毎日は新しいパフォーマンス Every Day's a New Performance

February 9, 2010: 青い目のおもてなし This American’s Omotenashi

Misaki entertaining her dolls

この間、ある先輩と自分達の子供の話をしました。うちの娘、美咲ちゃんが才だと言ったら、「あっ、その年は毎日に何か新しいパフォーマンスをするよね。」と言われました。そう言えば、美咲ちゃんは確かに、保育園で習った歌や、お兄ちゃん達から聞いた事とか、友達やテレビに見た踊りを真似するか、何か面白い行動を起こす。今日は人形に笛を吹いていたのを見て、先輩の仰った事を思い出しました。あわてて、今日の美咲ちゃんパフォーマンスの写真を撮りました。

(青い目の若旦那の生活とあまり関係ないけど、可愛いから許して頂戴!)

The other day, one of my "senpai" (older fellow innkeepers) talked with me about children. When I told him our Misaki is 2 years old, he said, "Ah, when they're that age, everyday they do some new performance." After thinking about it, I realized he was right. Our Misaki is always singing a song she learned at preschool, or copying some funky action that her older brothers are doing, or mimicking a dance she saw from a friend or on TV. Tonight, I spotted her playing a flute for her doll friends. It reminded me of what my senpai had mentioned. I got out my cell phone camera and took this picture, today's Misaki performance.

(This entry doesn't have much to do about me being an American innkeeper in Japan, but isn't she cute?)

信州戸倉上山田温泉の亀清旅館のHPはこちらClick here for the website of Kamesei Ryokan in Nagano.





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