Late Mr.Miyakawa's funeral wake.

  How long will this cold weather continue?  This morning, again, the temperature in most places in Hokkaido went down below -10 degrees. I was always feeling severely cold while I was walking along the Tomakomai river even in the afternoon.
  In the evening, I went to Yasuragi Funeral Hall at Hokko cho by chartered bus to attend a neighbor's funeral wake service. The deceased person was Mr.Miyakawa's father who was 85 years old. Both Mr.& Mrs.Miyakawa are officials of our neighborhood association.
  In the afternoon, Takashi and Sachiyo called us on Skype.Two bottles of wine and a kind of health appliance for Ayako were sent from Takashi. After returning home from the funeral wake, Ayako and I enjoyed drinking the wine Takashi sent us from California.