Ryoan-Ji Temple

During my stay in Kyoto,
I visited Ryoan-Ji temple after almost 20 years.
This temple is very unique as you know.
Time goes slowly, and this makes us relaxed.

When I visited last time (20 years ago),
I wasn't very interested in this temple.
A friend of mine said she wanted to go, so we went.

However, this time, I could be very relaxed.
I noticed that I changed little by little for these 20 years.

Especially lotus and green moss were very beautiful
besides this stone garden.

International City

I visited Kyoto for four days three nights.
I went there in my car. I left Tokyo for Kyoto at 23:45
and arrived there at 16:00 because I didn’t use the express way.

It was cloudy there, so I was lucky
because we could enjoy sightseeing without hotness.
I visited a lot of places, but they gave me
new and different impressions from the past ones.

I saw lots of non-Japanese visitors in Kyoto.
Kyoto is really a very international city.
I heard not only English but also many kinds
of languages in many places.
And clerks in shops also don’t hesitate to speak English at all,
probably because they need it.

It is said that Japanese people are poor at English,
however, we must be able to be good at English
if a lot of non-Japanese people are around us like Kyoto.

The best way to be able to communicate in English is
whether you have non-Japanese people around you or not.

My current favorite song

Can you see You-Tube?

My current favorite song is as follows.
Copy the following URL and paste it on the top of your internet explorer.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfqgBNSmIh8

This song makes me fun,
and it reminds me of lots of summer memories of my school days or so on.
I really liked summer when I was younger,
and went to a lot of places by car or so on with friends of mine.

I like their another song, too. The title is さくら.
They released this in 2005. It is the year I came to Japan.
This song also reminds me of lots of things.

Not Ken but けん

Last Saturday a steak restaurant けん opened along 平和橋 street.
I like this restaurant very much.
It was Royal Host several years ago.

We can enjoy Salad buffet if we order one dish of any steaks,
and it costs only from 980yen to 1,500yen.
(It depends on what stake you order.)

Until last week, I visited the restaurant けん in 松戸 or 鎌ヶ谷.
They are a little far for me, so I am very glad.

Visit this with your family someday, please!!
http://www.steak-ken.com/

江東区 Fireworks Festival

I went to see the fireworks festival of 江東区
with some of my friends last night.
We had it between 南砂町 and 西葛西.

This festival is smaller than lots of the festivals in Tokyo
but it was good enough because of the size.

Also this year, I could go and see the fireworks.
I like them because we can feel summer and become excited.
From now also on, for a long time in my future,
I hope to be able to go and see fireworks in summer.

Where am I?

This frog is somewhere in my office.
He is one of the members of my office, too.
Have you even seen him here?
He wants you to find himself every time.
I like such animal character goods.
It heals me very much!

Fireworks Show

Today we have Fireworks Show of 葛飾 in 柴又.

Five years ago I went to see it, and I was very excited.
At that time, that was my first year after I came to Japan.
So I was very very impressed with it.

The level of fireworks in Japan is really really high all over the world.
Last year I went to see the show of 江戸川&市川.

Unfortunately today I can't go to see it because of my work.
Every Tuesday I work, also every Saturday I work, too.
Recently fireworks show is held on Saturday.....

Luckily I found a fireworks show held on Sunday.
Then, I'm going to go to see it with one of my non-Japanese friends.
He is really interested in seeing it, so I will take him.
He must be impressed with it.