して外へ連れ出してくれた。メニューの最初はちく満の蕎麦。せいろ系の そばで結構美味しかった。すっかり外の嫌な天気のことは忘れちゃった。そこから５分程度歩いたあと、伝統あるかん袋のくるみ餅を食べた。甘いけどそれほど しつこくなく、思ったよりたくさん食べちゃった！いくつか持ち帰ることにした。これが甘いカップルにとっての典型的なデートコースなんだって。
夜は寿司にぱくつきながら野球観戦！５つの球場で日本のプロ野球史上初めてのリーグ間の交流試合がきょう行われた（１試合は中止）。ひいきの阪神タイガー スと日本ハムファイターズの札幌戦をテレビ観戦。最後の２回で盛り返して逆転。１０対２の圧勝で終わった。こうした一日も悪く無いなぁ。ビール１缶しか飲 んでないし！ゆっくり休んでくれ、俺の肝臓たちよ。

(today's phrase)
steaming baskets' style　せいろ風
　はっきりした英訳が分かりません。苦手な日→英訳。
　蒸籠（せいろ）はsteaming basket。食べた蕎麦（これも
　訳しにくい。蕎麦はbuckwheatだが、ここはsoba noodlesで）
　はせいろ系だったので、まぁsteming basketなstyleで
　いいでしょ。たぶん…。