Ayako went to Otaru for the trip hosted by women's section of the neighborhood association.

Various colors of azaleas are blooming in our garden. I like this season best.

Ayako went on a trip hosted by the women's section of our neighborhood association. I heard about 40 people would take part in it. They will go to Otaru to see "Aoyama Bettei," a historic residence built by a daughter of a wealthy fisherman who had made a fortune by catching herrings in Miji era. Until 1950s, a lot of herrings had been caught along the coast of the Japan Sea in Hokkaido every spring season, but now, the number of them has remarkably decreased.

I stayed at home almost all day, but just before noon, went out to buy onigiri,or rice ball for lunch and some other things for supper. And in the evening, I attended late Mr.Seizo Wada's funeral wake. Late Mr.Wada sometimes visited us some years ago, and talked about his experience in Okinawa during the World War II. He said he had thrown into a trench together with dead bodies of other solidiers. He was  going to be buried alive by mistake. Another witness of the war has passed away. Mr.Wada was 92 years old.