This weighing scale is broken, isn’t it? Five weeks have passed since Mei-Shun left the hospital. She had made it – lost a good weight, felt no pain and fine. However, it is never easy to keep such condition. A tire has begun to grow up around her waist little by little to date, and … does it cause a pain in the scar as well?
Pose Please
StandardEvery morning, Mikan-chan jumps out of the bed, runs around the living room before walking back to mom, sits up straight with her tail neatly curled around the paws. This must be the cutest shot, yet even a slight click of camera catches her attention. She starts patting the floor with the tail unlaced, and …
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One of Best Joy
StandardGolden Week seems the best time for rice farmers to start planting. It is so nice to walk along newly-watered paddy, enjoying fresh breeze over it. Night chorus by frogs is so pleasant to ears. All is for happy harvest in autumn, yet stop for a while and let us be grateful to stand on this beautiful place.
Sweet Art
StandardThese are Japanese sweets to celebrate Children’s Day, sent from Tane-ya, including chimaki (=sweetened rice cake wrapped in a piece of bamboo grass) and kashiwa-mochi (=rice cake filled with bean jam). The former was found in a paper bag on which a carp streamer is printed.
Sleeping on the Floor
StandardIt is also fine today, but are you all right, Mikan-chan? This year might see earlier summer. We started air-conditioning in the study room last week, while living room and bedroom follow yesterday. Even so, don’t you need any cushion? Well, mom’s hanten (=a kimono-shape, around-the-house clothes) seems working enough …
Shall you dance?
StandardTwo months have passed since Mei-Shun had the operation. It looks easy to live a normal life at home, yet only for you in normal health. For an ex-patient, it is quite difficult to do similar to yesterday. However, she could not but going forward little by little, as much as possible. Let’s resume practice. Why don’t you put on kimono?
Last Chance in Month
StandardThis is dora-yaki, a pair of pancakes with anko, red bean jam, normally sandwiched. Shichino is a popular dora-yaki shop who serves a variety of filling flavors. As the special choice of month, this April features Earl Grey tea mousse and whipped cream. You can enjoy fresh dora-yaki and soft drink on the table set within the shop – oh, Earl Grey will be finished today!
Japanese Culture@holiday
StandardFrom the end of April to the beginning of May, we have a semi-vacation called “Golden Week”. Today is Showa Day, one of public holidays set during GW. Others include Constitution Memorial Day on May 3rd, Greenery Day on 4th and Children’s Day on 5th. If any of above days were on Sunday, the next Monday will be a holiday. And if your company is flexible enough, you would be able to have paid holidays from April 30th to May 2nd. It really depends, so many of us expect good timing which brings longer vacation.
Garden Couple
StandardKuro- (=meaning “black” in Japanese) chan is one of Tora-chan’s boyfriends – maybe. He puts on a black jacket on a white shirt, which reminds us of “Piano”. This spring with many cold days, including a snow in April, had Kuro-chan to share the warm bed and meal with Tora-chan almost every night. Boy, where’s your family? If you’d like to stay here, you must let us bring you to see Dr. O.
Chatting Tail
StandardMikan-chan often calls mom to stay by her for meal. When asked “tastes good?”, she replies “yeah”, twisting the top of her tail. Relaxing on mom’s legs, she continues her purring by her tail. Having her tail straight-up, she says that she had got up from a nap. Her satisfaction is shown in the tail holding around mom’s arm.
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