Season of Pollen Fever

The weather forecast says it is peak season of pollen fever this week. It refers cedar pollen in Japan. In winter, many people wear cold preventive mask to prevent or not to spread virus. In spring, it becomes for pollen prevention.

In these seasons, I was more careful about my condition than usual as I am pregnant. I've been wearing preventive mask whenever I go out. I know it looks weird to foreigners. It might be a part of Japanese culture in which we are very careful about hygiene and there are many cedar trees.

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Italian Restaurant "Ten" at Tamaplaza

There are many good restaurants and bakeries around Tama-plaza station in Aoba ward, Yokohama. "Ten" is one of the new places opened there. Our family went there to celebrate my father-in-law's birthday at lunch time. You can choose from three types. In each type, you can choose pasta or risotto. There are some varieties for pasta. I picked meat tomato pasta. It started with a salad and soup and appetizer, then continued to pasta and main at last. The main dish was saute pork. They were all good and it taste like a combination of Italian and Japanese. I want to visit for dinner next time. Just one concern I want to mention is that there is not many parkings around. The closest spot is one at a store named "Sankaku Base". We paid 1,200 yen just for two hours..
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Prayer for the safe delivery of the child

In Japan, people go to a shrine, in the 5th month of pregnancy, to pray for the safe delivery of the child. My husband and I went to a shrine last month to pray for the safe delivery of our child. It is said on the Dog's day we do this tradition although we can go on other days. Therefore, if it is on weekend Shrine tends to be crowded. Dog's day comes once per 12 days, like 12 zodiac signs and this year is year of the Dog and last year was year of the Rooster. Each shrine has features, and some shrine is believed that they have divine favor for specific pray. For the safe delivery of the child, Suitengu Shrine is very famous. Its origin comes from Fukuoka, and there are others in Japan. We went to Suitengu Hiranuma Shrine in Yokohama.
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