A Couple from Tahiti

A nice couple from Tahiti enjoyed making sushi in my home. They arrived at Narita yesterday and seemed to be surprised at how busy Tokyo is. A French speaking guide showed them how to cut raw tuna, salmon and scallops with a sharp knife and they observed her carefully.

Let's smile and take pictures before eating the fruits of great effort! Although I couldn't speak directly with them in French, I could communicate with them well thanks to the excellent French speaking guide, M-San. They enjoyed their first tasting of a Japanese persimmon as a dessert. I hope they will have a lot of good memories of Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto, where they will visit in two weeks.

The Malaysian TV Crew

The Malaysian TV crew visited my house and I explained the beauty of kimonos and how to fold them. They also asked me why I love kimonos. Japanese kimonos represent Japanese beauty and high skills of Japanese craftsmen. They improved their ...weaving and dying techniques to depict the natural beauty of Japan's four seasons on them. After I started to learn how to put on kimonos at a kimono school, I realized we should succeed our traditional folk clothes. Japanese girls still love and wear kimonos for several special occasions such as Coming-of-Age Day and Wedding Ceremonies. I believe Japanese people continue to love kimonos.See More

Oguruma-Beya

 I guided three French tourists to Oguruma-Beya sumo stable. The sumo wrestlers were training very hard under their coach.At the end of the training all of the wrestlers did sumo-style leg stomps, walked around the ring in a half-sitting posture, and did stretching exercises together.

Hakkaku-Beya

We guided a Spanish couple to the sumo-stable.
We were very lucky in several points. Our guests were courteous and they never broke the rules for watching the morning training. The observers were only us. The wrestlers of Hakkaku-beya were also training hard until 10:45. Even a shower which suddenly started to fall slackened off at the time it ended. I realized that iced towels are necessary durin...g summer. Of course, there is no air conditioning in the Sumo training room. Even for me, it was a little bit unbearable but our guests didn't complain at all. Wrestlers were fighting in such hard conditions. Their bodies were soaked in sweat and they completed all of the training menus including stretching at 10:45. After that, they allowed us to take pictures with some wrestlers. Our guests were talking about how excited they were on the way to the station, the last destination.See More

— at Hakkaku-beya Sumo Stable.

A French Couple from Switzerland

Sushi Making with an American Couple

My Guests from Dubai

My Teacher's Family

My Guest from London