Senba-zuru and praying

hello... how do you do? you take care your voice...

About religion, yesterday I saw quite interesting public-opinion poll on Yomiuri Shimbun. Yomiuri Shimbun is newspaper name, it is one of the most famous new paper among Japan, and largest newspaper all the world.
according public-opinion poll, 26% Japanese believe particular religion, 72% Japanese don't believe particular religion. but 49% Japanese think that Japanese have religious nature. and 94% Japanese have respect their ancestor. and 56% Japanese believe that nature have something specific things.
after newspaper said that generally Japanese don't have paticular religion, but Japanese belive beyond human knowledge devoutly.

I try to make paper craft, "Thousand origami cranes" now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousand_origami_cranes

When we make traditional paper craft, we use Origami. Origami is square thin paper.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Origami


I bought origami and making cranes. Crane is famous origami craft. I will try to make 1000 cranes.
Especially we feel to wish and pray and cheer, we try to make it. If I will be able to make it, I will send to Sichuan, China.


Have a nice weekend, mata-ne!!

the GTAT tunisian traditional food

dearest friend
konnichiwa!
thanks for that risala, it's so interesting as always.

ok, today i will write little thing about one traditional food in my region.
as you know i told you that last week i had caughtched cold, and i had lost my voice for some days...

sure i took medicines for that and it was excelent, because now i can speak as always... but also in my region when we have such voice problems we can use a traditional food called MARKA GTAT, the GTAT is a fish lives in our sea, the mediterranian sea. it's from the family of REQUIN, sorry i don't know it's english name, requin is it's french name...
ok, the GTAT is little then the requin, at list it's long is about 0.5 meters, and weight is between 1 kilo to 3 kilos at list.

we do several types of food by it, but the special food well knowen is the marka... we eat it hot, it's as a soupe. also we eat with it several kinds of orange and citron juce, and also the honney...
at the photos you will see the GTAT and some FOODS, but it's not the maka of my region... that photos i get it from net just to show the gtat... soonly i will take some photos by my self of that food and send it to you
have happy day
best regards
bye!
yours friend for ever

After Golden-week

Hello... How are you?
After "golden-week" some Japanese get May-hypochondria, it means freshmen's hypochondria. Japan government and education, company begin in April. so Japanese work hard in April, but after "Golden-week" some japanese feel tire and get May-hypochondria.

Today also see newspaper and website. It happened big earthquake in China, Sichuan. Do you know? Living in Japan, we sometimes meet earthquake, but Sichuan area seldom happen. So many Chinese people feel shock and I worry about after big earthquake issue. for example lifeline, PTSD, reconstruction.

I want to continue Izu travel photo. Izu also famous area to happen earthquake. This area sometimes happen big earthquake, and will happen bigger earthquake in the future. So many specialist about earthquake have warned.

This photo is Wasabi terraced fields. I think Wasabi is luxury plant. Because Wasabi need pure and clean much water. Do you know Wasabi? Wasabi is famouse Japanese spice. If you have eaten "Sushi", you know it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasabi




and...I want to introduce dinner in a guesthouse... This guesthouse is cheap, but we ate so many many food. It is fish dinner, so maybe you can eat it too. But have you ever eaten Sashimi? Sashimi means slices of raw fish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sashimi



And you said...about a car.
In Tokyo we don't need buy car, because train and bus is best way to go everywhere, office, school, shop, friend house and so on... But if we go to rural place, we had better to rent-a-car. Japanese car company, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, Mazda... they have rent-a-car company. It is easy to reserve a car.

Mata-ne!!

hello

how are you my friend
thanks so much for that risala, it's good to know more about your daily life there... here things are different from yours... for example poeple here like to travel with their own cars.... and it's rare when renting a car despite that there's alot of agency which rent cars........ also pople dislike traveling at the public transportantion cervises, see that it's always crowded, and slow, specially at the big cities.

this period it's the examinations period here, so i am preparing my students to pass their final examinations.... after that i shall inspect the national examination in my region, students at final terms must pass the BACHCHALORIATE , it's a national final examination... and this will happen in 2 periods, first at begening of jun, they will pass the principal examinations... and students whom will fail to get 10 from 20 as marks in all subjects, they shall pass a second examinations, at the end of june.

our educational systhem is so different then yours, here 1 school year is during 9 monthes... i guess that such period you do in it 2 school years....

ok, soonly i will write more
have happy day
best regards

Drive a Car in Izu

Hello... How are you?
Last week was "Golden-week" in Japan. I went to Izu with my friend. Izu is located in Shizuoka prefecture, south of Tokyo, one of the famous sight-seeing place in Japan.

First we took "Sinkansen" super express line, after arrive at Atami station.


I used lent-a-car service. Lent-a-car is cheeper than buying car. I usually need not to use a car, because train is most useful and convenient transportation system in Tokyo.
But I like to drive a car. So when I have a trip, I sometimes use lent-a-car service and I enjoy driving... and car navigation system help me to lead every destination, so I don't need to feel stress.



I saw Mt.Fuji. Do you know Mt.Fuji? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Fuji
or... do you know Fuji Film? Perhaps you don't know Mt.Fuji, but know Fuji Film company.


Fuji mountain is most high mountain(3776m) in Japan. it figure is beautiful, so I feel special about Mt.Fuji.

Next time, I want to upload other picture...
Mata-ne!

the old mosaic art in tunisia

hello

how are you my friend?

i wish that you and all the family are ok.

thanks so much for telling me about the fish that you like, i sow it's pic, and i found that this kind of fish is not living in our sea... my be because you have a big sea there, we call it ALMOUHIT, but our sea is little we call it ALBAHR.

but i see that we have a kind of fish called ELMESALLA , it's similar abit to it. specially in the head form.

ok, fish is well used in our food traditions from the antic periods, because our land is over the the sea costs, we have about 1000 km of sea costs...

and this sea life had influenced everything even arts.

this time i will show you some photos of the mosaic art at the romain epoch in tunisia... it's so fantastic art creation, i wish that you will like it

comming Golden-week

Hello... how are you?? End of April and begining of May, we have some holiday. We call it "Golden-week". perhaps it is Japanese-English.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Week_%28Japan%29



Golden-week have 3 national holiday and saturday, sunday and so on... many people have a plan, travel, shopping, meet a friend and so on.

During Golden-week I have a plan to go travel... And for going travel I have to finish my task before travel... so I am busy now.
it is important for me to go travel, because I can take rest during travel.

I cooked Sanma (Pacific saury) and Daikon to use pressure cooker. Pressure cooker is useful, because I can cook short time.


Pacific saury is cheap fish, but taste is good. so I like to cook it. I sometimes market, I buy some Pacific saury and stock it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_saury
and Daikon... I have introduced it... it is cheap and big vegetable... I like so much. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daikon

have a nice weekend!!
mata-ne!!