Today the women`s football teams of Japan & Australia played a 2012 London Olympics qualifier. Japan won 1-0.
Australia played well for the first 15 minutes but then seemed to run out of ideas. They were missing a good passer-playmaker like Japan`s captain, Sawa. She`s a good player!
I bought my Fuji Finepix XP camera a couple of years ago. I use it as a regular day-to-day camera, but it`s waterproof, so I can also use it underwater. I took the above photo when I went snorkelling at Mihama beach during Obon holidays. As you can see, the water was quite clear, but even when the water is clear, it`s pretty tricky (difficult) to take underwater pictures - the fish move, the water moves, you move, and you have to come up for air all the time! It`s kind of frustrating, but also fun.
My friend Christoph`s new camera is a Sony Cybershot. It has a really cool 180 degree (?) panorama shot feature. He took the above pictures using it.
Top: Mihama Beach, Fukui Prefecture
Middle: Soupon Turtle Ramen Restaurant, in front of Ichinomiya Station
Bottom: F.C.Gifu versus JEF United at Nagaragawa Stadium
Have you been to any of these places? If you like camping illegally, eating turtle, or watching your team lose, I recommend them!
My good friend Christoph from Switzerland came to visit me during Obon holidays. How much can you guess about him? Let`s find out!
Christoph used to be:
a) my student
b) my sharemate (we shared the same house)
c) thinner
d) all of the above
Christoph came to Japan:
a) for a holiday
b) to meet me
c) to meet Japanese girls
d) all of the above
Christoph is good at speaking:
a) English
b) about business
c) to Japanese girls
d) all of the above
Chris doesn`t like:
a) raw squid
b) Japanese summer
c) exercise
d) all of the above
Of course, the answer to all of the above questions is... `all of the above`!
It was great to see him again. I hope he had a good time.
Today Teragoya schools were closed because of a passing typhoon. As I write, the centre is near Okayama, about 300km west of Ichinomiya/Nagoya. There is a lot of rain in that area, but not so much around here. It`s very windy here though. The streets near my house are covered in leaves.
Now I have a new category in my list: 災害 - natural disasters!
Take care.
I`ve added new categories to a lot of my old posts, so here is the updated Categories list:
ブログ - blog
音楽 - music
グルメ - food
趣味 - hobbies
スポーツ - sports
車・バイク - cars + bikes
旅行 - travel
芸術・アート - art
アウトドア - outdoor
パーティー - parties
レシピ - recipes
I`ve put my `One Man`s Trash` series (stuff I`ve collected, made, repaired, or recycled) in the `Hobbies` category.
Sorry I haven`t posted anything on my blog recently.
But how about looking at my old posts? If you`re interested in a certain topic, you can use the `Categories` section on the right side of the page, down the bottom.
Here are English translations:
カテゴリ - CATEGORY
ブログ - blog
スポーツ - sports
車・バイク - cars + bikes
芸術・アート - art
アウトドア - outdoor
パーティー - parties
レシピ - recipes
Unfortunately, I haven`t decided a category for some things (like my `One Man`s Trash` series) yet, so they are just included in the `blog` category, with most of my posts.
And remember, you can write a comment for my old posts too!
It was great to see so many kids wearing yukatas to school last week - it really brightened the place up.
Of course teachers & staff also wore yukatas. Some people - especially girls - complain that yukatas are uncomfortable, but in the middle of summer, most clothing is uncomfortable, right?
I quite like wearing mine, but I guess men`s yukatas are easier than women`s to put on & take off.
That`s important in emergencies.
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The biggest festival in Ichinomiya is the annual Tanabata Festival. There are lots of decorations, stalls [yatai], parades & stage shows such as hula dancing & taiko drums. And of course there are always lots of people, with many girls wearing colourful yukatas [summer kimonos].
I took Owen to Masumida Shrine first. We watched a couple of stage shows & ate kaki-gori [shaved ice]. There was a haunted house in the shrine grounds too, but of course I didn`t take Owen there. Next we went to Honmachi to watch a couple of parades.
Unfortunately I missed seeing "Miss Tanabata" go past because I was changing someone`s nappy(Aus)/diaper(US) [mutsu] in the toilet (while an old lady tried persistently to open the door. I said "I`m in here!" but she still tried to open the door. I forgot that in Japan, if someone knocks on your toilet door, you should knock back, from the inside). Anyway, I was disappointed not to see Miss Tanabata 2011.
Did you go to Tanabata this year? Did you see Miss Tanabata 2011? Was she smoking hot?
On Sunday Teragoya had a daycamp for kids in the mountains of Inuyama. The kids were really interested in finding & catching animals. You can see some of the animals above, in the photos.
The kids had a great time & so did the teachers. It was a fun day, & we were lucky that it didn`t start raining until we were about to leave.
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