Culture

Hi♥ These days, I often talk about Furisode with my circle members. Some of us have turned or will turn the age of 20 during the current year, so they can join the ceremony. Today, I'll talk about Coming-of-age Day. The second Monday of January is "Seijin no hi" in Japan. People celebrate this day to welcome the young men and women as new members of society!! Ceremonies are held in every city, town and village. The people who have reached the age of twenty get the right to vote and also allowed to smoke and drink. My mother often says that this day was one of the biggest event of her life, because it's so funny!! By the way, what kind of Furisode do you want to wear? Furisode, the most gorgeous form of Kimono is the most formal Kimono for unmarried women.  Classified into three types by the length of its sleeves, they are called as "Oh- Furisode"(Big Furisode), "Chu-Furisode"(middle Furisode) and "Ko-Furisode"(small Furisode). The status is based on "the longer the higher" basis. I think Firisode or other kind of Kimono are so expensive. Last summer, I decided to buy my favorite one and it's so beautiful, but ... so expensive. Despite of its price, my grand mother bought it for me!! I'm looking forward to Coming-of-age Day!!

Autumn

I went to Kyoto with my boyfriend two weeks ago. When autumn comes, I must go to Kyoto every year. I think that Kyoto during autumn is so attractive, because it has a lot of delicious foods and beautiful scenes. Whenever I go to Kyoto, I eat powdered-green-tea parfait at Tuziri. Its so delicious, and I really feel that I'm in Kyoto. If you go to Kyoto, you should eat it!! By the way, the most attractive thing I think is colored leaves. There are a lot of beautiful autumnal leaves that we can see it only in autumn. That day, we went to Ginkakuji and Kiyomizudera. Each of them have large gardens, and we could see beautiful autumnal leaves from there. I did not find the charm of the temple a long time ago, but now I really understand what an attractive place the temple is. Last week, I here that a temple will be lit up in winter, so I want to go back there soon again!! 

Keeping in touch

I have a close friend from my high school days. We were always enjoying ourselves in a seven-person group from our high school days. That time we were mailing every day or were telephoning.Now everybody came to go to a separate university, and some are living alone in Osaka or Kyoto. It became impossible for us to meet each other very much. However, it is sad that we cannot meet each other at all, so we decided to gather and stay in someone's house once a month. Moreover, we certainly travel in a long leave. We always form the plan of a travel using Skype or a chat. It's so convenient for us. In last summer vacation, we went to TDR!! Its a wonderful memory of my life!! I think that we can stay as a good friend all the time, even if we are separated.