My favorite pictures of Yuna

Fall went by too fast....

Now comes the winter.

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ちなみに。。。。By the way...

This is the answer to yesterday's question; Where David got a part time job in Japan?

Mail sorting place. This is being a paparazzi, and stealing this photo at 5:52 this morning. 

December is a gift giving season in Japan as well. Not so much for celebrating Christmas, but thanking coworkers, relatives, and neighbors, and wishing for good relationships for the coming year.

Quick Multiple Choice Question:

What are some of common gifts to give?
1). 10 kg (about 20 pounds) of rice.
2). Dish soap.
3). 1 kg of beef.
4). Sumo fundoshi (the fabric that goes around a sumo wrestler).

Yesterday morning, I welcomed David home with a surprise. He was a sweatyT-shirt while I was wearing a sweater and cozy fur socks. Will you be ready to face David in a weight loss competition?

Oh, and the answer is all the above except the 4th. 

Guess what David is doing?

David got a new job. What do you think that is?

Hint:
1). He left home at 6:15 am. He will be going to work at 4:45 am in December.
2). Last night, he prepared for the work. A picture below.

What is your guess?!

デイちゃんと英会話 David's English school

I am excited to announce that David started teaching English! His first lesson is happening right now while I am writing this blog and Yuna is taking a nap. We did a lot of cleaning, discussing, and more cleaning to make this happen. Big thanks to my dad and mom as well as other family members!

So, welcome to the conversation class with David!

Entrance.

Entrance #2 where you take your shoes off.



Hallway.

Since he is teaching now, I am not going to bother him...

施設や家庭でできるレクセラピー講座

鵜飼 Ukai

I had been longing to watch Ukai for the past few years (you can watch the video from 6:45. It shows how they use the bird, U, for fishing). Just as I imagined, it brought us sensational yet stunning scenes. After watching the video clip, you think Ukai are gross but it was beautiful.



Since I reserved the seats under "Tueller,"they put us on a special foreigner boat with horigotatsu. (They dig into the floor to create chair-like seats so people can still "sit" when they use a Japanese style little table rather than folding their legs.)

Special thanks to my brother, Takuma, and my cousin, Hiromi, and her husband for accompanying us that night.





They are so fun to hang out with and I love them. She has been my great big sister.

Ukai started in the year 702 A.D. It is now a protected occupation by the Japanese emperor. It is only inherited through certain family lines so there were only two family names for U fishermen in Gifu prefecture. So I could not be a U fisherman even if I wanted to. A lot of things were kept in the traditional way, like......
How they move the boat.


Our boat looked like this.

A dancers' boat before the Ukai show.

The signal of the Ukai start was fire works. When the fireworks were shot high in the sky all the hotels along the river side turn off their lights so the flame that the fishermen use became more efficient to scare the fish.



The fishermen continuously move the strings so that the u won't get tangled to each other.













Thanks for the wonderful trip, everyone! 

Is our baby still a baby?

Our little Yuna has been growing so fast.



This is her coming back from English conversation class at church last night. She insisted that she would carry her own purse.

Her face also got less baby like compare to three months ago.



At Emily & Luke's reception.