Dan and Richie in Tokyo!

I just happened to find that our rugby legends, Dan Carter and Richie McCaw, had a great time in Tokyo Disneyland! They appear in its official promotion site (it’s here)!! オール・ブラックスで活躍[かつやく]したダン・カーターさんとリッチー・マコウさんが東京ディズニーランドで遊[あそ]んでいますよ! 東京ディズニーランドの公式[こうしき]サイト(= official site)で見ることができます。ここです(@_@)!

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What a game! すごかった!

What a game! You do not know what I am talking about? – it is of course, the cricket world cup final which took place last night/this morning (in the New Zealand time) at Lord’s, England. すごい試合[しあい](= game)でしたね! えっ、何のことかって?-もちろん、イギリスのロード(= Lord’s)で開[ひら]かれたクリケット・ワールドカップの決勝戦[けっしょうせん](= the final)です。(Note: Lord’s: ロンドンにある有名[ゆうめい]なクリケット場[じょう]の名前です。this is the name of a famous cricket ground located in London) It […]

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Japan in New Zealand ニュージーランドの中の日本

I bought persimmons the other day. Can you read the sticker on the fruit (you can see a bigger photo below)? 先日[せんじつ](= the other day)、柿[かき](= persimmon)を買いました。柿についているシール、何かわかりますか(下にもっと大きな写真があります)。 You might not know that there are a few varieties of persimmons. One of the most consumed kinds is called 富有, which is read fuyuu (long vowel). I presume […]

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It is July!

It is July; time indeed flies. Cold days continue in New Zealand but I saw the above flowers this morning, that makes me feel that spring is slowly but surely approaching. This shrub is called chaenomeles. Some websites say this is also called Chinese quince, Japanese quince etc. (it is apparently native to western China). […]

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