Thank you for all the birthday messages! I really appreciate your thoughtfulness.

I spent my birthday with my family who gave me lovely gifts. On my birthday, I really had a blast. I celebrated one of the happiest birthdays of my life. My family prepared a surprise birt...

I took the train for the first time after the Intelligent Lockdown was implemented and walked through the city of Amsterdam.
I met an acquaintance by chance, but we did not hug.

オランダに来て以来、納豆は手作りしている。アジア食品店や宅配サービスなどで納豆を買うことができるが、日本の１０倍以上の値段がする上に冷凍製品だ。大豆は有機製品が５００gあたり１.７ユーロほどで近くのスーパーやオンラインショップで手に入る。黒豆は５００gあたり２ユーロ程度。大豆を煮るのに以前は圧力鍋、炊飯器などを使っていたが、現在は真空保温調理器を使って炊いている。オランダはエネルギー代が高額なので、沸騰させるまでのガス代しかかからない保温調理器は重宝する。好みの硬さに炊いた大豆に少し水飴を絡めた納豆をくわえ、よくかき混ぜて小分けにし...

いろいろとお気遣いのメッセージなど頂戴しまして、ありがとうございます。おかげさまで家族みんな元気にしています。
オランダでは3月16日から始まった"インテリジェントロックダウン"が段階的に解除中。来週から三男のみ隔日で登校することになりました。

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Thank you all for your messages of concern. We are all fine!
In the Netherlands, the "intelligent lockdown" that started on March 16 is being ca...

日本で仕事と義母の介護をしている連れ合いが、２ヶ月ぶりにオランダに到着。例年通り家族みんなで新しい年を迎えたいと思っていましたが、義母の容体が悪化し、すでに連れ合いは日本に帰国しました。
改めて思いますが、家族みんなで美味しいもの食べて、遊んで、笑ってって、これ以上の幸せはないですね。
今年もクリスマスの夕食を子どもたちが協力して作ってくれました。
みなさま、どうぞよいお年をお迎えください。
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My partner who works and cares for his mother in Japan arrived in t...

Our family was able to watch and admire the first "Gozan no Okuribi" (Mountain Bonfire) in Kyoto Matsugasaki after being away for 5 years.

Japanese people believe that during the Bon Festival, the spirits of our departed loved ones visit our ancestral homes. The lightin...

I received the "Overseas Election Certification" from the Embassy of Japan in the Netherlands. I'm relieved.

Kyoto's early summer feature "Kyoto Takigi-noh: noh theater performed at night by a fire." is on its 70th year of being held annually on June 1 and 2 in the grounds of Heian Shrine. With a background of the greenery of the Higashiyama mountains and the vermilion color...

Last Sunday, my sons found a hedgehog in front of our house. It was the first time we saw a wild hedgehog. We had to transfer the hedgehog to another location because he was going to be hit by our front door whenever we would swing it open. My sons were fascinated with...

Today is Mother's Day. I got a lot of presents from my three sons. I'm very happy to experience this as a mother, and at the same time, to express my gratitude as a daughter to my own mother in Kyoto. She had been hospitalized because of Takayasu disease, but fortunate...

On May Day, May 1, and on Constitution Day, May 3, I went to Den Haag by train for the first time after a while with the whole family (including Papa!) The Japanese embassy has a booth where people can register and write a message to celebrate the coronation of the new...