Agony or Fun?! Second Language Learning
I am a native Japanese speaker who used to teach Japanese in a university somewhere on this planet. Currently I don't work but stayed in my house in Northern part of JAPAN. I hope that you could enjoy reading my posts and know what life in Japan is like.
I am a little busy tonight. The campus where I used to be is very far from here. Not only the distance, I feel that being there was a thing of long time ago in my memory.
It seems I had eaten a lot for lunches. Probably I was energetic and working hard at that time, because I was six years younger than what I am now.
I don’t have much to write tonight.
I’m a little busy right now. It’s cold outside. I have been doing room makeover today.
I harvested three Daikon(s) from my field today. I wanted to make “Dried Daikon”so that I can keep Daikon longer.
Since I didn’t know how to tie them to hang, it was difficult for me to do this. But somehow, I made it.
There are many boards to give people a caution, warning, advice, suggestion or whatever.
Droppings of a dog tells you the level of ethics of dog’s master.
To jogging runners: This trail is not only for runners; Construction section of Chuo-ward office of the city hall
Be careful to a Boar
Let us stop throwing Tabacco around this area for fire prevention.
The Bus stop to go to the downtown area
Read leaves and Shinano River
The view on the Bandai Bridge towards Bandai
The view on the Bandai Bridge to West; you can see Yahiko Mountain far beyond
The view of the Bandai Bridge towards Furumachi
And I ate sushi for my lunch that was 1,958JPY.
Yesterday, I went to the town of Niigata. After I came home, I hang 14 persimmons to dry them. I can keep them longer by drying them.
A farmer does this thing one hundred, two hundred, or more. But I am not a farmer. And my persimmon trees are still young and small. They are not so productive yet. Today, I set six persimmons hung under the roof. Two behind are not today’s. Drying is another way to remove bitterness of persimmons. But weather in Niigata tends to be wet in this season, I am worrying about mold on the surface of them.
Everything is different from my hometown in rural area of Niigata.
Super market in my village cannot serve Sushi of this quality. Now, I am going to eat this sushi 🤤.
I need to write some e-mails tonight. It is important for me to communicate one by one with my ex-students.
I went to the old downtown area of Niigata today. I got an influenza vaccination on my shoulder in a small clinic there. Since it’s the “old” downtown, anything there is going down. I think the reason of declining comes from multiple factors; Japan’s aging society, spreading of commercial districts from city center to surrounding area due to motorization, the long economic downturn of Japan aka “lost thirty years”, and so on.
There used to be three Chinese restaurants in that district. I mean that “Chinese Restaurant” is of serving Chinese food cooked by Chinese people. Having visited there today, I got to know that two of three such restaurants had been closed and taken place by another shops. One of the three, only “鵬龍” survives.
After the flu shot, I took my lunch in “鵬龍”. 広東麺 was hot, so it took a time for me to eat. And then I got on a bus to JR Niigata Station. I just wanted to go home soon. Getting off a local train, I bought a small flower bundle in my village in order to offer to the altar of my deceased father.
Agony or Fun?! Second Language Learning 