GW of this year

29days

vegetables

dandelion

I love the spring. Today, I went to Hibiya park where is close to my office.

There were many people when I arrived at there.
Some people eat lunch while sitting on benches and other watched flowers of the park.

If you like flowers, you will be able to watch beautiful flowers in Hibiya park.

By the way, do you know dandelions?

And have you ever ate them?

In Japan, it is popular to eat dandelions.
For example, tenpura and boiled dandelions.

When I were in Hibiya park, I found many dandelions and I picked them in Hibiya park!

I will boiled them and eat them while drinking beer.
If you find them, please try!

Garland chrysanthemum 16days

Garland chrysanthemum

These photos are my garland chrysanthemum. I planted seeds of Grand chrysanthemum about 14 days ago.
Each seed sprouts two seed-bearing leaf.



Have you ever watched the flower of Garland chrysanthemum I want to watch them.

My vegetables

My new plants

These are my new plants. I will write about them later.
- rocket salad


- radish


- rocket salad

The TV drama "mameshiba"

How are you?

I am fine. But I am busy because of my work.
I don't write about my winter holidays with my family at all yet.

By the way, I watched one interesting TV drama at the last night.

The title is "Meme shiba".

The story is about one Japanese man and his name is Jirou.
He is 35 years old and he lives with his mother.
His character is so funny.
He doesn't work and he depends on his parents.
His hobbies are taking photos and the internet.
Yes, he is hikikomori.
(You many know that the number of Japanese who are hikikomori are increasing a few years ago.)

However, his father was dead one day because of the accident.
After his death, relatives were worried about Jirou.

Then his mother tried that his son would get out his room after his funeral.
But he got back to his home...

Then she thought again.

She gave his son a puppy.
Yes, she tried that a puppy takes his son outside.

The first episode finished.

While watching it, I laughed many times.
I like this TV drama.
So I will keep watching them for now.
According to the news, the movie of this drama will be made this year.
If you are interested in this drama, you will enjoy watching the movie.

Do you like Nabe?

How are you?

I didn't upload my blog at all.

I had a reasons.

The reason is to catch a cold and keep sleeping...
I took 5 days off...

You may know that Japanese workers don't take sick holidays from companies.

I used all my paid days off at this time.

Yes, my paid days off disappeared ...

Oh, my god....

I will try not to take a day off for now.
Because I would like to go to travel this year.
(Sorry, I must not be a good worker...)
Although I must make money.

By the way, I could have a good time with my family on vacations.

For example, eating Japanese food!

At this time, my mother didn't make osechi.

Because we didn't eat them of Osechi and my mother had to abandon them.

So we enjoyed eating Japanese food "Nabe" together.

In the winter, we often eat Nabe.
For example, Mizutaki, Sukiyaki, Oden, Shabu-shabu etc.

My family often eat Mizutaki and I like Mizutaki so much.
Of course, we ate Mizutaki at this time.

I think Mizutaki is a healthy Japanese dish.
The ingredients are these.
- Tofu
- meats of Chiken,slices of fish(Cod),
- vegetables(Chinese cabbage,green leaves,mushrooms)
We ate the other dish too as dinner on the next day.
The dish was Sukiyaki.

When I was a child, I often ate them with my family.
But my father doesn't want to be fat.
So we didn't eat Sukiyaki for a few years.

My mother made Sukiyaki and we ate them at once.

Yes, my weight must be increasing...

I need to exercise for now.

The holidays

Hi, how are you? Now, I am at a home of my parent. Yes, I got on the highway bus for Nagoya in Shinjyuku of Tokyo after attending the farewell party on 26 th. Then I arrived at Nagoya station of Aichi pref in the early morning of 27 th after 6 hours ago. I couldn't sleep enough while getting the bus. Maybe, I was a little excited because I drank a lot of beer in the party. Anyway, I enjoy talking with my parents and watching the movies. I will write about the movies later.

I am up to my neck in work!!!

Hi,how are you? I am so busy since Monday... So I had to work overtime on Christmas... The reason is my job... Yes, I had to fix bugs and programs and release them. I couldn't send emails from my friends at all. I am sorry because I didn't send cards and emails etc from my friends. I will send them from my friends later.

Try not to spend our money?

I can't get over this cold yet...
Anyway, I will take a rest after my work.

By the way, I finished reservations of highway bus yesterday.
I have some tasks of my work until new year end holidays.
And I have to attend the farewell party on 26 th because one temporary staff will quit.

So after I will attend the party after completely finishing my work on 26 th, I want to get on the highway bus at a midnight.
If I get on the bus, I will arrive at Nagoya station in the early morning of 27 th.

If I take day offs from 29th of Dec, I can stay at my parent's home for 8 days!!!

The winter holidays of this year is so long for Japanese.
If Japanese economy was good, many people would go to travel during the winter holidays.
However, the news said that the number of Japanese who will go to travel this year is decreasing.
I can understand that because our salaries may be cut off from now.

About 6 months ago, prices of many things in Japan were raised up.
Now, many Japanese try not to spend their money...

Unfortunately, I don't have any special plans on Christmas and new year day.
However, I will try to have a good time with my family.

Lack of sleep

I have a fever yet..

Unfortunately, my cold is worse than it was yesterday.

I have a runny nose and a little fever, a heavy cough...

Yesterday, I left my office as soon as it was 6 pm.
Then I got on the subway and the train for about 40 mins and arrived at my home.
At first, I didn't want to cook any food.
Because I was so tired.
But I cooked Japanese noodle "Udon" of the boiled egg and ginger, onions.



I slept at 11 pm.
After 2 hours, I suddenly woke up because I had a blocked nose and I couldn't breathe at all.
So I decide to give up to sleep again and started reading books in the bed.

I put Kleenex into my nose because I had a runny nose.
If you saw me, you must laugh at me...

Anyway, I read the book for 4 hours and I tried to sleep again at 5 am...
So I felt a sleep when I woke up this morning.

Although I wanted to stay at my home, I left my home at 8 am after taking a shower.

I hope I will sleep enough tonight until the next morning.

The hotels around hot springs

Hi,how are you?

I am not fine because I have a cold since last Friday...
Now, I have a fever yet...

By the way, you may know I like hot springs.

When I went to Kagoshima on Feb, I took hot springs of the hotel many times a day.
(For example, I took a hot springs 2 times after having a dinner.
Before sleeping and after waking up in the morning, I took a hot spring again.)
They offer limousine service from hotels to the center of Tokyo.
(The fee is only 300yen!!!)

I would like to go to hot springs because the winter is so cold.

I found the hotels "Ohruri".

There are hotels around major hot springs and the prices are so cheap!
Their hotels are close to famous hot springs.
(Kinugawa,Kusatsu,Nikkou,Nasu,Shiobara etc)

Kusatsu is one of my favorite Japanese places. Kusatsu is famous as the winter sport's place.

If you go to there with 4 person, the price with half board is 5,300yen per a person.
(It is including limousine service and dinner and breakfast)

Do you want to go to there?

My year-end and new year holidays

Hi, how are you?
I am fine and I am enjoying net surfing in the office.hahaha

By the way, I am planning to go to Nagoya-city of Aichi pref in order to spend time with my family while year-end and new year holidays.
(I can take holidays from 30 th of Dec until 5th of Jan.)

On 29th of Dec, I will get on the highway bus to Nagoya-city from Shinjyku station. After about 5 hours, I will arrive at Nagoya station stay at my parent's home until 4th of Jan.

Last year, my brother and I have been to Atsuta Shrine on new year day and enjoyed the countdown of New year in there.
When we visited at there,there were a many food stalls around shrine.
Then we drank beer after praying.

According to the website of Wiki, Nobunaga Oda visited at Atsuta shrine and prayed for victory the war in 1560.

There are many exhibitions of national treasures(swords,votive objects,ancient texts etc) in museum of Atsuta shrine.
If I have a chance, I will try to visit there.



I didn't know that!!!

I am looking forward to go to Atsuta shrine again!

Lang-8

Hi,how are you?

I am fine.
However, it is too hard for me to get up and leave from my bed in the morning. Because of extremely cold morning...
So I need many times to leave from my bed everyday.

By the way, I found nice website "Lang 8".
Do you know about this website?

I think this website is so useful for people who want to study languages on the net.

If you write diaries and there are mistakes of your diaries(grammars,phrase etc), somebody correct mistakes for free!!!

And you can check contents of "Lang 8" and you ask somebody help about studying languages.

I signed up for "Lang 8" yesterday, I started my diary of Lang 8.
After starting my diary, I corrected mistakes and taught other Japanese.

If you would like to learn languages or master by using Lang 8 for free, please try using "Lang 8".

What will you do while your year-end and New year holidays?

Hi,how are you?

I didn't upload my blog recently.

Now, I have some free time.
Although I wanted to look for the tour of UK, I can't go to there on Feb of next year.
Because Japanese economy is worse day by day...

I often listen to the news about layoffs of Japanese companies...

Oh, I am sorry.

However, I have to put up with saving money for now...

I will write about my plan of the year-end and New year holidays.

Brit Awards 2009

来年2月に『Brit Awards 2009』が開催されるそうです。

日時は2/18（水）。ロンドン アールズコートで開催されるらしい。
※アールズ・コート駅（ロンドン地下鉄のディストリクト線・ピカデリー線）


UKミュージック好きとしては、一度でいってみたい。

ちなみに私の夢はJamiriquaiのLiveを本場UKで見ること！
もちろん、そのほかのUKのミュージックを本場で聞くのも夢のひとつです。

「BW」 「BW」

UK again?

Hi,how are you?

I managed to finish off one of tasks on time and I have some free time until mid-Nov. So I will try to check out the tours of travel agency on the net and I will decide to go to where I'll go next year.

Do you know where I will go to travel on Jan or Feb of next year?

Well, at first, I'd like to go to Italy or Spanish,Malaysia.
My mother hopes that she will visit Italy or Spanish.

I will need a long vacations if I go to there with her.
Because there are far from Tokyo, And heavy jet lag too.
I like travel.
However, I don't like to get on planes for a long time...

Then we discussed where we will go to there a few days ago.

We want to visit UK again after going to UK for the first time.
Yes, now, I am looking for informations of UK.

Although I have been to UK for the first time, I really love UK's culture or nature, other.

And I didn't go to all museums of UK around London.

So I'd like to go to there again.
Now, I miss UK's pubs because I am writing about UK.