Thursday in Hiroshima
Thursday 21st March 2013
Took some pictures of Erika in the Moriwaki family's baby kimono in the morning, and then in the afternoon went for a walk around Hijayama park to see how the cherry blossoms were coming on.
Japan March 2013
John's Pictures

09:01:36
In the kitchen making breakfast.

10:53:42
Some Japanese comedians on the TV.

11:32:39
After a brief pause the last few days thanks to the vomiting bug, we resumed Erika's weaning today. Here she is having some kind of ricemeal stuff.

11:35:44
Erika has got used to having an audience when being fed solids.

12:11:07

13:30:20
A birds nest in the awning of a bakery we stopped off at on the way to Chie's grandmother's house.

13:46:14
In Chie's Grandmother's back garden for the photo shoot.

13:46:23

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13:48:38
Erika and Chie.

13:49:10
Me, Erika and Chie.

13:49:26

13:50:00

13:51:06
Erika, her Mum, her Mum's Mum and her Mum's Mum's Mum. Great Grandma didn't really want to be in a picture as she'd recently had a fall and bruised her face a bit, but it seemed a shame not to take advantage of the opportunity to take one of these four generation pictures.

13:52:30

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13:55:20
Some solo shots, which need cropping as you can see Chie's Mum hiding behind the chair!

13:55:27

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14:34:44
My Totoro bread, with a mangled eye.

15:49:21
Now in Hijayama park, inspecting the state of the cherry blossoms...

15:49:30

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16:09:35
A very preemptive hanami.

16:09:42

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16:54:06
Now near Ujina, Hiroshima's port.

17:09:33

18:41:50
Back at home, trying out the baby carrier in forward facing configuration.

18:42:13

18:42:20

18:49:17
View from the balcony.

18:49:49

19:21:02
Spring rolls for dinner!

19:32:48
...and some yuba.