luxury fruit!!!!
There was the fisart auction in this year for 夕張メロン [Yubari Melon] yesterday.
Yubari Melon is kind of (cantaloupe) Melon cultivar. ([Yubari] is place name of Hokkaido)

The hammer price was 800,000yen/two melons!! (about 7,228 dollar)
It was all-time high price.
I was sooo surprised!!!!

Yeah,melon is luxury fruit but I can't believe that price!!!
Even,beginning in a season and high rank cultivar.

I really wonder who 's eat it???

This photo is fromThe Hokkaido Shimbun Press

MOTHER'S DAY

Today is the 2nd Sunday.
It's 母の日 [Haha-No-Hi].
It means Mother's day.
This custom was from America.
The 2nd Sunday is Mother's day in China as well.
I know that some countries have the day but diffrence day.

We present our moters with red carnations...
It's quite common but we present to mother with her taste.

How about your country??

beautiful flowers!!

Hi!!
A few days ago,I went to Manno park.
It was in golden week holidays.
You can see my profile photo,it was taken in last autumn in same park.
It was beautiful but spring view is beautiful as well.
Nature is wonderful and full of colour!!


And,what do you think of this photo?
It's こいのぼり [Koinobori] means carp streamers.
Actually,I went to there 5th May.
This day is Children's day.
It's also Tango No Sekku (Iris festival) which is a feastival for boy.
Why is for boy...Because there is girl's festival 3rd March.

Koinobori are hoisted on a high pole to celebrate the growth of the boys in the familiy on the day.
It's exhilarant to see it,isn't it?

GOLDEN WEEK

It's the GOLDEN WEEK holiday in Japan now.
GOLDEN WEEK is 4 holidays in the week starting 29th April to 5th May.
29th April:Greenery day (the Showa emperor birth day. He died 1989)

3rd May:Constitutution memorial day.

4th May:Nothing srecial meaning. The Japanese government gave us straight holidays.

5th May:Childrens day.

So,if get day-off 1st and 2nd May,would be 9 straight holidays.
I can't do that. I've got 5 holidays. Evem so I'm really glad.

In this season,many Japanese people go out on excursions.


By the way,I went to Osaka to see James Blunt concert.
It was kind of nice...