Many Many Cakes

Cake #1 (from Laura, Becky, and Anita)

Cake #2 (from my BOE)

Cake #3 (from the Fujinos)

Rolling the soba flower and dough

Cutting the soba

Akemi's turn to cut

Almost finished

The finished product

Birthday present of earrings

Cake #4 (from Yayoi, Mami, and Tomoko)

Yum, and ice cream cake from Baskin Robins. Best cake I've had in Japan, probably because it's from an American company. If there is anything that the Japanese have failed to improve, it's cake.