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.