Elementary school sports day.

On Saturday we had a sports festival at one of my tiny elementary schools.

土曜日とても小さい小学校で運動会があった。

I was very much surprised to find that there were as many events for the adults as there were for the kids.

Speeches were made at the beginning.

スーピチがたくさんあった。

There were lots of events. I ended up participating in a lot of them, so I didn’t get very many pictures.

たくさんエベントがあった。私たくさんしたから、写真をあまり撮らなかった。

The last event of the day was the relay.

最後のエベントはリーレ。

We won, but barely. Note the other runner has fallen over because his shoe fell off.

勝ちた！

Second place.

二番目。

After the sports day, we had a barbecue and hung out in the afternoon. It was a fun day.

運動会の後に焼肉した。その後に校長先生の家でパーティへ行った。楽しかった。

June Photo Challenge Day 2

June 2: First things

６月２日：最初の事

Today was the Junior High School’s Sports day. Before any of the sports began, we did ‘rajio taiso,’ which is a Japanese-style warm-up.

今日は運動会があった。　最初はラジオ体操した。

Everyone got to pick a kanji to put on the back of their Tshirt. These two friends, picked the two kanji in ‘friend’ so that when they stand together their shirts say friend.

みんなはTシャツの後ろの漢字が選んだ。　この２人は友と達が選んだ。　一緒に友達になる！

Fever or hot, if I understood correctly, it’s because she has a warm heart, though that may have been lost in translation.

熱。

My team, the red team!

私の組は赤組！

I like taking jumping photos – it’s a fun challenge to try and get the timing right.

跳ぶの写真は楽しい！正しい時に撮ることは難しくて、いいチャレンジだよ！

I laughed when I saw this part of the obstacle & relay race. Two students have to get in a cardboard box and move to the end of their part of the relay.

びっくりした！ダンボールに速い動いている！

The tunnel race. It always looks like a lot of fun!

トンネルの。いつも楽しそう！

After sports day, we had party for the teachers. It was a lot of fun, though I was both happy and embarrassed when a teacher picked me as an MVP for taking photos and went on to say he thinks my photos are better than the town photographers!

運動会の後にえんかいがあった！みんなはMVPの人が言った。１つ先生は私と言った。写真撮るから。そして、彼は私の方が町の写真館より上手と言った。とてもびっくり。うれしくて恥ずかしかった！