a wild boar

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.

hydrangea

Simple Life

I'm talking about Simple Life.
Now some lucky people can choose many things and get things they want and need to select or refuse them.I want to try many things when I 'm intrested in and I did.Sometimes I couldn't do and it is Never ending.I wanted to looking for my special favorite...
I saw the word " Simple is the best".I think what is Simple?
If the people do same thing all of their life,is that their simple life?
if the people has a quick decision, they might spend simple life?
What do you think?

the water!

I like to drink hot tea and coffee and so I really like to look for a nice cup for drinking tea.In Japan we have some good pottery and I went to Arita in Kyushu last year.I bought my cup there.It is white and blue.I like the colour.
I don't drink cold water.I used to drink cold tap water since I was a child,but now I don't drink it.When I want to drink cold water,I bought a bottle of water or I boiled water and drink.We can drink tap water,but taste is not good in a city.If you go to mountain side ,you can drink nice water.It is really good.Japanese water is mild.Where the water you drink come from?

sun flowers!

In Japan there are four seasons, spring, summer, autumn, and winter.I watched TV and knew that a sun flower has bloomed and other flowers don't recognize that we are in winter now.Some trees still change colour and hold red leaves like autumn.I think it is just a little part of problems and it is visible.I can't see other problems right now.There are 365days in a year,and 90days should be winter.If we can't feel four seasons, what does happen next?

Luck in!

I throw soybeans in each of our room at home and throw to outdoor from the windows and doors.
It is "Setsubun" today.We do"Mamemaki" .We threw soybeans on 3rd of Feb. We says "Oni wa soto! Fuku wa uchi!" in Japanese while we threw soybeans .It means "Demons out! and Luck coming in!" and it is the Lunar New Year's Eve, and spring has come.
Tomorrow new season will begin.

It's winter!

Today we can see the full moon .It is really cold in Japan.According to the weather report, today is the coldest day in this season but we have not cold winter in this year.Stop global warming.

Global climate change is "very likely" to have a human cause, an influential group of scientists has concluded.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said temperatures were probably going to increase by 1.8-4C (3.2-7.2F) by the end of the century.
It also projected that sea levels were most likely to rise by 28-43cm, and global warming was likely to influence the intensity of tropical storms.(by BBC 2007.2.2)

If I Knew It

I found this on my friend's diary. Please read this.

"If I Knew It Would Be the Last Time"
by Norma Cornett Marek

If I knew it would be the last time
that I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly
and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time
that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss
and call you back for one more.


If I knew it would be the last time
I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word,
so I could play them back day after day.

For surely there's always tomorrow
to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance
to make everything right.

There will always be another day
to say our "I love you's",
And certainly there's another chance
to say our "Anything I can do's?"

But just in case I might be wrong,
and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you
and I hope we never forget,

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone,
young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance
you get to hold your loved one tight.

So if you're waiting for tomorrow,
why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes,
you'll surely regret the day,

That you didn't take that extra time
for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone,
what turned out to be their one last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today,
and whisper in their ear,
that you love them very much and
you'll always hold them dear.

Take time to say "I'm sorry,"
"Please forgive me," "thank you," or "it's okay".
And if tomorrow never comes,
you'll have no regrets about today.

Have some coffee?

These are my special coffee. Here you are!

Start

I thought the sun was really beautiful this morning.
I've just started "2007".

Feng Shui

I sometimes read the book " Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui" by Karen Kingston.
When I felt that I had too many things to think in my brain,and I said so to my friend,and my friend recommended me to read this book.It is a kind of Feng Shui book and it says there are important points in a room and if you clean the points ,luck comes,because if you clean up the place and keep there free,then a new thing comes there,and I think I believe it.It helped me a lot.

Hiking to Mino

One of my friend lives in Mino-city.The city has a good hiking course from the Mino station to the mountain.
We met at the station at 9am on Sunday morning,Actually we had to meet earlier if you got pure air and minus ion.
They say minus ion is good for health.Anyway we walked to the mountain,and talked to each others.
We could feel really flesh green during our walking,and my friend showed us some good points for praying to the gods.
They have some temples on the mountain.
The main of the hiking is watching the Mino falls.It was beautiful.We are in early summer,and it was hot day,
but around the fall,it was quite cool,and the water was clear.
I'm lucky that I have some friends who walk with me like this...thanks.

present

I met my some friends.My friends and I went to a same junior school and high school,and also we were in a chorous club.
The members of the each grades were so many, because we practiced for a conpetition and school festival,but we all liked sing a song together and the club,so we had to sing a same song a lot of times,and practiced very hard.
and then we are still friends and it was the first time we had met in a long time.
one of my frineds got married and we bought a present for her today.We chose the tree for her.

Japanese Tea

Now we can drink good taste Japanese tea in this season.

dance

My salsa teacher and his group members had a show at sky building in Osaka.I'm just beginner,but I like salsa,because 2 years ago I went to the salsa show and saw their show and my friend also danced in the group,and they danced and taught the audiences how to dance salsa,and I thought I liked the music and the an atmosphereso was good at that time.They were so cheerful when they danced salsa.
I go to the show every year.This year some of my friends came to the show and after we watched the salsa show we could practice it together.It was fun!!!It looks really difficult but the teacher always made us happy!!!Let's dance salsa!!!BTW We went to the dinner at a Hawaiian^^ restaurant,Mauloa near the sky building.

ukulele

I went to a Ukulele lesson on Thursday !!!!!!I played the Ukulele!!!!!!Kyoko told me that we could go to Ukulele lesson,and she knew I was interested in Ukulele.Anyway, this was my first lesson.The teacher is Japanese,but he 's been to Hawaii so many times.He chose the Hawaiian song to play the Ukulele for the lesson.The name was "Ke anu 'o Waimea ".I haven't hared that song,but I like this song.We had been practice it for 2 hours....but I couldn't play the song...but I knew some code.The sound was so nice and lovely.

bike

I like to ride a bike.I bought my bike last year.
I hadn't ridden a bike for long time ,and I had a good opportunity to ride a bike last year,so I really wanted to buy a new bike at home!Then I finally bought one at the end of last year.It is white and a mountain bike.When I got it ,it was rainy day and I rode it for almost 2 hours from the shop,but I was really happy at that time!

fegn shui

Do you believe "fegn shui"?It has a long history,so I believe it.Some Japanese think about "fegn shui" when you build your house.I'was not so interested in it ,so I haven't thought how we put our furniture or windows...I've just started think about this.I only heard Yellow is good for money or Red is good for some wishes..but I'm not sure.

meeting

On Tuesday,I went to Hiro-san's place and joined a meeting.She had a big meeting for us.It was amazing!We had a great dinner and talked some new friends during the dinner,and the dishes were all handmade and special for us,so yummy!yes,a plate of chicken and vegetables soup is so delicious!I love to eat the dishes again,and then we learned how to arrange flowers.Thank you Taniguchi-san!It was fun and a good experience.I might be going to learn his class soon.
BTW I didn't do anything after we finished the meeting..sorry.I'll help her something next time!