Tuesday, 31 August 2010
恋の甘方楽~Sweet medicine~
友人が島根県の出雲大社へ行っておみやげを買ってきてくれました。久しぶりにとても嬉しいおみやげでした。彼女は薬剤師さん。お昼休みに白衣を着た姿で、この処方箋をくれたので、“何の薬?”と思ってみたら『恋の甘方楽❤』。かなりHappyな気分のお昼休憩でした。
My friend gave me a gift(omiyage) because she had gone to Izumo taisya. It is national treasure and one of the oldest shrines in Japan. There is the god of relationships, so people go to there to pray for a good relationship.
She gave me funny gift. When she gave me it I thought it was a medicine as package was like a prescription.
And she is real chemist: ) But it was 縁結び(En-musubi)candies❤ I don't know how can I express “ en-musubi” in English. I like this word“ en~縁~”. Maybe matchmaking?? Anyway I was so happy!
Sunday, 29 August 2010
白浜〜Shirahama〜
もうすぐ9月なのに、大阪の夏はおわりそうになく相変わらず猛暑。
週末は温泉を満喫するために、白浜の海舟へ。
September is just around the corner. But Osaka's summer has been terrible heat.
So we went to Shirahama as enjoy a Onsen(a hot spring).
どんな旅館か心配していあたけれど、選んで大正解!でした♬
I chose “Kaisyu” for staying Japanese style hotel. This was right choice♬
お部屋から太平洋を臨むことができる素敵なステキなお部屋。
We could see the Pacific Ocean from our room, it was really wonderful.
到着は夕方だったので、すぐにお食事。
Our arriving was an evening and a supper time was 5:30p.m. Soon we had to eat dinner. I don't know why the hotel's supper time are at 5:30p.m and 8:00p.m, we didn't choose the time to eat. This style is not usual.
海鮮のコースは色とりどりに飾られた魚介類が盛沢山。お味は、んーまあまあ。可もなく不可もなく、印象に残らない感じ。でも、大勢のお客さんをさばかなきゃいけない旅館としては、
こんな感じなのかな? 決して批判してるわけではなく。。。
The seafood course was beautiful dish up. But all foods taste were so so. They have two courses, seafood style and beaf style. Because Shirahama abounds in fresh seafood, we chose seafood style.
食事の後はラウンジにある梅ジュース(無料)を飲みながらサンセットを鑑賞、幸せのひととき。
After dinner, we drunk free ume(japanese apricot) juice at a lounge. The sunset view was fantastic from there.
部屋に帰って御茶受けを頂きながら、のーんびり。
浴衣、作務衣は好きなものを選べたので、2着選んで着替えを楽しみました♪
There were japanese sweets and tea at room. Relax time.
Room wears were yukata and samue. They have many kinds of yukata and samue.
どうでしょ? 竹久夢路さんがデザインしてるみたいです。
All kimono and samue's design are wrriten by Takehisa Yumeji. How do I look in this yukata??
もう1着はこんな感じ。なんだか仲居さん?忍者みたい?
館内はすべて裸足。廊下には畳が敷いてあって、この格好で前から向かってくる他のお客さんは本当に忍者みたいでした。
Another is this samue. Looks like nakai-san(parlor-maid) or Ninjya?
By the way, we walked barefoot all place in Kaisyu. A tatami mat was spread in the corridor, so touch of a bare foot was comfortable; ) When hotel guest wore samue come from a other side of corridor, it looks like a ninjya.
そうそうこの旅館は、お客さんへのサービスは最小限で合理的。
スタッフはお客さんを部屋まで送ったり、御茶を入れたりすることはなく、
わたしにとっては、プライベートが守られてる感じがして良かったです。
This hotel's waiting on customers was rational. It was comfortable for me but it is not tipical Japanese style.
Almost Japanese hotel's staff do guidance to the room and various trivial routine duties. This hotel's staff's work was simple, I thought so. Maybe cost cut. I enjoyed private.
のんびりした後は、楽しみにしていた混浴へ!
写真はないけど、この温泉は素晴らしかったです!
私が行った時は誰もいなかったので、貸し切り状態♡
満天の星空、目の前に広がる海と波音、虫の声。のぼせそうになるくらい、長ーい時間、その空間に浸っていました。
After relax time, go to Onsen! I was looking forward to enjoy mix bathing. Don't mistake, I wanted to see open-air bath.
I'm sorry, no photo. This onsen was so wonderful!!!!! I could see stars of the sky and the Pacific Ocean and listened to a sound of wave and a singing voice of autumn's insects. Long time, I was filled with deep emotion in the space.
週末は温泉を満喫するために、白浜の海舟へ。
September is just around the corner. But Osaka's summer has been terrible heat.
So we went to Shirahama as enjoy a Onsen(a hot spring).
どんな旅館か心配していあたけれど、選んで大正解!でした♬
I chose “Kaisyu” for staying Japanese style hotel. This was right choice♬
お部屋から太平洋を臨むことができる素敵なステキなお部屋。
We could see the Pacific Ocean from our room, it was really wonderful.
到着は夕方だったので、すぐにお食事。
Our arriving was an evening and a supper time was 5:30p.m. Soon we had to eat dinner. I don't know why the hotel's supper time are at 5:30p.m and 8:00p.m, we didn't choose the time to eat. This style is not usual.
こんな感じなのかな? 決して批判してるわけではなく。。。
The seafood course was beautiful dish up. But all foods taste were so so. They have two courses, seafood style and beaf style. Because Shirahama abounds in fresh seafood, we chose seafood style.
食事の後はラウンジにある梅ジュース(無料)を飲みながらサンセットを鑑賞、幸せのひととき。
After dinner, we drunk free ume(japanese apricot) juice at a lounge. The sunset view was fantastic from there.
部屋に帰って御茶受けを頂きながら、のーんびり。
浴衣、作務衣は好きなものを選べたので、2着選んで着替えを楽しみました♪
There were japanese sweets and tea at room. Relax time.
Room wears were yukata and samue. They have many kinds of yukata and samue.
どうでしょ? 竹久夢路さんがデザインしてるみたいです。
All kimono and samue's design are wrriten by Takehisa Yumeji. How do I look in this yukata??
もう1着はこんな感じ。なんだか仲居さん?忍者みたい?
館内はすべて裸足。廊下には畳が敷いてあって、この格好で前から向かってくる他のお客さんは本当に忍者みたいでした。
Another is this samue. Looks like nakai-san(parlor-maid) or Ninjya?
By the way, we walked barefoot all place in Kaisyu. A tatami mat was spread in the corridor, so touch of a bare foot was comfortable; ) When hotel guest wore samue come from a other side of corridor, it looks like a ninjya.
そうそうこの旅館は、お客さんへのサービスは最小限で合理的。
スタッフはお客さんを部屋まで送ったり、御茶を入れたりすることはなく、
わたしにとっては、プライベートが守られてる感じがして良かったです。
This hotel's waiting on customers was rational. It was comfortable for me but it is not tipical Japanese style.
Almost Japanese hotel's staff do guidance to the room and various trivial routine duties. This hotel's staff's work was simple, I thought so. Maybe cost cut. I enjoyed private.
のんびりした後は、楽しみにしていた混浴へ!
写真はないけど、この温泉は素晴らしかったです!
私が行った時は誰もいなかったので、貸し切り状態♡
満天の星空、目の前に広がる海と波音、虫の声。のぼせそうになるくらい、長ーい時間、その空間に浸っていました。
After relax time, go to Onsen! I was looking forward to enjoy mix bathing. Don't mistake, I wanted to see open-air bath.
I'm sorry, no photo. This onsen was so wonderful!!!!! I could see stars of the sky and the Pacific Ocean and listened to a sound of wave and a singing voice of autumn's insects. Long time, I was filled with deep emotion in the space.
入浴後は、無料のアイスキャンデイを。
それから、10時には夜鳴きそば。これも嬉しい無料。
After bath, I ate free ice candy: p And hotel's staff serve us free noodle at 10:00p.m.
After bath, I ate free ice candy: p And hotel's staff serve us free noodle at 10:00p.m.
10時にいったのに、待ち番号札は12番。上には上が。
〆は、部屋にある露天の檜風呂を堪能。本当に癒される。
虫や自然が嫌いでない人にはうける宿じゃないかな?
五感で楽しませてくれる感じです。
The finish of day was an open-air bathing in the room. I love Japanese cypress bath❤
The finish of day was an open-air bathing in the room. I love Japanese cypress bath❤
温泉に入りすぎたみたいで、かなり眠たくなったので0時就寝。
I took a bath too many times this day......
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
I took a bath too many times this day......
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ ★
翌日は、朝から豪勢な朝ごはんでした。朝からあまり食べることができない私にとっては多すぎましたが・・・・。
Next morning, gorgeous breakfast, too much for me.
Next morning, gorgeous breakfast, too much for me.
旅館の敷地内を散策した後、部屋の檜風呂に入って、早めのチェックアウト。
まだ涼しい午前中に、名所巡りをするため。
We finished check-out early to make a tour of the noted places.
千畳敷(Senjyojiki)
三段壁(Sandanbeki)
円月島(Engetsuto)
とれとれ市場には新鮮なお魚がいろいろ。
この猛暑、生モノなので購入は断念。
代わりに和歌山の名物、梅干をたくさん買って帰りました。
On my way to Osaka, we dropped in tore-tore market. There were variouse fresh seafoods. I wanted to buy some fish but I gave it up as terrible heat. Instead of it I bought umeboshi which was special product.
白浜、とっても好きだけど猛暑の3時間ドライブは、何度でも体験したいものではないかな~。
また違う季節に♪
I love Shirahama but 3 hours driving was not so good this season, next time I want to visit there comfortable season♪
Thursday, 19 August 2010
夜の散歩~Night Walk~
夜も明るい大阪市内のセミは、夜を昼と勘違いしていたのか、一日中鳴いていたけれど、もう声は聞こえなくなっていた。なんとなく可哀想だった大阪のセミ。季節は少しずつ変わろうとしている。
Osaka's night is like a day time as it isn't dark. So cicadas had been chirped all day. Now they don't chirp. I felt they are unhappy. the season, The season begin to change little by little to autumn.
今日はひさしぶりにこの靴(MBT)を履いて夜の散歩。日中は36.6度あった大阪、今は31.1度らしい。
日中の散歩はしばらくはおやすみ。最近、肉体改造をしようと、わずかだけど筋トレを実施中。成果はでるのかな?
For a long time I didn't wear this shoes(MBT) because I had not been walking as terrible heat. Today it was 36.6℃ day time and now it is 31.1℃ at Osaka city. Recently my body becomes dull so I thought I had to excercise to strengthen my body. But day time I can't excercise. If I did it, I suffer from heat strokeX (
Anyway I am doing exercise a bit everyday. It will make my body good condition??
Monday, 16 August 2010
Bon holiday
私のお盆休みは14日から今日まで。祖父宅でまたまたのんびりと過ごしました。
大阪から田舎へ帰る電車の中で読んだ「阪急電車」は様々な乗客たちの物語が重なり合う、心をほっこりさせるお話。そして、阪急今津線の紹介本としてなかなか役に立ちそう?なガイドブックでした。来年、中谷美紀さん主演で映画化されるようなので楽しみです♪
My Bon holidays was only 3day, today was last day:( While Bon holidays I was staying at my granpa's home. It was slowly time, I spent the time to read book and sleeping. Of course, don't forget visit a grave.
I read two books, one was “Hankyu densha(train)” and onother is “Way of life that does not become sick”.
Hankyu densya was heart warming story and it was like a guide book of Hankyu-imazu line. The movie of it will come next summer. The actress will be Nakatani Miki.
もう一冊、ぱらぱらと目を通したのが、本棚に眠っていたこの本。
なんだか強烈なタイトルなので、ずっと胡散臭いなぁと思って読んでなかったのですが、少し著者に感化されてしまいました。明日から、玄米ご飯と炊いてみよう・・・などと。
I was not interested in the book(Way of life that does not become sick), but yesterday I read it I don't know why:( Anyway I was influenced by the author! From tomorrow, I will cook unpolished rice in substitution for polished rice.......
Friday, 13 August 2010
鶴橋~Tsuruhashi~
夏になると焼き肉が食べたくなる。猛暑を乗り切るため、体がスタミナを求めいているのかな?
大阪で焼肉と言えば、鶴橋。今夜は鶴橋に降り立ちました。
I want to eat roasted meat in the summer. Maybe my body needs a stamina to win heat this season.
Tonight we went to Tsuruhashi which has many Yakiniku(roasted meat) restaurants.
焼き肉、ホルモン屋さんが所狭しと並んでいて何処に入ろうか迷ってしまいます。
今日は「神牛」へ。鶴橋駅を降りたらすぐ。
There are many roasted meat restaurants as I couldn't choose. Tonight we chose “Shingyu”. It was not like a Tsuruhashi style, I thought so. If you can experience deep Osaka, you should choose other restaurant ; )
残念ながら焼き肉は、すぐに食べてしまって写真がありませんが・・・。
どれもあっさりしてて、お腹につかえません。鶴橋にしては!?上品なお味でした。
Raw meat and Kimuchi's photo. I did't take a photo of meat because I ate it before taking a photo:p
All meat were healthy for us. Not greasy.
明日から私は3連休。何処に行っても混雑してるんだろうなぁ。
My holiday(only 3 days) will start♪
Wednesday, 11 August 2010
先生?~Sensei~
今年は少し早目の台風が上陸しているらしいけれども、大阪は今のところただ蒸し暑いだけ。
お盆休みに突入している人もたくさんいるので、朝の電車はガラガラで少し切ないです。
私は今日も仕事でした。私は仕事柄、「先生」と言われます。学校の先生なら仕方がないけれども、
そうでもないのに私よりも年長者の方でさえも、当たり前のように30年しか生きていない私に「先生」と。みんな名前を覚えることが面倒? なのか、礼儀正しさのせいか、自然とそうなってしまうのかもしれないけれど、呼ばれるたびに、違和感。名前で呼ばれる関係が築けたらもっといい仕事ができる気がするのだけれど。
An early typhoon seems to go ashore. Now Osaka is hot and humid, as usual. Because Bon holiday has began, I felt sad a bit this morning as commuter train was not crowded. And I am not off day! Anyway, because of the profession, I am called "Sensei(teacher)". Though I'm not teacher of a school, but maybe Japanese easily calls various occupations's person a teacher.( I'm a counselor or clinical psychologist) Even the elder calls matter-of-factly me "a teacher". To learn all name might be troublesome, I think so. But I feel sense of incongruity whenever I am called a teacher. Though the relations that each other calls by a name make better work' s relationship. As for me, it is hard to learn names of people : (
Tuesday, 10 August 2010
1980's fad
なめ猫。私が小学校くらいの時、一瞬だけハマりました。今思えば何が良かったのかな?と思いますが、流行りってそいうものかな?
Nameneko was popular with Japanese in 1980's. I love it so I bought some goods. But I think now why I love it? I don't know what it was nice. Fashion is such a thing?
なめ猫と一緒にくっついてくるのが、光GENJIとチェッカーズ。光GENJIは今見ると時代を感じます。けど今、こんなふうに皆ではまれるものって案外少ないな~。
Namenoko's memory bring me Hikarugenji and Checkers who were very popular star groups. Their movie are funny a bit now, it is 1980's atmosphere.
Nameneko was popular with Japanese in 1980's. I love it so I bought some goods. But I think now why I love it? I don't know what it was nice. Fashion is such a thing?
なめ猫と一緒にくっついてくるのが、光GENJIとチェッカーズ。光GENJIは今見ると時代を感じます。けど今、こんなふうに皆ではまれるものって案外少ないな~。
Namenoko's memory bring me Hikarugenji and Checkers who were very popular star groups. Their movie are funny a bit now, it is 1980's atmosphere.
Sunday, 8 August 2010
淀川花火大会~Yodogawa firework's festival~
今夜は淀川花火大会。天神祭では、花火を見れなかったので、今回は計画的に行動。7時前に家を出て、電車に乗って千日前線の野田阪神駅へ。そこから北に向かって河川敷へ。河川敷からは少々ワイルドな感じで、堤防を越えて草をかき分けて、川の近くまで行きました。
思ったよりも混雑はしていなくて、のんびり花火が始まるのを待ちました。
I planned to watch fireworks because I couldn't watche fireworks Tenjin festival this year. So I left the house at 7:00pm and went to Nodahanshin Station of Sennichi Line. It was nice start : ) We went to the north in a crowd from the station and walked to the yodogawa river. And we pushed a grass aside across a dike and arrived along the river. I did it in a yukata, ha ha. I'm not so graceful?
7時50分スタート。1発目、思わず「わぁー」って声がこぼれる位に見とれてしまいました。
7:50pm start! I heard a lot of shouts of joy because of too much beauty. And many applause too.
帰りは混雑を避けるために早めに会場を後に。
We left there early to avoid congestion.
電車に乗って、北浜にあるDIONへ。ここは毎年なぜか夏にだけ行くBar.
Then we went to DION in Kitahama on the train.
A kiwi & grapefruit of the non-alcohol. Acidity is delicious❤
帰る頃には浴衣も微妙に着くずれしてましたが・・・後は帰るだけなので・・・。
あーほんとに花火を満喫!
I really enjoyed fireworks : )
Friday, 6 August 2010
HACHI
相変わらずの猛暑です。36度?体温です。。。。。
明日は淀川花火大会、明日に限って降らないよね?雨・・・・。
今夜は不覚にもアメリカヴァージョンのハチ公物語を見て泣いてしまいました。個人的にはやっぱり日本版の方がしっとりしてて、しっくりきます。
Everyday swelter in Osaka! 36℃! It is my temparature!
Tomorrow we have Yodogawa firework festival.
Please no rain tomorrow.
Tonight I watched “HACHI” on TV, my eyes dimmed with tear.
But I prefer Japanese version's HACHIKO movie, personally. Nakadai Tatsuya is a great japanese actor.
Which do you like??
No more Hiroshima.
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