Arto has a very nice mother . Arto's mother was very good to me... I felt very sad when I had to return to Japan...

Arto's mother made salmon soup for me. I was really looking forward to her salmon soup. Now, I know why Arto is very fond of her salmon soup . Her salmon soup was very good... I would try to make salmon soup with Arto in Urayasu .


I am fond of pickled cucumbers. How about you???
I think that Finnish cucumbers are much bigger than Japanese cucumbers... Both Arto's mother and my mother make pickled cucumbers. The Japanese cucumber does not have a thick rind, so we eat a cucumber skin and all. Arto's mother takes off a cucumber skin. I wonder if the Finnish cucumber has a thick rind... I would ask her... .
I found Japanese rice at a supermarket in Kuusamo. You can have Japanese rice in Finland too, but the price is high... . Arto also has rice. He puts strawberry sauce on his rice. I have never had rice together with strawberry sauce, so I needed some time... But, the strawberry sauce was very good .