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Year-end cleaning

I usually live in Osaka, but I spend the year-end and New Year holidays at my home in Gunma.　I go back to Gunma about once every two months to take care of the farmland and clean the house.　I have two younger sisters who live in the neighborhood, so she and her husband are helping to maintain it, so we manage to maintain it.　Much of the farmland is rented out to people who cultivate it.　In the past, I used to grow my own rice and wheat, so it was difficult to go to Gunma frequently.　Now I only manage small orchards that (more…)
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Kumamoto Castle

Kumamoto Castle is a castle built around 1469 AD in Kumamoto Prefecture on Kyushu Island. The current Kumamoto Castle is a reproduction of Kumamoto Castle around 1600 AD, when Kato Kiyomasa was the castle owner.　The original castle tower burned down in 1887 AD and was rebuilt after World War II.The castle grounds, such as the stone walls and the surrounding moat, remain, and are known as very large and impregnable castles.　In fact, there is no history of the castle falling.Katō Kiyomasa was an influential vassal of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who unified the Japan.At that time, Toyotomi Hideyoshi obtained information from the (more…)
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Autumn Sky and TAIYO2

Autumn sunny Hamadera Marina 2 I went to maintain the TAIYO2 and there was a strong westerly wind.Perhaps because of the strong wind, I was able to take beautiful photos with a very blue sky.I go to check once every two weeks, so sometimes I come across a very beautiful landscape.If you want to see more photos, please also see the website of Taiyo Kogyo Yacht Club.Jump to TAIYO YACHT CLUB pages – yokobori blog (more…)
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New Year Ekiden

Eki-den is a long-distance run in which multiple runners run in a relay.Eki is station, den is the meaning of telling. 　It comes from the time that in ancient China, horses were prepared at the stopover point, and the horses were transferred to communicate.New Year Ekiden is a 100km sports event held in Gunma Prefecture on January 1 every year.　Starting with the Gunma Prefectural Office (Maebashi City), which also appears in popular animation as a high-tech tower, a course that returns to the prefectural office via takasaki city area, Isesaki City Hall, ota city hall, famous Japanese companies compete for (more…)
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ＧＵＮＭＡ chan

Gunma-chan is the mascot character of my hometown of Gunma Prefecture.He is a horse (pony) because the meaning of Gunma is a herd of horses.It became an animation program from October 2021.アニメ『ぐんまちゃん』オフィシャルサイト (gunmachan-official.jp)Produced in Gunma Prefecture, 1.5million US dollar in taxes were put in as a budget.I have a home in Gunma Prefecture, so I pay taxes to Gunma Prefecture.As a taxpayer, I wonder if I make anime with taxes.　However, it seems that companies in Gunma Prefecture sponsor TV broadcasting, so I think there is a profit.As with the BEISIA group, a major retail chain originating in Gunma, Subaru motors (more…)