Jazz Kissa

I went to a Jazz club with my colleague in Yotsuya. I have liked Jazz since I was a university student. I think many Japanese loves Jazz. We often hear Jazz music in some restaurants and eating houses in Japan. And there are many “Jazz-Kissa” which is café which collects a lot of Jazz records and CDs. I heard that the US, the home of Jazz doesn’t have such places. I think Japanese likes collection of whatever they love.
By the way, I enjoyed good music there. But the colleague was weighed down with various worries, so I had to cheer up him whole time I was there.

eggs of magot

We went to Hokkaido last week, so couldn’t take out the garbage. Garbage is collected on Wednesday and Saturday morning, but we traveled there from Tuesday to Saturday. So During the vacation, a lot of garbage bags had stayed in the hot room. This morning, we took out them at last. But there are many eggs of maggot in the place where the garbage bags were. My wife turned pale, because she saw them for the first time. She wiped the floor with alcohol hard before going to the office.

Melon Spaghetti

My wife called me on the phone at 8:00 p.m. and she was in Yuraku-cho, so invited me to dinner. We went to a Italian Restaurant. They sold two kind of spaghetti at a fifty percent discount. One is Bolognese and the other is cold pasta of uncured ham and melon. She selected Bolognese. I like Bolognese too, but I had an interest for the melon spaghetti. I think I don’t mind if it tastes bad, because of 50% off. I ordered it. It had a unique taste. I had her take a bite, and she said “No! No!”. She dislikes it. I ate it all, but I didn’t understand which it tastes good or bad.

Depressed

Today, I felt depressed. 9 days vacation has passed very fast. In this morning, I lacked the drive to do my works. Afternoon, I began to toddle, but I have forgotten the details of my work. My brain worked after a long absence, so I slept like a log tonight.

Nice Hokkaido

Today I came home from Hokkaido. We stayed at the lake Shikaribetsu which is the highest lake in Hokkaido for two days. There are big primeval forest and the air is very clean. My wife and I went a board a kayak, and went to the opposite shore. Foods are very fresh and delicious. The man who works “Shikariberu nature center”, teaches travelers how to operate a canoe, kayak and so on, is from Kawasaki near Tokyo. He said “When I sometimes go back to Kawasaki, I always surprised the dirty air and think I can’t live any more in Kawasaki!” I also feel that I don’t go back Tokyo.

My Birthday

Today is my thirty-first birthday. My wife put all the skill she had into cooking, Salad, grilled chicken, Ratatouille, and so on. We drank a bottle of red wine. I like it better than white wine. 4 days later, August 17 is my wife’s thirtieth birtday. That day, I will cook and we will drink white wine. She like it better than red wine.

Bon

There are a few people in commuter trains in Tokyo during the Bon festival. I will take summer vacation next week, so I must go to the company during it. Usually commuter trains in Tokyo are jammed full. But now I could go to the company comfortable.

move

At 9 o’clock, two men and one woman of the moving company came to our apartment. They started work and many goods in our rooms disappeared into boxes in an instant. After two hours, all of the goods were carried out of the rooms. We are very surprised. The moving expenses are 100,000 yen. It is very expensive but the cost effectiveness is very good.

ecology

There are no air-conditioners in my apartment. My wife and I contribute to ecology. But I have a hard time falling asleep, because our bedroom is too hot. However my wife has a very short time falling asleep. I am envious of her every night.

wash-toilet system

I like a wash-toilet system. When we moved last time, I bought it. But I had a lot of trouble to install it, because I had to do pipe laying work. Today, I prepare tools for removing it. The manual of it, a screwdriver, and so on.

Fire

I will move next Saturday. This time my wife and I requested the moving trader all packaging. So I think it so easy. But today my wife said “We must empty the refrigerator and clean up the rooms till Saturday ! I am busy at Friday, so if you come home early, should prepare the for the moving!”

Lyonel Feininger

I visited to the Yokosuka-Museum of art with my wife. Lyonel Feininger’s works are on display in it. He was born in New York as son of German immigrant. He started his career as a comic artist, later became an artist of abstract painting, This is the first exhibition in Japan which shows Lyonel’s works.