Cold days on summer in Sapporo

I dunno why it is so cold today!!! >__< it was raining 2 days ago, but it was quite ok yesterday. This afternoon the weather was fine as well, but it's getting colder and colder when the sun set. For the first time after few weeks I really feel that I miss my (working) kotatsu again. I was tempted to turn on the heater again ... O___o ... end of June! Imagine!

My kotatsu is not broken, by the way. I still use the kotatsu but as a normal table. It's just when thesummer came, I took out the kotatsu cover, washed it and kept it inside the storage until the time when I need it again comes on autumn. In this case, I unplugged the electrical cable too, of course.

Okay, it's time to go to bed! I'm curling on my super comfy futon under my down blanket (on summer?? ^__^v) now, trying to post from my phone for the first time. I hope the layout will be ok.. o.O

Anyway... I'm getting more and more relaxed and sleepy while enjoying the warmth, haha.. So glad that I decided not to keep the supposed-to-be-for-winter blanket so early! I'm still using it everyday, in fact =P, although sometimes only to cover my legs up to my waist. ^_____^ 

Good night!

Beer Hour Cold - A new way to enjoy drinking beer (and other drinks too) !!

A new fun way to enjoy drinking your beer! You can serve your beer like a pro with Beer Hour Cold, while its cold insulation feature also keeps your beer cold outside the refrigerator. :) It may work with other drinks too, as long as the cans fit well.

Beer Hour Cold - serving beer like a pro

We were at Homac buying soil and fertilizer for the plants (yeah.. summer is here! we are so in the mood to do gardening again! ^^), and we found this item for 1980 yen each. Based on the info from online stores, it seems the original price is more than 2000 yen.

It seems to be a popular item this summer. I roughly checked some stores online and they don't have many stocks left for this item. The compact design makes it recommended for personal use at home or travelling.

It is said that Beer Hour Cold can keep the coldness of the beer since it was taken from the previous container (fridge, cooler box, etc) for about 30 minutes! Of course, it will also depend on the temperature and performance of the refrigerator, etc we use to store the cans before. We can switch the pouring mode from liquid mode to foam mode, which let us serve a beer like a professional beer server! ^___^

The main points of Beer Hour Cold (picture taken from takaratomy-arts.co.jp)

It is compatible with can beers from at least the 4 largest beer manufactures in Japan: Asahi, Kirin, Sapporo and Suntory. It also works with both 350ml and 500ml cans. One AAA alkaline battery is used with this item (not included in the package).

All pictures except the first one were from Takara TOMY Arts official website. Some were further edited by me to fit my page. :) The complete guide in pdf can be found HERE. It is in Japanese, but there a lot of pictures which are informative enough to make us understand the main concept.

Fanta Grapefruit is back!

I saw something "new" at the shop few days ago!!

Fanta Grapefruit

By the way, as you can see in the picture, Fanta ume (plum) was also in the market, but I didn't take any good pictures of it earlier. =( When I came back to the shop the other day, it was not there anymore. Only Fanta Grapefruit and Grape were there instead. Bad luck!

I'm sorry that I won't be able to tell you how the taste of Fanta Grapefruit is, because it is definitely not the kind of flavor I will buy!!! hehe =P I'm scared of grapefruits in general, because they are so sour (for me, at least!). I also do not drink grapefruit juice. I'm aware of the nutritional value of grapefruit, but what to do? I was tortured each time I ate it. By the way, grapefruit has tons of nutrients and is said to be able to prevent various health issues such a high cholesterol level and constipation. It contains vitamin C and antioxidant, and it may help in weight loss programs.

I like to see grapefruits actually, especially the ones with red pulps inside. How can they be so bright in yellow outside and also have such striking red color inside?! My impression everytime I see this type of grapefruit is like as if I see watermelon, hehe. They look so sweet ... but yah... >_____<

In fact, Fanta Grapefruit is not new, as well as some other Fanta flavors. It was in the Japan market before on 1993 and 2002. It must be exciting for all the grapefruit lovers to be able to enjoy this special edition Fanta flavor again. :) This blog shows great collections of Fanta from all over the world! Although it might not be the complete list to date, but it was interesting to see that at least Fanta has been around since 1968!

I coincidentally was wearing yellow that day!  Perfect day for the finding. :)