The Kiss Day.

I've heard an interesting story.

It is the kiss day on May 23rd in Japan.
This was the day the first movie with kiss secene was on the screen in 1946 in Japan.
That's it,I guess. I don't think it is a day for encouraging to kiss.

As you know,(most)Japanese are too shy for kissing in public.

Well..just a trivial.

over the rainbow

There was a rainbow this morning. I love the rainbow. When watch it,I become to think the good things are going to happen.

Good news.

Two places in Japan are recomended to be listed as UNESCO World Heritage site.

The picture above is Ogasawara Islands which are located 1,000 km southern of the Special wards of Tokyo. These are comprised of more than 30 islands, and original ecosystem has been brought up because it has been separated from the continent since the formation. It's called "Oriental Galapagos."

-Chu son temple- The temple of the Jodo sect of Buddhism.

These are Hiraizumi in Iwate,Tohoku region. The news delivered encouragement in disaster-hit region. The number of tourists can be expected.

handmade project.

The Golden Week is almost over.
We had a lot of customers yesterday.The number of the customers and sales were the best since opening of the cafe.

It was quite nomal day today. I had some time to do handicrafts.

The cards for the mothers day.

For Bookworm. -book cover.

Constitution Memorial Day.

It doesn't look good,doesn't it?
But it is one of my favorite food,chonese-style dumpling. It's a side dish of the supper of tonight.


It's a Constitutional Memorial Day today.
Constitution of Japan promulgated on May 3rd in 1947. To celebrate promulgation,this day became one of the national holiday.

It was rainy afternoon.

The traffic front of our cafe funally became traffic jam. People are back.

memory of the sepia

At last pink and yellow turip are in full bloom in the front yard.

My husband told me that he got message on his twitter from the customer who visited yesterday afternoon.I remember them. They looked elderly parents and middle aged son.

The mother was elegant and smiling all the time. The father used the stick when he walked and son helped him. They sat down in the back of the cafe.

The message says;

-I am a person who visited your cafe with my parents today.When we were about to go to bedroom,my aged father muttered that he drunk delicious coffee after a long absence today.-

I don't know where were they from. How did they find our cafe. Where did they go after they left us. What did they do.But the father remembered us just before he slept.

When I heard this,I was moved and speechless for while.

What a wonderful encounter.

favorite spring scene

The Children's Day is May 5th. It's a day to respect children's personalities and to celebrate their happiness which was desinated a national holiday since 1948.
But the day originally hope of the success in life of the boy of the family. The family display "Koinobori" means "Carp-streamer" (carp-shaped windsocks) in the garden of the house.





By the Chinese legend, many fish were going to climb the waterfall, but only a carp finished climbing it, and become the dragon.Then the carp was assumed a symbol of the success in life.

I rarely watched a carp streamer for reasons of the declining birthrate,the garden is smaller in urban area but I see the carp streamer goes up high around the town here.

The carp-streamer display from mid April to May 5th.(period would be depend on the area.)