a sample for my lesson

I made a sample for my hand-sewing lesson in the evening. I finally finished making it, so I took several pictures of it. It took 3 days to make the sample. The sample is a wall hangings for Christmas.

My lesson

I gave a lesson on aromatherapy and a herbal lesson in the afternoon. The lesson was the same lesson which I had given about 2 weeks ago. My students enjoyed making lemon balm gel and a bottle of body mist. After the lesson, I made lemon balm tea for them. I served some sweets which I had bought in Hiroshima to them. They really liked them, too. We enjoyed talking for a while.

a cooking lesson

I went to my friend home to take a cooking lesson in the morning. She taught her students and me how to cook " Tomato soup served cold", "Boiled pork, boiled eggplants, and boiled asparagus mixed with grated Japanese radish" and "Polpetta di zucchine". All of the dishes were for the summer season. Her students and me took several pictures of the dishes as usual. We enjoyed eating and talking after the lesson.

in Hiroshima

My husband and I went to Hiroshima Castle at noon. We took several pictures from the castle. Then we went to Hiroshima Museum of Art. My husband wasn't interested in some kinds of art, so he seemed to be bored all the time. But the museum was very cool, so he only liked it on that point. Of course, I enjoyed watching many works. Then we enjoyed walking until our flight time. We went back home at night. I thought these three days passed by like a flash.

in Miyajima

My husband and I went to Miyajima island in Hiroshima by train and ferry boat. There is a famous shrine "Itsukushima Shinto Shrine". The shrine is registered as a World Heritage Site. When we reached the island, it was almost high tide. So we could walk under the shrine gate. There were really many people, almost all of the people were absorbed in taking pictures. The gate was really bigger than I had imagined. Itsukushima Shinto Shrine was really beautiful, so I was moved by it. We enjoyed walking for a while. We had lunch at retro Japanese style cafe. It was cozy, so I liked the cafe. Then we went to Misen mountain by rope way, but we descended the mountain on foot. We walked and walked, but we sometimes enjoyed watching beautiful scenery. Then we visited at Itsukushima Shinto Shrine, and we enjoyed watching beautiful scenery again. The closed gate time was 6:30p.m, so we had to go out from the shrine before the flood tide. So we sat down on the bank of the river near the shrine and we waited until it was flood tide.There were many people who were sitting down on the bank, too. After sunset, the shrine was lit-up. It was really gorgeous, so we enjoyed watching it to our heart's content.

in Hiroshima

My husband and I went to Hiroshima by airplane. We got on an airport limousine at Hiroshima airport, then we went to our hotel. We took a rest for a few minutes, and we went to Peace Memorial Park on foot. It took five minutes from our hotel to the park. We enjoyed walking for a while, and we went to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum. I learned about the atomic holocaust and I considered about the grief that war causes. Then we went to the Atomic Bomb Dome. I watched it for the first time, so I was speechless out of shock. I kept the victims of the atomic bomb in my heart. Then we were walking around the park for a while. We tried a Hiroshima okonomiyaki shop near our hotel. We enjoyed eating two kinds of okonomiyaki.

 

Gonta

I went to my uncle's home at 1:00p.m. I put some sticks of incense into the incense box in my grandfather's and grandmother's alter, and my aunt's Hiroko's altar. There were my cousin, her husband and her 4 children. We enjoyed talking for about 2 hours. Then her husband drove me to my father's home with my cousin and her children. They put some sticks of incense into the incense box in my mother's altar. Gonta was in high spirits and he fawned on them. After they left home, I did the housework and I cooked food for Gonta as usual.

My lesson

I gave a lesson on aromatherapy and a herbal lesson in the afternoon. First, I explained about lemon balm. Next, I taught my students how to make lemon balm gel, and I taught them how to make bottle of mist. All of my students enjoyed making the gel and the body mist all the time. Lastly, I made lemon balm tea for them and I served some sweets to them. We enjoyed talking for a while.