At 10 a.m. on a fine spring day, I went to Osanbashi Yokohama International Passenger Terminal in Minatomirai area to meet 3 students traveling around the world on the Semester at Sea. We took a train straight to Zushi, where my sister-in-law and her husband welcomed them by holding a “Temaki-zushi, or Hand-rolled Sushi, Party.” The students enjoyed making sushi themselves, choosing not only raw fish but also avocados, pork cutlets (!?), tuna, and salmon roe as ingredients, by handily unfolding laver. I was pleased they liked manju, or buns stuffed with sweet bean paste. After lunch, we dropped in at Zushi Marina, drove along the coast (R134), and visited a 130-year-old residence. They had a chance to use an equipment called “Saki-ori,” or “Tear and Weave,” to reproduce cloth with torn old cloth. To me, the way they timidly handled Saki-ori looked charmingly naïve and so dear.
It was a very short tour, but we could unexpectedly view a cherry-blossom storm, could enjoy the sea and the scenery as well, and went back to Osanbashi Terminal for farewell. I would like to invite visitors from overseas to my home again at the next opportunity.
It was a very short tour, but we could unexpectedly view a cherry-blossom storm, could enjoy the sea and the scenery as well, and went back to Osanbashi Terminal for farewell. I would like to invite visitors from overseas to my home again at the next opportunity.