Nadeshiko Japan beat France by 2-1, and decided to advance to the final.

  The rain stopped in the early morning. I went to bed last night at 9:15 earlier than usual, and woke up at 1:00 a.m. this morning and watched a semi-final succer game between Nadeshiko Japan and the French team. The game was very exciting, and finally the game ended in Japan's victory by the score of 2-1. Nadeshiko will fight for the Olympic champion against USA on early Thursday morning.
 In the afternoon, I went to the dental clinic and had my false teeth mended. Sachiyo had arrived home in California and called us on Skype. She had stayed in Tokyo and Shikoku for a week.
  It was August 7th today. In Hokaido, Tanabata festival is held on this day, while in most other places, it is held on July 7th, one month earlier. In our neighborhood association, we gathered kids in 6 chome mini-park and divided them into groups of 10 members. Then, we let them visit door to door in the neighborhood, where they were presented candies and snacks by the residents. After they returned to the mini-park at about 7:00 p.m., we had a small fireworks show. 
 

Rainy in the morning, today,too. In fencing and floor exercise etc. Japan won silver medals.

  "Medal rush" continues in the London Olympics. In fencing, men's foil, Japan team fought against the Italian team in the final, and Japan was defeated in a very close bout, but Japan won the silver medal. In track and field, Murofusi won the bronze medal in the hammer throw. In gymnastics, individual, Uchimura won the silver medal.

Rainy in the morning, cloudy in the afternoon. Samurai Japan beat Egypt by 3-0.

  The radio calisthenics was canceled this morning because it was raining. I woke up very early at 1:30 a.m. because a quarter-final game of the Olympics between Japan and Egypt were going to be televised. The game was very exciting and the result was Samurai Japan's victory by 3-0. Japan will advance to the semi-final against the Mexican team on Tuesday. I felt sleepy almost all day.

I stayed at home all day today. Nadeshiko Japan won over Brazil by 2-0.

 The weather was cloudy, but, today I was tired and sleepy because I stayed up through last night to watch on TV the women's succer game between Nadeshiko Japan and Brazil. I tried to sleep at about 10:00 pm., but I couldn't, so I kept watching TV till the succer game started.The game was very exciting. The Brazilian team was always very aggressive, so the Japanese team was forced to be defensve. But in the first half, Ohgimi kicked the ball passed by Sawa into the goal, and in the second half, Ohno scored, and finally the Nadeshiko won by the score of 2-0.

I go to raidio calisthenics every morning.

  It was cloudy today. I went to 6-chome mini-park to take part in the radio calisthenics at 6:30 a.m. There are about 30 to 40 people, about half of whom are children, every morning. It is pleasant to do the exercise in the cool morning air.
  In the morning, Ayao went to the dental clinic, while I went out for my rutine walk to the Tomakomai river.
  In the afternoon, I went to Furusato Noen, and picked some cucumbers and daikon.
  In the evening, I watched Fighters' baseball. Fighters beat Tohou Rakuten by 7-0, and Fighters is in the first place in the Pacific League.

Uchimura won the gold medal in gymnastic individual.

  Kohei Uchimura won the gold medal in the gymnastic individual for the first time since 1984, when Koji Gushiken had won the gold medal in Los Angels Olympics. Japanese swimmers are doing good jobs and have got about 10 silve and copper medals so far.
  Ayako drove Arashi back to Sapporo in the afternoon. After she had returned, we went to eat out sushi to celebrate Ayako's 74th birthday.

It was a wet day today. Toio returned home to Sapporo alone by bus.

  I got up at 4:30a.m. and watched a succer game Nadeshiko Japan vs. South Africa. First I was going to watch it live before midnight, but the game seemed to be unexciting because Japan had already been qualified to advance to the final stage and the win of the game was unnecessary. So I recorded it and I watched it in the early morning. The result of the game was a scoreless draw.
  The rain stopped in the afternoon. Ayako drove Tokio to Tomakomai bus terminal and let him ride the bus for Sapporo. Tokio would have a succer game tomorrow in Sapporo. Arashi will stay with us another night and tomorrow Ayako will drive him to Sapporo.