Today, the weather was very cool and sunny. I ordered Cha-Shu Ramen and a side of vegetable Gyoza. An interesting element in the soup was a hard-boiled quail egg. It had a sort of peculiar taste. Ishikawa came to my apartment this morning to gave me a ride to downtown Kokubunji.
Today is such a day.
IG owns this beautiful lodge out in the mountains area of Yatsugatake. There was a girl at the front of the bus that very politely narrated our journey. She wore white gloves and spoke into a microphone with a soft voice. On our way there, we stopped by a winery and took a quick walking tour through the wine cellars. Afterwards we had lunch outside overlooking the vineyards.