Hi! Day ago I went to see ramen shop in Matsudo, which is famous for "abura soba". It is called Tonikaku ramen. Someone told me, they are one of the best in Japan! Many tourists visit this place to eat ramen. I ate it, it was too big for me. But I liked fat noodles and oily taste.  それは松戸魅力です。兎に角ラーメンです。 ぜひ、松戸に来てください！ 笑

それぞれ仕事、勉強、観光で日本に来ていた３名といつものTokyo Sketchersでスケッチ会、プラス飲み会を恵比寿ガーデンプレイスでおこないました。この日はあまり暑くなく心地よい風が吹き、屋外でスケッチも飲み会も楽しめました。皆さんお上手。先日Manchesterで行われたSymposiumから帰ってきたばかりの私でしたが、このくらいの少人数の集まりの方がみんなと話したりそれぞれのスケッチを見て回ったりでき、ゆったりとできてホッとします。しかも影響受けまくり。 パースがすごくデタラメになってしまいました。ムードだけはなんとなく気に入ってます。 Alice, Maria, Arnaudの３名。 ArnaudとChris。

Last Saturday we had a Tokyo Sketchers meet up, initiated by request of Arnie from France and Alice from Indonesia and coordinated by Kumi Matsukawa.  Such a pleasure to draw in a company of co-thinkers! We did an architectural sketch in Ebisu Gardens and then moved to have a light dinner and talk.  先週の土曜日は東京スケッチの出会いしました。楽しい時間、いろいろな話でした。  Windy weather! Photo belong to Kumi Matsukawa Photo belong to Kumi Matsukawa  Little snack See the sketches ⬇︎

NYから訪れていたRichardさん、SingaporeからのEdricさん、そしてJunelさんに、France帰りの恵理子さんといった国際的なスケッチ仲間と集まり、等々力渓谷を訪れました。暑くて日差しが強くて、紫外線も半端ない感じな日でしたが、木陰が気持ち良い場所でのスケッチはリラックスでき、またこの日訪れたレストランは何処も当たりでした。 初めに駅前で集合待ちスケッチ。 この日は日差しが強かったけれど渓谷では木陰が心地よく、空気も澄んでいて最高のスケッチ場所でした。 とはいうものの、着いたら即喉が渇き、まず冷たいスイーツをお茶屋さんで頂いた後、追いかけるように集合時間までスケッチ。 みんなのresult。 お昼はお蕎麦。 再び渓谷に戻り階段と橋の見える場所を描いてみました。 みんなのresult。 最後まで残った３名で自由が丘まで歩いて散策し、その後入ったレストランにて。タイ料理をいただきました。

These are done inside the Yakitori pub as well as in the train on my way back home.

だいぶ前の話で恐縮です。 友達の展示を見に行った時に描きました。 Pain au Sourire - 森の酵母 | パン・オ・スリール | 青山

My sketch friend Asuka who lives in Australia came to Japan and we decided to meet and sketch together in Yebisu, Tokyo. Other sketch members from Tokyo team also joined us. Five of us went to ヱビスビール記念館(Museum of YEBISU BEER) there we learned about how and when beer introduced into Japan (They say that it was 124 years ago) and learned how to serve beer, the best way to drink. I confess I like beer but didn't know much about so called right way to drink. Such as, canned beer must be poured in the glass. The foam prevent the golden liquid from get oxidized so you should try keep the foam on your beer glass until you drink up whole. Then we went to tasting salon. There we tried various kind of beer,as well as some small plates. Later we needed some coffee to get recover from the effect of beer. After chatting in the coffee shop, we decided to go out and sketch the view of YEBISU GARDEN PLACE. I drew a western style building. ( It is a French restaurant called...

Tasha, a contributor of Uraban Sketchers Japan, and I met Maki, a New Zealand sketcher in Kamakura, Kanagawa prefecture the other day while she was visiting her home country. Unfortunately the day we met was raining.But three girls made the most of the day, enjoyed talking all the time, strolling the alley, finding miscellaneous goods in a shop, having lunch at a restaurant where they serve stewed organic vegetables that are known as prestigious “ Kamakura Yasai”（vegetables made in kamakura), and visiting shrine and temples, and of course sketching in the rain! Lunch sketches Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū ( shrine) Our result from Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gū Temple gate I had really fun time. It was actually nice visiting old town in the rain. All the foliage and moss- covered stones were filled with thick foggy atmosphere, and that made the scene look dreamy and very Japanese in a way.