April 9 Tuesday   
                One day tour to Amakusa to watch dolphins

   Ranko picked Judy and Bob up at the Kumamoto-shi Folk-Art Center

          

    
                                  The Sake-maker

                      
                                     Tasting Sake

   Dinner at a sushi bar 'Tachibana' in Nikko Hotel Kumamoto

      

                       

                       

     
           Small squid (Hotaru-ika)                             Octopus

     
            Fish's egg (karasumi) and radish                       Tuna salad

                   

     
               Squid                               Flatfish
     

                Tuna                                   Prawn
      
                 Cutlassfish                             3 icefishes  
    
   
                    Sea bream                          Scallop 
     
                   Fatty Tuna                               Conger                
     
             Salmon roe     Urchin ovaries                    Egg
          

          
                                           Miso soup

      
             Using chopsticks was hard for Bob.               I'm berrte than Bob at using it.ヽ(*^^*)

               
                                         

   Tea time after dinner
          
          Thank you for beautiful presents from Canada

                    
                      This brooch was a present from Bob.      He made it.

   April 11 Wednesday
               We met at the Prefectural Traditional Craft Center

     

                      


           Downtown of Kumamoto
  

     Dinner at a care house where Toku's mother lives

     
           Yoshiko is 89 years old.                         Lobby

     
                                  Dining room

    
                Healthy meal

                     
                                       Shotaro & Tomoko
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