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Real retreat, stay at Vals; middle of Alpine. Beauty of silence. 

2012

I always like to spend new year period. I feel fresh and big excitement for a coming year. I started this year in Beautiful Italian Riviera.

Relax Time in heath

It's had been very busy and now i could finally rest.

I went to Hampstead heath to relax and feel nature.

Japanese food

I was in Hong Kong couple days after the Japan earthquake on 11 March. I went to posh Japanese super market and realized so much less customer than normal and most of Japanese product is on sale. Even if the product produced before the earthquake and no damage from radiation. I bought as much as I could brought back to London. I think Japanese government really need to make a clear guidance for not to make people worry about safety about Japanese product, otherwise it's very natural that they avoid it. I hope our government became honest and supportive for people's safety.

I hope we can change it

Leo wine

As soon as i saw this wine, i didn't have choice, even if i knew this isn't good one(well actually wasn't bad, easy drink one), I still bought this because picture look so much like Leo!! The dog in my parents house, one of my brother.

100 years

I wanted to have a soup, then I got this ultra classic Heinz tomato soup. Actually, it was my first time to try this famous soup. It wasn't one for me. It's too plain and nothing special but I realized the important point to keep same taste for 100 years. That is so plain, very standard and not special, so people keep having it without any doubt. Sometime we like adventure but at same time we also feel comfortable to same thing; basic. We all have some balance of those two different side for a lot of subjects but also in food. That's my thought of today.

Roast roast roast

I'm on a mission to correct books which have roast recipe for my friend project in Tokyo!

Princess day

I couldn't update while because I was extremely busy and had a very big event in my life. Third of March; the day of princess day in Japan, we were expected to have a new birth in our family. Our family means my dear extended family. It was a beautiful day; spring seems just around the corner.

I went to see them with rice balls because I wanted my best friend feels home and relax. When we were extreme moment, we need to eat basic comfortable food that is rice ball for us Japanese.

My niece; she became older sister were waited new baby come to the family in relax atmsphere with princess sweet from Japan.

P made dinner; Vegetable lasagna

It was very delicious and not too heavy.

The new princess in our family. What a beautiful little thing!

Soon Christmas

Little Christmas feeling at my place.


Very cute, such a great work.

Today 56 major newspapers in 45 countries speak with one voice on climate change

Historical summit had just began in Copenhagen. Maybe my knowledge is too limited to talk about this but if the fact I bring up this subject today could be a chance to make even one more person to aware this subject, especially to friends in Japan then this would worth it. This common editorial in 56 newspaper in 45 country doesn't include any of Japanese newspaper. Even our most mighty newspaper in Japan; Asahi shinbun didn't signing up to this common editorial. They only did supportive coverage even this is very important topic that affect to all of us. Media nowadays are under strict control but they done it. It was nearly magical but happen. 'If we, with such different national and political perspectives, can agree on what must be done then surely our leader can too' in this editorial says. Very meaningful for us still to believe world could change by people.

In my late teens and early twenty's in Japan, I always had question if I really have opportunity to know right information what going on in this world. A lot of Japanese politician was using a word 'Globalization' that time but I always had question. There was big gap between their word and reality. I knew there is limit if I only understand in Japanese. There were a lot of things I could never knew. This was one of a reason I came to London, to know what going on in the world with my eyes and brain. Globalization in little me. Here I am. It also remains me time and feeling when soldiers went to Iraq in 2003, Hope this time, we could make a change.

Back to main subject; Climate, we are facing the point we really need to change our lifestyle. Specially in big city like London, Tokyo, NY or even country side nowadays, our life became too complex and busy. We always feel too many things to do but hold on, it's not just busy but also became too much consuming. Our over consume world made deflation now. Does it means we have too many things more than what we need? I think "quantity more than quality" made this problem and confusion in our modern society. Now it's a time, we stop and think what we really need. My generation grow up with almost everything in term of goods. That could not say 'we are wealthy'. Too many goods but we lost soul in that at same time. We no longer put feeling to our surroundings because it's fast consuming items, information or even relationship. We over consuming, making unbalance of nature. To re-form system and our definition of wealthy and happiness could be more difficult than simply produce goods more but time to start taking a step now.

I really hope this summit in Copenhagen will be opportunity to us all, start walking toward solution. Not like the G8 failure. Economic failure was based on money that still just system we created but climate is nature we can't never replace it. Meanwhile, I'm also one of them really need to change my lifestyle. Even little step, there are so many things I could do without hustle. How we eat, how we shop or even how we cook also could contribute to reduce energy. I'm trying to learn from different aspect about it. Well that's will talk other time but to aware this, it's a start.

I would like to Thank you to my very special friend who brought my awareness to this subject and the fact I could be here to know what going on.

You could check what's going on from here http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment


コペンハーゲンで今日から環境問題のサミットが始まりました。それに向けて、イギリスのガーディアン紙を筆頭に世界４５カ国５６の新聞が、歴史的に前例のない、共同声明を紙上に載せました。それだけ、今回のサミットはこれからの世界を変えるほどの重要性を持っているのですが、残念ながら、日本の新聞は含まれておらず、朝日新聞が下記のレポートを載せただけのようです。

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【ロンドン＝橋本聡】世界各国の５６の新聞が、コペンハーゲンで国連気候変動枠組み条約第１５回締約国会議（ＣＯＰ１５）が始まる７日付で、「対立を乗り越え、政治合意を」と求める共同社説を掲載する計画を進めている。呼びかけたのは英国の高級紙ガーディアン。同じ内容の社説を、それぞれの言語で同時に載せる計画で、欧米、アジア、中東、アフリカから４５カ国の新聞が応じたという。先進国と途上国の意見がぶつかり合意成立が危ぶまれるＣＯＰ１５。同紙のアラン・ラスブリッジャー編集長は「５６紙が２０言語で声を合わせ、対立を乗り越えるよう説得したい」と語った。

　◇共同社説の骨子は次の通り。
人類は深刻な緊急事態に直面している。過去１４年のうち１１年は、記録上最も暖かく、北極の氷は解け始めている。昨年の石油と食料の価格急騰は将来の大混乱の予兆だ。もはや問題は人間の責任かどうかより、残された時間がいかに少ないかだ。

　コペンハーゲンに集う１９２カ国の代表に、我々はこう呼びかける。対立に陥ったり、責任をなすりあったりするのではなく、これまでの政治的失敗を逆に利 用せよと。これは富める国と貧しい国の争いではない。気候変動はすべての人々に影響する。だから、すべての人々の手によって解決されなければならない。

　我々はこの社説のもとに団結した。指導者たちにもできるはずだ。コペンハーゲンでの歴史的な判断において、彼らが正しい選択をすることを切に願う。

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環境問題に科学的にアプローチするのには難しいですが、シンプルに個人が小さい事でも、出来る事をおこなっていく事も環境保護に大きな違いを与えると思います。

　また、今回の事で日本のメディア、政府の姿勢をつくづく考えさせられました。朝、新聞を目にした時、自然と日本はどこの新聞が掲載したのだろうということが頭に浮かんだのですが、実際どこにも社説自体は掲載されていなかったのです。４５カ国という世界主要国、多数の国の新聞が載せたにもかかわらずです。世界の主要国の一つとして生き残るのに、グローバル化をキーワードに政策を打ち出していた９０年代日本、そのグローバル化というものには言葉の一人歩きがあったように思います。実際に海外出て、世界で起こっていることをみてきたこの１０年の間、日本社会がどれだけグローバル化から、かけ離れているのかを見続けてきたような気がします。残念ながら、そのグローバル化が把握出来なかったことで、経済力が低下した現在の日本が、国際社会のメインステージから降りてしまったようにも感じます。ただ、これはあくまでもメディアと政府の姿勢で、個人として、世界に出て本当の国際化を図っている方々は多くいらっしゃいます。今後、個人だけでなく、国としての本当の国際化が進めばいいと思う次第です。

身の丈に合わない、いつになく難しい題材を拙い文章で書いてしまいましたが、一人でも今の消費社会を考え直すきっかけとなればいいなと思いました。また、この共同社説の意味は大きく、政治と個人が離れて行く一方の日本で、変えられないとあきらめてしまう私たち世代に、世界ではこういった形で変えようとしているムーブメントがあることをお知らせ出来ればと思った次第です。ちなみに次のリンクで社説の全文が見れます。是非見てみてください。（http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/dec/06/copenhagen-editorial）

Can we feed 9 billion?

By end of this century, our population predicted to grow to nine to ten billion from 6.5 billion now. In this way, it will be essential to find solution that how we grow food, how we have better fertilizer, how protect food on it's way to consumer etc...

Basically, I try to eat organically but my organic is not so strict. There are couple of reasons. First of all, organic and non-organic doesn't have any special nutritious benefit. Secondly, to grow vegetable need to protect from all pests. In this sense, organic vegetable need fur more pesticide than non organic one. When I was kids, my family use to order vegetable to one farmer who deliver to our home once a week depend on what he have in the field at that moment. We needed to go to help him at least once a month to the field. I remember this man also told me, even organic need to have pesticide to protect veg. We shouldn't be hysteric about too much, just need to know how to use it fairly. Finally, organic certificate is helpful if we don't know where a product come from but there are so many local producer who make their product organically but doesn't have certificate.

The reason why I pick up this topic today is that I went to lecture 'Can we feed 9 billion' in RSC. The lecture was specialized in relationship between food and chemical. However, a lecturer also said that to find the way we have enough food for every person on this planet is related to politics. There was one interesting article in Observer one month ago which made me to go this lecture. 'So much food. So much hunger'. Question was how can so many people be hungry when farmers produce enough food at least in theory? The answers are complex and involve everything from American farm politics and African corruption to war, poverty, climate change and drought. Activist say that some of tools for success are within reach provided the financing and political will persist; those tools include seeds fine-turned to local conditions, fertilizer and better road and other infrastructure improvement.

In same article, they referred a word from Dr, Borlaug, plant scientist who created high-yielding wheat varieties to stave of famine, who was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1970. 'World peace will not be build on empty stomachs or human misery. I truly agree and wish we will find a way to solve this problem. So much food but so much hunger is not what we wish for.

Flower back

I left some flower in my kitchen for my dear guest to enjoy their afternoon tea. When I back home late, I realized i received beautiful flower back. My dear guest also left blanch of flower in my room! I love flower, their beauty and brightness. They have much shorter life time than us but they don't afraid to be scattered and bloom beautifully. In our much long lifetime, we sometime easily forget every single moment is precious and never gonna be same. Flower always reminds me that beauty of time concept and I get the power from them.

Love my docs!

Two pair of my first Dr Martin shoes. One is classic vintage, other one is real fur boots.


Midnight, A brought back two pair of Dr Martin shoes. A is the designer who bring Dr Martin back to fashion! Kitchen suddenly became fitting room. Thank you, those will be my shoes for life.

What you see?

So many things going on this couple of weeks. Still it is true, we sometime need to stop and look around to see what going on.


Flower in my kitchen at this moment; It's from Hockney Wick. I stopped and found them!

Siesta

Madrid locate at center of Spain. It is very hot and humid here. During my stay, it was over 36 degree every day. Daytime is difficult to be outside really. So the town became empty this time and everyone having siesta.



Dog also need to have siesta even evening, so hot!

What coffee mean to you?

Coffee is essential to me in order to start my day. I need to have a good coffee. Monmouth coffee is my favorite coffee place in the world. Every time I went to this coffee shop, they make me very happy.


Evening, I went to dinner with V to Local Turkish place. After meal, we had Turkish coffee and V start saying let's do reading. It's a way to enjoy Turkish coffee! Put your cup up side down and wait till it's get cooler. Then you open your cup and read what it's says. You could read so many things from picture that coffee made inside of cup. We try to imagine what does it mean. The manager of the restaurant asked us how's our reading going? He told us there is a girl she do good for this and he send her over to us.


This was my cup. She told me, Difficult thing is finally getting over and Something new come to me. There is a house where I could be happy and so on.


After you read inside of cup, time to read on the dish. There is big ear in my plate means big news specially from international distance. Also she said I will travel in short distance and long distance soon which is true! Then she find beautiful peacock, that means i will have good period of my life! Also Horse coming to me! How exciting!!


Tonight was nearly full moon. Beautiful evening* Good night X

Day off

Finally my day off come. Today I wanted to do so many things I couldn't do it whole week. laundry, cleaning flat, go to bank, food shopping, jogging, extra sleep etc... All I did was extra sleep and had a coffee with friend.
On the way back from coffee, we found one rope is pitched between two big tree. We asked a girl if we could try it too. All you need is concentration and balance to walk rope. It is much difficult than you see someone doing it but it is really fun. After we tried, it was turn for two little girls. Always kids could learn quicker than adult or maybe they just have more inspiration that they can believe they can do it. Sometimes we just need a little of believe that you can bring yourself forward?

How many times we will have birthday in our lifetime?

I never knew if I still fighting how I could be myself when I got my age. There were amazing things happen to me and also things difficult to understand. Well, I guess it is not happen only to me but everyone. Still what I found those days is I have friends they are here for me for life. It is very fortunate. I recently got birthday presents from two of my best friends in UK(one from my extend family). I could fell their love even from package and it was so beautiful that's why i still can't open it. It stays on my kitchen table to makes me happy. It is so personal and made me really really happy. Thank you and I love you.

Another sweet?

This looks very much a biscuit but actually this is a birthday card from K.
I wonder how people think I'm crazy about food. I know once I start talking about food, I got so excited easily...

Well, I'm loving it still I sometime could skip a meal, when I'm lazy and if it's just for myself. Reason why I think food is so important is I could share it with people, this is more important than actual meal. While I was staying in Tokyo this time, I could able to meet so many of good friends and spend great time. You made me really happy and I want to thank you, even to some couldn't make it this time. Hope I could share nice meal with you very very soon. You are my sweet*