3 Days with Mom Day 2 (Part 4) / お母さんとの三日間 二日目 （パート４）

Can you believe I'm still writing about my second day with Mom.  So far we've been to the Todoroki  Valley and Todoroki Fudoson, we walked up the "Shusse no Ishidan" (Stairway to Success) at Atago Jinja, we browsed through the NHK Broadcasting Museum, and we snacked on French cheeses.  But Mom still has energy and is determined to go to Kanda Myojin and Sengakuji.  Once again we were off to the train station.  However, when we got off the train at Ochanomizu (the closest station to Kanda Myojin), the weather took a turn for the worse.  The beautiful sun disappeared to be replaced by pouring rain.  But that wasn't going to stop us.  However, we decided to have lunch first and hoped the rain would lighten up a bit before checking out Kanda Myojin.  With luck, the rain did die down and we were able to check out Kanda Myojin without getting too wet.

まだお母さんの二日目のネタ書き続いてるって信じられないでしょう。今までのおさらいをすれば、最初は等々力渓谷と等々力不動尊を探索、愛宕神社の“出世の石段”を上って、NHK放送博物館を歩きまわり、で「フェルミエ」のチーズ専門店でフランス産チーズも食べた。お母さんはまだエネルギたっぷりあって、神田明神と泉岳寺は必ず行ってみる。休憩終わって、また電車の駅に向かう。御茶ノ水駅（神田明神に一番近い駅）を降りたら、朝の良い天気が崩れた。雨が降り出した。結構降ってた。でも雨で私たちの東京見物は終わりませんよ。神田明神の近くのカフェで昼食を食べて、雨が弱まるを祈ってた。ランチを食べ終わったら運良く、雨が弱くなって、神田明神を楽しめた。

Mom at the entrance to Kanda Myojin / 神田明神の入り口い立つお母さん

Kanda Myojin / 神田明神

Mom is a fan of Zenigata Heiji / お母さんは銭形平次のファンでした

Mom was familiar with most of the names of the actors who participated in the dramatized version of "Zenigata Heiji".

お母さんが載ってる名前ほとんど知ってた。

Mom in front of the main shrine / 神田明神の本堂の前に立つお母さん

Kanda is also famous for its amazake (a sweet non-alcoholic drink made from fermented rice) and Mom wanted to have some at a shop that was featured on a television program she had watched.

神田で甘酒も有名なんで、お母さんがなんかのテレビ番組で紹介された店で甘酒が飲みたいと言った。店は神田明神の直ぐ近くの老舗「雨埜屋」。

Amanoya / 雨野屋

Kanda Amazake / 神田甘酒



While we were enjoying our amazake, this 83yr old grandpa who was sitting across from us started talking to us.  He was a very interesting man and fun to talk to but my mother and I had to refrain from bursting out into laughter as he his dentures would nearly fall out while talking to us on numerous occasions.  I asked Mom if she still wanted to go to Sengakuji which she responded with an "Of course!"  So off to Sengakuji it is!

甘酒を楽しんでる最中に隣に座った８３歳の老人がいきなり私たちに話をかけた。凄い陽気な方で、面白かった。でも僕とお母さんが笑うのを我慢してた。なぜなら、おじいちゃんが喋りながら、何回も入れ歯が口から飛び出す様な感じになってた。でも良い時間を過ごした。お母さんも疲れてるじゃないかなと思って、泉岳寺まで行きますと聞いたら、お母さんは元気良く、“もちろん！”と答えた。さ、最後の目的地へ～