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A Message
from our I enjoyed serving as a treasurer for 2 years. Thank you for giving me this opportunity. I just regret that I couldnot do as much as I wanted to do. I thank you for all yoursupport especially Yoshiko-sensee. You have encouraged me, and helped me. You have done so much. When two of my students received the rewards for Nengajyo contest, you sent the wonderful letter to our principal at school. Their cards were displayed at Embassy of Japan. This was an encouragement to my students a lot. Thank you. The principle of school came to my class personally to congratulate my students for the rewards. Hanaga takakattadesu. Arigatoo gozaimashita. Yoshiko sensee, I really enjoyed serving with you and other officers. Otsukaresamadeshita.
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A thought .... When I was small, I always had tried so hard to dream in the evening of first
year, 1 fuji and/or 2 taka (hawks), and/or 3 nasubi (eggplants). Then,
I heard there are more to continue to them. They are 4 ougi I learned this best dream idea had started during Edo era, after Tokugawa Ieyasu had retired to the Suruga no kuni (present Shizuoka-ken) region. From Suruga, Mt. Fuji is in the full view and that it represented and still does Japan. Taka (howks) are strong fighting birds, so people needed strength of howk. But why eggplants? I learned eggplants were only eaten by high class people at the time, so it might have represented good finance that means good foods. (there was a saying that 'don't let your daughter in law eat autumn eggplants.' - because they were sooooo good; it's a horrible thought.) This is such an incomplete research, but I am hoping some readers might help me understand the background of this 'hatsu-yume'. Anyway, it has been mind provoking to me. -----yoshiko |