Tofuku-ji Temple in Kyoto

Tofuku-ji Temple in Kyoto

http://www.tofukuji.jp/index2.html

Christmas Tree in Kobe

Thursday, November 8, 2007
47 Days Until Christmas

Lunch Meeting

A University

A Cafe in Kobe

A port at night

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)

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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

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