Uguisu

I saw small bird 'Uguisu' on the plum tree.

Uguisu is popular bird in spring. It chirps 'hoo hokekyo!'

This tree is between the big buildings in downtwon of Tokyo!

Plum Tree 'UME' is full now

Ume has pink or white flower
1 month earlier than Sakura(Somei-Yoshino).

Ume is very late to bloom in this year,
1 week or 10 days later than usual.

Ume is also popular tree in spring..

Day of new adult's ceremony

We have the ceremony for new adult on 2nd Monday in January.
This is a public holiday.

Wearing tradistional cloths 'Kimono' and goes to their ceremony.

But it is also ruined day.
Some of them are arrested in this ceremony every year.

It's the pictures about it below.
You may understand easily althouh it is Japanese website.

Link to outside

New year's day

We go to shrine to pray the health and happiness of our family in this new year.

This is said 'Hatsu-Moude"

Although there is alwasy no person, in this day people is lining to pray.

ARIMA-KINEN Horse Racing day

It is ARIMA-KINEN day today.

There is two Horse-Racin groups in Japan.

One is JRA (Japan Racing Association).

It is generally called 'Chuo-Keiba' (Central Horse-Racing) in Japanese.

Another is NRA (Nippon Racing Association).

It is generally called 'Chiho-Keiba' (Local....).

ARIMA-KINEN is the last and the biggest race in JRA in this year.

This is also called 'Gland Prix' and held in Nakayama Racing Course in Chiba.

The strong horses can entry in this race.

The triple crown horse of 3 year's classic in this year

The strongest mare who won Japan-Cup in this year

Last champion of this race who won Dubai World Cup in this year

entry in this race in this year.

People who could not hit betting in ARIMA-KINEN (or also who won) go to

TOKYO-DAI-SYOTEN (Grand Prix of Tokyo) which is the last and big race in NRA.

It is held in a few days after ARIMA-KINEN in Oh-i Racing Course Tokyo,

This course is in the way to Haneda Airport.

We can see it from the train of Tokyo Mono-Rail.

Many people will lose big money in this year, too.

Crisis is over, he said.

Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda announsed that

"Fukushima 1st electric power plant is stopped with under 100 degrees stably.

Crisis is over."

in 17 Dec,

Detail is below.

http://ajw.asahi.com/article/behind_news/politics/AJ201112170007

These are comments of the workers in Fukushima 1st plant,

picking them up from Tokyo newspaper(Japanese site).

http://www.tokyo-np.co.jp/article/national/news/CK2011121702000035.html

I cannot understand to say such a thing . We have been able not to enter into the building of nuclear reactor and not to take nuclear fuel out from there yet.

It seems I became not to understand Japanese. Judging from the state of nuclear power plants that we see every day, it is impossible. Why does he let it finish within this year although it takes decades to decommissioning ?

I thought it is kidding. It must not be convergence. Cause now we just cool it, making huge of polluted water, it can stay in low temperature. It is quite far from steady state.

I do not know how I understand his declaration. Work has yet to converge. We are still working in the risk of radiation.

If Earthquake happens again, or it become unable to cool the reactor, all will end. We are not in the situation that we can take out atomic fuel. I wonder how he intends to deal with large amounts of contaminated wastes. I can only imagine they are watching the situation lightly.

The government is just lying about. Who goes to take atomic fuel out? Damage was extensive, but they says just like an inconsequential incident. Why did they tell the truth?