On Nov. 3, Culture Day, I went to see the Hikone Castle Parade. It was good. Here are the pictures: https://photoguide.jp/pix/thumbnails.php?album=156
The Kyoto University Rowing Club celebrated their 100th anniversary on Dec. 9, 2006. 500 people sang the song “Biwako Shuko no Uta” (Lake…
Former Yokozuna Musashimaru from Hawaii donated one of his giant Championship portraits to a nursery school in Hikone. The portrait used to hang…
My English version of the song, “Biwako Shuko no Uta” (Lake Biwa Rowing Song) was sung on national television for the first time…
–速報– 明日の26日にNHK総合テレビ「のど自慢」の番組に出場します！ 歌は「琵琶湖周航の歌」の英語版です。私が作成した英語版がアメリカ人の姉妹、Jamie & Megan Thompsonが出場して歌います。 11月26日 12:15〜13:00 NHK総合テレビ http://www.nhk.or.jp/nodojiman/ 今日、その予選会が開催されて姉妹が通過しました！！ 明日の「のど自慢」は、Meganさん在住の香川県三豊市から生中継。僕は東京にいますが、テレビで見ます。 My English version of “Biwako Shuko no Uta” will be performed…
I finally joined http//mixi.jp in Sept. 2006 just to see what the fuss was about. It just had an IPO, making the founders millionaires/billionaires. mixi…
ボート体験教室 This past Sunday, I visited the Seta Rowing Club 瀬田漕艇倶楽部 near the Lake Biwa Rowing Course 琵琶湖漕艇場. They offer a 2-hour rowing…
The new JR Nagahama Station opened its doors on Oct. 14, 2006. The new station building has a retro look based on the…