2008/8/24
Tomorrow I'm leaving Japan for New Zealand.
I visited New Zealand in 2001.
New Zealand is the very first foreign country
I visited in my life.
I stayed in Christchurch for one month.
I stayed with an English family who had lived
in NZ for 30 years.
Everyday I walked about here and there
in Christchurch--alone.
I enjoyed being in a foreign country.
This time I'll join a package tour.
Milford Sound Cruise will be my chief delight.
See you in September.
(near my apartment)
I visited New Zealand in 2001.
New Zealand is the very first foreign country
I visited in my life.
I stayed in Christchurch for one month.
I stayed with an English family who had lived
in NZ for 30 years.
Everyday I walked about here and there
in Christchurch--alone.
I enjoyed being in a foreign country.
This time I'll join a package tour.
Milford Sound Cruise will be my chief delight.
See you in September.
(near my apartment)
2008/8/22
On August 20th, I took my daughter and koharu
for a day bus tour in Yamanashi-ken.
First we went to Ojirakawa-keikoku Valley.
koharu was excited at its beautiful blue stream
and white rocks.
Then we went to Akeno sunflower fields.
"Amazing !" koharu and her mother exclaimed.
Bees were gathering honey from flower to flower.
koharu was afraid of getting stung by a bee
and would not walk into the field.
She had no chance to be lost in the sunflower fields.
koharu said, "Sunflowers are smiling. aren't they? "
Her mother said to her, "Yes, they are smiling.
They make us happy, don't they?"
We went to Katsunuma, where we enjoyed picking
a bunch of grapes for each and peaches were served.
In Fujiyoshida, we picked one ear of corn for each.
A bunch of green soybeans, eda-mame, just pulled out
was given to each of us.
koharu's particular favorite was "Akeno Sunflower Fields."
That night koharu asked me to stay at her house.
koharu and I had a good sleep in koharu's bedroom.
(Can you see a bee? )
for a day bus tour in Yamanashi-ken.
First we went to Ojirakawa-keikoku Valley.
koharu was excited at its beautiful blue stream
and white rocks.
Then we went to Akeno sunflower fields.
"Amazing !" koharu and her mother exclaimed.
Bees were gathering honey from flower to flower.
koharu was afraid of getting stung by a bee
and would not walk into the field.
She had no chance to be lost in the sunflower fields.
koharu said, "Sunflowers are smiling. aren't they? "
Her mother said to her, "Yes, they are smiling.
They make us happy, don't they?"
We went to Katsunuma, where we enjoyed picking
a bunch of grapes for each and peaches were served.
In Fujiyoshida, we picked one ear of corn for each.
A bunch of green soybeans, eda-mame, just pulled out
was given to each of us.
koharu's particular favorite was "Akeno Sunflower Fields."
That night koharu asked me to stay at her house.
koharu and I had a good sleep in koharu's bedroom.
(Can you see a bee? )
2008/8/18
koharu's concert was over.
koharu enjoyed playing the piano on the stage.
koharu did it very well, I think.
We all had a good time.
Thank you, everybody.
koharu enjoyed playing the piano on the stage.
koharu did it very well, I think.
We all had a good time.
Thank you, everybody.
2008/8/16
koharu stayed in Kyushu for ten days
and came home last evening.
She had a wonderful time, she said.
But she looked a little tired.
Tomorrow she has to play the piano
for her summer concert.
She is going to play a piece of music
"ten no megumi" composed all by herself.
"ten no megumi" means "A Great Blessing"
in English. I like it very much.
She will play two more pieces.
Can she play the piano as well as she hopes
after an interval of ten days?
(my karin is growing)
(what a hot day!)
and came home last evening.
She had a wonderful time, she said.
But she looked a little tired.
Tomorrow she has to play the piano
for her summer concert.
She is going to play a piece of music
"ten no megumi" composed all by herself.
"ten no megumi" means "A Great Blessing"
in English. I like it very much.
She will play two more pieces.
Can she play the piano as well as she hopes
after an interval of ten days?
(my karin is growing)
(what a hot day!)
2008/8/15
Today is the anniversary of the end of World War Ⅱ.
I was three years old when the war ended.
I still remember that I was always scared
at air-raid alerts.
I remember it was a very hot summer day.
I remember there was a big radio on the
shelf in the living room.
But I don't remember at all what my parents
were doing on that day.
How were they feeling?
63 years have passed since then.
I offered a silent prayer for the war dead.
Father went to another world 30 years ago,
and Mother 12 years ago.
I'm now waiting for my koharu's family's
return.
(tamagawa-josui)
I was three years old when the war ended.
I still remember that I was always scared
at air-raid alerts.
I remember it was a very hot summer day.
I remember there was a big radio on the
shelf in the living room.
But I don't remember at all what my parents
were doing on that day.
How were they feeling?
63 years have passed since then.
I offered a silent prayer for the war dead.
Father went to another world 30 years ago,
and Mother 12 years ago.
I'm now waiting for my koharu's family's
return.
(tamagawa-josui)
2008/8/11
Traveling in a night train was koharu's dream.
Her dream came true.
On August 6, she went to Kyushu with her father
---in a night train. She had a good sleep in her bed
in a night train, she said.
It took about 17 hours from Tokyo to Ohita.
koharu has a wonderful time with her grandparents in Kyushu.
Today her mother and brother are flying to Kyushu.
They all will come home on August 15.
I'll stay at koharu's house during their absence.
I'll take good care of their goldfish "Donald,
because he easily suffers from the heat.
(norikura-kogen)
Her dream came true.
On August 6, she went to Kyushu with her father
---in a night train. She had a good sleep in her bed
in a night train, she said.
It took about 17 hours from Tokyo to Ohita.
koharu has a wonderful time with her grandparents in Kyushu.
Today her mother and brother are flying to Kyushu.
They all will come home on August 15.
I'll stay at koharu's house during their absence.
I'll take good care of their goldfish "Donald,
because he easily suffers from the heat.
(norikura-kogen)
