”Viva, Seniors" English Edition　Domestic & Overseas Travels, Hobbies & Lifestyle

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* Rakugo * Senryu 落語、川柳	Someday Somewhere 某日＠某所	Hometown Kumano 南紀熊野	Haiku Short Poem 俳人・俳句	Chronicle of My Half-Life 半生の記	English Edition 英文紹介
"Viva, Seniors!", Japanese トップページ「中高年の元気！」へ

http://chukonen.com/english/english.html

English

This is the English Edition of
「中高年の元気！」 "Viva, Seniors!"

Most of the works are the English translation
of my domestic travelogues,
with the introduction
of the local Japanese climate
in my own way
- scenery, history, culture, food, people, ...

In addition,
the English version of my travels abroad,
autobiographical novels, essays and notes.

I hope this will be helpful for people overseas
to know Japan a little more.

Click any link part as you like,
and the new window will appear.

Travel around Japan

Travel Overseas
Asia	China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnum, Cambodia
North America with Hawaii
Oceania	Australia
Europe	Turkey, Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, Czech, Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Austria, UK, Hungary, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg, Baltic States, Poland, France, Spain, Portugal
Africa	Egypt, Morocco

Novels　　Essays

Life of a Seafarer,
I am a Pea-chan, the Parakeet,
Days with Hayatama Steel,
Auditorium Where Monsters Live,
Frogs Land on an Island Abroad,
Someday in Sep., 2008,
Article of NY Times, 2011,
Typhoon Bopha, 2012,
Someday in Sep., 2013,
Visit to Malawii Embassy, 2013,
Visit to Fiji Embassy, 2014,
My Friend, "Viva, Seniors, 2021

My Nowadays

Since the age of 60,
Variious Memories Then There

Notes

Camino de Santiago's Success,
The Japanese Garden Spirit
Pennglish 1969-70
American Speeches, 2011
Carl the Chameleon, 2013
Current English Class
(from Dec. 2016 to March 2020)
Email Diary
(from May 2014 to April 2018)

Scenery, History,
Culture and People
in Japan

Touring around Japan　

The Utmost Capes and Railway Stations for 11 days, May 2011 （雑記帳第64話 -- original article in Japanese）
Reading 1:24:01
capes:		Kouzaki-bana, Nagasaki-bana, Sata, Ashizuri, Nosappu, Soya
railway stations:		Tabira-Hiradoguchi, Nishi-Ohyama, Higashi-Nemuro, Wakkanai
other spots:		Sasebo Bay, Mt. Kannondake, Udo Shrine, Aoshima, Seto Inland Sea, Shimanami Sea Way, Kongobuji Temple, Shimanto River, Kompira Shrine, Amano-Hashidate, Japan Sea, Higashi-Mogoto-Shibazakura Park, Shiretoko 5 Lakes
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Hokkaido

Hokkaido in Midwinter for 4 days
February 2010
（雑記帳第57話）

Reading 1:08:16

Hakodate, Lake Toya, Otaru, Sapporo,
Sounkyo Gorges, Asahiyama Zoo

Hokkaido in Early Winter for 4 days
November 2013
（雑記帳第78話）

Reading 33:35

Noboribetsu Spa and Sapporo City 　

Tohoku District
(North of
Honshu Island)

Turbid Hot Springs around Lake-Tazawa Heights
August 2011
（小話集第47話）

Reading 59:05

Turbid Hot Spring Villages
(Nyuto, Tsurunoyu, Minami-Tamagawa, Kunimi),
Lake Tazawa, Kakunodate Town

Mogami River and Yamadera Temple
August 2002
（雑記帳第21話）

Reading 1:18:17

Chasing "Oku-no-Hosomichi"
(The Narrow Road to Deep North)
written by Matsuo Basho, a poet in Edo period.
Visited places : "Okama" Crater Lake,
Hanagasa Folk Festival, Mogami River,
Yamadera Temple, Five-colored Lakes 　

Yamagata-Hijiori Spa
December 2008
（雑記帳第50話）

Reading 1:07:18

Chasing "Oku-no-Hosomichi"
(The Narrow Road to Deep North)
written by Matsuo Basho, a poet in Edo period.
Illusions at Hijiori Spa, Yamagata Pref.
(Obanazawa and surrounding area, Minamidani,
Mt. Yudono, Mt. Haguro, Kisagata Lagoon)　

Three Mountains of Dewa
July 2009
（雑記帳第53話）

Reading 1:41:38

Chasing "Oku-no-Hosomichi"
(The Narrow Road to Deep North)
written by Matsuo Basho, a poet in Edo period.
Mt. Yudono, Mt. Haguro, Mt. Gassan,
Yonezawa-Uesugi Shrine

Matsushima, Zuiganji, Goshiki-numa
September 2015
（雑記帳第89話）

Reading 1:12:29

Miyagi-Gorge Distillery of Nikka Whisky,
Matsushima Island, Zuiganji Temple
Shiogama Shrine, Goshikinuma-Ponds　

Around Sendai, 2023
（雑記帳第167話）

Reading 33:38

Zuiganji Temple, Godaido, Zuihouden,
Sendai Castle Ruins, Miyagi Art Museum,
Osaki Hachiman Shrine

Around Dake Spa, 2024
（雑記帳第175話）

Reading 35:58

Nihon-matsu City, Koriyama City,
Asaka-kunikko Shrine, Nyohoji Temple

Bus Tour around Tohoku District
July 2018
（小話集第63話）

Reading 35:01

Sasagawa-nagare Flow, Benten Island
Naso White Falls, Kisakata Lagoon
Dakigaeri Dorge, Tsurunomai Bridge
Chuzenji Temple

Kanto Region
　
　

3 Onsen Trips in 1st Half of 2019
（雑記帳第127話）

Reading 20:23

Shima Onsen, Gunma Prefecture
Shirakaba Lake, Nagano Prefecture
Urabandai Heights, Fukushima Prefecture

Nasu-Shiobara Spa

Shiobara Spa Town
November 2006
（小話集第31話）

Reading 19:48

Houki River, Myounji Temple,
Backward Cedar Tree, Genzankutsu
Limestone Cave, Momiji Valley Rope Bridge

Nasu Heights in the Fall
October 2012
（小話集第53話）

Reading 25:00

Killing Stone, Minamigaoka Ranch,
Nasu Heights, Nichien Autumn Leaves Line

Around Nasu-Shiobara with Snow
December 2012
（小話集第54話）

Reading 19:50

Nasu Highland Park, Nasu Garden Outlet,
Ashikaga Flower Park

New Year's Days at Nasu-Shiobara
January 2014
（某日@某所、2014年1月）

Reading 9:27

Hotel Sakamoto, Myounji Temple,
Momiji Valley Rope Bridge

3 Days Stay in Tsumagoi Village
Midsummer, 2012
(小話集第51話)

Reading 54:29

Palcall Tsumagoi Resort Hotel, Cabbage Fields,
Tsumagoi Plateau, Lake Baragi

4-Day Stay around
Karuizawa & Tsumagoi Village
October, 2007
(小話集第35話)

Reading 32:03

Tsumagoi Village, Karuizawa,
Shiozawa Lake, Peine Museum

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Happy New Year!
at Ikaho Spa, 2019
（雑記帳第121話）

Reading 38:03

Takasaki Daruma Fair, Ikaho Spa,
Stone-Step Street, Tsukagoshiya Shichibee,

Nikko
December 2009
（某日@某所、2009年12月）

Reading 13:39

World Heritage Sites & Surroundings
Tosho-gu Shrine, Futarasan Shrine, Rinnoji Temple,
Lake Chuzenji, Kegon Falls, Tachiki Kannon Temple

Nikko
December 2014
（某日@某所、2014年12月）

Reading 20:47

Tosho-gu Shrine, Futarasan Shrine,
Rinnoji Temple, Taiyu-in, Tamozawa Imperial Villa

Hiking around
Battle Field, Oku-Nikko
October 1999
（山歩き第26話）

Reading 34:55

Battle Field, Ryuzu Falls, Yudaki Falls,
Dried-up Pond, Kirikomi Lake, Karikomi Lake

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Kusatsu Onsen Town
February 2007
（小話集第34話）

Reading 45:49

Baelz Memorial Museum, Kusatsu Tropical Garden,
Yubatake (Hot Water Field), Shirane Shrine

Ueno Park with Full Cherry-Blossoms
Late March 2018
（某日@某所、2018年3月）

Reading 2:10

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Boso Peninsula　　

Boso Peninsula encompasses the whole Chiba Pref. of Honshu Island.
It forms the eastern edge of Tokyo Bay, separating it from the Pacific Ocean. The peninsula covers approximately 5,034 square kilometres (1,944 sq mi). (Wikipedia)　　　　

Cape Inubozaki & around Choshi City
of Outer Boso Peninsula
February 2004
（某日@某所、2004年2月）

Reading 15:05

Full Moon and Sunrise at Cape Inubozaki,
Inubozaki Lighthouse, Katori Shrine
Episode of My Novel
"The Story of the Auditorium Where Monsters Live"

Cape Inubozaki & around Choshi City
of Outer Boso Peninsula
August 2009
（雑記帳第54話）

Reading 41:31

Higeta Soy Sauce Corp, Choshi Electric Rail,
Inubozaki Lighthouse, Cape Iioka-gyobu
Episode of
"The Story of the Auditorium Where Monsters Live"

Tomiura, Minami-Boso City
of Inner Boso Peninsula
November 2008
（某日@某所、2008年11月）

Reading 10:21

Cape Taibusa, Tomiura Beach

Mt. Nokogiri & Nihonji Temple
of Inner Boso Peninsula
October 2014
（雑記帳第87話）

Reading 57:49

Hishikawa Moronobu Memorial Hall,
Mount Nokogiri, Nihonji Temple

Awa-Kominato of Southern Boso Peninsula
January 2013
（小話集第56話）

Reading 40:59

Seichoji Temple, Tanjoji Temple, Tunnel Aquarium
Cruising in the Tainoura Bay and Walking along the Bay

Shirahama,
the Southernmost of Boso Peninsula
April 2011
（小話集第45話）

Reading 1:03:02

Boso-Shirahama Seashore, Nojimazaki Lighthouse,
Itsukushima Shrine of Nojimazaki, Nagoji Temple

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Hokuriku
and
Chubu
Region

Around Hokuriku District:
Ishikawa, Fukui and Toyama Prefecture
November 2015
（某日@某所、2015年11月）

Reading 4:24

Kenroku-en Park, Natadera-Temple,
Eiheiji Temple, Tojinbo Cliff, Yamanaka Spa,
Kutani Pottery, Gokayama-Ainokura Thatched Village

Hokuriku Toyama
June 2012
（雑記帳第70話）

Reading 45:01

Takaoka City (Zuiryuji Temple, Old Town,
Tomb of Maeda Toshinaga, Great Image of Buddha)
Gokayama-Ainokura Thatched Village,
Munakata Shiko Hall

Noto Peninsula
October 2013
（雑記帳第77話）

Reading 47:42

Zuiryuji Temple, Tomb of Maeda Toshinaga,
Wajima Lacquerware Studio, Wajima Morning
Market, Shiroyone Terraced Rice Field,
Cape Suzu, Toyama Bay, Mitsuke Isle,
Noto Kongo (Yase's Cliff, Yoshitsune's
Boat-Hiding Rock, Kongo- Ganmon Cave),
Chirihama Beach Driveway,
Gokayama-Suganuma Thatched Village　

Yahiko Village, May 2018
(小話集第65話)

Reading 18:13

Mount Yahiko, Yahiko Shrine
Manyo Road

Nagano Prefecture

Matsushiro, Zenkoji
and Iiyama Temple Town
April 2016
June 15, 2016
（雑記帳第98話）

Reading 1:08:32

Matsushiro (Kaizu) Castle Ruins, Zenkoji Temple,
Temple Town in Iiyama City

Takato Castle Ruins and Zenkoji Temple,
Shinshu Area
April 2002
（雑記帳第17話）

Reading 30:36

Takato Castle Ruins Park, Zenkoji Temple,
Garyu Pond Park, Mt. Myogi Village

North Cloisters and Zenkoji Temple,
Shinshu Area
October 2009
（某日@某所、2009年10月）

Reading 28:35

Matsukawa Valley, Obuse Town,
Togakushi Shrine, Zenkoji Temple

Madarao Heights and Zenkoji, Shinshu Area
September 2010
（小話集第43話）

Reading 44:36

Zenkoji Temple, Higashiyama Kaii Art Museum,
Togakushi Shrine, Cosmos Garden,
Issa Memorial Museum, Saikoji Temple

Komoro and Mochizuki, Shinshu Area
August 1998
（小話集第5話）

Reading 23:44

Nunobiki Kannon, Kaikoen Park,
Mt. Kita-yokodake, Mochizuki Town,
Mochizuki Sakaki Matsuri Festival

Takamagahara in Shiga Heights,
Shinshu Area
June 2007
（小話集第32話）

Reading 31:22

Natural trail around Takamagahara Highlands,
Mount Yokote in Shiga Heights

Bessho Spa and Temples, Shinshu Area
July 2015
（某日@某所、2015年7月）

Reading 37:08

Bessho Spa, Kitamuki-kannon, Joraku-ji, Anraku-ji,
Temples & Shrines around, Mugon-kan Hall,
Ueda Castle Ruins

Yudanaka and Obuse, Shinshu Area
December 2009
（小話集第41話）

Reading 53:18

Yudanaka Spa Town
(Issa's Walking Path, Peace Hill Park)
Obuse Town
(Yuzenro Museum, Hokusai-kan Hall,
Ganshoin Temple, Obuse Art Mueum)

4 Days around Shirahone Spa,
Shinshu Area
November 2017
（雑記帳第107話）

Reading 1:06:32

Shirahone Spa, Matsumoto Castle

3 Days around Matsumoto City and Azumino
June, 2022
（雑記帳第150話）

Reading: 43:22

Rokuzan Museumu, Hotaka Shrine,
Matsumoto City Museum of Art,
Matsumoto Castle, Hotel Shoho

4-Day Stay around
Karuizawa & Tsumagoi Village
October, 2007
(小話集第35話)

Reading 32:03

Tsumagoi Village, Karuizawa,
Shiozawa Lake, Peine Museum

Kurobe, Uozu and Kintaro Onsen
October 2018
（雑記帳第151話）

Reading 41:08

Uozu Aquarium, Uozu Buried Forest Museum,
Kurobe Gorge, Ikuji Town, Kintaro Onsen

Eiheiji Temple and Natadera Temple
October 2003
（小話集第21話）

Reading 10:03

Eiheiji Temple, Natadera Temple,
Tojimbo Cliff

Sayo-no-Nakayama, Shizuoka Pref.
November 2006
（雑記帳第23話）

Reading 36:26

Extra of Chasing Matsuo Basho's Journey.
Chojiya Inn, Night-weeping Stone,
Kyuenji Temple　

Around Atami Spa
April 2025
（雑記帳第181話）

Reading 29:07

MOA Museum of Art, Hatsushima Island,
Atami Castle, Kinomiya Shrine

Kinki
Region

Lake Biwa and Surrounding Scenic Spots
March 30- April 1 2014
（雑記帳第85話）

Reading 1:40:23

Taga Shrine, Shigaraki Pottery, Lake Biwa, Mt. Hiei,
Enryakuji Temple, Chikubu Island, Hikone Castle,
Nagahama Town, Oumi-Hachiman City,
with the rakugo of "The Eight Views of Oumi"

One Week in Ancient Kyoto
June 25-July 1, 2017
（雑記帳第105話）

Reading 2:37:02

Sanjusangen-do, Fushimi-inari Taisha, Ryoanji ,
Nijo Castle, Mimurotoji, Manpukuji, Byodoin, Daigoji,
Kajuji, Yasaka Shrine, Kodaiji, Chionin, Kiyomizu-dera,
Arashiyama, Tenryuji, Rakushisha, Kinkakuji, Toji,
Ginkakuji, Honenin, Heian Shrine, Honnoji,
Rokkakudo, Nishi-Honganji, Higashi-Honganji

Mount Koya, Himeji Castle
& Awaji Flower Expo
April 2015
（某日@某所、2015年4月）

Reading 15:38

Mount Koya: "1200 year anniversary of Mount Koya's founding" at Danjo-Garan

Himeji Castle: Outside and Inside Views of the Brand-New White Heron Castle

Awaji Flower Expo: Tulip Festival at Awaji City

Nanki-Kumano District,
Southern Part of Kii Peninsula

The World Heritage Site of UNESCO,
as "Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes
in the Kii Mountain Range," in 2004.

Guide to Nanki-Kumano
as of August 2004
（南紀熊野）

Reading 37:05

Access to Nanki-Kumano, Season, Taste,
Kii-Shirahama, Kushimoto, Cape Shiono-Misaki,
Doro Gorge, Hongu Grand Shrine,
Taiji, Nachi-Katsuura, Shingu City

Kumano Ancient Pilgrimage Routes
(Kumano-Kodo)
（南紀熊野）

Reading 29:05

Kumano-Kodo Roads, Ninety-nine Tiny Shrines,
Ohyunohara Plains, Ogri and Princess Terute,
Nose-Missing Deity (hana-kake jizo),
Pope Kazan, Shingu Castle, Tomb of Jofuku

Walking along Kumano-Kodo
August 2007
（小話集第36話）

Reading 1:15:36

Nara Park, Mount Koya, Nakahechi Ancient Road,
Hongu Grand Shrine, Daimon Slope, Nachi Falls,
Nachi Grand Shrine, Seigantoji Temple,
Koyasaka Slope, Futami Bay,
Meotoiwa Rock, Ise Grand Shrine　

Traveling around Nanki-Kumano
May 2009
（某日@某所、2009年5月）

Reading 35:34

Hongu Grand Shrine, Hayatama Grand Shrine,
Nachi Falls, Nachi Grand Shrine, Seigantoji Temple,
Miwasaki Town, Taiji Whale Hall, Nachi-Katsuura,
Kushimoto Submarine Park, Hotel Urashima

Miwasaki, Shingu City
Coastal Town on Kumano Ancient Road

Facing Kumanonada Open Sea of the Pacific Ocean.
Koyazaka Slope, a scenic spot of the ancient road.
Unique Grand Town Festival in autumn.
Suzushima and Kushima Isllets, Kuroshio Park.
(My Hometown)

Miwasaki, My Hometown
（南紀熊野）

Reading 44:02

Seashore, Obsevatory, Hachiman Shrine,
Suzushima and Kushima Islands, Kuroshio Park,
Sano Pine Grove, Days I was a Boy,
Four Seasons, How to Get to Miwasaki

Sandy Beach of Miwasaki
（南紀熊野）

Reading 19:20

Koyazaka Slope
（南紀熊野）

Reading 27:51

One of the Kumano Ancient Roads,
among the UNESCO World Heritage
"Sacred Sites and Pilgrimage Routes
in the Kii Mountain Range"

Miwasaki, in the Poems of Old Days
（南紀熊野）

Reading 8:31

Introduction of Miwasaki and Sano Towns
in Manyoshu, the Oldest Anthology of Poems of Japan.
(8 waka, Japanese Peoms, and Comparison of the 2 Poems) 　

Miwasaki, the Present and the Past
（南紀熊野）

Reading 11:52

The Annual Festival of Hachiman Shrine in 2014,
Miwasaki, a Fishing Village, Those Days

Scenic Spots in Miwasaki
(Reference in the novel
"Life of a Seafarer")

Sandy Beach of Miwasaki
（雑記帳第152話）

Reading 23:36

1. Visit to Sand Beach in 1991
2. In my Childhood
3. Memories in Spring

Visit to Parents' Grave, 2016
（雑記帳第100話）

Reading 33:29

1. Visit to the ancestral tomb
2. Talk with brother's couple
3. uzushima Island
4. Kuroshio Park

Koyazaka Slope, 2002
（雑記帳第19話）

Reading 10:32

Walking along Koyazaka Slope

Koyazaka Slope, 2001
（雑記帳第11話）

Reading 18:34

1. To attend cousin's funeral
2. Walking along Koyazaka Slope

Chugoku Region
(Western Honshu)

Hagi, a Historic Town in Sanin District
April 2012
（雑記帳第71話）

Reading 28:35

Hagi Castle Town, Castle Ruins
Shokason-juku School, Shoin Shrine,
Noyama Jail Ruins, Tokoji Temple, Daishoin Temple

Scenic Spots of Sanin & Sanyo Districts
May 2012
（雑記帳第71話）

Reading 37:47

Tsuwano City, Hagi City (Historic and Scenic Spots),
Akiyoshidai (Karst Topography and Limestone Caves),
Kintaikyo Bridge, Itsukushima Shrine,
Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park and Museum

Izumo Grand Shrine & Surroundings
April 2013
（雑記帳第67話）

Reading 22:56

Izumo Grand Shrine, Matsue Castle, Adachi Museum,
Matsue Vogel Park, Tamatsukuri Spa

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Shikoku Region

Trip around Shikoku for 4 days
December 2001
（某日@某所、2001年12月）

Reading 7:14

Awaji Island, Ritsurin Park, Oboke & Koboke Gorges,
Kochi City, Shimanto River, Dogo Spa, Seto Island

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Kyushu Region

Trip around Kyushu for 5 days
September 2000
（某日@某所、2000年9月）

Reading 17:01

Mt. Aso, Beppu Spa, Takachiho Gorge,
Udo Shrine, Mt. Sakurajima, Ibusuki City,
Chiran Town, Nagasaki City

Trip around North Kyushu for 4 days
Late December 2015
（雑記帳第94話）

Reading 1:06:24

Kinrinko Lake at Yufuin, Takachiho Gorge,
Aso Kusasenri, Yanagawa River Boating,
Nagasaki City (Oura Church, Glover Garden),
Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine 　

Okinawa
Southernmost
Pref. of Japan

Trip around Okinawa for 5 days
November 2014
（雑記帳第88話）

Reading 1:19:04

Himeyuri Tower, Memorial Peace Park,
Shuri Castle, Cape Hedo, Kouri Island,
Mangrove Wood, Ryukyu Village,
Katsuren Castle, Nakijin Castle 　　

Traveling Abroad

Asia

China
March 2002
（雑記帳第16話）

Reading: 1:35:12

Suzhou (Hanshan Temple, Lingering Garden)
Shanghai (Yu Garden, Performing Art, the Bund)
Xi'an (Huaqing Pool, Wild Goose Pagoda, West Castle Gate)
Beijing (Temple of Heaven Park, Jingshan Park, Great Wall,
Tiananmen Square, Forbidden City, Beijing Opera)

China
August 2012
（雑記帳第72話）

Reading 3:10:01

錦渓観光…五保湖、陳妃水墓、文昌閣、古瓦博物館
Suzhou (Hanshan Temple, Lingering Garden,
Suzhou Canal Night Cruise, Night Market,
盤門, 平江歴史街区、刺繍研究所)
Wuxi (三国城, Taihu Lake Cruise, 長広渓湿地公園)
Wuzhen (古民家散策、藍染工場、江南百床館)
Hangzhou (龍井茶の里、曲院風荷公園、西冷印社, 西湖
湖畔散策、蘇堤散策、花港観魚, 「西湖之夜」ショー)
紹興観光…魯迅故居、魯迅記念館、三味書店、紹興酒工場
Xitang City (煙雨長廊、石皮弄、木彫博物館)
Shanghai (上海新天地, Shanghai Huangpu River
Night Cruise, World Financial Center Observatory,
浦東新区、豫園商城、上海博物館 )

Hong Kong
Summer 2003
（雑記帳第33話）

Reading: 1:31:44

Kowloon Walled City Park, Kowloon Downtown,
Hong Kong Island, Won Tai Sin Temple, Victoria Peak,
Repulse Bay, Aberdeen, Nathan Road, Star Ferry

Taiwan
April 2010
（雑記帳第58話）

Reading 1:28:58

Taoyuan, Sun Moon Lake, Wu Feng Temple,
Chiayi (Fort Provintia, Yanping Junwangci),
Tainan (Lotus Pond), Kaohsiung (San Feng Gong),
Huadong Valley, Hualien (Taroko Gorge)
Taipei (National Palace Museum, Shilin Night Market,
Chiang Lai-shek Memorial Hall)

Singapore
May 2002
（雑記帳第18話）

Reading 1:38:41

Sentosa Island, Orchard Road, Johor Bahru
Batam Island, Night Safari, National Orchid Garden

Singapore
May 2009
（雑記帳第51話）

Reading 1:19:28

Botanical Garden, Merlion Park, Sentosa Island,
Mandai Orchid Garden, Johor Bahru, Orchard Road,
Night Safari, Singapore Zoo, Night Cruise

Bali & Central Java, Indonesia
June 2014
（雑記帳第86話）

Reading 48:09

Ubud (Monkey Forest, Neka Museum), Rice Terrace,
Kecak Dance, Barong Dance, Ramayana Dance,
Borobudur, Prambanan, Mendut, Sambisari, Kraton

Thailand, March 2003
（雑記帳第27話）

Reading 1:21:30

Bangkok (Damnen Saduak Floating Market,
Wat Arun, Grand Palace, Wat Phra Kaeo)
Ayutthaya (Historical Park,
Bang Pa-In Royal Palace)
Phimai (Historical Park, Singham Park)
Kanchanaburi (Bridge on the River Kwai,
JEATH War Museum, War Cemetery)

Vietnum 2005
Translated into English
in September 2021
（某日＠某所 2005年）

Ho Chi Minh City, Halong Bay

Cambodia 2005
Translated into English
in September 2021
（某日＠某所 2005年）

Siem Reap City, Ankor Monuments

10-Day Travel in Australia
February 28 - March 9, 1998
（某日＠某所 1998）

Brisbane, Gold Coast, Camberra, Blue Mountain, Sydney

4 Countries in Central Europe
for 10 Days
October 3 - 12, 2009
（雑記帳第129話…第56話の英訳）

Reading 1:41:40

Slovenia (Lake Bled, Postoina Cave, Split, Ljubljana)
Croatia (Zadar, Trogir, Dubrovnik, Plitvice Lakes)
Montenegro (Kotor), Bosnia-Herzegovina (Mostar)

4 Countries in Eastern Europe
for 10 Days
November 15 - 24, 2003
（雑記帳第35話の英訳）

Reading 2:32:21

Germany (Berlin, Potsdam, Dresden)
Czech (Prague, Cesky Krumlov),
Austria (Vienna), Hungary (Budapest)

Benelux Countries
May 2013
（雑記帳第75話）

Reading 1:14:00

The Netherlands:
Amsterdam, Keukenhof Tulip Park, Haag, Kroller-Muller Museum, Kinderdijk

Belgium:
Antwerp, Brugge, Gent, Gaasbeek, Brussels

Luxembourg 　

Baltic States and Poland
for 12 Days
April 2011
（雑記帳第125話）

Reading 3:32:10

Estonia - - Tallinn Historic Area (Song Square, Toompea Castle, Aleksander Nevski Cathedral, Three Sisters, Raekoja Plaza), Estonian Open-Air Museum

Latvia - - Jugendstil Architectures, Riga Historic Area (Riga Castle, St. John Church, Three Brothers, House of the Blackheads), Dundales Palace

Lithuania - - Hill of Crosses, Vilnius Historic Centre, Truku Castle, Kaunas (Chiune Sugihara Memorial)

Poland - - Krakow's Historic Center, Wawel Castle, Wieliczka Salt Mine, Auschwitz Nazi Concentration and Extermination Camps, Jasna Gora Monastery, Historic Centre of Warsaw, Wilanow Palace

France for 11 Days
Nov 23 - Dec 2, 2007
（某日＠某所　2007）及び(雑記帳第42話の英訳)

Reading 2:05:04

Monaco, Eze Village, Nice, Aix-en-Provence, Arles, Carcassonne, Avignon, Pont du Gard, Lyon, Bourges, Chambord Castle, Mont Saint-Michel, Louvre Museum, Palace of Versailles, Orsay Museum, Paris

The UK for 10 Days
April 2004
（雑記帳第123話）

Reading 2:55:07

Highland District, Edinburgh City, Loch Ness, The World of Beatrix Potter

Lake District, Wordsworth Museum, Lake Windermere Cruising, Hawarth, Bronte Parsonage Museum

Chester, Stratford-upon-Avon, Shakespeare's Birth House, Cotswolds District (Birury, Castle Combe), Bath City, Stonehenge

Windsor Castle, London, Tower of London, Buckingham Palace, British MUseum, Royal Festival Hall

Italy for 9 Days
November, 2002
（某日＠某所　2002）

Rome, Naples, Pompeii, Pisa, Florence,
Venice, Verona, Lake Como, Milan

Around Iberian Peninsula
May 2005
（雑記帳第90話…第74話の英訳）

Reading 57:53

Spain: Barcelona, Valencia, Cuenca, Madrid, Toledo,
La Mancha, Cordoba, Granada, Mijas, Sevilla
Portugal: Evora, Lisbon, Cape Roca, Sintra

Africa, Turkey

Egypt & Turkey for 13 Days
June 2008
（雑記帳第44話）

Reading 2:22:52

Egypt - - Three Great Pyramids, Cairo (Old Cairo, Archaeological Museum, Han Harrieli Market, Abden Palace, Mohammed Ali Mosque, St. Sergius Church), Alexandria (Alexandria National Museum, Pompeii Pillar, Cata-Comb), Ruins and Sphinx of Memphis, Pyramids of Dahshur, Pyramids of Meidum, Pyramid of Sakkara

Turkey - - Istanbul (Historic Area, Topkapi Palace, Blue Mosque, Aya Sofia), Ancient Ruins of Troy, Ephesus (Virgin Mary's House, Amphitheater, Temple of Artemis), Hierapolis / Pamukkale (A Strange View of the Limestone, the Ruins of Hierapolis), Konya (Meburana Museum, Inje Minaret Seminary), Goreme National Park, Cappadocia (Rock Formations, Caravan Saray, Kaimakli Underground City), Goreme Open Air Museum, Selbe Open Air Museum (Valley of Goreme, Uchisar, Selbe), Lake Tuz

Morocco for 10 Days
November 2010
（雑記帳第59話）

Reading 2:35:30

Marrakech, Ait Benhaddou, Todgha Gorge
Sahara Desert, Fez, Volubilis,
Meknes, Rabat, Casablanca

North America

Driving Across the USA for 26 Days
August 1969
（USA 69-70）

Reading 4:37

State College, Pennsylvania - Ohio - Indiana - Missouri - Oklahoma - New Mexico - Arizona - Santa Monica, California (West Coast)
- Nevada - Yuta - Colorado - Wyoming - South Dakota - Nebraska - Iowa - Ohio - State College

Main Sightseeing Spots

Caplin Mountain, Taos Pueblo, Los Alamos, Painted Desert, Petrified Forest, Grand Canyon, Montezuma, Joshua Tree, Los Angeles, Hoover Dam, Ghost Town, Zion, Bryce Canyon, Navajo N.M., Four Corners, Mesa Verde, Colorado N.M., Rocky Mountains, Grand Teton, Yellowstone, Wind Cave, Mt. Rushmore, Badlands

10 Days in Honolulu, Hawaii
November 23 - December 2, 2004
（某日＠某所 2004）

Nuuanu Pali, Diamond Head, Kapiolani Park, Waikiki Beach, Yacht Harbor, Downtown, Waikiki Aquarium, Honolulu Zoo, Honolulu Academy of arts, Blaisdell Concert Hall, Dinner Cruising, Round Trip of Oahu Island

6 Days around Hawaii and Oahu Islands
May 28 - June 2, 2005
（某日＠某所 2005）

Kona, Greenwell Farm, Round Trip od Hawaii Island, Cruising in Honolulu Bay, Round Trip of Oahu Island

Business Trip Overseas
1975-1982
（某日@某所、1999以前）

Chessie System, Burlington Northern
REMSA, Fisher Controls, L.B. Foster,
Toronto City, Poland National Railway,
American Alloy, Hitchiner Manufacturing,
Paris, Washington D.C.,
Cleveland, Pinehurst CC

Santiago de Compostela

Masa's Camino de Santiago, Spain
May - June 2016
（雑記帳第101話）

Reading 1:48:02

Mr. Masaaki Sakuma, my friend, made a pilgrimage
"Camino de Santiago"
May thru June 2016 for 30 days.
This is the detail of his whole pilgrim from
Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
to Santiago de Compostela,
and further to Muxia.

Camino de Santiago's Success
(The Article in INDEPENDENT)
（雑記帳第95話）

Reading 1:24:01

Kokoro, the Japanese Garden Spirit
(心、日本庭園の精神)

by Ms. Carla Amorim (in Spanish and English)
living in Santiago de Compostela,
Specialist in Japanese gardening
Director of Iberia Jardines Japoneses
translated from English version into Japanese
by Shigeru Koshiba

Japanese Reading 29:46
English Reading 16:18

Novels　　

I am Pea-chan, the Parakeet
（雑記帳第131話）

Reading 1:46:17

Translated from my fairy tale in Japanese
"Inko no Pea-chan dayo".
A little parakeet encouraged me
in my sorrowful days during 50s.

Taiji Miwasaki
Days with Hayatama Steel
（雑記帳第115話）

Reading 5:58:07

My autobiographical novel.
Around 25 years since graduation from university
until leaving Hayatama Steel (tentative name).
(Revised on August 21, 2018)

My 25 Years for Daido Steel
Episode
（雑記帳第176話）

Reading 1:47:07

This is the episode stories of the "Taiji Miwasaki, Days with Hayatama Steel" in Zakki-cho corner.
They are some articles without any mention in the novel and the several years after leaving the steel company still remain in my note pad written hastily.
I have decided to pick them out as several episodes.
(July 10, 2024)

Auditorium Where Monsters Live
（雑記帳第112話）

Reading 11:49:23

The story of Kanematsu Auditorium
in the Kunitachi Campus of Hitotsubashi University.
It wsa built in Musashino Wilderness those days.
Goroji Suga, accompanied by Ryohei Tsubune
and Eriko Fukami, persues the mystery
behind the auditorium of his alma mater.
Why do many monsters flock in and out the auditorium?
Why did Dr. Chuta Ito, a famous architect,
take on its building and devote himself to make
numerous monsters inside by himself,
commuting all the way to the remote place
from Metropolitan Tokyo in those inconvenient days?
Why are the Four-God Statues decorated on the facade?
Some clue may be hidden in the auditorium itself.

Life of a Seafarer
（雑記帳第113話）

Reading 5:29:52

My father's life.
Born in a remote fishing village in 1900,
he worked as a pearl-oyster diver around the Arafura Sea
north of Australia for 17 years from his age of 16.
After returning home, he lived his life with his love Kuma
in his own way until he died at his age of 69.

Frogs Trying Hard to Land on an Island Abroad
（雑記帳第191話）

Reading 1:30:51

Translated from the 173rd story which is the revised and additioned work of my first private novel in Japanese
"Trying Hard to Sell Frogs in North America".

Essays

Meeting Again for Ages
（雑記帳第29話）

Reading 23:41

4 Episodes with JFN
（雑記帳第30話）

Reading 1:03:13

Street Musician
（雑記帳第31話）

Reading 22:13

Mr. Ryohei Komiyama
（雑記帳第37話）

Reading 46.23

It's been Half a Century, hasn't It?
（雑記帳第38話）

Reading 40.59

Regarding Mr. Masaharu Shingu
（雑記帳第40話）

Reading 16:42

Two Photos
（雑記帳第8話）

Reading 18:36

My Brother
（雑記帳第6話）

Reading 26:29

Some Memories with AA Net
（雑記帳第49話）

Reading 2:22:51

My Social Security Pension from the US
（小話集第37話）

Reading 19:08

December Club
（雑記帳第68話）

Reading 1:26:03

The Story of Our Alma Mater
（雑記帳第32話）

Reading 1:13:35

Chasing after Basho's
"The Narrow Road to the Deep Morth"
（雑記帳第192話）

Reading 2:10:29

Penn State Diary
（雑記帳第154話）

Reading 56:07

Penn State Report
（雑記帳第153話）

Reading 1:00:22

Article of New York Times (Internet),
August 9, 2011
（小話集第46話）

Reading 33:18

Senior English Conversation Class
and Typhoon Bopha, Dec. 2012
（小話集第55話）

Reading 22:12

School Children Visit Malawii Embassy,
March 2013 　
（小話集第57話）

Reading 19:30

School Children Visit Fiji Embassy,
August 2014
（小話集第59話）

Reading 11:54

My Nowadays

Encounter with Classmates after Half a Century
(雑記帳第20話)

Reading 1:03:10

In Winter at the Age 52
(雑記帳第204話)

Reading 32:53

Happy New Dog Year 2018!
(雑記帳第202話)

Reading 41:49

Some Memories with AA Net
(雑記帳第201話)

Reading 2:25:06

Now, after 1 Month of the Age 82
(雑記帳第200話)

Reading 59:47

For the Rest of My Life
(雑記帳第190話)

Reading 1:05:38

Age of 84, Just around the Corner
（雑記帳第189話）

Reading 1:03:07

Sequel, At the Age of 83
（雑記帳第188話）

Reading 39:48

At the Age of 83
（雑記帳第187話）

Reading 57:18

Nowadays at the Age 81
（雑記帳第185話）

Reading 1:07:09

Interaction with Senior Citizens at Spa
（雑記帳第184話）

Reading 1:38:49

One Year and a Half
since the Pleasure Birthday, 2018
（雑記帳第120話）

Reading 1:20:20

Lecture of Ukraine Ambassador
October, 2009
（某日＠某所2009）

Reading 26:36

Nowadays, 2017
（雑記帳第103話）

Reading 1:09:36

Nowadays, 2015
（雑記帳第91話）

Reading 41:20

Someday in Sep., 2013
（雑記帳第76話）

Reading 56:52

New Year's Impressions, 2013
（雑記帳第73話）

Reading: 1:08:58

Nowadays, 2011
（雑記帳第65話）

Reading 50:17

My Year at the Age of 70, 2010
（小話集第45－2話）

Reading 22:28

Nowadays, 2009
（雑記帳第55話）

Reading 1:06:43

One Day in Sep, 2008
（小話集第58話）

Reading 21:16

When Spring Comes, 2003
（雑記帳第26話）

Reading 27:10

Soon to be a Senior
（雑記帳第9話）

Reading 43:18

My Hobbies

Particulars of My Home's Audio
(雑記帳第36話)

Reading 27:41

More, The Story of Struggling to Read Aloud
(雑記帳第52話)

Reading 58:16

The Story of Struggling to Read Aloud
(雑記帳第34話)

Reading 39:27

Sequel, My Friend "Viva, Seniors!"
（雑記帳第186話）

Reading 1:10:16

My Friend, "Viva, Seniors!", 2021
（雑記帳第135話）

Reading 2:07:39

Two Dreams in 2014
（小話集第67話）

Reading 38:48

Essays, This and That

This and That with Rakugo
（雑記帳第45話）

Reading 1:06:18

Bruckner
（雑記帳第4話）

Reading 21:25

This and That around Me at the End of 1993
（雑記帳第2話）

Reading 29:24

Establishment of the Square "My Half-Life"

Reading 48:52

Honganji Vaudeville and Tsukiji Sushi
（小話集第44話）

Reading 38:13

Learning about America through Famous Speeches
（小話集第44話）

Reading 22:50

Trip to Las Vegas in 1975, for What?
（小話集第48話）

Reading 21:42

Pea-chan and My 50s
（小話集第49話）

Reading 15:48

Those Days When the Cherry Blossoms Fell
（小話集第50話）

Reading 46:36

It will somehow Work out Eventually
（小話集第40話）

Reading 34:11

My Social Security Pension from the US
（小話集第37話）

Reading 19:18

One Day in Sep, 2008
（小話集第58話）

Reading 21:16

When Spring Comes, 2003
（雑記帳第26話）

Reading 27:10

Soon to be a Senior
（雑記帳第9話）

Reading 43:18

For the Rest of My Life
(雑記帳第190話)

Reading 1:05:38

Age of 84, Just around the Corner
（雑記帳第189話）

Reading 1:03:07

Sequel, At the Age of 83
（雑記帳第188話）

Reading 39:48

At the Age of 83
（雑記帳第187話）

Reading 57:18

Interaction with Senior Citizens at Spa
（雑記帳第184話）

Reading 1:38:49

Lecture of Ukraine Ambassador
October, 2009
（某日＠某所2009）

Reading 26:36

Reading 50:17

When Spring Comes, 2003
（雑記帳第26話）

Reading 27:10

Soon to be a Senior
（雑記帳第9話）

Reading 43:18

December Club
and My Senior Mr. N

December Club
（雑記帳第68話）

Reading 1:26:03

The Story pf Our Alma Mater
（雑記帳第32話）

Reading 1:13:35

One Day in Asakusa
（小話集第13話）

Reading 18:12

Sumida Local Culture Archives
（小話集第18話）

Reading 13:45

Paper Museum and Shibusawa Archives
（小話集第29話）

Reading

Valentine Concert
（小話集第16話）

Reading

My Sure Memory in My 60s
（雑記帳第148話）

Reading

The Auditorium Where Monsters Live
（雑記帳第46-48話）

Reading

Notes

Email Diary
May 28, 2014 - April 3, 2018

Reading 31:40:49

Pennglish 1969-70

English Expressions learned at Penn State
（USA 69-70）

Reading 10:36

Famous Speeches in the US
April 2011
（名演説で学ぶアメリカ）

Reading 2:14:52

Translation of Fairy Tale
"Carl the Chameleon"
April 2013
（雑記帳第69話）

Reading 18:39

Current English Class
December 10, 2016 - September 14, 2018

My Japanese taranslation works of
the current English topics in the English media.
56 articles in total
These articles are the lecture texts
of the Current English Class under
Mr. Kenichi Tanaka started in October 2016
at Urayasu International Center,
sponsered by UIFA.

Reading 19:13:33

World's Current Topics
in English Articles,
October 8, 2018 - March 1, 2020

This corner is the same series of
the above Current English Class.
The class was ended due to the lecturer's
unavoidable inconvenience in February, 2020.
Though the new class starts from April, 2020,
this corner of mine also ends with the 47th story.
The total stories from December 10, 2016 are 103.

Reading: 16:23:06

Voice Reading
"Fire and Fury"
January 13, 2025

Mr. Michael Wolff published the book
"Fire and Fury" in 2019,
2 years after Mr. Trump became
the President of the United States.
It was translated into Japanese
by Hayakawa Publishing Co.
This is my voice recording of them,
which took
25:07 in English and 21:56 in Japanese.

Notebook Essay, Travel 雑記帳	Mountain Hiking 山歩き	Anecdotes Essay, Travel 小話集	Famous Addresses 米国の名演説	Penn State 1969-70 米国留学1年間	Memos & Memories 覚え書き
* Rakugo * Senryu 落語、川柳	Someday Somewhere 某日＠某所	Hometown Kumano 南紀熊野	Haiku Short Poem 俳人・俳句	My Life Various Memories 半生の記	English Edition 英文紹介
"Viva, Seniors!", Japanese 和文「中高年の元気！」へ
Shigeru Koshiba mail：chukonen@jcom.home.ne.jp