These are my violin cases. I carry this on my back. The person walking behind me says, “It’s dazzling”. “What’s inside? Is this musical instrument case? Japanese harp? Piano?”. Zengyo, Fujisawa-city
When I go scuba diving I like to show my customers turtles and sharks and other big types of sea life but my favorite fish to show are actually very small. One is a frog fish and the other is a leaf fish. The frog fish actually looks like a frog and its movements are also like a frog’s movement. The leaf fish looks exactly like a leaf from a tree! Sometimes my customers have no interest in seeing anything else but those two fish! Even though they are very small, sometimes just a few inches, finding them is very exciting for both myself and my customers.
Collaborative Haiku Poem – Jim Woodhull – Japanese by Jim Woodhull and Nakamura Michiko – Photo by Jim Honolulu, Hawaii ハワイ州オアフ島ホノルル この2つの魚は小さいけれど見ごたえがあるとジムさんが言います。 スカイプで話しながらハイクポエムを作っています。 (編集長 美智子)
Recently, I transferred to a new department with the state and took a new job. Now I work for the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs doing bank examinations. Three weeks after starting I had to take a leave of absence. I was on leave for 3 months and spent the entire time in Tokyo. For the first 3 weeks I did nothing but clean, pack, and prepare for the birth of my kid. After the kid was born, my wife stayed in the hospital for 5 days. I didn’t realize it at the time, but those 5 days would be my last real vacation. However, I don’t mind. I am happy to spend my days with my wife and daughter.
Collaborative Haiku Poem – Scott Gardner – Japanese by Scott Gardner and Nakamura Michiko – Photo by Scott Honolulu, Hawaii ハワイ州オアフ島ホノルル スコットさんは東京で忙しい休暇を過ごしました。 スカイプで話しながらハイクポエムを作っています。 (編集長 美智子)
Everyday in the last week was near one-hundred degrees. But that was what tomatoes and eggplants needed to ripe and be harvested this week. As cherry tomatoes, Cherokee Purple, Black Prince and other tomatoes were planted in no particular order, it was hard to identify each one when they were young. Eggplants fail to grow large due, perhaps, to the cold spells we had in April. There is one concern right now. That is haze caused by smoke from wild fires in Canada and the West Coast region.
江ノ島ヨットハーバーへ行ってきました。 晴れ渡る青空のもと、セーリングを目にして、 オリンピックに参加している気持ちになりました。 We went to Enoshima Yacht Harbor to watch the Tokyo Olympic Sailing. The scenery made me feel like I was participating in the Olimpics. Enoshima, Fujisawa-city, Kanagawa, JAPAN
大きな狛犬さんのいる小さな神社です。 夏の朝のひとこまです。 Koma-inu, two big guardian lion-dogs are sitting at a small shrine. It’s a piece of summer morning. Zengyo, Fujisawa-city
7月のMY甘味会(Michiko&Yuko甘いものを楽しむ日)。 Fプレイス労働会館2階でヴァイオリンを弾いてから、 6階のカフェで皆川さんとお茶の時間を過ごしました。 ビルの向こうに江ノ島がくっきり見えました。 Minagawa-san and I ate delicious sweets after I practiced the violin. We had a good conversation. Fujisawa-honmachi, Fujisawa-city
雨が止み、今週は晴れて気温が上がりました。 夕方、サムさんと藤沢駅の南口で待ち合わせました。 道路の温度が下がり、エリーちゃんも元気に歩き、 色々な話ができました。暗くて写真はボケました。 It rained for a while until last week but it’s sunny and hot this week. We met Sam-san and Elly-chan after the sun went down. It was dark but the temperature went down, so it was good for Elly-chan. We had a good conversation while walking. Fujisawa, Fujisawa-city
I have written haikus dealing with the beautiful sunsets in Hawaii and one of the nice things about our sunsets in Hawaii are the beautiful cloud formations that form around the sunset time. One of my favorites is when the clouds almost look like they are falling into the Waianae mountain range. The angle of the boat and the way the sun is setting creates an optical illusion where the clouds seem to be going right into the mountain. Sometimes these scenes are better than the sunset!
Collaborative Haiku Poem – Jim Woodhull – Japanese by Jim Woodhull and Nakamura Michiko – Photo by Jim Honolulu, Hawaii ハワイ州オアフ島ホノルル ジムさんは日没の雲の動きをハイクポエムにしました。 スカイプで話しながらハイクポエムを作っています。 (編集長 美智子)
大叔父が1948年ごろ趣味で作ったヴァイオリン。 私の祖父の弟は植物学者でコケ博士でした。 日本のリハビリにも貢献し叙勲を受けました。 (叙勲の際の同日の新聞記事資料から抜粋) 「日本リハビリの恩人。 昭和40年ごろ理学療法士を養成するリハビリ学校は東京と小倉の二か所しかなく、必要性の認識さえ薄かったとき、植物の国際学会で外国へ出かけて見聞したことがきっかけになったという。」 「リハビリの言葉を初めて聞いたのは昭和37年、国際植物学会で渡英したとき。以来、欧米に出かけるたびにリハビリの言葉に出合った。米国で腰痛の老人がリハビリ施設に入院、回復する現場を目のあたりに見てショックを受けた。」 「リハビリもコケも、あの頃は世に知られない日陰のような存在だった。 それなら光を当ててやろうとしただけですよ」 My great-uncle made this little violin as a hobby in 1948. He was a botanist. Also he contributed to the rehabilitation of Japan and he received an award.