June 29, 2010   Ceremonies or Gishiki

I think Japanese people or organizations especially bureaucrats love ceremonies.  In all kinds of meetings, they arrange so called opening ceremony and closing ceremony.  Even at the time of cleaning activities done by PTA!  And at each opening ceremony and closing ceremony, somebody have to say such as an opening remarks and closing remarks.  All what they say are saying that ‘From now on, we will start the ope

Music---May 23, 2010

The other day I went to listen to Wien Boys’Choir at the Stellar Theater in Fujikawaguchiko town.  Their voices are of course well trained and beautiful as angels.  Yet I was not moved by the voice so much to tell the truth.  I asked to myself why.  My answer was that I couldn’t understand their language of their songs.  Some were sung in Japanese and English.  I understood them, but other songs sung in German were not und

Birthday    Jan.30, 2010

Naturally everybody has a birthday.  That’s the day when you can celebrate because that’s when you started on this earth.  You were born helpless baby.  You cannot talk, stand nor walk.  You may not be able to see clearly, although you can hear the sound.  Your mother and father had to be around you to change diapers, feed milk all the time.  You needed to be taken care.  Time goes and you grow up.&

New Year----New Decade Began  Part 1      January 16, 2010

Happy new year!  It’s kind of late.  I know.  Already 15 days have passed. 
Are you having a happy new year?  For me this year began quite tough.  I learned many lessons in hard way.
On the new year day, we visited my parents home and had a new year party with my sister, uncles, aunts, cousins and their wives and children.  With great food an

Halloween in Japan    Oct.15, 2009

Black cat, witch, bat, jack-o-lantern, monster, ghost, spider, vampire…..Those are the characters of Halloween.  Recently decorations, costumes and trick-or-treating became popular in Japan.  In U.S, on the other hand, I suppose celebrating Halloween is getting smaller maybe because there were several terrible incidents happened over Halloween and maybe because Christians feel unbiblical about it. 
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