"Green" road

Recently, my ride course has been partly painted in "green". I don't know that the painting the road in green is really needed , but the color is very nice ."見事な緑色！"

Seeing "Kokura-Gion Daiko" with Indonesians

Last Saturday, I took three Indonesians to Kokura （小倉） to see "Kokura-Gion-Daiko"（小倉祇園太鼓）. They are working in a nursing home and a hospital in Japan as workers under EPA, Economic Partnership Agreement between Japan and Indonesia.

Two men of them have already been introduced on this blog, but I saw this women for the first time.

Her name is Elice-san, and she is working at the hospital of the University of Occupational and Environmental Health（産業医科大学病院）. She is a very smart woman who has a nice Asian smile, I think.

After seeing several teams that played "Gion-Daiko", we took a dinner at a restaurant that serves mainly "Soba"（そば） that is one of Japanese traditional noodle.

At first, I would treat them to this dinner. But, she said that she would to treat three men including me to this dinner because she had just received a special payment on her job. Finally, I decided to accept her offer. I will send a small gift as "Okaeshi"（お返し）to her.

"Senkyo"

Election for Member of the House of Councillors was held last Sunday across the country. I worked for this election as an extra stuff because I am a local government worker.

There are many varieties of place for election in Japan, but one of most used places is a gymnasium in a school.

We had set several equipments for election in a gymnasium Saturday morning and I took this photo as a record for next election.

humid days

Humid days have continued in this area. Today, it was cloudy and sometimes rainy. But, "green" has become more green.

This photo is a rice paddy near my house.

civilian control

I have often come across the word, "civilian control" （シビリアンコントロール）in Japanese newspapers, but I have never listened to the word in English until now. But today, I found the word in Obama's speech in VOA Special English program, this happening let me a little bit happier.

"Civilian control" is translated 「文民統制」 in Japanese.

"Ume-shu"

This year, I decided to try making "Ume-shu"（梅酒） because the Japanese apricot tree in my yard had a lot of its fruits. Making "Ume-shu " and other products from the fruits was the work of my father by last year. But, he died January, now no one do it.

I am looking forward to drinking it about three month later.

"Gougai"（newspaper extra）

Friday morning, I received "Gougai"（号外） that tells about the Japanese foot ball team defeated the Denmark's and will go into the tournament stage. Of course, I did not pay for it because it is generally delivered with free.

I could not remember when the last "gougai" was published and about which article it told before this time.

a little bit busy days

Recently, I am a little bit busy in my work. I have several topics that I want to tell you on my blog, but tiredness from my work takes away my drive. Please wait for new articles on my blog until my motivation returns.

World Cup songs

I like both.

mini concert

On May 29, several members of my son's brass band club performed at a community center. Usually, they perform in more than 50 members. But, this time, their performance included solo, ensemble from two to five members.

My son played a tuba in solo. Tuba is the biggest brass instrument, this photo shows its size very well.