Monthly Archives: 8月 2007

露天風呂にオリジナルな塀 Original Fence for our outdoor bath

2007.08.30: その他 Miscellaneous
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この夏に作っている露天風呂にプライバシーの為にこの塀を作っています。今日は取り敢えず形が出来て、明日は仕上がりを。材料はログホームを作る知り合いから頂いた杉皮です。Our big project this summer has been making an outdoor bath. Today I put together this privacy fence. Tomorrow I'll add the finishing touches to it. The fence is made of cedar bark that I got from a log house builder acquaintance.
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初秋？紅葉と美咲ちゃん　First of the Fall Foliage?

2007.08.29: 温泉タウン戸倉上山田 Onsen Town Togura-Kamiyamada
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朝、亀清旅館の裏の公園に散歩したら、発破が既に落ち始まっているのを見て、落ち葉とうちの美咲ちゃんのこのツーショットを撮りました。
During my morning walk, at the park behind Kamesei Ryokan I saw that the leaves have started to fall, and took this picture with our little girl, Misaki.

亀清旅館のＨＰはこちらClick here for Kamesei Ryokan website.







りんごが始まった！Apple season has started!

2007.08.28: 長野に来る理由 Reasons to Come to Nagano
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'Tsugaru' variety

週末に来てくれた地元のお客様から採れたてのりんごを頂きました。子のりんごが「津軽」と言う種類です。私の一番好きな種類の尼すっぱい「紅玉」もそろそろ出るかな？
Last weekend we had some guests from the local area, and they brought us a treat: some apples they had just picked. That means apple season has officially started. Nagano is the #2 prefecture in Japan for apple production. My favorite variety is the sour 'kougyoku' one, perfect for baking apple pies.





ごみvs.教会 Garbage or Church?

2007.08.26: 日米関係Culture Shock
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Gomi guard

私の生まれたところは日曜日の朝が教会へ行く時です。日本に来て、驚いたのは教会へ行く方が少ないし、代わりに皆がごみ・リサイクルをする。今日が当番でした。朝５時半から起きて、布団は３４枚も上げて、そしてごみ当番。旅館の若旦那の生活です。
Back on my home planet, Sunday mornings are for going to church. Here in Japan, Sunday mornings are for gathering your recyclable garbage. Today was our turn to man the garbage station. Wake up at 5:30am, flip 34 futons, and be the neighborhood garbage man.
'Tis the life of an innkeeper in Japan.
亀清旅館のＨＰはこちらへClick here for Kamesei Ryokan website





ガーデンデザイナーと打ち合わせMeeting with the Gardener

2007.08.24: その他 Miscellaneous
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Looks good on paper!

露天風呂の庭の為にガーデンデザイナーと今日打ち合わせしました。図面が段々とそろってきましたので９月末上記する予定です。それまでに露天風呂の完成が出来るかな？
Today I met with our garden designer to finalize the plans for our outdoor bath's garden. The last week of September is our target for installation.
亀清旅館のＨＰはこちらClick her for Kamesei Ryokan website.





Live at Souzoukan

2007.08.23: 青い目のおもてなし This American’s Omotenashi
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戸倉創造観光民間

戸倉の公民館が定期的に市民講座を開き、今日は私に喋る様に頼んでくれました。以前に松本大学でやった講演のテーマ：｢外国人(欧米人)はどう言うおもてなしを求めているか｣でした。１０月に今度は上山田公民館で又やる予定です。
The Togura Souzoukan Community Center across the river from our onsen town puts on a regular series of talks by various speakers. Today they had me give the speech. I based it on one I'd done previously for Matsumoto University: What kind of service do foreigners expect in Japan.
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Dog Days of Summer with Misaki

2007.08.20: 亀清旅館 Kamesei Ryokan
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Mom and Misaki

Here it is late August, and the hot days are continuing. At least it gives our little Misaki-chan a chance to wear her sun dress from Grandma.

８月の後半でまだこの残暑が続いている。でも、このお陰で我娘、美咲ちゃん、がグランマ空もらった夏用のドレスが着れる。





今度は庭作り　Starting the garden

2007.08.18: その他 Miscellaneous
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All those years of experience playing in the sand box finally paying off

この夏は亀清旅館に露天風呂を作っています。お風呂実態は入れる状態で、今度は庭です。まずは沢山の土が要ります。町の建設会社から土を頂ける事になっていますので今日は土袋を持って行って、ショベルカーを借りて、積みました。(初体験でした。面白かった！）
Our summer project here at Kamesei Ryokan is to build an outdoor bath. The bath is partially finished so now I have to start on the garden. A local construction company offered to give us dirt so I took some bags (yes, dirt bags) and borrowed their power shovel and filled them today. That was a lot of fun!

亀清旅館のＨＰはこちらClick here for Kamesei Ryokan website