Japanese Culture@holiday

謹賀新年

A Happy New Year! I, mom and dad of course cordially wish your prosperous 2024.

We Wish

Meow, this is the end of 2023 weekdays. Thanks to you kind 512 followers, I and mom really enjoyed reporting on my breed, music represented by Ms. Piano and dance for a whole year. Oh, speaking of the last term, she would attend an intensive course from next month. Kabuki dance is always in her mind, while similar motion of lower body on a horsey would be good contribution to it.

Used Up

… Mei-Shun means one of three lip-balm sticks from Shin, shaped like a face of Mikan-chan. As mentioned before, she has a particular manner to kiss them. Starting from both ears, her lips must touch it as softly as possible until nothing is seen on the surface. 1st stayed beside her pillow, 2nd in a makeup bag. 3rd and youngest is waiting 2024 to replace the eldest.

Party Preparation

Mei-Shun wrote up and brought all 年賀状=nenga-jo, New Year’s greeting cards to a post office yesterday as well, before cooking. Her signature stamp rarely appears from a drawer; used only for Mr. O, husband of beloved Master Mei-Shu and Professor M, the last student of that charming lady. By the way, are you kind followers able to find Mikan-chan in above image?

Cute Cactus?

Meow, it would be the last time for mom to visit a nearby hair salon in 2023. She walked toward there in high heels as usual, read newspaper on a cup of green tea while dyeing. Seasonal music aired, a humidifier gives white steam. Shampoo, drier and curling. Now finished? Coming home soon? That’s great, purr. I and next appointment to dine out is waiting for you.

Warm Winter

This is the last day in 2023 for me and mom to visit “Arles”, purr. A bit rainy under sky full of clouds, we got on Ms. Scarlet. 95% trees lining main streets in Tsukuba already took off colorful coats: only 5% keep still beautiful bright-to-dark red. I prefer such weather which make us sleepy, to freezing one eyes wide open. Here are delicacies we won including a macaron of my flavor or 福来みかん.

Dental Delicacy?

Mei-Shun does not mean a sweets shop, yet a bakery nearby a clinic her home dentist Dr. M works for. She makes it a rule to treat herself to baguettes with peanut/milk cream put between, before or after patience. It stopped raining around noon, slight sunshine came into rooms. The sooner the better — Mikan-chan, warm air and charming scent would encourage her.

Real Red

Mr. Ryan, thanks a million for trotting nicely with Mei-Shun and Mikan-chan today. Oh, next job follows? All right, good luck for yourself and another mom of you. Enjoy cabbage and brown sugar from this one later. Now shall we go home? A petrol station would be better to drop in, since a bakery was our choice last week. Ms. Scarlet seems starved a bit.

Nice Number (^^),

I and mom are truly pleased to find you kind followers reached amazing 510, purr. She was almost shocked when she saw it, telling me that our efforts to air heartwarming stories as for my breed, dance, piano and etc. should be improved toward endeavours. Now is the time for us to take a private lesson by Ms. S and Mr. Frappeccino in Tsukuba.

Meow Moon

This is the end of solar November, when I and mom succeeded in the last dance with Ms. Manifest. On the other hand, dad drove toward Haneda Airport for a 2-night business trip to Hiroshima before Oita, Kyushu. We got up at 4 : 00 to let him depart around 5 : 00. Beautiful 居待月 was shining in dark sky, purr. Or is she still 立待月 we waited last night standing?

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… loves Japanese dance, cat and piano.

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