Intellectually sweet making

After finishing homework, it's time for snack and gummi making. Coco-chan was done quickly but QP-chan was very serious making colorful gummies.

After the last swim lesson

Here are twins being happy after doing the swim test. Unfortunately they didn't pass the test to proceed to the next level but Pinga gave them A for an effort.

Panda cookies

Twins cane back from school and it's snack time. They were happy to find panda cookies and did this.

At Kidzania again

Twins got yo early and went to Kidzania. It was very crowded but they managed to do many occupation experiences. Here they are working as security guards.

Strawberry 🍓 candy

It's a photo from Asakusa last Sunday. QP-chan got fresh strawberry candy. It was a bit too messy and Coco-chan was wiping her mouth here.

Off to swim class

Here's Coco-chan waving to Pinga as he will go to swim class. QP-chan just walked ahead so she was already at the changing room. They are making great progress.

Sukiyaki dinner

It was sukiyaki for dinner. Twins are more than last time. QP-chan liked meat and onions a lot.

Sanja matsuri

There were people involved in festival activities everywhere. It was lovely and so many people there.

Asakusa, Sensoji temple

It was twins first time to visit Asakusa. There were so many people as there was a local festival, Sanja matsuri. But Pinga didn't know until they got there. They had fun watching mikoshi and hearing traditional live music.

Women's soccer ⚽

They went to see a professional women's soccer game this afternoon. The green team had two goals before they left. They left when there were twenty minutes left.

Temaki zushi dinner

They had Pinga's friend over for dinner. Pinga's mom prepared temaki zushi. Twins seemed to like wrapping egg and freshwater eel a lot.

31 C degrees

As it was hot, Pinga took then to have something cold after they've done their homework. QP-chan decided on matcha with tapioca and soft ice cream where Coco-chan chose melon soda with soft ice cream.

Mother's day lunch

It was mother's day in Japan this Sunday so Pinga took her mother to a belated mother's day lunch. They had a nice time ar a Japanese restaurant in Ikebukuro. These are the appetizers.

Cat treats

They received cat treats for Inez and Totoro from Pinga's best friend. Here's cat Coco-chan very interested in them.

Three monkeys in Nikko

They visited Nikko as it seemed to be an ok weather. But then it started raining. Here are twins in front of the famous see no evil, hear no evil, and say no evil monkeys. 🙈 🙉 🐵

Onsen = pingpong

Just like when they were in Ishiuchi, they wanted to play table tennis. They improved a lot.

Yukata twins

Before going to onsen, they changed into yukata. They liked onsen and bathed 4 times in two days.

Kinuta the devil

This devil statue was in front of the Kinugawa onsen station. Why devil? It's because kinugawa's ki is 鬼 👹, devil character. It was funny when twins tried to imitate devil face and attitude.

SL Taiju

When they arrived at Kinugawa onsen this SL was about to leave. Twins wanted to get on but they needed reservations so they just took photos. Pinga was thinking of her friend in Sweden who loves SL.

Afternoon tea at Akasaka palace

Pinga's friend is good at finding interesting places. Today they were at Akasaka palace for an afternoon tea. Although it was windy but they were happy that there was sunshine. After they have eaten, they went inside the palace to see. It's the only building with Neo ballock style in Japan. 

Feeding koi and geese

They stopped by Denen Plaza for lunch. After having pizza, they fed these koi fish and geese. They seemed to be well fed and big.

Going up to the shrine

After the visit to the ski teacher, they went up the stairs to visit the Shrine. It went quick but Pinga had muscle pain in the evening.

In Kawaba

On their way back to Tokyo, they stopped at Kawaba village to say hello to Pinga's ski teacher who is an apple farmer. It has been five years or so she was happy to see him. Twins had fun throwing leaves to the stream by his house.

Looking for eggs of...

Praying mantis. They met a girl who found praying mantis eggs. So they went looking for one in the rain. Luckily it wasn't raining so much when they went out looking. Unfortunately they couldn't find one.

Strawberry 🍓 picking

It was twins' first time to do strawberry picking. They were so excited. They were not arrowed to pick and eat at the same time. They picked, the farm weighed them and they could eat them.

Table tennis twins

After the traffic jam on the highway resolved, they left Tokyo and came to Ishiuchi, Niigata. They had fun bating in hot springs and playing table tennis. Well, they need to practice more to begin to have fun, actually.

Little helper Coco-chan

Pinga's mom was changing the carpet from winter one to summer one. Coco-chan volunteered to vacuum clean. Good job Coco-chan!