MERRY CHIRISTMAS IN YOKOHAMA!

The　illumination in Yokohama is very nice!!










Just at Minatomirai,the candle festival was held.
***Many candles lightened all around***
It was very beautiful~~^-^.
There are only a couple of weeks left before the New Year comes.
One year really flies,doesn't it!?
Thankfully,I could lead a full days in this year.
I was able to have many precious experiences
and encounter the great companions.
Many thanks my family, friends,coworker.....^o^

With Best Wishes for Christmas & New Year 2007!!

##Symphony No.9 in D-minor##

I and my sister went to hear
"Ludwig van BEETHOVEN's Symphony No.9 in D-minor"
played by JAPAN PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA.

"Symphony No.9" is a music of "JOY".
It was composed by BEETHOVEN deeply captured
with the ideal of "Freedom,Equal,Humanity" the French Revolution carried.

When I hear "Symphony No.9", I feel the end of a year,and at once
I appreciate I could spend the health and happy life for all this year.

Kobayashi Kenichiro,the conductor
is internationally famous.
I was looking forward to seeing his condacting.
The condactor is so important
in a good performance!


"Symphony No.9" played by the orchestra & a choir of 100 & over voices
under the direction of the great conductor was very wonderful^o^.
I was so moved that I got goose bumps!!!

When the performance finished, the hall resounded with the clapping
of the audience for the while.
All the orchestra were pleased with their success*^-^*.

By the way, in my high school,
all the students sing "BEETHOVEN's Symphony No.9" in German
at the entrance and graduation ceremony.
This is one of the traditional events.

Because I was playing the piano every time,I hadn't sing.
But I could feel thier wonderful singing voices than whom!
"Symphoney No.9" brings back my junior high school memories~~!

We had a blissful moment^0^ ""Bravo!!""

****Christmas Arrangement****

I made a pretty Christmas arrangement,
arrangeing X'mas tree with wire,decorating a lovely snowman^o^.
The arrangement which is full of X'mas color flowers makes us happy,doesn't it!?

As for Christmas colors....
Red(Blood of Jesus Christ,Passion&Love) , Green(leaf color of Evergreens, vitality),
and White(Purity,Innocent) are general.

In addition to,
Christmas flowers are Poinsettia,Holly(HIIRAGI),Christmas Rose ets.
All the flowers have the means connected with Christmas and Jesus Christ.

Merry Christmas!!

Beaujolais Nouveau 2006!!

The New Beaujolais has arrived Nov,16,2006!

The annual arrival of the Beaujolais Nouveau
will be one of the most exciting events
in the wine lover's calender.

I hear that the wine,which is released annual
on 3rd Thur in Nov, began as a local phenomenon
in the bars,cafes and bistros of the Beaujolais region north of Lyon,
and today more than 70 million bottles are sold warldwide.

Around 45,000,000l of Beaujolais Nouveau is produced each year,
making up about a third of the region's total wine production.
About half of this is exported, some of it as far as Asia.

In USA, it's common for Beaujolais Nouveau to be drunk
on Thanksgiving(on the 3rd Thurs in Nov),
since the holiday falls only a week after the year's production goes on sale.

In France, where the wine is made, winemakers who have worked hard
all year tend to look forward to Beaujolais Nouveau Day
as a celebration of the season coming to an end.

Anyway, Beaujolais Nouveau is popular among all over the world.

It's said that Beaujolais Nouveau isn't a wine to keep.
It must be rapidly consumed within a few months of it's production.

And unlike other red wines, it is served chilled.
By chilling a wine lightly,
you can taste more refreshing and more evident fruit flavors.

This year's Beaujolais has a good balance between fruitiness & acidity
because the weather in France alternated regularly
from hot to cool between June and August,said an official at Asahi.

I think Nouveau is light,fruity wine which is very easy to drink.
I have a kind of feeling the fresh grapes smell.

By the way,talking of wine...I love a sparkling wine!
I like not only it's tast but it's happy atmosphere.
A sparkling froth rising in the champagne makes us happy~~
It has the gorgeousness and dream,I feel^o^.
Someday,I want to try drinking "Salon",
the most eminent wine in the Champagne!!

Toast!! Beaujolais Nouveau 2006^.^

Colored leaves in Hokuriku.

My family visited "Hakusan Super Rindo",
the spot of colored leaves in Hokuriku.

Hakusan was very deep mountain.
It's colored leaves were so beautiful!


As we passed through the super rindo, we were captivated by the nature beauty. Hakusan was glowing in the bright blue sky!

The world Horitage Site "Shirakawa Village" A house with a rafter roof was created by the wisdom
of the people live in the heavy snowfall area.
The Shirakawa Village covered with snow will be more tasteful~~^-^

On the 2nd day, my family stayed in Kanazawa.
We often visit Kanazawa where we lived in the past.

Kanazawa called "The ancient city of Hokuriku" is very attractive place!
In the modern architecture, the nature,the old row of houses&streets,
the traditional culture.....remain.


The traditional crafts,Ohi, Kutani-yaki and Kagayuzen...are famous.
Whenever we come to Kanazawa,we visit their shops.

Kanazawa has a lot of good foods,too!!
The fresh fishes come from the Sea of Japan
and delicious japanese-style sweets...
We ate seafood bowl in Oumi market for lunch.

In the dinner,
we went to our favorite
japanese food restaurant"Taro".

It stands along the river and the atmosphere is good!!

It serves 'Kaiseki' during the summer and 'Nabe' during the winter.
We go eating the Nabe about once in 2 years.
At the Taro,the waitress attends and set Nabe.
So you can eat the more nice Nabe.
Taro's Nabe full of the fresh fishes is really tasty~~!

The full moon I saw in Kanazawa was beautiful^o^

Halloween!!

knock,knock,knock....
You open the door and there stands one or more children
standing in some sort of costume, highly excited
and all screaming at the top of their lungs..."TRICK or TREAT!!"

Today is Halloween!!^o^
It's a tradition celebrated on the night of Oct.31,by children
dressing in costumes and going door-to-door collecting sweets.

Halloween's older spelling "Hallowe'en" is shortened from
"All-hallow-even", as it's the evening before "All Saints' Day"
that is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints,
such as the Bon festival in Japan.

As for Halloween,
we associate with fancy costume and pumpkin lantern!
By dressing as GHOSTS,WITCHES,MONSTERS...etc,
the evil spirits(demons) wandering around the houses
is surprised and driven!!
Pumpkin lantern is known as "Jack-O-Lantern".
The fearsome face of the jack-o-lantern was representative
of the God of the dead who would drive off less powerful
evil spirits abroad that night.

The word "Jack-O-Lantern" comes from the Irish tale.
In the tale, a man named Jack was fond of playing tricks
on the devil.
Annoyed, the devil tossed Jack a burning coal from hell.
With the coal in his "lantern", Jack was condemned to walk
the earth forever searching for rest.

That reason is the jack-o-lantern is a Halloween idol
that keeps alive an anciant symbol of demonic superstition.

By the way, the symbol of Halloween is....In America it's a pumpkin,
but in In Europe it's often a turnip,large beet,potato,rutabaga
or even a skull with a candle in it!?

Anyway,Halloween originated from a festival among the Celts
is the event both adult&child can enjoy,
and it is celebrated all over the world^-^.

I had a chance to visit America just at the Halloween season before.
A lot of Halloween goods were on display in the shops,
and Halloween events were held everywhere.
I could see the houses decorated with Halloween,too.

The town was full of Halloween mood.
The street turned Black&Orange that are traditional colors
of Halloween.
Feeling over the festival had run high in town!!
In this evening, many of people in the world
may be excited by the Halloween party~^.^


The right picture is Halloween flower arrange:
My house had a small Halloween party!!
As lighting the candle of Halloween,
We ate tonight's dinner, pampukin gratin,
pampukin soup, pampukin cake...and so on!

Happy Holloween 2006!!^o^

Home party & Live!!

I visited my friend's new home
with my university friends.
The view from her home,high mansion
in Shibaura, was very good!!
A splendid view unfolded before our eyes!!
We stood in admiration of the view for a minute.
The interior and objets were also in excellent taste
and it was very nice home^o^.

My friend gave us quite a good lunch.
Her cooking was very good!
The baked bread on anchovy&cheese was delicious~~^^
We really enjoyed the meal,thank you!

And the B.D cake suddenly served...!!!
with candle & name plate!
I was very glad>_<.
Thank you a lot for my friends.


The strawberry short cake was so good,wasn't it!?
We enjoyed home party very much.Thank you for invitation!
I was dissapointed not to meet Mat today><.
I'm looking forward to seeing him next time.

In the night, I went to the live my acquaintance plays.
My acquanintance who was playing the trumpet
in the group looked very happy^o^.
The live warmed up and our feelings were elevated!
We had a delightful time at the live!

It was my birthday this week.
I received some original cards,massages,flowers,
and gifts from my friends.
I was glad that they remember my B.D,
and I'm grateful that I have such thoughtful friends!
Thank you^-^

French Dinner!!

I went to French Restaurant with my friend.
The popular restaurant in Ebisu that
isn't so large had a quiet and homey atmosphere.
The service was pretty good and
we could have an excellent food & a good dinner time!

The course dinner was every hearty.
We were full up!
Um....even so, the ice-cream with salt
was interested~~^o^.

Flower arrangemet

Today's arrangement, "Diamond Style",
is the classic & elegant shape that is often uesed
at a ceremonial occation.
The yellow roses produce a gentle atomosphere~~

Fishing(*^-^*)

Fishing is often called "King of hobbies".
It may be because many factors of interest
are mixed in it.
It's outdoor of facing nature,sport of using a body,
hobby of be addicted to the fishing tackles&collection,
game of enjoying a guess.... and so on.
I think fishing is the deep play.

This time,I first challenged fishing!!
The boat sailed from Misaki Port at the early morning.
It rolled heavily in the high waves.
At first,we were excited at the feeling like an attoraction in TDL.
But we gradually has feeled sickness at our stomach><.

The only fine captain^^led to the point & explained the way for fishing.
The use of the fishing tackles and the way to get a timing were very difficult.
The fish wasn't caught easily -.-
Fishing is like the game that pits the wits against a creature
in the natural world, so the result hasn't be made easily.
It was hard beyond the imagination.

You will be impressed all the more when you hook a fish
because it's hard,won't you!?

Sadly, though I couldn't catch a fish,
I could enjoy the peculiar atmosphere of fishing
and see very fresh fishes jumping & kicking only just fished
for the first time in my life.

The relish of fishing in the sea is eating the fishes you have hooked!!
Do you know WARASA, a child of BULI?
I hear this is the best season for WARASA.
I received a share of it.
The fresh fish was rich and very delisious!

I was happy to have a valuable experience^o^

On our way home,we saw a beautiful ray of sun from the car window!!
The sun's rays radialy come filtering through the clouds
is said "LADDER OF ANGEL" in the West.
It was really beautiful scene, wasn't it!?

It was fine day! As listening to the good song of KOBUKURO,
I could enjoy a pleasant drive too! Thanks a lot for good time^o^

TAKESHI CASTLE!?

Do you remember "TAKESHI CASTLE"
broadcasted on TBS in the past.
The driving range where I went golf practicing today
is the site of "TAKESHI CASTLE" in Machida.


The driving range TBS run was interested~
Many bills of TV program and variety show are put!
The golf-ball with TBS logo and
TBS original golf goods sold there were pretty^o^

Many flower arrangement

I didn't show flower arrangement recently,I pot togeter here.

[Vertical design]
This desigh is classic style.
It's arrnged by vertical and straight line.
By arranging the flowers toward the top stright,
it seems to be sharp.
I like such a smart & sharp arrangement!!
The quiet carnations and pale pink roses are very pretty,
aren't they!?

[Basket arrangement]
The basket design is the most suitable for the gift.
The bouquet only baund is beautiful,
and so is the flower arrnanged little.


I spread a cellophane paper in the basket, set oasis, arrange flowers,
and finally have a pink ribbon in the flower arrangemet.
The pretty basket style finishs!!

[Triangle arrangement]
Do you see what sort of flowers arranged in the center??
They are very chic color of sunflowers!!
I haven't see such a strange color of sunflower before now.
Though they make a great impact on the flower arrngement,
they match with light flowers.
Do you think so???

The Cloth Sanda l^o^

Yuko,the junior to me at the office,
brought the sandals that are her mother own work
for her colleagues.

Her mother made them by using the material
of the used clothes.
So the many kinds of sandals are made!
They are all the colorful and pretty^o^

In addition, they are very comfortable to put on & washing is OK!!
Nice hand-made sandals!!! They are very cute, aren't they!?
Thank you Yuko&Yuko's mother^^.I like it very much!

***The wedding party***

I was present at the weeding party of my university cheer's friend
took place in "AOYAMA ELYSION HOUSE".

They were marriage between collegues and
had a companionship of many years. And the couple finally got married!

I was glad she seemed to be very very happy^o^.
She was really beautiful & cute. She seemed to be a princess.

The weeding bouquet that a bride made was very wonderful!
Thank you for beautiful bouquet. I was so greatful>_<.

The weeding party was a touching wedding.Really it was very nice!
Congratulaion on her wedding!

& thank you for w.j.stars cheer's.
I appreciated their cooperation!!

The Garden Dessert Buffet was very good~~^^

In Nagoya^o^

I went to Nagoya with my friend.
Talking of Nagoya special products..."Hitumabushi"!!.
First of all, we went to eat it.
"Houraiken" is the most famous store of hitumabushi.
http://www.houraiken.com/
There was a long line of people waiting to get into the store.

It was very very delicious^o^! it met our expectations!
The rich eel was so soft that it melted in the mouth.
We ate up a big bowl of rice topped with the eel.

Another Nagoya product, a dish of Udon boiled in miso soup.

The Udon has the peculiar miso flavor was too nice!



In the night, we went to Gifu prefecture next to Nagoya where my friend lives.
He gave us the delicious Nagoya products dinner.
We really enjoyed the meal, Thank You^_^

This is the Nagoya castle!

The castle tower so interesting to us that we spent 1,5 hour.
It has the many past as a castle of 17 generations of "House of Tokugawa".

It's said that a symbol of Nagoya castle
"Shatihoko" is a lucky charm.

We had a good time in Nagoya.
My friend! Let's trip next time!
I'm looking forward to wait the chance^.^

SUMMER VACATION!!

Do you know "ganbanyoku" is getting boom now!?
I went to the ganbanyoku's birthplace, Tamagawa hot springs in Akita Prefecture.
The ganbanyoku of Tamagawa spa is very famous,and often appear on the mass media.

You spred a mat on the rock heated by ground heat and lay.
The ganbanyoku gives many kinds of good effect,
Health,Beauty,Refresh,Diet....
I felt warmed to the bon and very comfortable^o^
The power of the natures is wonderful,isn't it!!

I went hiking in the country.
The alpine plants are very pretty.

I felt refreshed in mind and body.

The Akita's specialty, Inaniwa-udon!! The chewy noodles is good!

Thank you for nice trip(o^o^o)