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Weekly Photo Challenge: Curve

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The 13th to 14th century’s government (Shogunate) city, Kamakura, is also known as a week-end destination where there are many beautiful temples. In ancient days, to make an attack on the town meant that attacker had to go a small and winding pass. It is the reason the old government was placed there and you need to take many curves of the road.

The pictures were take several weeks ago, an early summer day with strong sunlight.

In response to the weekly photo challenge, Curve by The Daily Post.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Pure

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When I visit European countries, I’m always looking forward to finding new table waters. You may have a question why I’m interested in just a glass of water. It is just a bottle of natural water and common in Europe, isn’t it? Is it difficult to buy pure bottled water in Japan? No. You can easily find many kinds of natural waters in any supermarket and tap water is completely safe. What I want to find is hard water, having high mineral content. One of my favorites is BADOIT which is popular in France. It is slightly sweet with taste of magnesium and calcium, especially good for intensely flavored dishes.

ヨーロッパを訪ねる際にいつも楽しみなのはレストランでたのむ水である。単なるコップ一杯の水が何故楽しみなのかと訝る向きもあるかもしれないが、楽しみにしているのは、いわゆる硬水だ。フランスのどこでもお目にかかるバドワ（日本で買うと現地の何倍もの値段だが）が特に好みで、ミネラルの苦味と甘みが味の濃い料理によく似合う。

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It’s a good season to have a lunch under the fresh and undiluted green air, isn’t it.
外で新鮮な空気を感じながらランチするには良い季節である。

In response to the weekly photo challenge, Pure by The Daily Post.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Numbers

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201606-101No name. You are at #629.

It must be easier to handle with numbers. I know well. I was (and perhaps I’m still) a computer engineer and coded many lines of software which linked someone to anonymous numbers. Now sometimes I wonder if it is really the best way to manage something with numbers.

“What is your identification number?” – “629”
“When did you miss it?” – “14:28, 5,6,2016”
“Which taxi did you take?” – “Y43”

In response to the weekly photo challenge, Numbers by The Daily Post.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Spare

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201605-501“Spare me the details.”
“There’s never a spare moment!”
“No, no, no, with one minute to spare…”

Seriously? We always have a enough time and to spare but it is not always true. Sometimes it is just difficult to find it, I believe. I’m not an exception. It has been a hard week and I was working from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm everyday. I couldn’t have my time to spend for myself. Where can I see the empty bulletin board on earth.

「細かなことはよしてくれ。」
「空いてる時間なんてどこにあると言うんだ。」
「だめだ、だめだ、だめだ。あとほんのちょとだってのに。」

本当に？いつも時間が足りないというが、いつもその通りだとは限らない。時には見つからないだけだと思っている。今週はひどい週で7時から夜の8時まで働き通しだった。一体どこに空っぽのスケジュールボードがあると言うのか？

In response to the weekly photo challenge, Spare by The Daily Post.