Today is a national holiday called umi no hi (海の日), Marine day which was established in 1995 and enforced from 1996. At first it was on July 20 but since 2003 it has become the third Monday of July.
Today's biggest news was the victory of Nadeshiko (なでしこ) Japan of Women's World Cup Soccer in Germany. They have become the No.1 of the world. Congratulations!!!!!
In Japan there were so many bad things happened such as earthquakes, tsunami, and nuclear power plant issue. This victory brought the spirit of never-give-up to the people in Tohoku area and encouraged them very much. Players also mentioned that they got the encouragement from people in Tohoku area. This is the best news of today.
We asked the gardeners to come to trim the trees and cut grasses. Two of them came around 7:10 in the morning and worked till 2:40 PM or so.
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Sunday, May 1, 2011
５月１日（gogatsu tsuitachi）： May 1
New month has started. May is gogatsu (五月), literally the fifth month, in Japanese. The old name is satsuki (さつき).
The third day of the Golden Week. It rained today.
At night I watched the Exhibition of the World Figure Skating Championships 2011 on TV. Not all but some of them. I like to see figure skating, especially exhibitions. They skate freely.
The third day of the Golden Week. It rained today.
At night I watched the Exhibition of the World Figure Skating Championships 2011 on TV. Not all but some of them. I like to see figure skating, especially exhibitions. They skate freely.
Friday, October 8, 2010
十月八日（jyugatsu yoka）： October 8
Today is kanro (寒露), one of nijyushisekki (二十四節気), the 24 solar terms. The last one was shubun (秋分) on Septermber 23 and the next one is soko (霜降) on October 23. Kanro literally means cold dew. It is the time when the dew is about to freeze by the cold.
These days it has been very nice, not hot nor cold, very confortable season.
There was a good news today. The Japanese selected football team won the game over the Argentina team which ranks in the 4th in the world at the International Friendship Match by 1 to 0. This was the first game supervised by the new Director Alberto Zacceroni.
Congratulations!
These days it has been very nice, not hot nor cold, very confortable season.
There was a good news today. The Japanese selected football team won the game over the Argentina team which ranks in the 4th in the world at the International Friendship Match by 1 to 0. This was the first game supervised by the new Director Alberto Zacceroni.
Congratulations!
Monday, March 1, 2010
三月一日（sangatsu tsuitachi）： March 1
One sixth of the year was over and another month has come. March is san gatsu (三月) in Japanese. Its old name is yayoi (弥生). March is the graduation season. And it is also the end of the fiscal year.
Today the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic was over after 17 days games. After all the team Japan got 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals. There was only one gold medal in the last Torino Olympic. So the number of the medals increased but there was no gold medal this time unfortunately.
Which program did you like the best? I liked the figure skating for both men and women, ice dancing, mogul, aerial, and so on.
Today the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic was over after 17 days games. After all the team Japan got 3 silver medals and 2 bronze medals. There was only one gold medal in the last Torino Olympic. So the number of the medals increased but there was no gold medal this time unfortunately.
Which program did you like the best? I liked the figure skating for both men and women, ice dancing, mogul, aerial, and so on.
Friday, February 19, 2010
二月十九日 (nigatsu jyuku nichi) ： February 19
Today is usui (雨水), one of nijyushisekki (二十四節季), the 24 solar terms. Usui (雨水) literally means rain water. It is a time snow and ice melt and change to rain. It was very cold. When I got up, the field was white with frost. The windshield was frozen again.
Today's big news was the bronze medal of men's figure skating. The hope of Japanese men's skating, Daisuke Takahashi (高橋大輔), 23 years old got the silver medal. Congratulations!!
He had a surgery on the right knee in November 2008 and recovered. The key of the medal was said to depend on the success of quadruple jump. And he tried. This became the first medal of men's figure skating in the Olympics.
Today's big news was the bronze medal of men's figure skating. The hope of Japanese men's skating, Daisuke Takahashi (高橋大輔), 23 years old got the silver medal. Congratulations!!
He had a surgery on the right knee in November 2008 and recovered. The key of the medal was said to depend on the success of quadruple jump. And he tried. This became the first medal of men's figure skating in the Olympics.
Monday, December 7, 2009
大雪（taisetsu）
Today is taisetsu (大雪), one of nijyushisekki (二十四節気), the 24 solar terms. The last one was shosetsu (小雪) on November 22, and the next one is toji (冬至) on December 22. Tai setsu (大 雪) literally means big snow, and it is the time when snow starts falling heavily. Actually it was very cold today.
Today's big news of the newspaper was the professional golfer, Ishikawa Ryo (石川遼), 18 years old. This was the second year for him, but he became the leading money winner (賞金王：shokin o) of the year. He received yen 183,524,051. He is the youngest prizewinner in the history. He greatly renewed the Japanese youngest record of prizewinner of 26 years old when Ozaki Masashi (尾崎将司) achieved in 1973. Besides this he was awarded 9 titles including MVP and Most Impressive Player award. This was also the most in history.
Congratulations!
Today's big news of the newspaper was the professional golfer, Ishikawa Ryo (石川遼), 18 years old. This was the second year for him, but he became the leading money winner (賞金王：shokin o) of the year. He received yen 183,524,051. He is the youngest prizewinner in the history. He greatly renewed the Japanese youngest record of prizewinner of 26 years old when Ozaki Masashi (尾崎将司) achieved in 1973. Besides this he was awarded 9 titles including MVP and Most Impressive Player award. This was also the most in history.
Congratulations!
Sunday, August 23, 2009
処暑（shosho）
Today is shosho (処暑), one of nijyushisekki (二十四節季), 24 solar terms. The last one was risshu (立秋) on Aug. 7 and the next one is hakuro (白露) on Sep. 7. Shosho is the time around when the hottest season was over and the heat is retreating. Autumn is coming.
Today is the last day of the 12th IAAF World Championship in Athletics in Berlin. There was women's marathon and Ozaki Yoshimi (尾崎好美) got the silver medal at the time of 2 hours 25 minutes 25 seconds. Congratulations!
In this meeting the most attractive athlete must be Usain Bolt of Jamaica who made world records of 100 metres at 9.58 s and 200 metres at 19.19 s. Today he got the third gold medal for 4 x 100 metres relay. Congratulations!
Today is the last day of the 12th IAAF World Championship in Athletics in Berlin. There was women's marathon and Ozaki Yoshimi (尾崎好美) got the silver medal at the time of 2 hours 25 minutes 25 seconds. Congratulations!
In this meeting the most attractive athlete must be Usain Bolt of Jamaica who made world records of 100 metres at 9.58 s and 200 metres at 19.19 s. Today he got the third gold medal for 4 x 100 metres relay. Congratulations!
Sunday, March 1, 2009
三月（san gatsu）： March
The third month has just started. March is called san gatsu (三月) or yayoi (弥生) in Japanese. Our fiscal and academic year start in April and end in March, therefore this is the end of the year. For companies it is the main accounting period. For schools it is the time of graduation.
Regarding the third there is a good news from Czech Republic again. Japanese Men's Ski Jumping team got the third place, bronze medal (銅メダル：do medaru) at the 48th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec. HS is 134 meter and K-Point is 120 meter. There are four skiers in a team, and they jump twice. After the first round the Japanese team got 475.8 points and was the 4th. After all they got 981.2 points and became the third place. This is the two consecutive third place since Sapporo 2007. The members are Shohei Tochimoto (栃本翔平), Takanobu Okabe (岡部孝信), Daiki Ito (伊藤大貴), Noriaki Kasai (葛西紀明). Okabe jumped 135 meter in the second jump.
First place, gold medal (金メダル：kin medaru) is Austria getting 1034.3 points. They won three consecutive championships. Second place, silver medal (銀メダル：gin medaru) is Norway getting 1000.8 points.
Congratulations!
Regarding the third there is a good news from Czech Republic again. Japanese Men's Ski Jumping team got the third place, bronze medal (銅メダル：do medaru) at the 48th FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Liberec. HS is 134 meter and K-Point is 120 meter. There are four skiers in a team, and they jump twice. After the first round the Japanese team got 475.8 points and was the 4th. After all they got 981.2 points and became the third place. This is the two consecutive third place since Sapporo 2007. The members are Shohei Tochimoto (栃本翔平), Takanobu Okabe (岡部孝信), Daiki Ito (伊藤大貴), Noriaki Kasai (葛西紀明). Okabe jumped 135 meter in the second jump.
First place, gold medal (金メダル：kin medaru) is Austria getting 1034.3 points. They won three consecutive championships. Second place, silver medal (銀メダル：gin medaru) is Norway getting 1000.8 points.
Congratulations!
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