Visiting the Kitamoto Neputa Festival
Kitamoto Neputa Festival Report, November 2019 Kitamoto Neputa Festival History In 1991 a team of Kitamoto city officials visited Hirosaki in Aomori, the home of Neputa, to learn how to… Read more »
Category: Life in Saitama
Favourite Photo Friday
Once upon a time “Favourite Photo Friday” was a regular weekly post on Saitama with kids. I’ve since deleted many of those posts, because they weren’t informative enough. The blog… Read more »
Koala class, breastfeeding and Christmas decorations at my maternity hospital
LO#4 had “koala class” this past Thursday. Koala class is conducted for the newborn at my maternity hospital 2 weeks postpartum. Basically, the midwives check Mammy and babies progress. They… Read more »
Day 0 of postpartum hospital stay; presents galore
Day 0 is the day you give birth. Regardless of what time of the day you give birth, day 0 ends at midnight on that day. On day 0 the… Read more »
Day 4 in a maternity hotel
“Day 4” was the fifth and final day of my postpartum hospital stay for a vaginal birth on baby #4 (as the day you give birth is day zero). On the… Read more »
Day 3 of a maternity hospital stay in Japan
Day 3 of a 5 day stay for a normal natural birth in Japan, the last full day (“birth”day is counted as day 0). The day of the facial and foot… Read more »
Day two of maternity hospital stay, Japan
Maternity hospital stay Japan – Day two brought more delicious food and even more amazing presents. It was also the day I got a professional massage in my room. Breakfast… Read more »
Day one of a hospital stay in a maternity “hotel”
Some photos of the food and the goodies on day one of a standard five-day stay (birth day is counted as day zero) in a Japanese maternity hotel… I mean… Read more »
Just some of the freebies
One of the big differences between Japanese maternity hospitals and Irish maternity hospitals is that there is very little you have to prepare to bring to the hospital with you…. Read more »
The after birth meal
The first meal after giving birth, which was brought to my room. It was delicious the reason there is no soup in the bowl is because, clumsy here spilt it…. Read more »