Kei-rou-kai, the party on the Respect-for-Senior-Citizens Day

  Today, the 17th of September is a national holiday "the Respect-for-Senior--Citizens Day". Almost every chonai-kai-,or neighborhood association in our city or many other places in Japan, parties inviting senior people over 75 years of age were held. In our association, the party was held in the Sakuragi-Shirakaba Community Hall from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Until last year I made a short welcoming address to invite senior people on behalf of the organizing committee, but this year, as I am 75 years old, I, myself, was to be invited as one of the senior people. We enjoyed having the feast prepared by wome officials of the association, drinking beer, singing, watching Japanese dances and talking.