Happy New Year! Thank you for visiting my website. Thank you for reading my blog. You have been encouraging me to keep writing blog. For me writing in English is challenging. I appreciate your comments. New Year’s day is very big in Japan. Also December 31st is as important as January 1st. I saw the …
大晦日 Omisoka おおみそか：Deceber 31st is the day that divides a past year and a new coming year. Everything starts new next day January 1. It is a very important day for me and the Japanese people in general. These two days still keep Japanese tradition. I have realized new year’s day is as important for me …
December 28 in 2010, it my first day I had started as a resident of the United States. An officer said ” Welcome to the United States!” I had lined in a row foreigners before. Three years have passed. I am still discovering something new and unknown about America and Americans. I have more experience in …
December 7 it was a beautiful day. Shoko who is my friend and came from Japan to visit Newtown, and I wore kimono. We were so exited to children and adults of the town. Shoko brought clothes and brochure of Kurashiki where is our hometown, We displayed calligraphy 愛（Love), 夢（Dream), 絆（Bond), Ninja towel, special origami …
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Origami crane flew to Newtown, Connecticut on December. 6. 2013. Last year yesterday (Dec 14th ) it was so shocking and terrible day for everyone. The world changed. I was speechless. I really wanted to do something for a young boys and girls, teachers ,stuffs and victims’ family. I was as if I lost my …
Origami For Sandy Hook Origami cranes flew to Newtown, Connecticut on December 6 Read More »
Japan is surrounded by ocean and is a small country. There are a variety of vegetables and fish is readily available, so we appreciate their original tastes and texture as well as how they taste when cooked with seasonings. There are not many kinds of seasonings, and Japanese seasoning is very simple but quality is …
I have been writing journal since 1995. It’s my 19th year. This is my second 10 year diary, 9th year. One page is divided into 10 rows. I can read and remember what happened last year, two years ago, even 9 years ago. Sometimes I read the rows above and sometimes not. I only …
Dear ikebana friends, ありがとうございました！Thank you for attending my ikebana workshop at Richardson Library. I am very happy that you have an interest in ikebana and came to the library. You were all positive and eager, asking many questions. It’s really a great pleasure for me to share the joy of ikebana with you. The workshop is …
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I am a tea person. I like any kinds of tea, green, black, herb and flavored. I am Japanese and I was brought up drinking green tea for Japanese food. Drinking hot tea made me refreshed and recharged. Even during a very short break, only a few sip awaken and calm my body and mind. …
I am preparing for Saturday’s workshop. The most difficult thing is to get flowers and branches good for Rikka and Shoka styles. Ikabana was born and has developed in Japan though originally offering flowers and customs to enjoy viewing flowers in a room came from China. As you know Japan is a very small country surrounded …
