Tag: Japan

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Me these days!

Posted on by Abi

G’day mates! It’s Abi!

I haven’t posted a blog for a long time. In fact, my health got so bad that I couldn’t write blog posts, study English or do the things I like to do. This is a very painful thing to do. I am sure those who have experienced this will know how hard this is.

I am now resting at home, not working. It would be nice to rest at home, but I have a lot of free time and nothing to do, so all I do is sleep. But when I sleep all the time, I get very swollen this time, which is a problem. And I’ve gained three kilos. It’s the worst, isn’t it? So I’m thinking of going to the gym, but there’s no gym near my house, so I’m thinking of walking around my house.

Now, how shall I spend this tremendous amount of spare time? Doctors tell me to just rest, but isn’t that too much free time? I should study and exercise now. And my English is dropping day by day. It’s really bad. I have been feeling it a lot lately. I’m going to study it properly.

Yes, what should I do for my next job? I’ve been selling cosmetics all my life and I still enjoy that job and would like to do it again. But it’s hard to find a place where you can do it part time and I think it’s hard to find a place that accepts people with disabilities. I’m actually disabled, I’m a sexual minority and I’d like a company that recognises this kind of individuality. That’s why I liked my old company so much. I would have liked to work for a long time if power harassment hadn’t happened. I still very much want to go back and work, and I wish they would give me some kind of position. Well, I’m sure that won’t happen! But I think it was a great company and I hope they continue to revolutionise.

It’s been a while since I blogged and it’s been a long time! That’s all for today. See you again!

Love,

Abi

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Kimono: A Cultural and Fashion Icon ②

Posted on by Abi

G’day mates! It’s Abi!

I will introduce kimonos as in the previous one. At this time, I will write an attraction of Kimonos, such as looks, comfortable to wear and layering in this article. Finally, I would like to present my top three favourite kimonos.

First, I like the looks of them. They look warm but sophisticated. It depends on the kimono, it is warm (Hokkori) and soft, or cool and sharp (Syari-kan.) For example, “Tsumugi” has both faces warm and cool. “Yuki Tsumugi” shows a warm face, but “Oshima Tsumugi” shows a sharp cool face. Oshima’s looks are hard to explain in certain English words. Oshima’s sharpness is Shari-kan in Japanese. Shari is a kind of onomatopoeia. “shari shari”

Second, it is just comfortable to wear as daily clothes. They are refreshed and energised. Basically, kimonos have an image of being tight and difficult to wear, but fortunately for me this is not the case and I can wear them as if I were wearing normal clothes. Furthermore, they feel better and calmer when wearing them.

Third, Kimonos are fun to combine and layer colours and patterns. Especially fascinating patterns are the “Edo komon”, I think. The pattern of Edo Komon is smaller than usual Komon. It dyes tiny little patterns continuously. It can be worn for various scenes, from casual to semi-formal, and has two basic patterns; original and played. Original patterns are separated into three; Same, Gyogi and Kakuotoshi. These are the most common patterns. There are kimonos with patterns from old tales, such as Kaguya-hime and Momotaro, that are a type of played pattern with dots. Basically, played ones are more casual than traditional ones. Its pattern looks like lines from a distance.

Finally, I am going to introduce my favourite Kimono Top three! yay

1st: Edo Komon Played pattern, Kaguya-hime

2nd Nagai Tsumugi warmful (Hokkori)

3rd Edo Sarasa Kawaii and Played (Chic) patterns

How was the kimonos? They are all beautiful, aren’t they? I would like to publish more articles about kimonos : )

Well, have a good day! God bless you!

Love,

Abi ❤

Posted in Japan

In the sticks…

Posted on by Abi

G’day mates! It’s Abi!

I have recently returned to my home town. It’s very rural, but I think it’s a very nice place to live. There are only mountains like this. There are only cedar trees.

Most residents suffer from hay fever. This is true and it is very difficult to find someone who does not have hay fever! If you want to know the real Japan, I recommend these kinds of places are worth visiting to relax, and you can know authentic culture and how people live. 

Well, I recommend this restaurant which serves “Yakitori.” The name is “IORI-Yakitori Keita-.” If you want to know what common dishes Japanese people enjoy in the evening, I suggest you go to an “izakaya” like these types of restaurants. Actually, this restaurant is owned by my mom and dad haha. Believe me. I swear.  I will never make you regret it. 

炭火やきとり 鶏太 庵 https://g.co/kgs/KyqjKTo

How is it. It looks delicious, doesn’t it? When you come to Tokyo, and  if you don’t eat yakitori here, you’ll regret it.

Please come and eat! I didn’t plan to introduce my parent’s  restaurant, but I thought it was the place to go for good food. 

This is how I feel in my hometown, where there is both abundant nature and good food. Maybe it’s because I’ve lived surrounded by nature all my life, but I get tired if I haven’t been felt nature for a long time.

Thank you for reading my blog! I hope you have a wonderful day!

God bless you!

Love,

Abi