Today, we went to Ayumi’s mother’s place. Its main reason was to go to Shari town with Ayumi’s mother, Mieko, for tour and for celebrating her birthday. Since Shari town was Mrs. Mieko’s place where she was grown up. World Natural Heritage Site, Shiretoko is very near from Shari. It is one of the reservation area for natural protection. Her home town was called Iwabetsu, a small village near Utoro, about 40 minutues drive from Shari. We visited the Shiretoko Museum in Shari where we found many interesting things in the history of Shari in the past 100 years. She was very happy to find the kind of equipment she […]
Continue ReadingAyumi’s mother whom I adore
When I first met Ayumi’s mother was back in January of 1993. Since it was rather speedy wedding between Ayumi and I, Ayumi’s parents were surprised to know that we were getting married. I was supposed to meet Ayumi’s parents in Hokkaido to greet them and prepare for the wedding in California. Back then, I was living in Kona, Hawaii. In order to meet Ayumi’s parents, I had to prepare myself ready to be able to at least greet in Japanese. So I went to public library in Kailua-Kona. There I found an introductory Japanese textbook. I had to memorize all the potential greetings. I learned how to write Hirakana […]
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