Haru-no-Pan-Matsuri 2013

Every spring Yamazaki Baking Co. conducts a sales campaign called "Yamazaki Haru no Pan Matsuri."


During the campaign, all of Yamazaki Baking's products are stuck a seal on.


A white dish will be presented after gathering 25 points from their products.






I spent more than 2 months to gather the points, but at last I made it!!

Here is this year's dish.

I'm looking forward to using it!! (^^)

Goal of Death or Angel

Ryota Moriwaki and Genki Haraguchi brought Urawa Reds a 2-1 victory over Jubilo Iwata at a heavy-rainy Saitama Stadium on Saturday.


Moriwaki celebrated his birthday by himself!! lol

Happy birthday in April, Moriwaki, Nagata, and Otani!!

Anyway, Jubilo's striker Ryoichi Maeda scored his first goal of the season.


His season's first is called "goal of death."


For 6 straight years, whichever team Maeda has scored his first league goal against has gone on to be relegated.


However, there is another statistic that may play in Urawa's favor even if Maeda does score.


In 2005, two years before the goal jinx began, Maeda scored his season's first in a 2-2 draw with Urawa, with the Reds going on to win the prestigious domestic Emperor's Cup tournament for the first time in 25 years.




We all welcome his "goal of angel." ＼(^o^)／

Last Waku-Waku

Wake up guys by 7:30!! 

Don't miss Waku-Waku and Gorori's last!!

My Second Home Eigonoie

This was my last to go to Eigonoie.


I joined Eigonioie at the age of 11.


I spent 7 years as a student and 4 years as a teacher.


WIth good teachers and students, I'm so satisfied with Eigonoie.

Many thanks to Mr. Ogura, Ms. Araki, Mr. Nakagaki, and all of my students!! (^o^)

37th Eigonoie Convention for Senior Class

The 37th Eigonoie English Convention was held last night.


I was so happy to hear 9th graders' wonderful speeches and 11th graders' highly advanced presentations.




Above all, I was so moved to see 10th graders' plays.


I know how hard the students wrote a script, studied their own part for the play, made some properties, and even practiced songs and dances.


Really good "Alice in Wonderland" and "Snow White"!!


Compared to two years ago when I'd taken charge of their class, their English has got improved much more greatly than I expected.


And I'm sure their bonds of friendship have been cemented through the play practice.





After the performance, 10th graders held a small party at Eigonoie.


It was only several years that I had spent with the students, but those days were the greatest treasure for me.



It was the best time.

Many thanks to my students. ＼(^o^)／

A beautiful handwriting, isn't it? lol

Two Years After 3.11

Japan marked the second anniversary on Monday of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that left nearly 19,000 people dead or missing and more than 300,000 people still displaced.

Now there are few debris remaining the devastated area, but the actual recovery has been progressing too slowly.


As time passed, I find myself forget the sorrow at the time when the catastrophic disaster happened, just as a nightmare.


I don't know what I should do and even what I can do for recovery.





One possible answer is that we should never forget how terrible that earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster were.


If we keep that in our mind, we can be much more kind to our family, friends, and many many people around us.


I believe that our kindness will change Japan better in the future.


This is the only thing that all the non-sufferers can do.

Pray for Tohoku Japan.

Reds Home Opener 2013

Urawa Reds maintained their strong start to the new J-League season with a 1-0 victory over Nagoya Grampus at Saitama Stadium yesterday.

Over fifty thousand supporters shouted with joy at the 54th minute.


Keita Suzuki drilled a pass through the middle for Shinzo Koroki to lay into the path of the onrushing Tomoya Ugajin, and he met it with a sweet curling shot that nestled into the far corner of the net.

After the game, supporters and players sang the victory song "We are Dimonds" together as well as the previous season.

All we hope to sing the song many times in this season.