2012年5月25日金曜日

バター餅 Butter Rice Cake

22日から秋田出張。
今回の秋田は何時もと違い、県民が皆さん同じ話題で持ち切り。
それは何かと言いますと”バター餅”!知ってる?これ。
23日朝、会社へ向かう車内でグループ会社の社長さんから
「”バター餅”って知ってます?北秋田鷹巣エリアの昔からある菓子餅なんですけど、
最近テレビ番組で紹介されて、今凄いブームなんですよ。何処に行っても売り切れてて
全然買えないんです。」との事。
正直、全然知らなかったので「へぇ~、そうなんだ~。」と色々話している内に会社に到着。
仕事が始まり一緒に仕事をする方から「バター餅って知ってます?」
10時休憩のタバコ部屋で「バター餅って知ってます?」
仕事が終わり、温泉旅館で「バター餅知ってます?」
”バター餅””バター餅”ってウルサイよ!北秋田市民!(笑)
優しい部長さんが「奥さんに持って行って」と貴重なバター餅をくれました。
実際食べてみたら、マジで美味い!
もっちもちに柔らかくて、ほんのり優しい甘さ。これは確かにブームになるわ。
と納得です。
北秋田鷹巣エリアに行く時は絶対お薦めよ!

From 22nd, I was on business trip.
This time was little different with usual.
All people living in Akita, talk same topics.
You know, what it is? It is “Butter Rice cake”.
In the morning on 23rd, president of our group company said “do you know “butter rice cake” in the car, going to his company.
He said “it is one of the popular sweet in this area from past but some weeks before, TV program introduce the cake and now, the butter rice cake is big boom so it is very difficult to buy it because sold out in all the stores”.
Honestly said I didn’t know the cake so I asked and talk about it in the car for while with the president till arriving at company.
After starting job, my job partner, living in Akita, said “do you know “butter Rice cake?”
On 10 o’clock break time at smoking place, people asking me “do you know Butter Rice came?”
After job at hotel, also one person asking me “do you know Butter Rice cake?”
OK, OK I enough understand how much famous “Butter Rice cake” now for you guys!
Kind manager has given me the rare “butter rice cake” as souvenir for my wife.
I would like to tell you my honest opinion of the taste.
It is really tasty.
It is so soft like baby’s leg and the sweetness is also very soft and slight.
I really understand it could be made this kind of boom.
If you visit north Akita area, I really recommend you to try it!

2012年5月21日月曜日

金環日食 Annular Eclipse

本日5/21 朝7:31 世紀の天体ショー金環日食が掛川でドストライクで
見れました。朝5時前に起きた時には、全然厚い雲に覆われていて完全に諦めモード。
7時を過ぎても全然雲は無くならず、やっぱ駄目かぁ~。と思っていたんだが
ホント7:30ちょっと前から雲が切れてバッチリよ。
今回は沖縄から東京までの広い範囲で見る事が出来て、しかも静岡、東京のラインは
ド真ん中。
さて、今回私が撮影したのは太陽ではありません。木漏れ日。
金環日食ならではの不思議な現象。木の葉の間から地面に差した日光がリング状に
差しています。これ凄く無い?太陽を直に撮った写真よりも全然レアだと自画自賛です。

Today 21st May on AM7:31, we could clearly see century spherical show “annular eclipse” at my town Kakegawa-city.
When I woke up little before 5:00, thick cloud covered all the sky so I thought it is no chance to see it.
And also bit past 7:00, still thick cloud still stayed at the sky so I was almost gave up the special show but bit before 7:30, the thick cloud was going to somewhere and clear blue sky was opened.
This time, people, living from Okinawa to Tokyo can see this annular eclipse and my area Shizuoka and Tokyo was center of the line.
Anyway, this time I didn’t take the sun picture.
It is sunlight through the trees.
It is really strange natural phenomenon of the annular eclipse.
Shape of the sunlight through the trees on the ground is becoming circle light.
Don’t you think cool this is?
I have big proud of this rare picture and this is much better than picture of the annular eclipse sun.


2012年5月14日月曜日

蛇 Snake

今日の会社帰りに野生の蛇が、道路にニョロニョロと出て来ててよ。
多分大きさは1m以上は間違い無くあったと思う。
北海道、広島、大阪と住んでいたけど、野生の蛇を見つける機会は無かった。
でも、静岡に来てからというもの、半年に1回以上は野生の蛇を道路とかで見るわ。
そんな訳で蛇ちゃんを写真撮影。結構可愛い顔してるでしょ?

On the back way from job, wild snake is coming to in front of me on road.
I think maybe his size must be over 1m.
I’ve lived in Hokkaido, Hiroshima and Osaka but I have never had chance to find wild snake.
But since I’ve been living in Shizuoka, I could find wild snake more than 1 time per every half year.
So I took his picture. Don’t you think he looks cute face?

2012年5月11日金曜日

静岡駅 Shizuoka station

本日5/11、千葉出張。
帰りの新幹線で乗り換えの為、静岡駅で下車。
そんな訳で写真撮影しておきました。

Today 11th May, I was on business trip to Chiba.
On back way of bullet train, Shinkansen, I got off at Shizuoka station for transit so I took a picture.


2012年5月6日日曜日

雹 降る! Hail coming down!

驚いたわ~っ!
本日5月6日 PM13:30頃 気温ナント!25度でっせ。
突然雹がバラバラバラ~っって降って来たわ。雷もゴロゴロゴロ~って。
時間にして3分間位だったけど不思議な事が起こるもんですなぁ。
我家のベランダから駐車場を撮影した動画です。
同じアパートの住人が、毛布を自分の車に掛けてキズがつかない様にしてました。
さらに、凄いのは今朝の天気予報が今日の雹を、ちゃんと予想してた事!
日本の天気予報はホンマ世界一やと思う。

It was so surprised!
You know today, May 6th, around PM13:30 temperature, say, 25 degree.
Suddenly, lots of hails are coming down with sound “Bara bara bara~~!” and also thunder lightning with the sound “Goro goro goro~!”.
Maybe, it was 2 or 3 minutes continued, hails coming down from sky, but it was so mysterious thing for me.
I took movie of my apartment parking lot from balcony.
Habitants, living at same apartment, are trying to cover their car by blanket for protecting from damage. 

And there was one more great thing.
In this morning, weather forecast really could expect the hails coming.
It is so great and I really think Japanese weather forecast is the best in the world.