Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Australia!!

Hello people,

Until October 14, I have been to Australia. I stayed in Brisbane and Alice Springs.

Do you know Alice Springs? Alice Springs is the city of Northern Territory in Australia and it is about 400km from Uluru,Ayers Rock.

Though I stayed only 7 days,it was very precious experience!! I had really enjoyed!!

Australia is the best country I visited. I wanna go there again in the near future.

Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Full moon

Hello people,

In Japan, September 25 is the day of harvest moon. In this day, the moon is the most beautiful shape in the year.

I took the picture of full moon.



Have fun!!

Monday, September 17, 2007

Business trip

Hello people,

It's been a long time.

Actually, I had been to San Francisco for the business trip. And I had come back to Japan yesterday.

Though I went to some countries for vacation,I had been to U.S. at first. I was so busy at work, but it's very exciting!

Friday, August 10, 2007

FC Barcelona

Hello people,

In August 7,FC Barcelona,one of the most famous football team in Spain,came to Japan and played the friendly match with Yokohama F.Marinos,it is one of the most famous football team in Japan.

Many people come to stadium inspite of week day.FC Barcelona is very popular in Japan. Many famous football player,Ronaldinho and Messi etc,belong to this team.



Unfortunately, Messi didn't come to Japan.



I took the picture of Ronaldinho. When the first half was over,he walked through near from my seat.



In the end,FC Barcelona defeated Yokohama F.Marinos 1-0. Giovani Dos Santos,18 years old Mexican player,scored the winning goal.

We had enjoyed this match! I think it is very good oppotunity.

Do you like football? In Japan,football is very popular. I recommend to watch the football.

Friday, August 3, 2007

Do you like tempura?

Hello people,

It's been a long time! I hadn't write anything for 3 weeks,because I was so busy at work and I didn't have any ingredients for the blog.

So, let's go on to the main subject.

In last Sunday, I went fishing trip with my brother. We caught the Sillago japonica,Chelidonichthys spinosus,and yellotail. In Japanese,Sillago japonica is Shirogisu. Chelidonichthys spinosus is Houbou. And Yellowtail is Buri.

I couldn't take a picture from fishing boat,because I forgot the camera.



After fishing, we invited my friends and held the party!



We cooked Houbou and Buri as Sashimi.



And we cooked Shirogisu as Tempura. Unfortunately, I was engrossed in eating, so I couldn't take a good picture of Tempura.

Have you ever eaten Tempura? It is the best when it's right out of the hot oil,isn't it?

Monday, July 9, 2007

Flower!

Hello people,

In previous article,I told you I bought new camera.

Today,I took the picture of the flower which are in my house garden.

At first, the picture of hydrangea,Ajisai in Japanese. In Japan, it blossoms in the rainy season,from June to July.



Next flower is trumpet creeper,Nouzenkazura in Japanese. Do you think this orange petal is beautiful?



Unfortunately,I don't know the more detail about these flower. Have you ever seen these flower in this country?

Monday, July 2, 2007

New camera!

Hello people,

I bought the new single-lens reflex digital camera! I had been saving money to buy this For about 4 months.




I took the picture of my house cat with this camera.



Sometimes I take a picture with the mobile phone camera,but I think that I'm able to make plenty oppotunity to show clearer picture. Don't miss it!

Friday, June 29, 2007

Tokyo station

Hello people,

Have you ever seen the Tokyo station?



When you come to Tokyo,you can see the red brick building in Marunouchi side of Tokyo station. I see this building always on the way from work.

Although,there are so many beautiful railway station buildings in other country,I think that Tokyo station is one of them.

If you have oppotunity to come to Tokyo,I recommend to see this building.

Friday, June 15, 2007

Guinness

Hello people,

Do you like beer?

In Japan,people can drink beer almost all over the world! I like guinness the best,it is made in Ireland. In some japanese supermarket,we can get a half pint guiness glass with 3 cans of guinness beer.



Let's have a glass,and drink the guinness beer!

Friday, June 8, 2007

Ramen

Hello people,

What Japanese food do you like? Today,I write about Ramen.
Ramen is japanized food which is originated from Chinese noodle.

In detail,it is easy to understand to see here than to explain in this article.



This picture is Hakata Ramen. Its soup is made from pork bone,which is called Tonkotsu in Japanese.

There are many kind of ramen. If you have oppotunity to come to Japan. You should try it!

Sunday, June 3, 2007

Long time no blog

Hello people,

It's been a long time! So many things happened in my personal life and working. I was so mentally exhausted that I couldn't write the blog.

But I'm all right now. I become blogger again! I will write about many things!

Thank you,

Sunday, May 20, 2007

Fishing trip

Hello people,

Do you like fishing?

In Saturday,May 19,I went fishing in 'Manaduru' with my friends. Perhaps many people don't know where Manaduru is. Here is map for Manaduru.



I usually go fishing in sea dyke, but this day I get on the fishing boat after a long time. Actually,I get seasick very easily. So,I have to take a medicine for seasickness.

This picture of right side is Manaduru harbor. We go out of sea from here. The time when I took this picture is 7 in the morning.

After taking luggages on board,our boat sailed out to sea at 7.30 a.m.



This picture is not table mountain but sea cliff.



I hooked 'Marbled rockfish',it's called 'Kasago' in japanese. It looks like monster but it's tastes good!



In the end, I hooked 4 fishes.



At the dinner,I cooked the boiled fish.

Fishing is fun!! Do you challenge it?

Thursday, May 17, 2007

Cheers!

Hello people,

Today,I write the topic about alcohol. Sake? No no,I don't like sake. So,this topic is not Japanese but my particular hobby.

From a year ago,I get wrapped up in making a cocktail. It is very interesting,because it is very profound.

I have the recipe of cocktail as follows.

with Gin:
Martini
Singapore sling
Gimlet
Mgnolia blossam

with Tequila:
Margarita
El diablo
Tequila sunrise
Matador
Brave bull

with Rum:
Cuba libre
Daiquiri
Bacardi

Unfortunately,I can't drink vodka. So, I don't know how to make the vodka-based cocktail.

Well,in this time,I will introduce the recipe of "Margarita",it is tequila-based cocktail. Ingredients are 2 ounces tequila,1 ounce cointreau,1 ounce fresh lime juice,a wedge of lemon and coarse salt.

The recipe is ...

1. moisten outside the rim of a cocktail glass with a wedge of lemon and then roll the rim in the coarse salt.


2. In the cacktail shaker, combine the Tequila,cointreau,fresh lime juice,2 or 3 ice cubes,and shake it well.

3. Pour it into a cocktail glass!!



It tastes very good,but it contains very strong alcohol.

Be careful not to drink too much or you will have a hangover next day.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Do you try to eat?

Hello people,

Do you know fermented soy beans? In Japanese,it is called "natto",not NATO.

Including part of japanese,many people reject to eat because of the smell. Some people say it is disgusting. And some people say it is not smell of food. And some people say it is right rotten.

Far from it! It is not simply rotten but fermented. "fermented" is not equal to "rotten".

In the world,there are many fermented food,for example,Surströmming,it is Swedish. Natto is just one of the fermented food.

It's true that natto has a distinctive smell. But it contains many kind of nutrients,such as protein etc.

In general,natto is eaten with mustard,chopped leek,and soy sauce. In addition,there are ways to eat with raw egg,tuna or okra.

If you have opportunity to come to Japan, why don't you try to eat?

Sunday, May 13, 2007

fish,fish and fish!

Hello people,

Many japanese eat fish,not Sushi and Sashimi but also boiled fish,baked fish,salted dried fish etc.



This is the fish market. the sea food is being sold,in this picture,bluefish,flatfish,bonito,clam,peto,crab. In the fish market,guest usually can ask a staff to clean a fish.



And this picture is mackerel,it is called "Saba" in japanese.

Do you like fish? When you come to Japan, why don't you eat fish other than Sushi,Sashimi or Tempura?

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Thai food!

Hello people,

In Japan,there are various international cuisine restaurant,for example,chinese,korean,french and italian etc.
Today,I went to the Thai restaurant. South East asian food,including Thai food,are very popular in Japan. Of course I like very much.

How many thai dishes do you know? The picture spicy shrimp soup which is named 'Tom Yam Kung'.

If you come to Japan,I recommend to go to various restaurant including Japanese.

Thai-food.com

Thursday, May 10, 2007

from mobile phone

Hello people,

I'm on the way home from work and waiting the train. so,I'm writing this article partly for the test.

In japan,it is 8.38 p.m. now. What time is it now in your location?


opening

Hello people,

This blog,its theme is Japanese lifestyle,is opened partly for studying English writing.
Though I write in broken English,I wish you were interested in Japan by this blog.

thank you,