One day with the pack in Japan

What I really wanted to do in Japan the most was 

to see the pack Kaiya's dad and mom are in and join their morning walk!

Very next day after I arrived in Japan, I went to see them!

Minami Alps Kennel is the one Kaiya is from and they have 5 Kaikens now!

I check their blogs (they are under the list of Blogs: 甲斐犬カイと野菜畑 & 南アルプス犬舎)

every single day and hoped that one day I could be there with them.

My dream came true! lol

Mr. and Mrs. Arisumi, the owners of those wonderful 5 Kaikens in their kennel, 

warmly welcomed me with open arms and I had such a great time with them!!!!

日本で一番したかったこと　Kaiyaのパパ ママたちのお散歩に参加すること！

日本に着いた次の日に早速行っちゃった(^^)

Kaiyaの生まれた南アルプス犬舎さんのところのこの５匹！

毎日ブログ（Blogs欄の→甲斐犬カイと野菜畑 & 南アルプス犬舎）で見てて

一度生散歩に参加したかったんだぁ！！！

南アルプス犬舎のお父さんお母さんも元気でめちゃめちゃウエルカムしてくれて

いやぁ　ホントに楽しかったぁ〜！

From left: Ai  Natsu  Hana  Kai  Kirara
左から: アイ　ナツ　ハナ　カイ　キララ

Racing off the car after "OK" command.
ヨシの合図で一斉にゴー！！

Everyone is really really fast!
みんな走るの速い速い！

おっ！アイの有名な川下りかなぁ〜

Kai the pack leader.....stunning♡
このパックのリーダー　カイ・・・凛々しい〜♡

I brought a tennis ball for Kai since I knew he loved to play with a ball.
カイがボール好きって知ってたから　
テニスボール持ってったらうれしそうに遊んでくれた！

Somebody took the ball from Kai.
カイからボール奪ったな！

That was quick.  He's got it back! :)
と思ったら　もうすでに取り返してたカイ(^^)

Finally Kirara got the ball!
ついにキララもボール　ゲット！
よかったねぇ〜

And Kai again! lol
って　もうカイがボール持ってる！（笑）

Hana likes to be alone and usually goes wandering around by herself.
She comes back time to time to join others for a while.
１人遊びが好きなハナ
たまにみんながいるとこに戻ってきて遊んでみる(^_^)

Kai's smiling :)
カイ笑ってる〜(^0^)

Natsu was pregnant at this time.
She gave birth to 6 puppies later!
なっちゃんはこのとき妊婦さん
この後　６匹の仔犬を生みました！

Hahahaha! You can't win over your aunt, Kirara!
あはははは！まだまだだなキララ〜！

Wow, Hana's joinging in!
おっ　ハナ参戦！

No wonder Kirara gets stronger and stronger.  She's got two special trainers! ;)
こりゃ鍛え上げられるわなぁ〜

Kirara doesn't give up! GO Girl!!
キララ　諦めないねぇ〜！感心感心！

I think this is Ai...
She's trying to hunt down someone...lol
これアイかなぁ〜
なんか狙ってる（笑）

Ai Hana and Kirara always run together!
 アイ　ハナ　キララは　いつも仲良く走ってる！

Someone is running super fast towards Natsu...I bet it's Ai.
すんごい勢いでナツの方に走ってくるひとがいるわ・・・アイかな？

Very fast
こっちも速い

The owner blew the whistle and it means come gather around!
They are such good doggies!
お父さんが犬笛を吹いて　みんな集まれの合図！
ほんとにいい子たち！

Time to go home!
"Wait"..... and "OK."
They all start to run to the car!
散歩終了〜！
ヨシの合図で一斉に車へ　ダッシュ！！

Hahahaha!
Kirara stopped because she was curious about me taking photos on their way.
はははは！キララ止まっちゃったwww
いつもいない私がいつもの道で写真を撮ってたから不思議だったんだろうな（笑）

Even your mom Natsu passing you Kirara!
お母さんのナツにも抜かれて　キララが一番最後になっちゃった！

Amazing how good they are on the car even while car's moving.
They aren't tied with leashes and they are always moving right to left or front to back.
They never fall or jump off from the car!
ホント上手に車にのるいい子達
リードでつながれてないから　前へ後ろへ左右へ　車が動いてるときも
自分たちも上手に動き回って　落ちないしジャンプして降りないし
すごいわぁ〜！

Jet lag...

Ahhhh I got jet lag...

The first day I slept a couple hours and woke up in the middle of the night

...couldn't go back to sleep again....

And here I am.  went to bed really early and getting up really early...

I haven't managed to adjust myself to swedish time yet.

時差ボケだぁぁぁ！

ひっさしぶりに時差ボケきた〜

最初の日は数時間寝たら　夜中に目が覚めて　

それから寝れずにずーっと一日中起きてたし・・・

今日もまだ　変に早い時間に起きてしまって　パソコンの前に座ってます（笑）

時差ボケ治るまで　もうちょっと時間がかかるなぁ〜

Anyways, Kaiya and I need lots of exercise to get in shapes!!!

.....I seriously think we both gained some weight... :p

So we went to the wood yesterday!!

It's been a long time since the last.

It had full of autum colors especially yellow and tons of fallen leaves. 

very poetic scenery.

そんなことより　Kaiyaと私　確実に運動が必要！

・・・私もKaiyaもちょっと丸くなったような・・・(^^;)

というわけで　久しぶりに昨日森へ！！

大分秋の色にかわって　特に黄色が多かったなぁ〜

結構　葉が落ちてたから　秋の終わりに近い感じかな

綺麗だったぁ〜！

Back in Sweden!

I was in Japan for about 3 and a half weeks and finally back home.
The whole point of this trip was to attend my baby brother's wedding.
It was such a nice wedding.  They had a traditional Japanese style ceremony to start with and then the dinner party and after party, etc.
Weddings are the best chance to meet all the family members, relatives and friends you don't usually see.
I had such wonderful time seeing all the people I don't get to see when I'm in Sweden.

スウェーデンにやっと戻ってきましたぁ〜
何の告知もしませんでしたが　日本に３週間半くらい行っていました！（笑）
この旅の目的は弟の結婚式に出席すること
結婚式なかなか良かったぁ〜
神前式でお嫁さんは十二単を着て　綺麗だったぁ！
いやはや　ぶっちゃけ　ハプニングが多くておもしろい神前式で　ずっと忘れられないものになるでしょう・・・（笑）
プラス　結婚式は普段会わない人に会う　いい機会でもあって
家族や親類　普段会わない遠い親戚や友達にも会えて　楽しかったなぁ(^^)

Although I had a fun in Japan, it was only me who was traveling...I missed my Kaiya soooo much.
And I thought Kaiya would be crazily happy to see me...but it was a quick excitement...lol
I totally forgot her coolness after I had two of my parents' dogs in Japan who get very excited to see people and always want to cuddle... :p
Well, she was happy and that's all it matters :)

楽しかったには楽しかったけど　私１人で行ってきたので　Kaiyaと暫く離ればなれで　寂しかったぁ(>_<)
Kaiyaも同じで　すんごい興奮して喜んでくれるかと思いきや　なんだか早い熱の冷めようでちょっと寂しさを感じてしまった　マミーだよ！！
実家の２匹のワンちゃんは甘えん坊でいっつもくっ付いてきていて　それに慣れてしまったから Kaiyaのクールさをすっかり忘れていた（笑）
とりあえず　Kaiyaもうれしそうだったってことで　まっいっか！

Took a walk in the afternoon,
It is really cold here now.  I can't believe I was wearing T-shirt just a couple days ago in Japan.
Anyways, we met Arrow and we took a walk together a bit and played in a dog park up by the water tower.

朝に到着したので　午後みんなで散歩しに〜！
やっぱりこっちは寒い・・・数日前まで日本で半袖きて歩き回っていたのが嘘みたいだ
日本は暑かったなぁ〜
それはおいといて　早速ダックスフンドのアロー君に会ってちょっと一緒に散歩したりドッグラン行ったりして遊んだよぉ〜！

There are tons of things I wanna share about my trip from Japan.  I even met Kaiya's daddy and mommy and their pack!
I'll post them little by little later on.

日本でのことをたくさんアップしたいけど　徐々にのせていきまぁす！
そうそう Kaiyaのパパとママたちにも会いに行ったしね！

"Mommy, I'm not leaving!"

I had to work whole day and the only time I could spend time with Kaiya was the morning walk :(

I don't know if she knew that or not...

but when I put her leash and tried to go home 

after running and playing at the usual spot where she likes to play,

she just turned back and lay down...lol

She's obviously saying "Mommy, I'm not done yet. Not leaving!"... :p

今日は一日中仕事で　朝の散歩くらいしかKaiyaとの時間がなかった（泣）

それが分かってたのか　分かってなかったのか

いつものKaiyaの大好きな場所で走って遊んで　そろそろ行こうと

リードを付けて　さぁ帰ろうとしたら

そっぽむいて　伏せしちゃった（笑）

明らかに　"マミー　まだ行かない！"　って言ってるなこりゃ・・・(^^;)

Kaiya and the bike

We, Kaiya, daddy, and I, went for a walk together in the afternoon along with shopping.

Daddy was on the bike and was ahead of us.

Kaiya seemed to wanna catch him up so I took the leash off.

She ran soooo fast and disappeared in a second!!

午後から　みんなで買い物がてら散歩へ〜

自転車に乗ってたダディが先に行ってしまって

早くダディのとこに行きたそうだったから

リード外してあげたら　猛ダッシュ！！！

一瞬で消えてしまった（笑）はっえ〜！

Now it's mommy's turn to ride the bike.

Kaiya, by the way, likes to run next to me when I'm on the bike 

and she's good at keeping it up.

Well, we're gonna go fast, but daddy, you can take time walking!

今度はマミーが自転車乗る番でぇ〜い！

Kaiyaさん　自転車と一緒に走るのが好きだし上手

なので　ダディはゆっくり歩いてきてぇ！

Kaiyaとマミーと先に行ってるぜよ〜

Sweet girl, Kiaya.

She suddenly stop and turned back because she was worried about daddy who's very far back.

やさしいKaiya

ダディが遅くて心配で　止まって待っててあげてまぁ〜す！