↑左から：
From the left:
おじさんの会社の同僚さんとその息子さん、おじさん、僕、ピン、ラデッシュ、オーマー
My uncles work mate and his son, my uncle, me, Ping, Rajesh and Omar.
新潟駅に着いて、僕らはまた新たな一日が始まろうとする朝焼けをボーッと見続けた。
When we arrived at Niigata station, we stared continuously at the morning
sunrise which was about to begin a whole new day.
新潟の祖母の家に友達を連れて、そこに数日泊まることにした友達３人。
I took my friends to my grandma's place in Niigata and the 3 of them
decided to stay for a few days.
みんなこういうのは初めてで、何をしていいかわからずいつも遠慮してる。
They all find this all new because its their first time in Japan and so they were being
too polite (which is generally good but being tooooo polite isn't a good thing).
祖母はちと特殊の方で
My grandma's a bit special in many different ways
なんていうか、おばあちゃんなんだけど、おばあちゃんのようには見えない・・
and well, she's my grandma but she doesn't look like a grandma..
って言うといいのかな・・。
which kind of best describes her.
髪は金髪で（たまには茶髪）、豪腕で
She has blond hair (sometimes dye it brown) and has 2 strong arms
とても７○歳には
that she just doesn't look
見えない活発で力強く、流行もわかっている２０・３０歳ぐらいは
like she's in her 70's as she looks very energetic and powerful whereas furthermore
she likes to keep on track with trends and because she's always
若く見えるぐらい元気で歳を感じさせない、おばあ・・・「バーバ」なのである。
bright she never looks old (I'll say, minus 20 or 30years from her age) and thats
my grandma...."Barba"
そして今回、時間を作ってくれて
And my uncle who made time for us
友達を案内したり、仲間になったおじじ、
and took my friends around special* places in Niigata. He's my Ojiji,
いやおじさん・・か・・いやそれともマイ アンクルと言うべきなのか・・
no my Ojisan but wait, actually .. no, he's my uncle.
僕の母の弟なんだが、昔からこの人の事を尊敬していて、
He's my mum's younger brother and I always used to admire him
いつかオジサンみたいになりたいと思っていた。
back then and thought of becoming like him one day.
好き嫌いははっきりしていて、言いたいことはハッキリと気持ちよく言える活発で力強い人で
He's another energetic and strong person who's clear with what he likes and hates
and can say his feelings clear and straightforward.
女好きだけど男の中の漢だと感じさせてくれる、活発で力強く、流行もわかっている
He likes girls but he's a man inside a man (I don't know if that made any sense in English :s)
who has power, energy, follows and are update with the trends.
おじさん・・「シン君」なのだ。
This is my uncle.. "Shin-kun"
腹ごしらえにシン君は僕らをバイキングに連れてくれて
Shin-kun took us to an all you can eat Japanese food court for our first tasters
お腹がはち切れるぐらい好きなだけ盛って食べた。
and ate as much as we did until we couldn't eat anymore.
その後に、シン君の会社の同僚の息子さんが太鼓の練習をしていると聞いて
After that, Shin-kun heard that his workmates son's practicing his Taiko drums
学校の体育館で太鼓の練習している団体を目撃して
and so we went to the Schools sports-hall where the taiko practice is going on
and saw a huge team of taiko drummers practicing HARD.
心が打たれるぐらい激しい練習光景とパフォーマンスを目にして感動した。
We were lucky enough to see this heart stopping crazy practice
footage and performance which was emotional.
ネットの動画で見るときと、目の前で実際見るのは全然違いますよね。
You know how different it is when seeing it on the internet and
seeing it live in front of you right?
最後はみんな（会社の同僚さんとその息子さんも）で居酒屋に行って
We all went (including my uncles workmate and his son) to a Japanese pub after that finished
飲んだり食ったりしました。
and drank/ate at the Japanese Izakaya.
ピン飲むの強いなー・・
Ping's quite strong at drinking.
ラディッシュは酒飲みを楽しんでる感じで
Rajesh looks like he's enjoying the sake drinking
オーマーは何回もトイレに行ってた。特に最後は
and Omar's being running off to the toilet back and forth.
４０分ぐらいしても出てこなかった 笑
Especially the last one took around 40min I think..haha
僕は早くもダウン。
I was smashed.
シン君は次の早朝に仕事があるというのに、
And Shin-kun has work in the early morning on the next day
何杯も何杯もお酒を飲みまくるモンスター化した。
but still continues downing the sake one by one and becomes a monster.
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