Rina Moves to Tokyo

Espoir Mejiro is the name of her dormitory.

We have lunch at a Japanese
Restaurant nearby.her dormitory.

Rina moved to Tokyo last Thursday.
One day before the moving, I had packed her clothes, books, five pairs of running shoes, a tennis racket, personal belongings and others into my car at night.

Then, I drove the car to the center of Tokyo with Rina and Kiyono spending three and half hours the next day in the morning.

Emi and Kiyono

My elder daughter Emi came and joined us to unpack Rina's tons of goods into order.

She seemed to like her new room and its neighborhood.

Her new life has just started.

Shopping, Shopping and Shopping

My wife and I have been shopping on every possible occasion for weeks.
For what?

Yes, the answer is 'for buying goods for Rina's new college life.'
You name it, a personal computer, a bicycle, a microwave oven, a toaster, a rice-cooker, a pillow, blankets, sleeping sheets, kitchenware, …

Rina is leaving Utsunomiya city  for her college in Tokyo on coming Thursday.

Rina holds a Certificate of Admission of Waseda University, one of the most prestigious universities in Japan.

I Play Tennis with Rina

I played tennis with my daughter Rina and my friends today.

There couldn't be nicer day for tennis; temperature was perfect and a gentle breeze was blowing.

I think it's the first time to play tennis with Rina since about one and half years ago.

Even she had such a long blank of playing tennis, Rina played well enough to enjoy games with us.

We Go to a Noodle Soup Restaurant

Kiyono, Rina and I went to my favorite noodle soup restaurant the other day.

The name of the restaurant was 'Kazan' which meant a volcano in literary Japanese.

The soup bowls were made of stone; they brought heated bowls having noodles inside.

Then, they poured soup in the bowls in front of us. The bowls were so hot that the soup inside the bowls boiled like spurting lava from a volcano.

Customers had to hold a sheet of paper to fend off spurting soup.

Tastes were nice and we enjoyed watching the exciting cooking show.

Rina's Commencement Ceremony

Rina's commencement ceremony of her high school took place the day before yesterday on Friday.
Since I had to work on the day, only my wife attended the ceremony to cerebrate her.

Rina took lots of snap-shots with her buddies: I enjoyed watching them today.