Eirfan, Yuri & Eiqmal in Japan: September 2009

Wednesday 30 September 2009

Exploring Higashiyama Zoo

May 2nd - 2009

This week is one of the most waited week in Japan, the Golden Week. This is the time that everyone can enjoy a long public holiday. Most Japanese will use this opportunity to enjoy the holiday abroad, but still crowded also even in Japan too. Most of the hotels will be fully booked and it is impossible to get within a last minute decision.

Well, we just decided not going far at all...our 1st target just the usual zoo near our house. hahaha..This time we explored a new route in the zoo. 1st we went to the amusement area inside the zoo and went up into the ferris wheel. This is the first time for my kids to experience the ride. It's a small size of a ferris wheel but still good enough to enjoy the view.
Then we went into the medaka(Japanese killifish) hall. Eiqmal really enjoyed viewing the small fishes. Just before we went back home, we drop by at the koala's and my kids take a rest beside the lake and enjoy viewing peoples riding the "swan" and boats while i rush back home to take our car and pick them home. ( due to our apartment is quite near and it is difficult to get a parking nearby the zoo i always drop them at the zoo and park the car at our parking at the apartment.)

Checking the condor's wingspan

Yuri enjoyed the view but Eiqmal still scared.

Masked guys, i got a terrible sore throat few days back and still not fully recovered.

ON the jet plane AT the amusement park IN the zoo.

Interested to the small fishes.

kame かめ亀 kura-kura

Picnic by the lake.

Eiqmal and his pet toy, geoffrey the giraffe from Toy 'я Us

With "face fitting" thing before went out from the zoo.

Tuesday 29 September 2009

Meet the nature @ Meijou Park

April 29 - 2009

Eirfan's kindergarten had arranged a father & child outing at Meijou Park (Nagoya Castle Park) and the theme for this event is to know more about the nature. The park itself is just beside the Nagoya Castle and it's a big park too. We took the subway to go there. Due to the slow walk from our house to the subway station at Nagoya University... we arrived at the assembly point just before the event started.

The outfit for the day was the sports uniform...but Eirfan only got his short sleeve shirt only..we didn't bought the winter version yet this time.

Eirfan showing his ban-aided knee just before we started the exploration.

Picking some weeds that can hooked to shirts. Their teachers told them not to pick it too much. Eirfan did bring this weed home to show to Yuri & Eiqmal.

Feel the softness and smell the aroma of a new leaf. It smell really nice.

He picked some clover's flowers. This flower easily can be found in open fields & most parks can found this plant.

"I found a seed"

Digging for worms? but don't bring them home.

Knowing the new & old leaves.

Dig Dig Dig......

Looking for a bug.

Checking the tree.

Chasing the pigeon.

Taking a break while waiting turns for the class group picture taking...and the windmill isn't moving .. just a replica.

Line up for the picture taking.

Last shot of the day : Daisy. Taken on the way back to the subway station.

Saturday 19 September 2009

Picnic at Makinoike park

April 18 - 2009

We went here couple of days back just for fun, then this time we decided to have our lunch here at the park. After enjoyed our meal and it's time to play the blow bubbles. It's a quite tiring to blow the bubbles as their requested size.... Yuri & Eirfan also did tried to blow it by on their own. the mood at the park also very fresh due to all the new leaves starts to come out and the smell is really refreshing too.

Picnic under a shady tree.

View from above.

Eirfan catching the bubbles.

Blowing Yuri.. it's kind of hard for them to control the blow. But she's got the result well.

The most excited guy of the day.

While Eirfan & Yuri playing by themself, i can focus on snapping Eiqmal.

Wednesday 16 September 2009

Evening at Maki-no-ike park

April 16 - 2009

Before pick up their mum from university, we spent some time at a nearby park (Makinoike Park). This park is so big that include a lake and a golf course and another entrance on the other side from the place that we went.
We did enjoy exploring this park, the field are filled with bloomed dandelions.
Then we went to other part of the park and found a playground and of course they did enjoyed there. Unfortunately we can't spend more time here due to it was already getting dark and time to go to pick their mum home.

Dandelions really attract their attention.

Short break before continue exploring.

What to do after finish drinking.

At the playground area.

Eiqmal trapped in the giant artificial grass.

Monday 14 September 2009

Sakura at Higashiyama Zoo

April 8 - 2009

Just after Eirfan's Entrance Ceremony at his kindergarten ended, all of us headed to Higashiyama Zoo to have a picnic under the sakura trees at the zoo. Of course Eirfan was in his uniform, we just want to shoot him in his uniform with the sakuras. We also bought our self the year pass for Higashiyama Zoo due to our frequent visit to this zoo. The year pass is just 2000yen/year and standard entrance ticket is 500yen.
Even it was a weekday, we didn't get the parking at the main gate of the zoo and end up at the parking area at behind botanical garden. It's about 10 minutes walk until the entrance gate to the zoo/botanical garden. We entered from the botanical garden side due to we wanted to get on the monorail ride from the botanical garden to the main gate of the zoo.
After we got our picnic spot we enjoyed the food from home and shoot few shots of Eirfan in his uniform before he get changed. Enjoying sakura at the zoo might be sounds strange but the sakura here really beautiful and the zoo itself got a lot of resting place made it really convenience.