• A Lady of Quality

    Among many kinds of Japanese manga comics, there is a genre of romance
    and we, I and my wife, admire some of the romance comics from the bottom
    of our heart. Yesterday we went to Shinjuku in Tokyo, with eager anticipation,
    to attend a party. It was held for the 30th anniversary of Ms Yoko Hanabusa's
    debut as a comics writer. She is one of the leading prolific Japanese comics
    writers, and her representative manga work entitled Lady!! has been known
    in many countries, one of which is France where Gwendoline, a French
    version of its animated series based on the work, was aired on TV and
    popularised.

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    Ms Yoko Hanabusa has created many romance comics, mostly based on English
    romance novels. Shown above is her original manuscript of The Wing of Ecstasy
    written by Barbara Cartland.

    We had a wonderful time at the party. We would like to thank Ms Hanabusa and
    her publisher who kindly permitted us to use the photo above.

  • Many Flags of a Japanese Football Club

    Although I have been a Middlesbrough fan
    since I lived in Whitby, living now in a part of the
    Kanto area in Japan makes me feel that I should support
    a Japanese football club as many flags of Yokohama F. Marinos
    are seen through shopping streets near my house.
    Anyhow, I need some time for watching games on TV
    or knowing anything about the club I choose.

  • SKY NEWS

    Some years ago I came to know that SKY NEWS could be seen
    on a satellite channel in Japan. Since then I had been watching
    the channel for three years until, to my great disappointment,
    it was axed probably because the number of subscribers decreased.
    I hope, from the bottom of my heart, that I can once again
    watch SKY NEWS in Japan...

  • Miss Potter

    Yesterday I and my wife went to see a cinema. We saw
    Miss Potter which is a biographical film of Beatrix
    Potter, the author famed in children's books of many animal
    characters like Peter Rabbit. We simply loved the film!
    Everything was so charming in there, and filming locations
    were especially our favourite part about the film as we
    visited the Lake District last summer.

  • Little Lord Fauntleroy

    I am partial to stories written by Victorian authors like
    Charlotte Mary Yonge and Ouida. They wrote books about
    children and their domestic life. Since the early 19th
    century many of such books have been written, among
    which Little Lord Fauntleroy by Frances Hodgson Burnett
    is one of my (and my wife's) most favourite stories. The story
    Little Lord Fauntleroy
    has been often dramatised and turned into animated series. It
    feels nice to see a child find a way to solve adults' problems.

  • One School Day in Whitby

    Whitby in North Yorkshire is where I used to have
    good memories in my school days. I first went
    there a long, long time ago,to attend a language
    school for half a year, and since then I have
    visited the town nearly every two years.
    japanese evening
    At the school I and other Japanese students were
    asked to hold a Japanese evening, to show them
    what the Japanese tradition was like, and I was
    to paint a picture (shown above) for the occasion.
    All the students and the school staff seemed to
    like the evening very much, and we were so grateful
    for that.

  • A Book that Made Me Cry

    Among all the books I have read in Britain, First Term at Malory Towers
    by Enid Blyton is one of my most favourite books that make me really cry.
    I first read the book in North Yorkshire while studying the local history
    of Whitby. I found most of the characters in its story adorable, especially
    a timid but kind girl called Mary Lou, who was very impressive to me.
    What lovely characters the author created! The book made me read
    many of her other books from then on.

  • ...and our first anniversary

    I and my wife had a wedding at a church in the north
    of London on this day, 17th of August, last year.
    We travelled from London to North Yorkshire, and then
    to the Lake District. What a lovely honeymoon that was!
    We would like to thank the people we met in England
    during that time.

  • It is my first blog!

    I just began writing about things I like here in this blog.
    I hope I can keep on making this diary.

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