Hiratsuka

Summer brings festivals, and all kinds of goodies. They have got the making of these, what my friend Bob first introduced me to as "cabbage pancakes", down to a science.

Need a pet goldfish, I know where you can get one.

Tanabata festival is all about these two lovers that cross the milky-way once a year to be together. These elaborate decorations are hung from bamboo poles.

Cute little boy.

More food. Tacoyaki a variation on the okonomiyaki but with just the batter and bits of octopus. It is actually pretty good.