前回から一週間近く空いてしまいました。 平日は残業が続いて毎晩フローリング で寝落ち、連休はひたすらお布団の中で。 まだまだ体力つけないとですね。 気を取り直して、旅の記録を続けます。 It's been almost a week since my last post. I had a tough …

先週末の三連休、電車に乗って那智の滝と紀伊大島に行ってきました。 On the last three days off, I visited Nachi-falls and Kii-Oshima by train. This is the train I got on! "Kuroshio" the limited express runs from Kyoto to Shingu City in Wakaya…

木曜、金曜と、二日続けて寝落ちしてしまいました...今週は残業が多くて疲れてたのかも。（間違いなく疲れていました...） I fell asleep before I noticed, after dinner on Thursday & Friday. I was exhausted from overtime work this week. 昨夜、深夜…

It's St. Valentine's Day today. バレンタインデーですね… Japanes people have been bothered by the weired custom to give ”courtesy chocolate" to male co-workers on the Valentine's day for long time. Both those who gave and those who received…

Last night I fell asleep before finishing the article and skipped posting one time. 昨日は記事を打ち終える前に寝落ちしてしまっていました... I made "pork ginger" for the second try with our iron pan. Udes sweet pickled ginger in this recipe…

A little happiness for my family. とてもささやかなことなのですが、鉄のフライパンを買いました。 We got a hammered iron pan. The last one was an aluminum pan with surface work done. It was not bad, but the surface work had become chipped as …

新年快楽！ Happy lunar new year! 本日旧暦正月です。 ようやく本格的に甲辰の年が始まりました。 Now we're going deeply into 2024, year of Kinoe(Yang of wood)-Tatsu(dragon). "Kinoe" is the first celestial stems which means "wood" of the five e…

I visited to see a Chinese medicine today. 今日は漢方内科の通院日でした。 And I got blood work done to see if those Chinese herbal medicines had worked well or bad. The results will be informed in a couple of weeks. 今日は採血もあって。 漢…

Almost forgot to keep the record of my kimono on Feb. 3. 節分の着録をすっかり忘れておりました。 水色に様々な色が混ざった、不思議な模様の訪問着。 そう、実はこれ、訪問着なのです。 絵羽模様かと問われたら、私には判別不能な、まるで色無地のよう…

Here're some extra pics from my trip to Kyoto. 京都遠足のおまけ画像です。 A drugstore just in front of Yasaka shrine which dosen't look like it. 八坂さんの前（西側です）にあるツルハドラッグ。やはり京風ですね。 お昼ご飯はこちらで！四条に来…

There are some more pictures from Kyoto Railway Museum I want to share with you here. 鉄道博物館の写真、もう少し載せたいのがあるのです。 懐かしい新幹線！修学旅行で初めて乗ったのがこれだった気がします。 "Zero series Shinkansen", the bullet …

In the afternoon of this day, my husband and I visited Kyoto Railway Museum near Kyoto Station, which we always wanted to visit there! この日の午後からは、場所を移して、以前から念願であった、京都鉄道博物館に参りました。 The main purpose is…

It was the last day of winter, in Japanese old calenter. And today is the first day of spring, as I wrote yesterday. 昨日も書きましたが、昨日は二月三日、節分でしたね。 そして本日二月四日は立春！春の始まりです。 It has been said that demons…

It is the end of winter day today. And tomorrow will be the beginning of spring according to the calendar. 今日は節分。 明日から暦の上では春ですね。 We have a custom to eat Nori-maki(rolled sushi) for dinner. It's said to be the best to ta…

TGIF! It has been a hard week. ようやく金曜日。解放感に満ち溢れております＾＾ I had some overtimes this week. And one day on my way home, trains were significantly delayed due to a train accident around the evening rush hour in the middle …

Do you know what today is? 今日、2024年2月1日は、何の日かご存知ですか？ "Laughing man incident" has just begun today in a Japanese great animation "Ghost in the Shell". アニメの攻殻機動隊の笑い男事件が起きた日ですー！ My husband and I like…