Blue Forest Chronicles: My Sister's Visit (Day 2 - Part 2) / 妹の訪問（二日目パート２）

Driving back into town from Sukayu Hot Spring. It was just about noon so we decided to go to a small Italian restaurant called Napoli no Kama. My wife and I had been there not too long ago and the food was great and the price was reasonable.

酸ヶ湯温泉から青森市に戻ったら丁度昼食の時間だった。「ナポリの窯」というレストランに行くことに決定した。以前僕と妻がそこでランチを食べたら、美味しくて値段もお手頃。

Napoli no Kama / ナポリの窯

The pizza and pasta sets are served with a green salad, a drink, and dessert. All for about 1,000yen.

ピザとパスタセットはサラダ、ドリンクとデザート付き。値段も１０００円くらい。

My mother-in-law was not particular to pizza or pasta and ordered the hayashi rice.

義理の母はピザやパスタはあんまり好きじゃないため、ハヤシライスを注文。

My choice this time around was the tomato and mozzarella cheese pizza with pesto.

今回自分が選んだピザはトマトとバシルモッツァレラチーズ。

We also ordered the sausage and mushroom pizza as well.

ほかにソーセージときのこのピザも頼みました。

And for dessert was a caramel cake.

デザートはキャラメルのケーキ。

My sister said she promised one of her friends back in the States to buy something "Sailor Moon" related so we went to a shop called Yorozuya which carries all sorts of items. While my sister looks for her friend's gift, I will of course browse the used CD section. on our way to the shop, I spotted Spider-Man at a dental clinic.

妹がアメリカの友達の一つの土産が頼まれたみたい。セイラームーンに関連するものが欲しいって。そこで、青森にあるリサイクルショップの萬屋に連れてあげた。萬屋行く途中に、スパイダーマンを歯科に発見した。

After browsing the recycle shop, we took my sister to a food discount store called [Big] which was also located nearby. She had to stock up on more Japanese snacks and gifts for friends and family, and for herself and her husband of course. We still had time to take her to one more site so we went to Seiryu-ji Temple, where the Showa Daibutsu is located.

萬屋の次はフードディスカウントショップの「ビッグ」に連れてあげた。そこで、大量の日本のお菓子やスナックを購入。妹が友達と家族ともちろん自分の為に買い物を楽しんでた。まだ時間があったので、昭和大仏があるお寺、青龍寺に行きました。

Seiryu-ji Temple / 青龍寺

Enma Daiou / 閻魔大王

Five-story Pagoda / 五重塔

Mizukake Jizo / 水掛地蔵

The Bokejo Kannon (Goddess to protect one from dementia). I joked to my mother-in-law to pray here.

ボケ除観音。義理の母に冗談でここにお参りするべきと言った。

My sister ringing the temple bell.

お寺の鐘を鳴らす妹。

And here we are at the Showa Daibutsu.

そして昭和大仏の前に来ました。

You can enter the Daibutsu and read and see pictures about suffering through the afterlife.

大仏の中で壁に展示されてる絵が亡くなったあとの世界を現れしてる。

Lovely picture isn't it?

素敵な絵でしょう？

I had business in Sendai the following two days so my wife and my sister saw me off at the shinkansen station. My sister would stay the night at my mother-in-law's house then would go to Sendai on her own. We planned to meet for dinner in the evening in Sendai.

自分が仙台に出張行くため、妻と妹は僕を新青森駅まで見送りしてくれた。妹は義理の母の家にもう一泊して、明日仙台でひとり冒険。また夜の仙台で一緒夕飯食べる約束した。

I think it was my wife who had the shijimi ramen at Shin Aomori station. My sister and I both at the miso kaiyaki which I could have sworn I had taken a picture of but seems to have disappeared. Or I must have deleted it by mistake.

新青森駅で夕飯をすました。妻はしじみラーメンを注文して、僕と妹は青森の郷土料理の貝焼き味噌セットを注文しました。たしか写真撮ってましたが、なぜかみつかりません。知らないあいだに削除したかも。