2013/3/28
I'm going back to my home in Niigata City
for a week or so.
I'm leaving Tokyo early tomorrow morning.
I'd like to say hello to the neighbors
and pay 町内会費.
I'd like to clean my rooms.
The cold wave burst my boiler 給湯器.
So I'll have a new boiler installed.
I'll also go to Tochio to help my sister
and her husband.
I'd like to see my good old friends in Niigata.
I'll have very busy and happy days in Niigata.
See you!
for a week or so.
I'm leaving Tokyo early tomorrow morning.
I'd like to say hello to the neighbors
and pay 町内会費.
I'd like to clean my rooms.
The cold wave burst my boiler 給湯器.
So I'll have a new boiler installed.
I'll also go to Tochio to help my sister
and her husband.
I'd like to see my good old friends in Niigata.
I'll have very busy and happy days in Niigata.
See you!
2013/3/25
Today we, five ladies, met at Musashi-koganei Station.
N-san showed us to the Nogawa.
This was my first time to go to the Nogawa.
We walked along the Nogawa admiring cherry blossoms.
(武蔵野公園)
A soft spring rain was falling.
It was a little cold.
We returned to the station by bus.
Then Y-san invited us to her house
and we ate onigiri we had brought.
Y-san served us wine, hot tea and coffee.
We talked a lot.
We laughed a lot.
What a nice time I had!
Thank you so much, Ladies!
N-san showed us to the Nogawa.
This was my first time to go to the Nogawa.
We walked along the Nogawa admiring cherry blossoms.
(武蔵野公園)
A soft spring rain was falling.
It was a little cold.
We returned to the station by bus.
Then Y-san invited us to her house
and we ate onigiri we had brought.
Y-san served us wine, hot tea and coffee.
We talked a lot.
We laughed a lot.
What a nice time I had!
Thank you so much, Ladies!
2013/3/24
This morning, Mrs. M sent me an email to suggest
going out to see the cherry blossoms.
I proposed that we should enjoy the cherry blossoms
in Kunitachi City.
We met at Kunitachi Station at 11:00.
We walked along Daigaku-Dori, which is the main
street of Kunitachi.
All the cherry trees along Daigaku-Dori were in full bloom!
We enjoyed them on the pedestrian bridge.
Amazing!
We had lunch at a French restaurant on Daigaku-Dori.
The menu consisted of six courses.
We had a fine lunch but it was rather expensive.
We had a happy day together.
I walked 15848 steps in a day.
going out to see the cherry blossoms.
I proposed that we should enjoy the cherry blossoms
in Kunitachi City.
We met at Kunitachi Station at 11:00.
We walked along Daigaku-Dori, which is the main
street of Kunitachi.
All the cherry trees along Daigaku-Dori were in full bloom!
We enjoyed them on the pedestrian bridge.
Amazing!
We had lunch at a French restaurant on Daigaku-Dori.
The menu consisted of six courses.
We had a fine lunch but it was rather expensive.
We had a happy day together.
I walked 15848 steps in a day.
2013/3/23
The weather forecast predicted rain tomorrow
and advised us to enjoy cherry blossoms today.
“OK. Then I'll go to Inokashira Park in Kichijoji,”
I thought to myself.
I went to Kokubunji Station by bus, then to Kichijoji
by train.
This was my fourth time to visit Inokashira Park
but I had never seen cherry blossoms there.
Wow! The cherry blossoms in Inokashira Park
are at their best now! I'm sorry it is cloudy.
I walked around the pond and greatly enjoyed myself.
and advised us to enjoy cherry blossoms today.
“OK. Then I'll go to Inokashira Park in Kichijoji,”
I thought to myself.
I went to Kokubunji Station by bus, then to Kichijoji
by train.
This was my fourth time to visit Inokashira Park
but I had never seen cherry blossoms there.
Wow! The cherry blossoms in Inokashira Park
are at their best now! I'm sorry it is cloudy.
I walked around the pond and greatly enjoyed myself.
2013/3/22
SH-san, a friend of mine , gave me a call
and we decided to meet at Showa Kinen Park
in Tachikawa.
I bought 'onigiri’ for lunch at a convience store
and hurried to Showa Kinen Park by train.
SH-san talked a lot and I was a good listener.
What a beautiful weather!
What a peaceful time!
People in Showa Kinen Park all looked happy.
We spent a very a good time there.
(銀杏並木to the entrance)
(from さつき橋)
(Spring is in full swing.)
(みんなの原っぱ）
and we decided to meet at Showa Kinen Park
in Tachikawa.
I bought 'onigiri’ for lunch at a convience store
and hurried to Showa Kinen Park by train.
SH-san talked a lot and I was a good listener.
What a beautiful weather!
What a peaceful time!
People in Showa Kinen Park all looked happy.
We spent a very a good time there.
(銀杏並木to the entrance)
(from さつき橋)
(Spring is in full swing.)
(みんなの原っぱ）
2013/3/20
Koganei Park always reminds me of good old days
with my granddaughter koharu.
How often I took her there!
koharu and I ran a race.
koharu and I played badminton.
koharu and I played catch.
koharu and I enjoyed kite lying.
We enjoyed walking a lot.
We enjoyed talking a lot.
Now she has grown up a lot.
She is very busy every day.
She has no time to go to Koganei Park with me.
Even when she has no school, she goes to school
to play the oboe.
How I miss those good old days
when koharu was so young!
Yesterday, it was such a warm day
that I walked to Koganei Park alone.
I walked along Tamagawa-josui to Koganei Park.
Here I am at Koganei Park!
(桜の園---too early for cherry blossoms)
(いこいのひろば）
I walked 17045 steps in a day.
with my granddaughter koharu.
How often I took her there!
koharu and I ran a race.
koharu and I played badminton.
koharu and I played catch.
koharu and I enjoyed kite lying.
We enjoyed walking a lot.
We enjoyed talking a lot.
Now she has grown up a lot.
She is very busy every day.
She has no time to go to Koganei Park with me.
Even when she has no school, she goes to school
to play the oboe.
How I miss those good old days
when koharu was so young!
Yesterday, it was such a warm day
that I walked to Koganei Park alone.
I walked along Tamagawa-josui to Koganei Park.
Here I am at Koganei Park!
(桜の園---too early for cherry blossoms)
(いこいのひろば）
I walked 17045 steps in a day.
2013/3/17
In Japan March is the season for graduation
ceremonies and April for entrance ceremonies.
On March 15 I attended Friday English Class
after a long absence.
I had two fresh surprises
as follows:
(1)
Our teacher lives on the Yokota Air Base.
She has two daughters.
The elder daughter will be the 3rd year student
in a Japanese public elementary school in April.
The younger daughter will enter the same school
as her sister in April.
Our teacher told us that there are no entrance nor
graduation ceremonies in American public elementary
and junior high school.
But high-school graduation ceremonies are held and
they are very impressive ones, she said.
(2)
In Japan we usually have to attach our own photograph
on our applicant's resume（履歴書）.
But in America there is no place for a photograph
on a resume---probably not to practice racial discrimination.
I did not know about these examples.
It's natural each nation is different from every other nation.
ceremonies and April for entrance ceremonies.
On March 15 I attended Friday English Class
after a long absence.
I had two fresh surprises
as follows:
(1)
Our teacher lives on the Yokota Air Base.
She has two daughters.
The elder daughter will be the 3rd year student
in a Japanese public elementary school in April.
The younger daughter will enter the same school
as her sister in April.
Our teacher told us that there are no entrance nor
graduation ceremonies in American public elementary
and junior high school.
But high-school graduation ceremonies are held and
they are very impressive ones, she said.
(2)
In Japan we usually have to attach our own photograph
on our applicant's resume（履歴書）.
But in America there is no place for a photograph
on a resume---probably not to practice racial discrimination.
I did not know about these examples.
It's natural each nation is different from every other nation.