One year celebration

Today is the last day of the year.

In this year I have done a lot.

Besides, I have a lot of changes.
That's what I needed and wanted, and I have overcome, so that's good.

One more thing I very much proud of is that I continues my English blog, almost everyday for the year.
(And I thank YOU for reading my blog. )


Good job, and good year.
Hope next year, too.
And hope you too.


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Facial esthetique

I bought a facial care machine for my wife as a Christmas present.



I'm not sure but it says an ion and a steam are good for face care.

Anyway, she is very delighted and I am happy.

That's enough.

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Samgyetang

We went to a restaurant that is NOT located in a main street.


Wow...
So much challengeable, isn't it?


I ordered Samgyetang (Korean pronunciation: [samɡjetʰaŋ])


"Samgyetang is a variety of guk or Korean soup, which primarily consists of a whole young chicken and Korean ginseng."
(wikipedia)


Of course my first trial.
It was good but a little too much volume for me.

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Shin-ookubo

I went to Shin-ookubo to have a lunch with a friend.


This is my first time to visit here but it was far retro area than I have imagined.


Of corse now it's famous place where lots of Korean fans coming.



But once you take a walk for a minute from the station, you might be took back to Showa era.


Or just walk round the backside of the station. You won't believe here is a middle of Tokyo.

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Met my old teacher

I met my old teacher after 20 years.


He was my instructor when I got my teaching license.
(I am engineer but I have a teaching license for technical high school)


He retired twice and is still very active about education. He was exited to create his original rocket with students when I visited his office.

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Christmas present for me

Me also had a Christmas present!


Eau de toilette of L'OCCITANE.
My favorite!

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Christmas present for Lily

Merry Christmas!
A Christmas present for Lily.



She looks like it very much!




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Christmas eve

On the Christmas eve, we had a dinner with my wife, and Lily, at home.





My wife is good at cooking.
We had a very good relaxing time.









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Renewed old air conditioner

I renewed old air conditioner that I had used for more than 10 years.


The new one includes lots of latest technology such as human sensor and ecological energy save.


What my wife most preferred in this new model was an ion care for beauty...!

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Pasta in the morning

On the last weekend I cooked a pasta.


"gattsuri" (eat a lot) in the morning!

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Frozen morning

It was a very cold morning yesterday.


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Seijo illumination

There is a winter illumination at Seijo-gakuen-mae station building.



But it's small and like a miniature garden.

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Year-end party

I had a year-end party with co-workers at koumibou (香味坊 in Japanese) in Seijo-gakuen-mae.


This chinese restaurant is famous for the Peking duck.
Yummy...


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A friend from Finland

A person from Finland visited my blog and kindly left a comment.
Actually I couldn't read nor understand Finnish,
but I tried to translate using Google translator.

I managed to read the comment and finally find his photo blog.

It's beautiful and good to know what's like Finnish events.
It is interesting to see it from Japan, such a far place from Finland.

Sunny spot

Lily in a warm sunny spot.









...must be perfectly relaxing.


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Red leaves

I walked in Kinuta park in a morning.


I found a beautiful red colored Japanese maple leaves.


Good weather.
Beautiful sky.



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Watching rugby match 2

After watching the rugby match, we went to Sangen-jaya to have a lunch.


Chinese restaurant yan-yan.


Shanghai noodle and fried eggplant was very good.

And then we went to a bar.
We drank too much... :-(

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Watching rugby 1

On saturday I watched a rugby match at the chichibumiya-rugby field in Tokyo.



Probably it was my first time to see professional rugby game on a field.

The match was Toshiba vs. Kobe steal.


Good fight, good game.

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Home made gyoza

On Sunday we cooked gyoza for lunch.


Lots of gyoza, healthy and juicy and our favorite taste!


Actually, we ate all...

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Ichigo daifuku

Ichigo daifuku! A rice cake stuffed with strawberry and sweetened bean paste.



A good dessert time.

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Holy lightings

In a national hospital for children, there were beautiful lightings.



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Yokohama marathon 5

A secondary party at Motomachi!


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Yokohama marathon 4

After the lunch, we went to Motomachi.


Wow, Christmas decorated red colored car!


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Yokohama marathon 3

After they finished, we moved to Yokohama china town and had a lunch at Fukutei.



It's good as it is by the Chinese shrine and feels as if we were in china when we saw people praying in a smoke.

The lunch course included big shrimps, shark tail soup, and free drink.

And, most important thing to us, they allow pet!


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Yokohama marathon 2

Sanae, one of our Stanford friends, first time tried and completed her 10 km course.

Congratulation!
How wonderful!

And her husband also attended the half course.

Wow, double finish?
Actually, Sanae came first.


Many attendee were coming to the goal, so we also enjoyed looking for our friends in them.


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Yokohama marathon 1

It was a perfect clear blue sky.

My friends attended the 30th Yokohama marathon in Yamashita park.








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Twilight

On the next morning after the storm.

It was a beautiful twilight.



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End of autumn

Today it was a heavy rain and there was a strong wind.

All leaves has gone.

This was the last photo I took around my home.



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Silhuette

When walking in a morning,




A silhouette of Lily was interesting.

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Lily in Kinuta park

Walking in the Kinuta park.

Hey Lily, are you walking or just riding?



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Hakodate ramen in Hamamatsu

Business trip to Hamamatsu again.

I left home at 7 in the morning and backed home almost in the midnight.
Fuuuu. It was a long day...

The meeting continued for four hours.

When I finished my work, I missed the Shinkansen that I wanted to take and had to wait for one more hours.

It was almost dark in the evening. I looked for a ramen shop In the Hamamatsu station.

There was a Hakodate ramen shop.
Why Hakodate in Hamamatsu?

Anyway, I tried a shio (salt taste) ramen.






It looked good, but actually, the taste was not good enough.

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After swimming

On Sunday I went swimming.

After that I had a lunch drink with swimming friends at Kinuta park.



The sky was blue, and the leaves were colored and very beautiful.

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