Thursday, November 27, 2014

青森ー浅虫 自転車で朝練

出発は朝5時半、家に帰って来るのは7時前。

合浦公園の鶏の朝の鳴き声、浅虫の手前の暖かい空気、海の穏やかな様子、
日の出の前とその後の景色に当たる光、朝御飯のあちこちの家の準備は匂いで解る。 
これらは朝練のいくつかの素晴らしい思い出♫

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浅虫から見える青森市の夜明け

今回はいつもとちょっと違うコースを走りました。
Check out おはようございます♪ on Strava.com! 
It's a 33.3 km ride I did on Thursday, November 27, 2014.

Monday, November 24, 2014

ありがとう 11月24日

僕の周りには先生はいっぱいいます。
第二回のFun! Fun! English workshop in Kareizawa!のテーマは
Thanksgivingでした。前回より参加者の人数は少なかったですが、
相変わらず元気な皆さんと一緒に楽しいワークショップをすることが
出来たのではないでしょうか。

皆さんと一緒にThanksgivingに付いてのお話やゲームをした後に、
自分の七面鳥を作りました。どうやって作ったか?自分の手と足を
使って出来上がりました ;-)
紙、鋏、手と足の形とのりを使ってマイターキを作りました。
オリジナルな七面鳥もいくつかありました。

ランチを挟んで、王余魚沢クラブの美味しいカレーや出来立ての
ターキとパンプキンパイを他の料理を皆で美味しく頂きました。

今日は一番聞いた言葉はThank you!かな。☺

Thanksgiving 2014 Aomori

帰りに第50回青森市民文化祭【吹奏楽】のコンサートを聴きに行って、
初めて楽器のコンサートをゆっくりと見ることも聴くことも出来ました。

第50回青森市民文化祭 吹奏楽

初めてだったので休憩の間にホールの色々な場所の移動して、
感動をしながら、聴きました。

第50回青森市民文化祭【吹奏楽】

僕の周りには先生はいっぱい居て、毎日勉強になります。
今日もありがとうございます。

Sunday, November 9, 2014

2回目の嘉瀬子内林道 by MTB with Mr. Osanai

久しぶりに自転車で山登り冒険をしました。
カメラは充電したまま忘れたので、携帯で撮影。手ブレは激しいですが興味有る方は是非。11分長内さんガイドがスローモーションで格好良い漂流を見せてくれます。

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朝6時に出発して8時頃青森で有名な後藤房之助伍長の像に到着。

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国道から八甲田温泉に向かってる道に入り、温泉を超えてから砂利道で2時間半山道の登りや下りやテクニカルなコースを楽しみました。

八甲田山を見ながらVIPな気分で朝食を食べる長内さん

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11時半頃にやっと人間が住んでるような場所に出てきました。
下の写真の僕の指を写真の上の方は見えますか?
あそこの天辺から山道を走ってきました。ワイルドだろう? (笑)

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今年も無事に嘉瀬子内林道を楽しむ事ができて長内さんガイド感謝!
来年も宜しくお願いします!

今日のコースです

Kasesinairindo

動画の11分のナイス漂流を見逃さないで下さい
ビデオは下のリンクから見えます↓
2回目の嘉瀬子内林道 by MTB with Mr. Osanai 

長内さんのビデオはこちらにアップされてます↓
tsugaruzuke2014 11 09 嘉瀬子内林道

へば  「長内さんの真似をしました」 (*^-^*)ノ~~マタネー

Monday, November 3, 2014

Romanian Sweet Salami- World Record

It happened on November 3rd 2014 but the members of Kokusai Bunka Kouryu Club
and have been preparing for this year's big event for months.
Kokusai Bunka Kouryu Club or literally translated as International Culture Exchange Club
is a volunteer association that has its roots in Aomori city, Japan.

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Romanian folkltale books in Japanese and Romanian
Last year we had a similar event at this place in Aomori.
Foreigners living in Aomori gathered and introduced their own country's culture like
songs, dances, cuisine, games, arts and many more.


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Japanese crafts
International workshop 2014, Aomori

This year's event was called International Workshop and everyone present had
the chance to join a country's booth and enjoy creating something like a small toy,
play Japanese traditional games, dance, make and create their own style of Japanese garden design, join a Karate lesson or help making one of the world's longest sweet treats.


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Reception
International workshop 2014, Aomori

The weather on this day was one the worst in this year's November but the strong wind and

the heavy falling rain didn't stop the large number of people from coming and joining the event.


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International workshop passport 2014, Aomori
At the entrance every person was given a passport in which basic expressions and greetings from many countries were written on.


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Useful greetings in various languages
International workshop 2014, Aomori

They had to find citizens from different countries like Korea, Russia, The Philippines

United Kingdom, the United States, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan and 
Romania. For every citizen they spoken to they received a  stamp on their 
passport.


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Guest's passport
International workshop 2014, Aomori

In the cooking room I was given the opportunity to talk about Romania, play games

with the present locals in Romanian and of course to make one of the longest if
not the longest Sweet Salami in the world.


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Introducing Romania and playing games in Romanian
International workshop 2014, Aomori

The children were more than happy to put their sleeves up, cut the biscuits into litlle

pieces and help making the Romanian treat loved by many and made by the mothers and grandmothers in Romania. This treat is a very convenient sweet to do because it is easy
to make and all the ingredients are at everyone's reach.


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Making the longest Romanian sweet salami
International workshop 2014, Aomori

Mixing the hot chocolate with the biscuits, dry fruits raisins and a few other goods
is maybe one of the most fun part of making the salami, for both children and adults.
Personally I am always enjoying it, especially the part when I have to take the remaining
dough off my hands( and most of the times it ends up eaten by me... yummmy :-) )


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Romanian sweet salami
International workshop 2014, Aomori

This is was one of the sweets my grandmothers used to prepare when I was little. I remember telling them that I want to eat something sweet and not before long they 
were ready to serve me this delicious biscuits salami that always tasted like a delicacy.
The only reason why it is called a salami is because of its shape.

In case you are interested in making your very own sweet salami here is a link!
Enjoy! It is finger licking delicious! 
Daca sunteti in cautarea unei noi retete de salam de biscuti aceasta poate fi una!
サラム・デ・ビスクイツィ を作ってみたい方、レシピはこちらです

After the first part of the program ended, all the guests were invited to see a

mini concert where singers from Russia, the Philippines and Japan were invited to
sing. Professional and Gospel singers took the listeners for a few minutes into a
their world fascinating them with their voices.


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Lyuda and Dada
International workshop 2014, Aomori

One of the singers, a local singer looking similar to a Japanese singer enchanted

the spectators by singing famous Japanese songs.


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Fumiya@International workshop 2014, Aomori

Behind the stage, the World's Longest Sweet Salami was ready

to enter the stage, after the guests passing by decorated the salami with
colored sugar.


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Salam de biscuiti, probably the longest in the world
International workshop 2014, Aomori


Much to our surprise, the local media that was present at the event posted a whole

page with the events main activity, the Romanian sweet salami. 
After the concert the salami was brought in front of everyone and together we 
measured it. It was 7 meters and 80 centimeters long and for the guests and our delight 
it was delicious as well. A few children came that stood in line once in order to 
receive one piece of the salami, came back after a few moments asking for more.

We are not sure if we were able to achieve the goal of making the longest Romanian 

sweet salami in the world but at the moment we believe this is a world record.


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Romanian sweet salami in the news
日本語の記事

An amateur cameraman, Mr. 祥一滝山 from Aomori present at the event was kind enough to record all the event, edit and post it on Youtube.
I will post here a link with the videos: part 1 and part 2.


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International workshop 2014, Aomori
It's been a short time of activity in international relations for this club but its domain of
activity has a long path back in history which we hope will continue to thrive many years
from now on.

Thank you!
Arigatou!
Multumesc!