hydrangea and Kamakura

We went to a temple, named "Meigetsu-in", located in Kamakura, western area to Tokyo. It is famous for beautiful and the huge number of hydrangea, which is currently in full bloom.


We also could see a small bamboo grove. A perfectly beautiful, Japanese style garden...


Kamakura used to be a capital, and has a lot of temples. The following picture is that of another temple, "Cho-mei-ji."

At another shrine, we happend to see a bridal ceremony held in Shinto style. Brides are always beautiful, but this birde dressed in a white looked so beautiful.

Kamakura is close to the sea. It must get much much more crowded in coming summer season. Even at that day, in early June, we saw lots of people enoying the bath in the sun.

1st wedding aniversary

We, Noriko and I, celebrated our 1st wedding aniversary on 6/8.

We have some more special days in June... Father's day, which everybody has in the same time, my mother's birthday, and Noriko's birthday. Well... I hope somebody move at least Father's day to another month. Say, how about November? I can expect some more budget for it in Novemebr than in busy June.

Class of 2009!

We had a kind of celebrating party with admitted Japanese studnets the last day. Yes, they are supposed to be a part of class of 2009!

They are wonderful guys... we, three Japanese 2008s, Yoshi, Aki and me, were so excited to have chat with them. They are so worried about the setting-up their lives in the States and coming new and another lives there. I can realize their anxiety quite easily, recalling my situation one year ago. We should keep surporting them.