Tuesday, November 22, 2011

青森市-八戸市11月22日

昨日から雪が降り、今朝は青森市で雪かきをしている人々のすがった久しぶりに見ました。

八戸市はまだ秋なんですね♪秋晴れです!HOCで美味しいそうなりんごいっぱい!





Tuesday, October 4, 2011

五所川原リンゴ












八戸に来る度に、HOCで必ずフルーツを買ってから仕事に行きます!
今日もいつもの売り場で珍しいリンゴがあったので、買ってみました。
聞いたら、五所川原リンゴと呼ばれますが、たべたことはありますか?
酸っぱいけど、甘味もあります!




Sunday, October 2, 2011

First snow on 岩木山 &八甲田, 2011


First snow 2011
Originally uploaded by Mihai Japan
Good morning!

My son went out the door yesterday morning saying that "It smells like winter". There were only 10 degrees.

This morning there were only 7 and looking towards 岩木山 I took this picture.

Hakkoda on the same morning

First snow on Hakkoda 2011

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

Natural Iodine...

Well the media is talking about it, it is all over the internet, should we worry?
From what the authorities and other sources(http://globalnation.inquirer.net...)are saying, there is no need to worry. Others(日本語) are saying that reactor no. 3 is causing a few problems...

A friend told me about this website a few years ago and their recommending to consume foods that contain high levels of natural iodine like Kelp, Nori, Kombu and Sea Spaghetti.

こんぶ@北海道産だが富山県加工

So much information out there!

At the moment I am waiting for tomorrow to come to see if a truck can be found so OGA for Aid can take all the clothing, food and other supplies from Aomori to Minami San Riku Mati(南三陸町). This city is one of the cities that has been seriously damaged by the tsunami.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

11.03.2011 in Japan- 9M Earthquake- as seen through my eyes

Hachinohe Japan, Friday, March 11th 2011, 2:46 pm

Japan Earthquake and Tunami- HOW TO HELP!

I finished cutting the 3rd round of noodles when the building started to shake. Got out of the room and entered the restaurant where one of the chefs was holding the plates that were about to fall off the table in the kitchen. The restaurant was shaking louder and violently every second.
“Let’s go out” I said to him and we ran out the back door.
We were standing outside the restaurant facing the rice field behind the restaurant. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. The could see the ground moving, similar to a sea. Imagine holding a sheet of paper covered with sand and shaking the sheet of paper randomly. This is how the rice field looked like for about 1 minute.
I was asking myself if this is true, if everyone is ok, if the buildings where my friends and relatives are will hold until they will be out.
The ground was moving and moving. The building across the rice field was shaking louder and louder. The cars behind us in the parking were dancing like lowrider cars. It was difficult to stand.

The first earthquake continued for about 5 minutes. I was holding the phone in my hand and I was trying to call my wife. Her phone was ringing but couldn’t get in touch with her.
The ground was still moving and we decided to go back inside the restaurant. Plates, soup, miso, eggs, meat, and many other goods were on kitchen’s floor. We were all shocked and looking at the buildings that were still moving slowly when, another strong earthquake stroke! And another one! This continued for another one hour and a half.
We closed the restaurant and after doing some brief cleaning we decided to go home.
The traffic was jammed and I was supposed to drive almost 100 km to arrive home. The Highways were closed and the cross lights were not in service.

No lights

Driving home was quite scary since all the lights in the cities I was going through were not working; dark everywhere. The cross lights were not working but everyone was paying attention at intersections.



Some convenience stores located among the road where still opened and selling goods to customers. I entered one myself to buy some water, snacks and batteries. It was dark and the staff was kind to hand me a flashlight.
In the morning I had to fill my car’s gasoline tank, so I wasn’t worried about it now. Just a few gasoline stands were still on duty and at each station there were 10 to 20 cars waiting in line.

コンビニ

Driving home, I was listening to NHK radio and BBC and couldn’t believe what I was listening to.
Still trying to get in touch with family...

The phone lines were busy because of the earthquake. After a while I heard on the radio that the public phones were free of use in Tohoku area. The prime minister asked the population to stay calm and go on higher grounds to protect themselves from the tsunami that was announced to hit the east coast of Japan. Driving through the 3.1 km tunnel on Mitinoku Road was pretty scary, considering that another earthquake might strike any moment.

Finally arrived home and for a few moments I forgot everything that happened today. We spent the night around an AM/FM radio flashlight. Had a hot soup and some snacks and went to bed. Two small earthquakes woke me up until the morning.

Snowing over silent cityThe next day, first thing in the morning I was driving through the town looking for opened convenience stores. Found one,  and and stood in line for about 45 minutes to enter. Bought some water, soups, snacks but batteries were sold out.
At nine o clock I went to a local home center to buy batteries and was surprised to see a 50 meter long line with people waiting to enter the store. I bought some batteries, candles and a flashlight.

This afternoon around 17:00 electricity was back and we were finally able to see on TV what happened throughout Japan yesterday. I am still watching NHK right now and I can’t believe that disasters like the ones in cities like Miyako(宮古市), Kesennuma(気仙沼市), Kamaishi(釜石市) or Rikuzen Takata(陸前高田) REALLY happened.
A few hours ago there was an explosion at the atomic power plant in Fukushima…
In the last 3 hours 4 small earthquakes were felt all over Tohoku area…

Hope that this situation will end soon…

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平成23 年(2011 年)東北地方太平洋沖地震」について

Monday, February 14, 2011

I♥青森


I♥青森
Originally uploaded by Mihai Japan
札幌の友達が6か月ぶりに青森に遊びに来て、八甲田でスノーボードやったり、温泉「深沢温泉日陰温泉」に入ったり、久々に皆で食事をしたり、楽しい時間あっという間だ。

最近の青森は見るたびに良くなっています。
久しぶりに青森駅に行ったら、「ワ・ラッセ」や「A-Factory」や雪まつりや後ろに
ライトアップされてる「ベイブリッジ」と「八甲田丸」に関心しました!

Tuesday, March 2, 2010

1st of March- Martisor

"There was a time when the Sun used to take the shape of a young man and descend on Earth to dance among the people. A dragon found out about this and followed the Sun on Earth, captured him and confined him in a dungeon in his castle. Suddenly, the birds stopped singing, and the children could not laugh anymore, but no one dared to confront the dragon. One day, a brave young man set out to find the dungeon and free the Sun. Many people joined in and gave him strength and courage to challenge the mighty dragon. The journey lasted three seasons: summer, autumn and winter. At the end of the third season the brave young man could finally reach the castle of the dragon, where the Sun was imprisoned. The fight lasted several days until the dragon was defeated. Weakened by his wounds, the brave young man however managed to set the Sun free, to the joy of those who believed in him. Nature was alive again, people got back their smile, but the brave young man could not make it through spring. His warm blood was draining from his wounds in the snow. With the snow melting, white flowers, called snowdrops, harbingers of spring, sprouted from the thawing soil. When the last drop of the brave young man's blood fell on the pure white snow he died with pride that his life served a noble purpose. Since then people braid two tassels: one white and one red. Every March 1 men offer this amulet called Mărţişor to the women they love. The red color symbolizes love for all that is beautiful and also the blood of the brave young man, while white represents purity, good health and the snowdrop, the first flower of spring"

This is one of the legends that explain the tradition of the Mărţişor- more...

Wishing you a warm spring!

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Japanese noodles 麺山ラーメン

とんこつ醤油ラーメン Tonkotu Syoyu Ramen 麺山

とんこつ醤油ラーメン Tonkotu Syoyu Ramen 麺山

味噌ラーメン Miso Ramen 麺山

味噌ラーメン Miso Ramen 麺山

餃子 Gyouza 麺山

餃子 Gyouza 麺山

中華そばラーメン Tyuka Soba Ramen 麺山

中華そばラーメン Tyuka Soba Ramen 麺山

チャーシュー麺 Tyasyu men 麺山

チャーシュー麺 Tyasyu men 麺山

つけ麺 Tukemen 麺山

つけ麺 Tukemen 麺山

辛味噌ラーメン Kara Miso Ramen 麺山

辛味噌ラーメン Kara Miso Ramen 麺山

梅塩ラーメン Ume Sio Ramen 麺山

梅塩ラーメン Ume Sio Ramen 麺山

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