まだ2月です。日本[にほん]は寒[さむ]いです。でも、昨日[きのう]の朝日[あさひ]新聞[しんぶん]で、静岡県[しずおかけん]の桜[さくら]のレポートを読[よ]みました。朝日新聞[あさひしんぶん]のこのページにアクセスすると、美[うつく]しい桜[さくら]の写真[しゃしん]が見[み]られます。 It is still February, but I read a report showing beautiful cherry blossom on yesterday’s Asahi Shimbun Newspaper. Most areas in Japan is still not so warm, but a region in Shizuoka Prefecture has already started entertaining people with beautiful blossom. You can see a beautiful photo of the blossom on this page of […]
Continue readingYear: 2010
Wai Taiko Drummers will perform tonight!
Hamilton Gardens Summer Festival 2010 will kick off tonight! The party to start the party. Congregate on the Rhodo Lawn, bring a picnic and warm up with the dynamic Wai Taiko Drummers and the mesmerising Carmen Salvador, one of Chillies’ hottest soul voices. Then, get ready to dance the night out with Batucada Sound Machine, […]
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(c) reggie I シドニーのパンケーキです。 Pancakes in Sydney!
Continue reading海苔の養殖 Nori farming
日本人[にほんじん]は海苔[のり] (= nori, a type of seaweed)が大好きです。そして、日本[にほん]のあちこちで海苔[のり]の養殖[ようしょく] (yoshoku means farming)が行[おこな]われています。 Japanese people like to eat nori, a kind of seaweed and there are nori-farming organised at various areas in Japan.
Continue readingアニメ･マンガの日本語Japanese in Anime & Manga
日本[にほん]のアニメやマンガが好[す]きですか。アニメやマンガのことばを勉強[べんきょう]したいですか。 Do you like Japanese Anime and Manga? Are you interested in learning expressions in Japanese Anime and Manga?
Continue reading高いイチゴ Expensive strawberries
(c) だーちゃん 友[とも]だちのブログで、上[うえ]の写真[しゃしん]を見[み]つけました(mitsukeru means to find)。友[とも]だちはデパートでこの写真[しゃしん]を撮[と]りました(shashin wo toru means to take a photo)。 I have found the above photo in one of my Japanese friends’ blog. He took this photo at a department store in Japan.
Continue reading安いもの Cheap stuff
日本人[にほんじん]は高[たか]いブランド品[ひん]も好[す]きですが、安[やす]いものも好[す]きです。例[たと]えば、日本[にほん]には100円[えん]ショップ（NZの1,2,3ドルショップと同[おな]じような店[みせ]）がとてもたくさんあります。しかし…。 Japanese people have a weakness of big name brands. The goods of those brands are really expensive. But Japanese people also really like cheap stuff. For example, there are so many so-called “100yen shop” in Japan (equivalent to 1, 2, 3 dollar shops here).
Continue readingローフード3 Raw food 3
I wrote about raw food before. I just realised there were some photos which I did not show here yet. So here it is. The following photo shows mushroom-loaf. It was decorated with spinach (= ほうれん草) greens and pomegranate (= ざくろ) red representing Christmas theme. It looked pretty and tasted nice!
Continue readingウシガエル問題 Frog problem
(c) subtle 3106 山形県[やまがたけん]のある地域[ちいき] (chiiki means area)では、ウシガエル(ushigaeru is a type of frog, see the above photo)がたくさん増[ふ]えて困[こま]っているそうです。 Frog has lately become an issue in an area of Yamagata prefecture, Japan.
Continue readingバレンタインデー Valentine’s Day
今年[ことし]もバレンタインデーの季節[きせつ]が近[ちか]づいてきました。Valentine’s Day is approaching again.
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