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Long weekend since Monday is a National Holiday in Japan. Have looking forward to it for a while now. And we took the opportunity to go to Tokorozawa to spend an extra day with Coco.

Unfortunately it was hot hot hot. And quite humid, though not rainy season humid. 35 degrees. And too hot for Coco to have a walk in the middle of the day.

So Coco and I took a walk in the mornings and in the evenings. He seemed quite satisfied with that. OR at least he did not bite me in protest

This weekend we went to Tokorozawa already on Friday night. Once we arrived we could relax for a while before we started to watch soccer. If someone had missed it, it is World Cup in South Africa.

When we did not watch soccer we relaxed in the air-conditioned kitchen. And I replaced the cool kitchen with the hot and humid outside for walks with Coco. He seemed to enjoy it, though his tongue was looking something like the Rolling Stones licking tongue.

I also had a walk by myself to take some photos. The above sunflower above is one of them.

Today was a little bit less warm than yesterday. Still enough hot to walk in flip-flop, shorts and t-shirt. Just as I did last night at 8 pm.

Anyway, Coco and I went for a longer walk. First stop was a vending machine where I bought some water for Coco and me. Though I ended up drinking most of it since Coco seems to refuse to drink any other water than Evian. Spoiled.

Flowers of all kind is starting to show up everywhere. Coco don’t seems to notice. But I do. And my camera does.

You may wonder what the Audi is doing besides the flowers? The simple explanation is that it is Chie’s new car, but more important is that the number plate is her birthday… November 13. About 20 years or so ago

Tokorozawa. It was too hot to take a walk with Coco during the day when we arrived. So I went for a walk after our dinner at Musashi, around 8 pm.

A somewhat shorter walk than usual but Coco didn’t seem to mind too much. In fact, he was in a hurry back home to sit in Chie’s lap

I can feel the summer is coming. It is not super hot yet but you can feel it in that the sun is starting to get hot.

Today when I was walking Coco he tried to walk as much as possible in the shadow. And still it was not more than 24 degrees or so. But man… The sun… Getting hot I tell you.

Though the sun was hot we had a few short stops to take some photos. The first stop was to take a photo of a few women picking tea leaves. Around this area there a quite a few tea farms and factories. And these women, I guess, are working for one of the farms/factories.

Next stop was to take a photo of Coco and me. To “prove” that we actually were out walking together… Though Coco don’t seem to like it much on the photo.

In the evening we had mabu-nasu and a lot of other dishes. Mainly vegetable dishes. Yummy!

Oh, and the last picture is of Coco waiting for Chie to get back from the grocery store. Actually, Coco spends quite a lot of time on this chair watching the street outside… Waiting for Chie.