Ordinary Japanese Life

An English Learning Lazy Japanese office worker Write About Her Lazy Life And Try To Describe About Ordinary Japanese Life.

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Location: Tokyo, Japan

42 years old housewife, used to be a system engineer. a cats and dogs lover and also comics lover.

Monday, December 25, 2006

Happy Holidays!

Today is Christmas and special holiday to many people, but, in Japan, there are nothing special basically. My husband went to his office as usual and I'm printing new year's greeting cards for now.
However, I'm having Christmas dinner with my Kiwi friend and her friends at a pub this afternoon. I've never had Christmas dinner, so it'll be first time to have, I can't wait!

Friday, December 22, 2006

Taipei














I went to Taipe in Taiwan with my friend from 9th to 12th in December. Because my friend suddenly could get long weekend and we found out both of us had enough frequent flier points to get free return ticket to Taipei. Unfortunatelly we are members of different frequent flier programme, so we decided to meet an airport in Taipei.

Our main aim to go there this time was to enjoy eating foods and they were fabulous! I uploded a part of foods photes we ate.We ate continuously something. I have to confess I needed stomach medicines when I came back to Japan.
I hope I'll go there again. If I can go there next time, I want to go to the national museum in Taipei which every body said fabulous , and Hot springs.

Tuesday, December 19, 2006

In November

I couldn't access my blog over a month, because my computer had been unstable. At last, I reinstalled OS, so, now it's better than before, but I still should buy new PC. Where is Santa Claus?

My main events In November,
(1) My husband went to America for business for 2 weeks, so I was alone in our flat and felt something strange.
(2) I went to Ukiyoe exhibition at Edo Tokyo Museum in Ryogoku. The collection came from Boston Museum of Fine Arts. Of course, Ukiyoe is originally from Japan, but American collectors collected these important Ukiyoe 100 years ago, so the Japanese museum borrowed them. They were fabulous, absolutely beautiful!!! Ukiyoe usually describe ordinary Japanese lives in Edo era, so we can know how people in Edo era enjoy their own life.
(3) I went on an overnight trip to Ise Shrine in Mie with my friend. We stayed a hotel which provided thalassotherapy and also had good a French restaurant. The first day, we had thalassotherapy which included exercise in a warm seawater pool, rest in seawater misted room and a seaweed wrap over the whole body and had dinner which the hotel called LOHAS(lifestyles of health and sustainability) dishes in the French restaurant. The all service was very good, but, to me, the hotel was extravagant, actually....
The second day, we went to Ise Shrine where one of the most religious places in Japan. There were a huge forest, I should say the shrine was in the forest, and very quiet and peaceful.
(4) One Saturday night, I went my Kiwi friend's birthday party and boozed and I chatted some people in a Pub who I'd never met before. I can't remember what we talked about, may be I said something strange....It was fun, but I lost some money in an envelop at that night....It was only saaaad thing in November.