2014/12/29
This is the end of the year 2014
and everybody is busy.
I've done everythig I expected to do.
Yesterday afternoon, I went to Tachikawa Cinema
to see a Japanese movie 「バンクーバーの朝日」.
I thougt there would be very few people going
to see movies at this time of year.
Oh, I was wrong!
The theater was full of people of different generations.
The movie 「バンクーバーの朝日」was a very
impressive movie.
I deeply thought about the hard days
of the Japanese settlers of Canada.
I can guess how much the baseball team‘Vancouver Asahi’
encouraged those sttlers of Canada.
and everybody is busy.
I've done everythig I expected to do.
Yesterday afternoon, I went to Tachikawa Cinema
to see a Japanese movie 「バンクーバーの朝日」.
I thougt there would be very few people going
to see movies at this time of year.
Oh, I was wrong!
The theater was full of people of different generations.
The movie 「バンクーバーの朝日」was a very
impressive movie.
I deeply thought about the hard days
of the Japanese settlers of Canada.
I can guess how much the baseball team‘Vancouver Asahi’
encouraged those sttlers of Canada.
2014/12/25
Yesterday, my friends and I had Christmas lunch
at 酢重ダイニング 新丸の内ビル店.
One of my friends took us there.
It was my first time to have lunch there.
What a fine view!
After lunch we walked to Ginza 8 cho-me.
We went to Gallery 美庵 to enjoy まゆちゃん's painting.
Please read the following site about まゆちゃん.
http://moon.ap.teacup.com/applet/monjolie678/20141219/archive
まゆちゃん's Mt. Fuji is so magnificent!
We, four ladies, were all deeply impressed by it.
Thank you so much, まゆちゃん！
at 酢重ダイニング 新丸の内ビル店.
One of my friends took us there.
It was my first time to have lunch there.
What a fine view!
After lunch we walked to Ginza 8 cho-me.
We went to Gallery 美庵 to enjoy まゆちゃん's painting.
Please read the following site about まゆちゃん.
http://moon.ap.teacup.com/applet/monjolie678/20141219/archive
まゆちゃん's Mt. Fuji is so magnificent!
We, four ladies, were all deeply impressed by it.
Thank you so much, まゆちゃん！
2014/12/23
Today I enjoyed Christmas family concert at church
with my friends.
It was held at the chapel of Kokubunji Community Church.
It was a charity concert.
The church collected donations for The Great East Japan
Earthquake and restoration of the chapel.
It was a hand bell concert by 明治学院中学校ハンドベルクワイア.
Their performance was wonderful.
What a good time we had!
with my friends.
It was held at the chapel of Kokubunji Community Church.
It was a charity concert.
The church collected donations for The Great East Japan
Earthquake and restoration of the chapel.
It was a hand bell concert by 明治学院中学校ハンドベルクワイア.
Their performance was wonderful.
What a good time we had!
2014/12/18
I have written about
one-coin café in the community before.
It is run by volunteers in the community.
http://wave.ap.teacup.com/applet/karin02/20140530/archive
I heard that the volunteers are decreasing gradually.
So I decided to work every Thursday afternoon
as a volunteer waitress at the café.
Last Thursday afternoon I first worked as a volunteer waitress.
Today it was my second time to work as a volunteer waitress.
When customers come into the café, I say ‘hello’ in a loud voice.
Then I go to them smiling and ask them what their order is.
(We serve coffee, English tea and green tea--- with a cookie.)
I hurriedly carry what they order to them.
I make coffee, English tea and green tea.
I wash up cups, saucers, glasses or teapots.
I have no time to sit in a chair.
I get quite tired.
But I enjoy this volunteer very much.
one-coin café in the community before.
It is run by volunteers in the community.
http://wave.ap.teacup.com/applet/karin02/20140530/archive
I heard that the volunteers are decreasing gradually.
So I decided to work every Thursday afternoon
as a volunteer waitress at the café.
Last Thursday afternoon I first worked as a volunteer waitress.
Today it was my second time to work as a volunteer waitress.
When customers come into the café, I say ‘hello’ in a loud voice.
Then I go to them smiling and ask them what their order is.
(We serve coffee, English tea and green tea--- with a cookie.)
I hurriedly carry what they order to them.
I make coffee, English tea and green tea.
I wash up cups, saucers, glasses or teapots.
I have no time to sit in a chair.
I get quite tired.
But I enjoy this volunteer very much.
2014/12/13
It was snowy all day in Niigata, my hometown.
But what a beautiful Saturday here in Tokyo!
It was such a beautiful day that I walked to Kokubunji.
On the way I was called to stop by staff members
of a house type pay nursing home, 住宅型有料老人ホーム.
They invited me to their open house.
I was not busy, so I followed them and visited
the nursing home.
Wow!
The 住宅型有料老人ホーム is carefully designed
for the aged.
It looked like a very good nursing home.
It was built in Feb. 2014.
I liked the 住宅型有料老人ホーム very much.
I wish I could live there when I become 75 years old.
But it is impossible for me to live there.
To live there needs a big money.
I can't afford the money for the 住宅型有料老人ホーム.
Yes, I think I'll live here (or in Niigata?) alone
as long as possible.
But what a beautiful Saturday here in Tokyo!
It was such a beautiful day that I walked to Kokubunji.
On the way I was called to stop by staff members
of a house type pay nursing home, 住宅型有料老人ホーム.
They invited me to their open house.
I was not busy, so I followed them and visited
the nursing home.
Wow!
The 住宅型有料老人ホーム is carefully designed
for the aged.
It looked like a very good nursing home.
It was built in Feb. 2014.
I liked the 住宅型有料老人ホーム very much.
I wish I could live there when I become 75 years old.
But it is impossible for me to live there.
To live there needs a big money.
I can't afford the money for the 住宅型有料老人ホーム.
Yes, I think I'll live here (or in Niigata?) alone
as long as possible.
2014/12/8
In a certain TV program they said Asakusa was crowded
with people from many other countries.
When did I visit Asakusa last? A few years ago?
And yesterday I went to Asakusa by myself.
Somehow I don't like taking a subway.
Is it because I feel uneasy or I can see nothing
out of the window?
I seldom go downtown by subway---never alone.
Yesterday I said to myself, “If you are used to 大江戸線,
you'll be able to visit various places in Tokyo.”
I decided to go to Asakusa by subway 大江戸線.
I took the subway 大江戸線 at Nakai on the Seibu Line
and changed the trains at Daimon for Asakusa.
I had to go up and down many stairs.
I was lucky enough to be that strong.
Here I am at Asakusa!
Yes, the approach to the 浅草寺 temple was so crowded.
There are a lot of shops on each side of the approach,
which is named 仲見世通り.
People were enjoying walking, shopping, talking or eating.
There were long lines of people waiting to get せんべい・
人形焼・ソフトクリームetc.
They all looked happy.
I saw nobody angry.
Some took 浅草寺 for a shrine.
They bowed twice, clapped twice and bowed again at the end.
This is the Shinto way to worship.
That's OK, I thought. They might be people from other countries.
I bought a glass of 甘酒 for 200 yen and 舟和のどら焼き for 210
yen.
I bought 人形焼 for my daughter's family.
I enjoyed strolling around Asakusa.
It was a happy Sunday.
I walked 16730 steps in a day.
with people from many other countries.
When did I visit Asakusa last? A few years ago?
And yesterday I went to Asakusa by myself.
Somehow I don't like taking a subway.
Is it because I feel uneasy or I can see nothing
out of the window?
I seldom go downtown by subway---never alone.
Yesterday I said to myself, “If you are used to 大江戸線,
you'll be able to visit various places in Tokyo.”
I decided to go to Asakusa by subway 大江戸線.
I took the subway 大江戸線 at Nakai on the Seibu Line
and changed the trains at Daimon for Asakusa.
I had to go up and down many stairs.
I was lucky enough to be that strong.
Here I am at Asakusa!
Yes, the approach to the 浅草寺 temple was so crowded.
There are a lot of shops on each side of the approach,
which is named 仲見世通り.
People were enjoying walking, shopping, talking or eating.
There were long lines of people waiting to get せんべい・
人形焼・ソフトクリームetc.
They all looked happy.
I saw nobody angry.
Some took 浅草寺 for a shrine.
They bowed twice, clapped twice and bowed again at the end.
This is the Shinto way to worship.
That's OK, I thought. They might be people from other countries.
I bought a glass of 甘酒 for 200 yen and 舟和のどら焼き for 210
yen.
I bought 人形焼 for my daughter's family.
I enjoyed strolling around Asakusa.
It was a happy Sunday.
I walked 16730 steps in a day.
2014/12/2
On the morning of Nov. 29, I went to Nagaoka Station
by the Joetsu-Shinkansen.
Then I took a taxi to go to Tochio, my birthplace,
where my sister and her husband live.
The taxi driver happened to be a lady driver.
She was far younger than me and we enjoyed talking a lot.
Oh, how happy I was to see my sister!
What a relief!
She looked to be in good condition.
She was afraid of severe winter coming, though.
Everything was ready for winter.
The next day I called a taxi and we went to my favorite
restaurant in a village called すがばたけ.
My sister’s husband is getting harder to walk.
But he can stand up.
My sister and I supported him on each side and the taxi driver
took his both hands in his, and my sister's husband managed
to walk step by step into the restaurant.
How excited I was to be there again with my sister
and her husband!
We had 天ぷら蕎麦定食.
May your days be peaceful!!
by the Joetsu-Shinkansen.
Then I took a taxi to go to Tochio, my birthplace,
where my sister and her husband live.
The taxi driver happened to be a lady driver.
She was far younger than me and we enjoyed talking a lot.
Oh, how happy I was to see my sister!
What a relief!
She looked to be in good condition.
She was afraid of severe winter coming, though.
Everything was ready for winter.
The next day I called a taxi and we went to my favorite
restaurant in a village called すがばたけ.
My sister’s husband is getting harder to walk.
But he can stand up.
My sister and I supported him on each side and the taxi driver
took his both hands in his, and my sister's husband managed
to walk step by step into the restaurant.
How excited I was to be there again with my sister
and her husband!
We had 天ぷら蕎麦定食.
May your days be peaceful!!