今、ウェリントンでカパハカのイベントが開[ひら]かれて(= be held)います。そこで、ウェリントンのお役所[やくしょ](= council)では粋[いき]な(= cool)信号[しんごう](= traffic light)を特別[とくべつ]に(especially)作りました。見てください。いいでしょう～！ The Te Matatini kapa haka festival kicked off in Wellington this week and the Wellington Council has created unique traffic lights! Don’t you think it’s fantastic! copied from the New Zealand Herald website (https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12205723)
Continue readingOrientation 2019 next week!
Have you had a good summer holiday? Or are you still in the middle of it (the photo was taken at Mt Maunganui)? The new semester is now approaching and we are gearing up for… ORIENTATION WEEK 2019! We are all looking forward to meeting new and returning students soon on campus! Please access to […]
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もう2月になりました。最近[さいきん]ここに何も書いていません。でも、すしを食べるので忙しかったから、じゃないですよ(写真[しゃしん]はずいぶん前に東京[とうきょう]で撮[と]りました)！ とにかく、これが2019年の最初[さいしょ]のポストですし、最近陰暦[いんれき](= Lunar Calendar)で亥年[いどし](= Year of Pig)が始まったばかりですから。。。 明けましておめでとうございます！ It is February! I have not made any post recently… It is not because I was busy with eating sushi (the photo was taken in Tokyo a while ago)! But anyway, this is my first post for 2019 and the year of pig has just started; so I […]
Continue readingChristmas holiday is coming…
The University of Waikato will close at 5pm today and reopen on the 3rd of January. A few divisions remain open to help our students/future students for their enrollment etc.; so please do make an inquiry during this period! ワイカト大学は今日の午後5時で閉[し]まります。1月3日にまたオープンします。でも、全部[ぜんぶ]が閉まるわけではありません。来年のコースや入学[にゅうがく](= entry)の質問[しつもん]などがあれば、どうぞ問[と]い合[あ]わせ(= inquiry)をしてくださいね。 You can see beautiful red flowers in New Zealand now (see the above photo) […]
Continue readingCongratulations! おめでとう!
The University of Waikato has graduation ceremonies this week. It is nice to share this wonderful moment with friends and family. 今週、ワイカト大学は卒業式[そつぎょうしき](= graduation ceremony)の週です。すばらしい瞬間[しゅんかん](= moment)を家族[かぞく](= family)や友だちとシェアするのはいいものです。 We all wish our graduates a bright future! 卒業生のみなさんのすばらしい将来[しょうらい](= future)を祈[いの]っています!
Continue readingA Japanese tea shop in New Zealand 2
I needed to go to Auckland the other day; so I popped in the shop! Luckily for me, the queue there was not so long as it was on the opening day. I had a macha ice cream and it was indeed delicious!
Continue readingA Japanese tea shop in New Zealand
I love macha ice cream; how about you? Have you ever tasted macha ice cream before? 私は抹茶[まっちゃ]アイスクリームが大好きです。みなさんは、どうですか。食べたことがありますか。 Macha is a type of Japanese green tea and the green bit in the above photo shows is macha ice cream. Now you can eat authentic one in New Zealand – to be more accurate, in Auckland. 抹茶は、日本のお茶の一種[いっしゅ](= a type)です。上の写真[しゃしん]の緑色[みどりいろ]のものが抹茶アイスクリームです。ニュージーランドでも（正確[せいかく]に言えば(= […]
Continue readingBocchi meshi (eating alone)
Have you heard of a Japanese word ‘Bocchi meshi’? Bocchi means ‘alone’ and meshi means ‘meal’ in this context; then Bocchi meshi means ‘eating a meal by yourself’. Anybody anywhere eats meals alone from time to time and you might think that this is nothing special, right? The word, Bocchi meshi, often appears in the […]
Continue readingFukuoka!
I found another article related to Japan on today’s paper (New Zealand Herald); this time it is about a trip to Fukuoka, a sister city of Auckland. 今日も新聞[しんぶん]記事[きじ](= newspaper article)を見つけました。今日は、ニュージーランド・ヘラルド紙で、福岡[ふくおか]の記事です。福岡はオークランドの姉妹[しまい]都市[とし](= sister city)です。
Continue readingA Japan tour
Today’s Waikato Times gives an article of an upcoming tour to Japan a few NZ celebrities are involved with. Probably quite a few people are now thinking of going to Japan next year; why? – it is because of RWC2019! 今日のワイカト・タイムズにニュージーランドの有名人[ゆうめいじん]が随行[ずいこう]する(= to escort)日本旅行の記事[きじ](= article)がありました。多分[たぶん]、ニュージーランドのかなりの人たち(= quite a few people)が来年、日本へ行くことを考えていると思います。なぜかって？－それは勿論[もちろん]、2019年のラグビーワールドカップですよ！
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