遠くに住む家族や友人のための個人的な日記です。 ごゆっくり... For far away friends and family.

2009年12月26日土曜日

クリスマス Christmas

12/25は大洗水族館に行った。鹿嶋からは海沿いに車で一時間くらい行ったところにある。予想以上にそれぞれの水槽が大きくてさまざまな魚達が群れをなして泳いでいるところを見る事ができた。サメの種類がやたら豊富で、サメの卵を触らせてくれるコーナーがあったり「この水族館のサメの多くはここで孵化させたものです」などかいてあったりサメの歯がお土産物としてたくさん売られていたり。ほかの水族館でもそうなのかな?
Yesterday (Christmas Day) we went to a local (one hour north by car) aquarium. It was also a place where they breed sharks so we got to see a lot of those...

いつみてもSF的な美しさのくらげたち
The always beautiful and futuristic looking jelly fish.


天井いっぱいの大水槽では自分が海のなかに立っているような気分に
They had a lot of huge tanks with many varieties of local fish swimming around... (can you see the sharks?)


まんぼうとわたし
They also had a lot of Manbos (which my dictionary translates as Head Fish or an Ocean Sun Fish).


Anyway, The aquarium wasn't crowded at all and we had a nice relaxing time.
Although to be honest, I was a little disturbed by all the "Hmm... that looks Yummy!" comments coming from Tomo. (and they even had a sushi restaurant attached to the front that you have to walk past before you can enter).

秋から冬へ

しばらく更新しないあいだに私がいちばん好きな季節「秋から冬へのあいだ」になりました。ストーブも出したし薬缶ものせたし湯たんぽも買ったし万事準備OK。
We haven't updated in a while, so apologies for that.
The season, or time, between Fall and Winter is apparently Tomo's favorite. We got out the propane stove and hot-water bottles and made preparations for the cold...

11月頃はまだ暖かかったので休日に鹿嶋漁港まで絵を描きにいったり...
Also, back in November when it was still a bit warm, we went to the local dock to sketch/photograph the fishing boats.

鹿島神宮の昭和な土産物屋さんをはしごしたり(何も買わないのに)しました。
We also visited an old souvenir shop at the local shrine (although we didn't buy anything).