岐阜出張 Business trip to Gifu

本日は岐阜県関市へ日帰り出張です。
行くまで知らなかったんだけど、関市は刃物で世界的に有名らしい。
昔は日本刀を作っていたが、今は包丁を日本国内は勿論海外へも
バンバン輸出してるんだってよ。
包丁って言うと大阪堺ってイメージが強いけど関市もスゴイらしい。
さてさて、そんな訳で刀匠の神様を祭っている春日神社へ行って来ました。

Today, I’m coming to Seki city in Gifu prefecture for one day business trip.

I haven’t known till coming here, Seki city is very famous in the world about knife.

Long time ago, people were making Japanese sword but now they are producing knives and not only domestic but also exporting the knives a lot.

When I image a knife, I visualize Sakai city in Osaka but Seki city is also said very popular for knife.

Anyway, I took a picture in front of Kasuga shrine which enshrines god of sword smith. 

珍客 Unexpected visitor

朝　岐阜出張の準備をしていたら、嫁の「うぁぁぁ～っ！　何ぃぃ～っ！」という悲鳴。
急いで駆け付けると網戸に鳥がへばり付いている。
しかも、かなり体力が無さ気で徐々に下へ下へと落ちて行く・・・・。
おいっ！まさか病気っ!?
見る見る内に落ちて行きベランダの端へと移動。
嫁曰く「そこで寝るだけならOK。でも絶対にそこでは死ぬなよ!!!!!」
そんな彼の写真を撮影。スズメでは無いね。
嫁が出勤後15分程度寝た彼は元気良く飛び立って行きました。
きっと昨日夜遊びし過ぎたんだろうね。
寝るだけなら、何時来てくれても良いよ。
まぁ、何にせよ元気で良かった良かった。

This morning, when I was reading for business trip to Gifu, my wife was screaming “Uhwaaaa~! What you are~~~っ！”

So I running to her place and I could see a bird flatten oneself against the screen door.

He looks really not have enough energy and going down bit by bit.

Hey! We thought you disease!?

He was falling down bit by bit and moving to side of balcony.

My wife said “if you are taking nap, it is fine but she never accept you die at my balcony!!!!”.

I took his picture. He is not sparrow, right?

After my wife going job, he took nap about 15 minutes and leave my house lively.

I think he may play too much overnight yesterday.

You may come my house any time if you want for taking nap only and I always welcome you.

Anyway, he is fine so it is really good .

極小 Quite small

我が家のゴーヤのあまりの小ささに我慢出来ず、完熟しオレンジ色になるまで
放置して、成長の限界を確認してみました。
こんだけ熟してもこのサイズ・・・。
完全に戦意喪失しました。きっと実が大きくならない種類なんだと諦めたよ。
肥料は残っていますが来年の苗の為に取って置く事にします。
これにて今年のゴーヤ菜園終了～。

I couldn’t endure too small size of bitter melon in my kitchen garden so I wait it will be orange color to fully ripen and I confirmed their maximum size.

You may see these bitter melons in picture.

They are fully ripened and will not be bigger any more.

I completely gave up.

I think my Go-ya was one of species which will not be big.

I still have manure but I will keep it for next year.

So my kitchen garden in this year is over.

虹 Rainbow

今日も暑かったなぁ～。
夏休みも終わり出勤前は憂鬱な気分・・・でも、明け方に雨が降ったせいで
綺麗な虹が出てよ～。
ようしっ！頑張るか～！って気になれたわ。ま、暇なんだけどね。
そんな訳で虹の写真を撮ってみました。

Today was also hot, right?
My summer vacation was finished and I was little blue before going to company today but beautiful rainbow was show up because of raining in the morning.
I could change my mind to work harder! But actually I'm not so busy.
So I took a picture of the rainbow. 

夏休み Summer Vacation

ブログのネタが無いな～。と思っていたら１月近くが経ってしまいました。
夏休みも今日で終わり。今日は景気良く昼間っからビール、焼酎飲み始めちゃってます！
さてさて、週末は大阪の嫁の実家に行って来ました。
最近、半沢直樹ってドラマ流行ってるよね～？
撮影現場が大阪駅前が多いので大阪行ったついでに写真撮って来ました。
知ってる人は知っている。知らない人はスルーして下さい。
半沢の勤務している東京中央銀行　西大阪支店とその前の歩道橋です。

I couldn’t find good topics for updating my blog so almost one month was going.

Today is final day of my summer vacation so now it is daytime though, I’m drinking beer and soju because I’m kind of cerebrating the final day.

Anyway, this weekend, I went to my wife’s home in Osaka.

Nowadays drama, Hanzawa Naoki, is very popular in Japan, right?

It is taken lots of photography spot in front of Osaka station so I also went to there and took pictures.  

If you know the place, please remember the scene in the drama but if you don’t know it, please just go through and ignore.

These pictures I took are Tokyo central bank west Osaka branch, Hanzawa Naoki working, and pedestrian bridge of in front of the bank.

西大阪支店。実は阪急デパートです。

This is West Osaka branch. But it is Hankyu department building.

西大阪支店前の歩道橋。

This is the pedestrian bridge in front of the West Osaka branch.

初収穫！ First harvest!

受粉から２週間が経ったのでゴーヤの収穫を行いましたぜ！
しかぁ～しっ！小ぃさっ！
何なんだ？この小ささは？携帯電話がデカイわけではありません。
純粋にゴーヤが小さいのです。
肥料をやっても、このサイズから大きくならない・・・。何故、何故なんだぁぁぁっ！
予定では明日の朝食は、ゴーヤチャンプル～♪にしようと思っていたが
このサイズでは全然足りない・・・。
メニュー変更やむなし（残念）。

2 weeks were going from pollination so I’ve harvested bitter melons

BUT!!! You may know with this picture. They are so small!

What a small bitter melons they are!

The size is almost same with smart phone but the phone is not big.

Their size is really and truly small…..

As you know, I’ve given them enough manure but they couldn’t become big….

Why! Why! I want to know the reason!!!!

I’ve planned to eat by cooking them Go-Ya champru♪as tomorrow breakfast but I have to change my plan because of their size.

The size is too small so we cannot get enough amount of main dish so sad….

参議院選挙2013 House of Councilors election 2013

さてさて、皆さん選挙へは行きましたか？
税金を沢山払っているのですから必ず選挙へ行きましょう！
今回から私の選挙区は磐田市。
そんな訳で投票所の前で証拠写真撮影して来ました。
えっ？先週よりも太って無いか？って？
はい、北海道で美味しい物をたらふく食べたせいで確実に体重増えてると
思います。
それにしても北海道寒かったわ～。朝晩は半袖ではキツかった・・。

Hi guys! Did you go to vote today?

You know, we are paying lots of tax so we must go to vote!

From this time, my vote area is changed to Iwata city.

I took an evidence picture in front of vote place.

What? You think I look like gaining weight from last week?

Yes, you are right. I’ve eaten lots of delicious food in Hokkaido so I must gain weight.

Anyway, Hokkaido temperature was very low and I didn’t bring long sleeves so in the morning and at night was very chilly.