日曜日の夜は
天神さんの花火大会でした。今年も浴衣を着て出かけるつもりで、当日の朝下駄を探すと、どこにも下駄がないことに気づきました！慌てて、猛暑の中心斎橋の呉服屋さんへ。そこには、なんと７８０円の下駄が！ 難あり商品らしかったのですが、デザインも可愛かったので即購入。
It was fireworks of
Tenjin festival at Sunday night. I was going to wear a yukata, but I noticed there were no geta(a pair of wooden clogs). Geta are necessaries in the yukata! I headed for a kimono shop at Shinsaibashi right away. They had irregular geta for 780yen. The design was not bad so I bought it.
夕方から髪のアレンジ、着付けを開始。鏡の前で悪戦苦闘を繰り返しましたが、アレンジがなかなか決まらず・・・途中で行くのが嫌になるくらいでした。着付けは毎年着ているおかげで難なく出来ました☆ （せっかく仕上げたアレンジは、セッティンぐがあまくて、行きの地下鉄内でとれてしまったのですが・・・・）
From evening I began hair arrangement and wearing yukata. Hair arrangement's process was not easy! While I was doing it I thought I wonder I give up going to the festival. Wearing yukata was not difficult for me because I wear it every summer. Anyway, I finished preparing:) (My hair had gotten loose before I arrived at the festival...... )
大阪天満宮にお参りするために、まずは南森町駅に下車。商店街は人と夜店の熱気で溢れていました。金魚すくい、どんぐり飴、スーパーボールのお店を横目に、浴衣を着て歩いていると、少し自分がおしとやかになった気がしました。最近は、浴衣のデザインも変わってきて洋服感覚で着ている人もたくさん見かけます。個人的には、古典的な柄が好きです。私は紺・黄蘗色（きはだいろ）・藤色の３種類の浴衣をもっているので、今年の夏は何回袖を通せるか楽しみです。
To visit the tenmangu, we got off at Minami-morimachi station. There were stalls along the street and many people were walking slowly. The shopping street was filled with terrible hot air. Can you image hot air with damp in Japan's summer? I was looking at some stalls(goldfish scoping, apple candy, superball scoping and more....), while walking. For a split second, I felt as if I was demure lady:) It was yukata magic, I think so.
Recently young women wear modern design's yukata. It is so cute but I prefer classical yukata. I have 3 type yukata. Dark navy and dark yellow(like a musterd?), pale purple. I love dark navy's one. This summer how many time will I wear yukata? I'm looking forward to coming next festivals♪
お参りを済ませた後は花火見物に歩き始めましたが、花火の音は聞こえるのに、花火は見えず。
かすかにビルの間から見えるくらい。来年は、ちゃんと見物プランを立てたほうが良さそう。
花火はあきらめて、天神橋筋６丁目付近にあるお寿司屋さんの激戦区へ。数ある中から
すし政さんを選びました。下町的な雰囲気の中、良心的なお値段で美味しいお寿司がたくさんいただけました♪ 食の宝庫、天六！
After visiting the tenmangu, we wanted to see fireworks. We could hear the sound but couldn't see it as many buildings!Next year I should plan to see fireworks:(
We gave up to see fireworks and we went to Tenjinbashi-suji 6 chome for dinner. This area it feels like an old traditional neighborhood and hotly contested sushi restaurant district. We picked
sushi masa from many many. The price is not high. One plate(2sushi) is about100yen-500yen. Tenjinbashi-suji is a food paradise!
ところで、今日は「土用の丑の日」です。夏を乗り切るために鰻を食べて頑張りましょう～！
By the way, it is the day of the ox, which is named after one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac. Japanese have a custom of eating eel on the day of the ox in midsummer to get stamina and survive the hottest season.
A bowl of rice with grilled ell on it!
