Hey y’all!

 A while ago, Nikki and I took a trip to Nagahama! Although I had already been there with Ryan and Jeramine, I knew I had to show Nikki the beauty of the city. Famous for the figurine museum, glass work and a castle, Nagahama also allows you to see a beautiful section of Lake Biwa. While we were there, we of course saw the castle, the lake, the arts district and the figurine museum. Nikki was especially impressed with the Evangelion exhibit that was going on. 

 Overall, the day trip was really nice and I’m excited to see where we will go next. 

See y’all in class! 

Hi there! Hope everyone is enjoying their break so far!

Last week, during my break, a friend of mine suggested that we go explore some waterfalls around Gifu Prefecture. We decided to head out towards Gero, which is an area I had never been before. This made me really excited since I love exploring new sites, especially outdoors! After a beautiful 3 hour car ride, we arrived. There was a little rain but I was thankful for it cooling down the air. I could not believe what I saw when we started to walk around. This whole area was so green and awesome! The scenery looked like something out of a fairytale! I’ve never seen such pretty blue-green water!

This mini trip has made me even more excited to explore more of Japan when I get the chance!

社会人になってから、あまりマンガを読むことがなくなりましたが、

羽海野チカさんの『３月のライオン』はとても好きで愛読しています(=ﾟωﾟ)ﾉ

その羽海野チカさんが以前とてもお好きだったというブログを書いていたのが

現在国立国際医療研究センターの国際感染症センターに所属している忽那先生。

コロナの流行がきっかけで直接連絡を取るようになったお二人。

写真は、そのつながりで実現した手洗い推奨ポスターの英語版です。ご縁ってすごい…！

オリジナル版は日本語でしたが、その後世界中の羽海野チカさんのファンにより様々な言語に翻訳され、

コロナ対策に有効な手洗いを推奨することに活用されています(*´ω`*)

We can’t be too cautious these days, so let’s wash our hands and stay safe!!

Figs are not my favorite fruit, but since they are sort of rare  it’s always nice when I have the chance to eat them. Recently Sam taught me something horrifying about figs, though! I didn’t know that most of the figs we eat are made only when a female wasp dies inside the fruit. Without the dead wasp inside, most figs won’t grow into fruit. It’s an interesting fact but as someone who really hates all bugs, it makes me not want to eat figs often!

Knowing more about the world is really fun, but sometimes it can be gross too… thanks, Sam.

多くの学校では休みが終わり

今週から授業が再開されているのではないでしょうか。

コロナのせいで今年の夏休みは本当に短かったですね。

そしてこの状況なので

思い切ってどこかに旅行に行ったり

遊びに行ったりもできなかったのではないでしょうか。

まだまだ毎日コロナのニュースが飛び込んでくる状況です。

はやく元通りの生活に戻れることを祈るばかりですね。