Hot Spring

                                                                                                       (Jan 2015 in Siga, Nagano)

Nagano prefecture has a lot of good hot springs.  I live in Kiso and l also have nearby hot springs a lot.  Among those,  My most friquently visiting hot spring is Ina City's Miharasi-no-yu .

It is located in high place in the city, so I can get a great view of moutens such as The South Alps and Yatsugatake when the sky is clear. During even stormy wether, it's enjoyable to see the clowds drifting the sky while you are dipping in the comfortable warm hot spring.

Autumn leaves

Today Mt.Ontake's restriction was lifted partly from 10 a.m. So far we were able to go up to the 8th grade but from now we can crimb up to the 9th grade in Krosawa course.  Just in time, the mounten's autumn leaves colors are getting really beautiful this week, especially around the 8th grade.

Dog Lily

It's more than five months since the dog Lily passed away. She was ten years and five months old.
She had not been good since around this January. We took her to nearby animal hospital.  Her uterus was infected. The veterinarian gave same medicine but we were told just to see her for a while.

In this May, she hadn't got better than before and also she was bleeding from her bottom. Then we brought her to another hospital in Ina city.
The vet there said she would die soon without surgery and her uterus have to be removed immediately. We were told that probably she would be able to get out of the hospital in about a week, so we decided to leave her there.
In a few days later, when we were expecting that it's about time to take her back home, my cell-phone rang.
The vet sounded difficult to say that the dog died. After the surgery her nearly 40 degrees Celsius fever never went down in spite of their efforts.

Golden Retrievers are said to especially stick to their owners. Lily was usually near one of my family all the time.
Still now I can't  forget her back figure when she was walking  into the room after the nurse without knowing being left there. May be she believed we would obviously follow her at the moment, so she never turned around to us. That was her last figure for us.

Writing

It's been almost three years since I started studying English earnestly. But why can't even easy English  come from me naturally?  I know of course it's  because I seldom have a chance to speak peaple in English.

So far,  I have been studying mainly for listening and reading.  There is no one to speak English for now. When I think about how I can use it,  writing English by myself is one of good approachs to that.  May be it's inferior to speaking for improving my ability of needed speed. But writing helps me polish my accuracy and expression.

Seasons change

When seasons change,  I always recall what I have done during the season. Particularly in the fields I like- which mountens I have climbed,  which places I have traveled. But for over the half of this year,  unfortunately I haven't been able to do such activities ever. Therfore now I value keeping my stady all the more. I appreciate my curiosity.  It keeps me up. Otherwise I might have got depression.
I think a sence of accomplishment is always important.  In terms of learning, we can't easly to see its progress, so it could be good way to keep one's study record.

Tourists

We can see overseas's travelers more and more in any japanese sightseeing spots. But why can we hardly see them at Ontake Ropeway. I think It's mainly because of its hard to access. Plus its lack of English infomation online.
At now it may be difficult to do so, but making easy Ontake Bus's English infomation could be really essential. Many travelers want to refrain from driving outside of their country. If I travel oversea, I may find using rocal transportations is really difficult - how to read the timetable where you are not familiar with the name of the places, where to get on, how to pay. You may not even know getting to your destination.