Yurie's picture of Fumie

Yurie wanted to take a picture so I gave her the camera. This is what she took.

Yurie watching TV

I have a cool feature on my new phone that will send a photo directly to my blog. Hopefully this means I will be able to update it more frequently.

Shichi-Go-San

Shichi-Go-San means seven-five-three is a traditional rite of passage and festival day in Japan for three and seven year-old girls and three and five year-old boys, held annually on November 15. We did it a bit earlier while Fumie was in Japan on business.



Shichi-Go-San celebrates the passage of their children into middle childhood and girls who are aged three or seven are dressed in kimono - many for the first time - for visits to shrines.

The bag contains traditional shichi-go-san candy called chitose-ame which means "thousand-year candy" and represents long life.

This is Yurie with her grandmother and auntie.

Of course, being a little girl, she also likes her usual stuff best.

Sports Day

Yurie's sports day at school was held last Saturday. She participated in a race as well as a dance routine in which she played a raindrop.

She's the one on the left and she managed to come in third!

in Toronto

Some Pictures from Ocean Park (and stuff)

Here is a picture of myself and Yurie with a horrible, scary sea monster . . . and a guy in a dolphin suit.

One of the rides in the children's area. One of her favourites.

An added bonus, here is some random clips I have tossed together.

Hong Kong Park

Disney Again

Now that we are annual members of Disneyland, you should probably expect more of the following types of pictures.

Chinese New Year

Here are a couple of photos taken at Chinese New Year, with Yurie wearing a traditional chinese dress.

In Japan for Christmas