Beautiful flower in Hirosaki

Hirosaki city is famous for its cherry blossoms. Every year, many people visit it to see them.
The cerry blossoms in Hirosaki may be the most beautiful around the end of April till the begin of May.

If you didn't go to Hirosaki Parkthis year, you should visit it next year!

I took a picture of the cerry blossoms at night in Hirosaki park last week.

A foreign species

This spring ,I joined a Field science club.In the club,We capture insects or frogs, crabs...some small animals, and we often make a specimen.So I have a chance of thinking about living things.

Foreign species bring many serious problems to us and animals. For example, in Okinawa and Amamiooshima, mongooses from South-West Asia are affecting rare animals in the island such as an Okinawa rail. In Guam, Brown tree snake from Australia ate endemic birds, and 8 of 11 species died out. Foreign species damige not only animals but also us. Raccoons from North America and Coypu from South America spoil crop. Foreign Grasses are one of the causes for our hay fever. Thus, foreign animals have bad influences, and I think we should be careful about living things when we travel abload.

Communication of alcohol

Do you know the word "Nominication"?
This is the coinage meaning communication using alcohol.

It is used at a company too.  If people enter the company, maybe there are some events, for example, the sociable, year-end party or new year party.  These parties are used the way of communication.
Surprisingly, the cost of these are gave the part of grant (at partial company).

I think this system is good for adapting to life of company.  It appear the important aspect that the human relations is very important fopr society.

But at university, is "Nominication" important for university student?  Of course, alcohol is one way of communication for student too.  However is become problem causing the acute alcoholic poisoning like May 7th at the university of Hokkaido.  So if we use alcohol for communication, we have to know the risk of alcohol, not only good point.

Minami Fujieda 

Earthquake, on 11th March, 2011

 The day I went to Aomori Airport by plane with my mother during the morning, and we got to Hirosaki Station and joined my father. After having lunch, we went to Hirosaki University for formalities of Hirosaki University Coop. While we were in Bunkyoushokudou for it, the earthquake had occurred and caused power failure. However, we continued the formalities because the earthquake vibrations were long but weren't strong. We went to the hotel by cab after the formalities. Traffic lights didn't turn on because of power failure. After we had supper in the dark room, we spent the whole night around the cold hotel lobby. The next day, I was surprised at the suffering caused by the earthquake to watch TV in the cellphpne shop. We went to Aomori Airport by bus in the afternoon and we could get home in Osaka at night. I had an uneasy, unusual and once-in-a-lifetime experience.