Posted by: Sariko
(May 7, 2009 1:08 AM)

Yey!
We got chocolate from Agata san from Poland☆
They knew that we love chocolate because they read this blog
before come to Japan.
Thank you soooo much Agata san, very nice of you !!

Posted by: Sariko (May 7, 2009 1:08 AM) | Permalink

Posted by: Kayoko
(May 5, 2009 2:03 PM)

Today, May 5th, is national holiday called 'children's day'.
Since long time ago, we set up the carp (koi)made of light cloth or made
with paper on the balcony.
We can see a lots of carps like swimming in the blue sky :)

I found this picture, Koinobori with Mt.Fuji on their behind, this is nice ;)

'Nobori (noboru as verb)' means 'go up'or 'ascend'
then, 'Koi nobori' describes 'The carps going up (stream)'.

Since antient times in China, there was a story 'carp become dragon when they
go up to the top of waterfall',
so people have set up 'koi' outside and wishing their children grow up healthy
seems like carps going up waterfall powerfully.....

This link should be make you unserstand what that means,
my explanation is not good enough :p
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kodomo_no_Hi

Posted by: Kayoko (May 5, 2009 2:03 PM) | Permalink

Posted by: Kayoko
(May 4, 2009 9:10 AM)

This time, this person!

Masatoshi is very unique and we know he has been traveled all around the world
but nobody know how many languages he speaks...?
I do hope he write a book about his travels oneday...that should be interesting!!

Name: Masatoshi Abe
Home Town: Shikoku (The most beautiful island of the four principal ones in Japan
with splendid nature and warm-hearted people)
Language: various languages
Favorite food: anything green that grows from the ground and sweets
What I like most in Tokyo is 『Yoyogi Park』and 『Inogashira Park』
and I like 『Jackie Chan』 very much. I love the way he moves.
What I don’t like most in Tokyo is 『JR Saikyou line
(one of the busiest train lines in Tokyo) 』
Country traveled: All around the world
Travel episode:
On the morning of my first day in Tokyo I took a train to one of the busiest station, Shinjuku.
The train was so packed as I barely could breathe.
No sooner did the train arrive to my destination than its doors opened
And it was when I saw something astonishing happened.
Suddenly the people around me started stampeding out of the train
and I had to manage someone shoving me away from my back before I realized
what was going on.
All what I could was just walking with the flow of people without knowing where I was heading.
Since then this experience traumatically makes me be reluctant to go to
the station every single morning and evening as you can’t imagine.
But….some time has passed since then, now that I’ve been willingly living
in the town finding lots of exiting things.
I should have in mind that always good and bad things can be found everywhere in the world
and I already know that it’s better to focus on the positive side in order
to make our stay more pleasant.
Enjoy Tokyo!

Posted by: Kayoko (May 4, 2009 9:10 AM) | Permalink

Posted by: Kayoko
(May 1, 2009 1:10 PM)

This is Mark from Holland!

We have had short conversation when he checked in and
he told me that he going to Kiryu for planting, volunteer work.
He seemed so excite about what he going to do and showed me a big smile :)

Hi Mark, how you doing? genki desuka?
How is volunteer work?
I hope you doing fine and I do hope...you meeting a lots of nice people ;)

Posted by: Kayoko (May 1, 2009 1:10 PM) | Permalink