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  • Obon

    The spirits of our ancestors are supposed to come back to our home in the evening of 13th of August ( or July) and leave in the morning of 16th of Au... 続きをみる

  • Our local high school baseball team won the first game.

    I seldom watch the professional baseball, but I like to watch the high school baseball. Probably it’s because they are pure and sincere in thei... 続きをみる

  • Linear precipitation band

    It rained a lot last night in my area. According to today’s newspaper, a linear precipitation band occurred near my area and rained 120mm/hour.... 続きをみる

  • Cool and comfortable.

    It’s very cool and comfortable this morning. I feel as if I were in a summer resort. I have long wanted to go somewhere to avoid this summer&rs... 続きをみる

  • Why must we be tortured?

    I took my wife to the hospital yesterday and the doctor administered new medicines to her. But she is still sleeping without eating meals. I wonder w... 続きをみる

  • Day care

    Today two care givers came to see us to explain how to apply for a qualification for taking care. They told us to take a description from a doctor ho... 続きをみる

  • It’s cool today.

    I am awfully glad that it is cool today. It’s not only cool myself, but also my wife must be comfortable. To tell the truth, she doesn’t ... 続きをみる

  • Time for a nursing home?

    I have wanted to live in my house as long as possible. But the situations have been changing. It is getting hard for us to go shopping, prepare meals... 続きをみる

  • It’s comfortable.

    I had my hair close-cropped just on the day I was discharged from the hospital a couple of days ago. It is quite comfortable though it may not so goo... 続きをみる

  • Hospitalized

    July 28th I was hospitalized by ambulance in the evening. I was suspected to have gallstones. June 29th I was inspected with MRI and in fact found to... 続きをみる

  • Friends leaving

    I had the friends with whom I graduated from the same university. Three of them passed away already. We shared the same hobbies, social dance and igo... 続きをみる

  • Be careful when you buy electric appliances.

    The other day I bought a gadget which is supposed to get images of the smartphone on the TV screen. Unfortunately I couldn’t set it properly ev... 続きをみる

  • Struggling with weeds.

    Although our garden is small, weeds cover it all over. It is too hard now for us to pull them out. So we decided to use weed killer. It seems to be o... 続きをみる

  • What is happy to be 90?

    I watched the movie ‘What is happy to be 90’. It was dramatized from the essay written by Aiko Sato. It was interesting, but we must not ... 続きをみる

  • Vanity

    My name appeared in the newspaper. I don’t know why I’m so glad to see my name in the newspaper. I wonder why we don’t lose our van... 続きをみる

  • Nursing care certification

    I’m thinking that I will apply for a nursing care certification. Nowadays I feel hard to walk. Feeling backpain beside being dizzy has begun. M... 続きをみる

  • I hope this will be the last.

    My new false teeth are ready today after having four teeth of mine pulled out. It took a long time and painful to treat. I’m glad it’s ov... 続きをみる

  • Everyday is Sunday.

    I wonder how long has it been since everyday became Sunday to me. How much I wanted free time! Now I am tired of free time. Life is hard!

  • Kusano strong!

    Kusano is making an excellent performance every day. He is from our hometown, Kumamoto and I am cheering him. He is young, and can be expected his fu... 続きをみる

  • The day is ending quietly.

    The day is ending quietly today, too, without happening anything special. They say that we should think we are happy if there is nothing special. I k... 続きをみる

  • Camping alone

    I hear that camping alone is popular now. When I look back to the time I was young, I often went camping alone. Of course we can enjoy camping with o... 続きをみる

  • Do you believe in the next world?

    Considering of my age of 88, it is quite natural for me to think what would happen to me after death. Some people believe in the next world. So they ... 続きをみる

  • Our resident

    He or she is our resident who is crawling on the window and trying to catch a small insect. It is marvelous when it catches an insect so swiftly. It ... 続きをみる

  • Cruising

    Have you ever taken a cruising trip? I have a couple of times. One was a trip from Taiwan to Japan. Another was from Japan to Pusan. I’m sure t... 続きをみる

  • Sumo wrestlers from Kumamoto.

    Nagoya sumo tournament has begun. There are many highlights this time. First the newly built building is used. It is big like a baseball stadium ( Ma... 続きをみる

  • Rou-rou Kaigo.

    When we are young, it isn’t so much trouble even when our spouse get sick. But when we get older, it is more trouble to take care of our spouse... 続きをみる

  • Where are you going for this summer vacation?

    According to a certain survey, about 37 percent of the people won’t go anywhere for this summer vacation. Last year I went to Ubuyama village a... 続きをみる

  • Which would you choose?

    Allow me to talk about my illness. I have been having diabetes for a long time, decades already. I am now worrying about which I should choose. My pr... 続きをみる

  • Grandchildren’s power.

    The other day I wrote that the elderly like to talk proudly of their grandchildren. I don’t have anything special to talk proudly of our grandc... 続きをみる

  • Cooking is hard.

    My wife has been preparing meals since we got married, but she feels hard to cook nowadays. I understand that’s because of her age. Unfortunate... 続きをみる

  • An amusing scene at the hospital.

    When I went to the hospital yesterday, I saw an amusing scene. The elderly woman on a wheelchair was being scolded for something by the young woman w... 続きをみる

  • Gakudo sokai

    Probably not so many people know this word ‘Gakudo sokai’ any more. It means school children’ evacuation. Toward the end of the Sec... 続きをみる

  • Somen season has come.

    It’s good to eat somen when we don’t have an appetite on a hot day. When we were a child, somen didn’t have any tastes. But now it ... 続きをみる

  • Karaoke time

    karaoke time My wife and I have karaoke time after every dinner. Each of us sing two or three songs every time. We don’t have a karaoke machine... 続きをみる

  • Mikkabozu

    I am glad that I could avoid ‘Mikkabozu’. I continued online English lessons for four days today. In fact, it is quite a burden for me, b... 続きをみる

  • Do you like a game?

    I participated in the igo tournament which was held at the community center today. The results were two wins and one loss. We feel glad when we win. ... 続きをみる

  • My blood pressure is too low!

    When I got up this morning, I felt terribly sluggish. So I checked the blood pressure, the highest was only 92 and lowest 48. Do you know what happen... 続きをみる

  • 25 minute lessons are too long for me.

    I have finished the on-line English lessons now. It is too long for me. Today’s topic was a self-introduction, so there were a lot of things to... 続きをみる

  • Special pumpkin

    This pumpkin is special. Do you know why? Of course, not. This has grown from a seed which mingled with the garbage. I buried it in the ground. Then ... 続きをみる

  • Can I survive this heat?

    The rainy season was over much earlier than usual. Then this heat has come. Yesterday it was nearly 34 degrees and today it is expected to be 35 degr... 続きをみる

  • The Beatles’ festival

    Last evening I went to the Beatles’ festival. The band played the Beatles’ music, Let it be, Imagine and so on. We can not only listen to... 続きをみる

  • Trouble again!

    Yesterday I couldn’t enter the classroom of on-line lessons on iPad. So I tried to use the smartphone today. I could enter the room today all r... 続きをみる

  • Terrible day today!

    I decided to take on-line English lessons, and I was ready to start the lessons today. But I couldn’t enter the classroom. Probably I was wrong... 続きをみる

  • I can’t sleep at night.

    I have tried not to take a sleeping pill or alcohol even if I can’t sleep at night. But I have depended on alcohol for these three days continu... 続きをみる

  • Have you ever tried on-line English conversation lessons?

    I have taken on-line English lessons several times. But I cannot continue them long. They usually give us 25 minutes lessons. They are too long for m... 続きをみる

  • Hard treatment

    Old people have to often go to the dentist. I had four of my teeth pulled out this year. It was terrible. Today I made an impression of my teeth. It ... 続きをみる

  • A big tsunami will attack Japan?

    The rumor that a big tsunami will attack Japan on 5th of this July is spreading in Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan. Do you believe this? I never do... 続きをみる

  • Wow, lots of peaches!

    My sister-in-law sent us a lot of peaches today. As you know, fruits are very expensive nowadays. So I can seldom eat fruits except bananas. It is go... 続きをみる

  • A folk dance

    I have just come back from the folk dance lessons. I began to take the lessons this April. They are given once a week. But because of my frail health... 続きをみる

  • Hikaru-no-go

    Have you watched ‘Hikaru-no-go’ ? This is a Japanese anime which has been popular not only in Japan but also all over the world. I seldom... 続きをみる

  • A good helper.

    He is a good helper. Not a physical helper, but an internet related one for me. I used to teach him English when he was a high school student. Now he... 続きをみる

  • What do you do when you can’t sleep?

    I try not to take a sleeping pill or alcohol even when I can’t sleep. But last night, I drank alcohol. I usually go to bed at 11:00 or 11:30 an... 続きをみる

  • Aspiration

    When we get old, it’s easy to stick something on our throat. I also stick something on my throat often nowadays. I try to move my mouth as ofte... 続きをみる

  • No ending for the elderly to be cheated.

    Whenever I read articles in the newspaper that the elderly are cheached and taken millions of yen or tens of million, I cannot help feeling sorry to ... 続きをみる

  • I hate Israel.

    We human beings can’t stop fighting from individual one to countries’. Israel attacks the people in the Gaza Strip. It is miserable to se... 続きをみる

  • Internet ‘igo’

    We live in the convenient time. We can play igo on the internet. Of course there are people who want play face on face. But there are a lot of conven... 続きをみる

  • A shopping refugee

    I knew a word ‘ shopping refugee’, but I didn’t know that I would be a shopping refugee myself. I returned my driving license many ... 続きをみる

  • Death in Paradise

    I often watch English movies for both of pleasure and English learning. There is an English TV drama called 'Death in Paradise'. I like this ... 続きをみる

  • Reading a book in bed.

    I read a book for half an hour or one hour before I go to sleep. This is a substitution for a sleeping pill. But sometimes when a book is so interest... 続きをみる

  • Just walking in the rain

    Jim Reeves - Just Walking In The Rain The rainy season has set in my area. Let’s enjoy raining.

  • I reached the age of 88 last month.

    I became 88 years old on the 23th last month. To be honest, I have never thought that I would live so long. To be more honest, I didn’t think t... 続きをみる

  • Our garden reborn.

    Our garden was reborn. The professional gardener trimmed branches of the trees beautifully. Especially the branches of the plum tree were cut off dra... 続きをみる

  • Cheer up!

    Cheer up, Hiroshi! It is getting cooler day by day. I feel recovering my health a little by little. Yesterday I walked the same distance as before ta... 続きをみる

  • ホッと一息。

    今日から、妻が1泊2日の旅行に出た。 普通、妻はダンナが出張などで家にいなくなると喜び、夫は妻がいなくなると不便になるので嫌がる。 しかし、私はたまには一人になるとホッとする。 まず、自分の好きなものが食べられる。 私はインスタントラーメンが好きなのだが、妻はそれを嫌がる。 今日は、思う存分食べる... 続きをみる

  • これにはびっくり！

    最近、友達ともカラオケに行かなくなったので、もっぱらアプリを使って一人で歌っている。 昨日は久しぶりに歌ってみたら、驚いた。 点数が98点ちょっとで、13人中1位であった。普通は85点前後なのだが。 曲は千昌夫の北国の春だった。 この種のアプリはあまり当てにならないと、聞いたことがある。 しかし、... 続きをみる

  • 読み放題。

    いつも図書館には自転車で行くのだが、最近きつくなってご無沙汰している。 それで、アマゾンのアンリミテッドに加入した。 実は以前にもこれを利用したことがあるが、読みたい本がアンリミテッドでなかったりしてやめてしまったことがある。 しかし、図書館に行けなくなった以上仕方がない。 私の好きなジャンルは、... 続きをみる

  • もう嫌になった。

    体調を崩して、もう10日ほどになる。 信じられないかもしれないが、バナナが当たったのである。 激しい下痢と嘔吐があった。一旦収まったので、これで回復に向かうものと思っていた。 しかし、今だに吐き気がし、食欲もないし、体がだるい。多分夏バテもしているのかもしれない。 早くもう一度元気になりたい。

  • To my dear readers!

    Hi, my dear readers of my blog! Thank you very much for reading my blog. However, I am afraid that I need a little break for a while. I seem to be a ... 続きをみる

  • I slept well.

    I slept well last night. First, I couldn’t go to sleep for about an hour. So I decided to take a sleeping pill. Then I could go to sleep soon a... 続きをみる

  • I failed again.

    I failed again. I drank a can of beer just before I went to bed last night. Nowadays I often cannot go to sleep soon. It takes me a long time. So I d... 続きをみる

  • Which do you like?

    Which do you like better to see a doctor whom you don’t have to wait for or to see your favorite doctor you have to wait for a long time? I wou... 続きをみる

  • Making a plan for a trip

    ( the Senomoto highlands) A couple days ago, my wife said to me, “I would like to go on a trip somewhere.” So I have made a plan for that... 続きをみる

  • My impressions of Ann of Green Gables

    ( One scene of the movie Ann of Green Gable) I am glad that I can fulfill my promise with one of the dear readers of my blog. I promised her that I w... 続きをみる

  • Why is China so provocative?

    (Chinese Navy Survey Ship Intrudes into Japanese Territorial Waters) China have often intruded into Japanese waters and airspace. I just don’t ... 続きをみる

  • Artificial grass

    It is getting hard for us to mow the grass in the garden though it is not so large. So we are thinking of using artificial grass. But there seems to ... 続きをみる

  • A pleasant discovery

    While I was reading a certain book yesterday, I found the book which I had wanted to read again. I forgot its title and author’ name. Now I hav... 続きをみる

  • I like Taiwan.

    Since TSMC was established in Kumamoto, the exchanges of the two countries have been active. Not only the workers but also students and tourists have... 続きをみる

  • Crisis is over.

    The typhoon has gone now. We stayed at home without evacuation last night. The wind wasn’t so strong. Someone must have done a miracle. We had ... 続きをみる

  • At most alert!

    It seems most certain that the typhoon will pass over our city. The evacuation recommendation has been issued to our city. We couldn’t decide w... 続きをみる

  • High school student from Kumamoto won a championship in Igo.

    It’s just marvelous. A student from Kumamoto won a championship in the national high school Igo tournament. I remember that I once participated... 続きをみる

  • Evacuate or not?

    A big typhoon is coming near. It looks to cross all Japan. Does it have a grudge against Japan? My old house is vulnerable to a strong wind. It is al... 続きをみる

  • Persons living in memory

    When I was reading a book yesterday, I met with a nostalgic scene. The author described his memory when he played baseball with his friends in a smal... 続きをみる

  • Cashless settlement

    They announced that the cashless settlement in Japan has reached almost 40 %. I usually use cash except using a cash card from time to time. When I s... 続きをみる

  • It is a sweet memory.

    I found a rare picture in today’s newspaper. This is a picture when the Olympics were held In Sydney. I was studying at a university in Sydney ... 続きをみる

  • Was it necessary to kill children?

    Have you ever heard the children’s evacuation ( gakudo-Sokai)? The children had to move to safer places when the war was severe. The ship which... 続きをみる

  • Cows suffer from summer heat.

    Not only human beings but also cows are suffering from summer heat. They say that cows are more sensible for heat than human beings. The owner of thi... 続きをみる

  • TSMC effects?

    The population of Koshi city has exceeded 65,000. And the effects of TSMC have been spreading gradually? Many local governments are worrying about th... 続きをみる

  • Alain Delon has passed away.

    アランドロン「太陽がいっぱい」 French movie star legend, Alain Delon has passed away. He was 88 years old and one year older than me. I have watched the movie Plein... 続きをみる

  • A tooth came out.

    One of my false teeth has broken when I was eating Nan for curry. I am afraid that I will have to go to the dentist’s for some time. My real te... 続きをみる

  • Daikanbo

    I dropped by Daikanbo on my way back from camping yesterday. Mt. Aso is said to be the biggest on scale as a caldera in the world. According to a leg... 続きをみる

  • Went camping.

    We have just come back from camping. Our son took us for camping. My wife doesn’t like to sleep in a tent, so we rent a lodge. It was comfortab... 続きをみる

  • I still remember.

    I still remember the day when the 2nd World War ended. We heard the announcement of the Emperor on the radio. The rumor went on. All men would be kil... 続きをみる

  • Our son has come home

    Our son came home last night and surprised us. He didn’t say that he would beforehand. Anyway we are glad to see him, especially my wife is. He... 続きをみる

  • Have you ever fallen from the bed?

    I fell from the bed last night. I hurt my forehead and shed blood a little, but it seems ok. I often fall from the bed. When I stayed at the hotel in... 続きをみる

  • Do you like cooking?

    It’s a long time since men’s cooking classes were popular. This is good for men and women. Especially for wives. But I’m sorry to s... 続きをみる

  • Mountain Day

    It was Mountain Day yesterday. I often climbed Kuratake when I was young. It is 1,118 meters high and suitable to climb. I like nature, so do I mount... 続きをみる

  • Obon returning rush has begun

    Children and grandchildren are coming back to hometown to see their parents and grandparents. This is really good to see. I have two children and als... 続きをみる

  • Former Japanese soldiers detained in Siberia

    Do you know the historical fact that the former Soviet Union broke Japan-USSR Neutrality Pact and detained many former Japanese soldiers in Siberia? ... 続きをみる

  • Earthquake, thunder, fire, father.

    We had a big earthquake yesterday. It was Magnitude 4 in my area. First I was frightened by an earthquake warming on the smartphone. Then it swayed f... 続きをみる

  • National high school baseball tournament has begun.

    National high school baseball tournament began yesterday. The representative of Kumamoto prefecture is Kumamoto-Kogyo. This school has become the rep... 続きをみる