Halloween

Museum

Osaka

Sweets

Sky

Kobe

grocery shop

I went to Motomachi in Kobe and dropped by a grocery shop at Motomachi shopping center.
I found a ice cream by chance and bought it.
I don't eat ice cream so often but it is new for me and My friend recommended the mango ice which is from Australia. It is rally yummy!
The shop staff gave me a little piece of the ice in front of the shop and I tasted it.
There are many kinds of food from many countries in a shop.

summer

I found some Japanese stuff for summer.
These are some fans which are very pretty and also hand towels.
Some people use a mosquito coil(katori-senkou) out of doors.
We put a mosquito coil in a pig ceramics incense holder.

Kamogawa

I went to Kyoto to see my friend last month.
She draw a Japanese-style paint and she put on a solo exhibition.
I also met some of my friends in the place by chance.
The paintings are really colourful. She used many colours for them and I like to see them. But she doesn't have her exhibition every year.
It was the last day of the exhibition, so after the exhibition we packed her beautiful paintings into some boxes together.

Stars

I went to Hawaii with my family and came back last week.
We were very busy there and we had just for 3 days! for free time.
I was always with my parents.
We went to the beach and some shops.
My mum and I have allergenic for sun,
plus we were not interested in shopping in a souvenir shop,
so it was not good condition for us....a little bored.

The beach is clean and nice scenery and we climbed Diamond Head.
It took for 40 mins. to the top.We met many tourists there.
It also has a nice view from Diamond Head.
We could see the beautiful blue sea and Honolulu town.

There were a Japanese Festival* at the last night
at Honolulu we were there.
Many Japanese visited and dancing Hula, singing Japanese songs,
and performing drums or some...It was fun but it was just like Japanese summer festival in Japan!!!
I went to Ukulele shop by myself.There are many Ukulele in a shop.

But most interesting thing was watching stars.
We visited Hawaii island too.It is more natural and I like there.
I could see a lot of stars at night.It was really really dark.
There was no light in a street, and we parked a car near there.
The stars were so beautiful!!!There are some observatory on a mountain.I'd like to go to the observatory next time.
My friend recommended to go there,she went to see the stars.
You can watch more stars there.
This is my trip to Hawai'i.

*The 28th Annual Celebration
Matsuri in Hawaii(Pan-Pacific Festival)
with the King Kamehameha Celebration
Date:2007.6.8(Fri)-6.10(Sun)/Place:Waikiki, Ala Moana Center
Japan Grand Sumo Hawaii Tournament at Neal Blaisdell Center(6/9,6/10)
Matsuri in Hawaii began in 1980 as a cultural exchange between Japan and Hawaii.
(http://www.pan-pacific-festival.com/B_history.aspx)

hydrangea

Hawaiian Festival

Aloha Summer Festival in Osaka 2007
You can enjoy Hula & Hawaiian Music!
Many Hula dancing groups are coming and have some live music too.
Please come and enjoy Hula dance and nice music!!!
Time:May 25th(Fri)16:00-21:00
26th(Sat)11:00-21:00
27th(Sun)11:00-21:00
Place:Umeda Sky building
Fee:Free

Kobe

Kobe Nankinmachi

Kobe Nankinmachi

kobe nankinmachi

C.All blacks

The Classic All Blacks team will play the first match on Wednesday the 9th of May.
Date:May 9th/19:30
Place:Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium
Kirwan has made arrangements for a Japan XV to take on a Classic All-Blacks team, featuring the likes of Jonah Lomu, Carlos Spencer,and play the second Match on Saturday the 12th of May, kicking off at 14:00 at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Stadium.
Classic All Blacks:
1 Joe McDonnell,2Matt Sexton,3 Gordon Slater,4Royce Willis,
5Simon Maling, 6Scott Robertson,7Sam Harding,8 Ron Cribb,
9Justin Marshall, 10Andrew Mehrtens, 11 Jonah Lomu,
12Tony Brown,13Scott McLeod,14 Jeff Wilson,15 Carlos Spencer,
16Lance Po Ching,17Kup Vanisi,18Charles Riechelmann,19Paul Thomoson,20Jamie Joseph, 21Mark Robinson,22Eric Rush,23Mark Ranby,24Pita Alatini

Talk Show at FORTYFIVE
Date:May 8th 19:00(open)/19:30~21:00
Place:「FORTYFIVE」Kobe(078-241-3000) MC:Kouichi Murakami
Guest:Andrew Mehrtens/Royce Wills
Fee:1000 yen(with1 Drink)

Namba

I went to Namba in Osaka. I had a hamburger at KUA'AINA.
Osaka Baseball Stadium had closed and opened a new shopping place in Namba.It's "Namba Parks".
It's near Namba station and they also have an office building, Parks Tower and shopping mall, many kinds of restaurants and Parks Cinema.
http://www.nambaparks.com/cinema
http://www.kua-aina.com/

Salsa House Osaka

Grand Opening Party!!!
Each day will feature special shows! All major top Latin dancers in Kansai will gather this party!
Date:May 18th,19th,20th
Place:Salsa House Osaka
Fee:1DAY PASS 3,000yen （with 1DRINK).
2DAYS PASS 4,000yen （with 2DRINK） *1DRINK/per day.
3DAYS PASS 5,000yen （with 3DRINK） *1DRINK/per day.
http://salsahouse.jp/

sweet food

When I was a student, I and my friends or family sometimes used to go to a spaghetti restaurant in Okamoto, in Kobe. There were many kinds of Spaghetti dishes there. We often couldn't decided one of them. Every dishes looked yummy. Tuna and corn, bacon and spinach etc. and Cream sauce and Tomato sauce...plus they also serve us Japanese sauce for Japanese, like soy sauce taste. The shop had opened at least 25 years, and it suddenly closed the end of last year. I heard the owner was too old for running the restaurant. It was not real Italian restaurant but I like the taste and the taste took me old days...do you have something sweet memories about food?

Merrie Monarch Festival

The 44th annual Merrie Monarch Festival will feature some of the finest dancers from around the Hawaiian Islands and some from the mainland.(on April 12-14,2007)
Ten young women will vie for the title of Miss Aloha Hula 2007 on Thursday, April 12. Watch as the performers show off their talents in the kahiko (ancient) and auana (modern) dance.
On Friday night, April 13, watch kane (men) and wahine (women) halau (groups) dance the kahiko, traditional dance.
The event wraps up Saturday night,April 14, with the kane and wahine halau performing their auana. It ends that night with the awards ceremony.
TKITV 4 Island Television will provide live TV coverage of the time-honored event. TheHawaiiChannel.com will also provide live streaming video of the event online. Viewers have watched the event live from as far away as Europe, the Middle East, Japan and Mexico.
http://www.thehawaiichannel.com/merriemonarch/index.html

Yoga in English

Yoga in English（4/10-6/26）
At Shinsaibashi(Osaka) ,Cafe "C Flat"
Yoga teacher is Peruvian,Rudy.Let's study Yoga in English.
Date：April-class.4/10 (19:45～20:45)　
（6 class：4/10,4/24,5/15,5/29,6/12,6/26 on Tuesday）Same course of January-class
Place：at Cafe "C Flat"no admission（1 class 1,800yen)/(3 months(6-class)9,000yenWhen you miss a class,no repayment,give you a note nexttime,thanks)
①4/10YOGA : Breathing, Relaxation Basic Concepts:Tibetan Yoga(12 different poses)
②4/24:Power Yoga Mantra: Science of Sounds (sounds making has positive effects on the body) Stress, Chakra, Body Balance
③5/15: Dream Yoga (This yoga has specific results on the mind and nerves system. ) Relaxation, rest, meditation.
④5/29:Mind Yoga　(Improves relationships,understanding of oneself...and more. )
⑤6/12: Karma yoga (understanding your life how to change karma, how karma works.)
⑥6/26: Samadhi Yoga ( deep meditation the steps to and how to meditate, what to meditate on.)
We start the class on April 10th.Join us and have a good time!
（18:30～19:30 Spanish class 1,500yen）
HP : http://www.freespacecflat.com/
Mail: freespace_cflat@yahoo.co.jp