Asebi
You might say ‘Pieris’ in English.
Asebi means drunkard horse in Japanese Kanji.
When I was young, my mother said, “if horses eat this tree’s leaves, horses will get drunk. “
Animals don’t try to eat this tree’s leaves.

By the way, now there are a lot of cherry trees bloom in Japan.
But every year I don’t have any time to see them. When I try to see cherry trees bloom, it is too late. 　

Spring is coming
My yonger son was admitted to go to his preschool. (If kids have a influenza, they need doctor's paper in Japan. Doctors cheak are very strictly. But mothers want to need doctor's paper soon....)
So my younger son went to his preschool from Tuesday. Hooooo.
And I could start to work. When I take off, I don't want to go to my office. No work is very good on weekdays for me!!

Influenza
My older son had influenza which was B type. And my younger son had a fever.
This morinig I went to a hospital with my older son. My younger son was good this morning. But his teacher called me after that. I picked up him soon. So I went to the hospital with my younger son again.
Fortunately they are not bad. So they are OK. I take care them.
Hopefully I will not get influenza. I don't have my nurse....
Anyway I have to go to bed early.

Do you like pizza?
When I was young, I ate a pizza in an Italian restaurant with my mother.( We couldn't eat pizza in our house. )
That was a first experience pizza for us. We have ever eaten pizza.
After we ate, we thought we should have eaten sushi. Because we thought sushi was better than pizza. My mother said “Sushi was same price as pizza. Why do Americans like pizza? It is not good.”
Our sons like pizza. Usually pizza is cheaper than sushi.
And pizza is very familiar food in Japan now.

Copying of a picture of Picasso
My older son takes lessons of art which are oil painting, making ceramics and rough draing etc..
My son tried to draw "Portrait of Igor Stravinsky" in his art class.
This is a copying of a Picasso, who drew STRAVINSKY. My older son likes to make something.
But his mother didn't like art lessons when she was young.

I heard cazzie learned art. I think her kids like art!??

Nara Todai-ji Temple Omizutori
This picture is not a fire of temple. This is Ceremony of the Second Month in Todai-ji temple of Nara city in Japan. This ceremony is very famous and histrical. It has been held every spring on March 12 since 752. Priests, with big torches in their hands, run through the balcony of Nigatsu-do which belongs Todai-ji temple.

By the way, I have not ever seen this ceremony. So it is difficult to write this theme. If you need
more information, you try to the other link.

This was a torche which was fired last year. My uncle took a picture this year.

Preparing torches

The priests run up this hall.

A white deer
I think this picture is so rare. My uncle took a picture, when he took a walk in Nara park in the early morning. A white deer is rarely born in Nara Park.
He said he couldn't see this white deer these days. Unfortunately the white deer passed away.

This is not a goat.

There are a lot of wild deer in Nara Park. They live in here more than 1200years.

Wedding
I was invited a wedding by my former coworker. I had a great time in the wedding party with my friends.
Before the wedding party, we attended at the wedding ceremony. We lessoned a father wedding message.
He said “I have 6 children. It is important to have family…..”
My friend said “A father was same my wedding’s!! When we got married, he said he had 4 children”
She got married 15 years ago. After that my friend talked to the father about it. He said I will not have new children any more. LOL
Anyway the bride was so beautiful and an excellent cuisine.

Rice cake making

This is a famous rice cake shop in Nara. My uncle took a video. Maybe this is a regular way.

Normal rice cake making

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This video is a same shop in Nara. They are campion of making rice cakes in japan. They have high-speed technique. I think this way is special. My uncle who lives in Nara, tried to see it when he took a walk. But he didn't have any chance to see it.

special rice cake making

Rice cakes with wormwood

Rice cake making
This is a famous rice cake shop in Nara. My uncle took a video. This is a very slow. Maybe this is a regularway.

Normal rice cake making

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This video is a same shop. They are campion of making rice cakes. They have high-speed technique. I think this way is special. My uncle tried to see it. But he didn't have any chance to see it.

special rice cake making

Rice cakes with artemisia