Omura

Making soba.

Making mochi.

This picture was taken on the restaurants deck. The sea is in the background, it is a little hard to see in the picture.

My host family took me to a town called Omura a while ago. The town is right by the sea and the Nagasaki airport. In Omura we went to this restaurant and ate the buffet they had. We got to sit out on the deck and there was a great view of the sea. After lunch we wandered over to the ice cream shop where they had homemade ice cream. I had sweet potatoe ice cream it was so delicious. The flavors of ice cream here are all so unique. One kind of ice cream they have every where in Japan is green tea. There was also a homemade bread shop we went to as well. They had sweet potatoe bread so my host family bought some and it tasted so good! There were so many people gathered there at this place in Omura. It had a green house, ice cream shop, bread shop, restaurant, vegetable shop, some stands for various foods, and a small petting zoo. After enjoying our ice cream we watched some people make mochi and soba. Soba is a noodle made from buckwheat flour. Soba is served differently chilled and hot. When it is chilled it is generally served on a bamboo tray with a type of soy sauce that you dip it into. Hot soba is often served as a soup. I have only eaten chilled soba so far. The way to eat your soba is to slurp the noodles! Next my host family stopped in to buy some fresh vegetables and then we drove home.