Finally, I stopped using my kerosene heater and since I ran out of fuel too. Spring is finally here. Today, March 20, 2009, marks the official start of spring (春/haru). Today is a national holiday in Japan and it's called shunbunnohi (春分の日).
Season for hanami (花見) or cherry-blossom viewing across Japan especially in the western region has already begun and starting today, it will start in the Kanto region (関東地方) including Tokyo, and our very own Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県).
Classes in Junior High and all schools in Japan are about to end next week.
The hiring and firing season has indeed started.
Immigration clean-ups like foreigner harassment by the immigration police will start, especially in train, subway and bus stations all over Japan. Foreigners in Japan should be accustomed to this line, "Sumimasen, gaikokujintourokushoumeisho wo misete kusadai." すみません外国人登録証明書を見せて下さい。It means, "Excuse me, please show me your Alien Registration Card."
Freight and residence-transfer freight companies will be circulating all over Japan as many people will move because of new company assignments and new jobs. Just try to observe and count how many Sagawa, Yamato, Duck, and Pelican vans and trucks can you see from town to town and city to city that move.
Bounenkais (忘年会) are here and everywhere. Companies, especially like us in the academe will carry out this tradition of thanking each and everyone for their hard work over bottles of beer, sake (酒), shouchuu (焼酎) and endless plates of cheap grass in expensive fees ranging from four to five thousand per head.
Supermarkets will be flooded with ume (梅/plum) and umeboshi (梅干/dried plum) as spring season is its harvest time.
Season of rains start and insects start bugging you around.
The last saga of kafunshou (花粉症) or pollen allergies will take its toll on people for the last time.
Well, thank God it's spring.
Season for hanami (花見) or cherry-blossom viewing across Japan especially in the western region has already begun and starting today, it will start in the Kanto region (関東地方) including Tokyo, and our very own Saitama Prefecture (埼玉県).
Classes in Junior High and all schools in Japan are about to end next week.
The hiring and firing season has indeed started.
Immigration clean-ups like foreigner harassment by the immigration police will start, especially in train, subway and bus stations all over Japan. Foreigners in Japan should be accustomed to this line, "Sumimasen, gaikokujintourokushoumeisho wo misete kusadai." すみません外国人登録証明書を見せて下さい。It means, "Excuse me, please show me your Alien Registration Card."
Freight and residence-transfer freight companies will be circulating all over Japan as many people will move because of new company assignments and new jobs. Just try to observe and count how many Sagawa, Yamato, Duck, and Pelican vans and trucks can you see from town to town and city to city that move.
Bounenkais (忘年会) are here and everywhere. Companies, especially like us in the academe will carry out this tradition of thanking each and everyone for their hard work over bottles of beer, sake (酒), shouchuu (焼酎) and endless plates of cheap grass in expensive fees ranging from four to five thousand per head.
Supermarkets will be flooded with ume (梅/plum) and umeboshi (梅干/dried plum) as spring season is its harvest time.
Season of rains start and insects start bugging you around.
The last saga of kafunshou (花粉症) or pollen allergies will take its toll on people for the last time.
Well, thank God it's spring.
2 comments:
wow kuya your post is very informative especially to me who's just starting to live my life here in Japan! every paragraph makes me say "ah gnun pla un!". Now I understand everything!
hehehehe.. yep yep.. welcome to japan 101. hehehe... :-D
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