Showing posts with label vegetables. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vegetables. Show all posts

Sunday, November 10, 2013

Last day of the produce stand

My produce stand closed and I went for their annual party and last day of shopping.
野菜の店は閉めて、毎年のパーティと最後の買い物の日へ行った。

I was surprised at how many trees had fallen in the big snow storm.
吹雪にたくさん倒木があった。



On the way I saw this. I hate those power lines, they’re in a place that would be perfect for photos otherwise. Grr!
途中にこれが見た。この電線が大嫌い。なかったら、とてもいい写真ができる。

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Pink pickles! Soo delicious!
ピンクの漬物。美味しい!

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Butajiru. Yum!
豚汁も美味しい!

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So many people came to shop one last time before the shop closed for the season.
たくさん人は最後の日へ行った。

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Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Small Shrine Festival

Earlier this month, one of my smaller areas in town had their shrine festival. One of the teachers invited me to come and it was a lot of fun.
9月に神社祭へ行った。E先生は誘って、楽しかった。

The first night we just had a barbecue and hung out.
最初の夕方に焼肉した。

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The second day, I went out in the afternoon after my classes had finished.
2日目に昼から。でも、私は授業が終わったら、行った。

I missed something in the early afternoon, but I arrived in time for floor curling. When I arrived, one of my students was telling me that his team was going to win . . .
着いた時に皆はフロアカーリングをしていた。生徒は「私のチームはぜひ勝つ」と言ったけど、

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. . . I ended up on his team and we were either last or second to last.
私はその生徒のチームにいた。私たちは6番目か5番目にいた。

These three were the judges.
この3人は審判した。

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After the afternoon of sports – floor curling and mini volleyball, there was a party in the community center.
スーポツの後にパティがあった。

I ended up sitting between one of my students’ very sleepy younger sisters and an empty chair. I was thankful when one of the super friendly moms came over and started talking to me.
生徒のとても眠い妹と空椅子の間に座ることになった。優しいお母さんは来て話したことうれしかった。

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My kids played taiko. They are so good at it!
生徒はたいこした。とても上手だった!

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They carried around the mikoshi (festival float). It was vegetables, quite fitting for this farm community.
みこしがあった。野菜のいいね!

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After that, it was time for karaoke. E-sensei had a song and dance for us.
カラオケがあった。E先生は歌って踊った。

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Lots of other people sang.
たくさん人は歌った。

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This person sang a song that lots of people knew the dance to.
この人はたくさん人が踊る歌が歌った。

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And of course, we played bingo. Paper products are Japan’s favorite bingo prize. Look at all that toilet paper.
もちろん、ビンゴした。紙製品は日本の大好きな賞だね。

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It was a fun festival.
祭りが楽しかった。

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Small town fun

One wonderful thing about living in the country is that sometimes, I come home to a bag of veggies hanging on my door.
田舎に住んでいるのいい事は時々帰る時に、ドアのハンドルで野菜がある。

It took me a day to figure out who these ones were from.
1日間に誰かから分からなかった。

The next day I got an email from my supervisor saying she had left them.
翌日に仕事の友達からメールをもらった。

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Also, the sunrises are gorgeous.
そして、日の出がすばらしい。

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Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Veggie shop in town

When I visit the school in the area, I usually make a quick stop at the veggie shop before I head back to my main school.
近い学校へ行ったら、だいたい野菜の店へ行く。

The weather was gorgeous this time, so I knew I wanted to take some pictures.
今回天気は良かったから、写真を撮りたかった。

This is the GIANT melon that sits in front of the shop – that’s how you know where the shop is!
大きいメーロンが見れば、野菜の店でいる。

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Outside they have scarecrows and a few things growing.
外でたくさん物がある。

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These are the ladies who run the shop. The one on the right is new this year, the one on the left is one of my student’s mothers. She loves to gush about how much more Japanese I can speak. It’s good for my self-confidence : )
この2人は店員。左の人は今年に来た。右のは生徒のお母さん。毎回日本語の勉強の応援するから、とても嬉しい!

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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Summer Adventures: The drive home from Wakkanai

We started the day with one last game of Hand and Foot.
最初に手と足と言うゲームした。

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It requires a crazy amount of cards.
たくさん、たくさんトランプカードが必要だね。

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A group shot.
皆の写真。

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One last group shot before we headed out.
最後の3人の写真。

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Heading off in C’s car.
Cの車で出た。

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The sky in Nakagawa is gorgeous.
中川町の空はとてもきれい。

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Furano was so gorgeous that we had to pull over and take a photo.
富良野はとてもきれいから、写真を撮った。

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C hadn’t tried lavender ice cream, so we had to do that before she left.
Cはらベンダアイスを食べたことなかったから、食べに行った。

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One last soup curry trip.
最後のスープカレー。

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The bright, colorful veggies are always the deciding factor in my decision at this shop.
いつもこの明るい野菜が欲しい。

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We both wanted to take photos of our dinner.
私たちは食べ物の写真を撮った。

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Small town produce stand

Today, I was at one of my tiny schools, so I stopped at the produce stand that’s in that area of town.
今日小さい小学校へ行った。野菜店も行った。

Look at all these yummy veggies! I love all the colors.
美味しそう野菜があった。 きれい色いっぱいあった。

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They also had cantaloupe!
メロンもあった。

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It was delicious.
とても美味しかった!

Monday, July 1, 2013

One of the things I love about my town

One of the things I love about my tiny town is the produce stand with all of it’s amazing summer veggies!

住んでいる町について大好きな事は野菜の店!夏の野菜がいっぱい!

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Thursday, June 27, 2013

Fukimi Festival and a road trip

 On Sunday, my friend K and I headed out to Ashoro for their Fukimi Festival. 
日曜日にKちゃんとふきみ祭りへ足寄に行った。

Along the way we stopped at this michi-no-eki. 
行く中にこの道の駅へ止まった。

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Apparently there are a lot of horses in the area, so the whole michi-no-eki was horse themed and there were even races outside. 
この町にたくさん馬がいるらしい。道の駅に馬の物がいっぱいあった。

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After that stop, we headed to the festival. 
祭りへ行った。

We wandered around the festival a bit to look at the different things that were around. 

We bought fuki-tempura. It was delicious. 
ふき天ぷらを買った。おいしかった。

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There was a fuki foot onsen. We wished we had brought towels along with us. 
ふきの足の温泉があった。


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After we wandered the festival for a bit, we went in search of fuki. We found some just a few minutes walk from the michi-no-eki where the festival was. 
祭りを見たの後にふきを探した。祭りから2・3分かかった。

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It's so tall! 
高いね!

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Fuki forest? 
ふきの森?

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A single, super tall fuki in the michi-no-eki. 
道の駅の中に1つとても高いふき。

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K: Aren't these cute? Me: They're not cute. Feet should not have feet. 
K::かわいくない? 私:かわいくないよ。足がある足はこわいね。

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Meat flavored cookies? Who would even think of such a thing? 
肉の味くっき?なぜ?

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After we wandered the festival, we went to yet another michi-no-eki where we had lunch. This was the view from our lunch spot. 
祭りの後に他の道の駅に昼ご飯を食べに行った。食べるところから、これが見える。

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K made bentos. Aren't they cute? 
Kは弁当を作った。かわいいだよね。

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Inside was: veggies, 
中に野菜と

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ham-katsu
ハムかつと

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and rice with homemade bonito flakes. So delicious! 
ご飯と手作りぼにと。おいしかった。

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On the way home, we stopped at the huge cake shop. The chocolate cake was yummy! 
帰る中に大きいケーキ店へ行った。ショコのケーキが美味しかった。

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K didn't have sunglasses and I wasn't wearing mine, so I made her use them for the super sunny part of the drive. 
運転に光が強かったけど、Kはサングラスがなかったから私のかぶった。

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And after that fun-filled weekend, I came home and went to bed at 8pm. 
週末はとても楽しかったけど、眠かったから8時寝た。