On May 5, I met my good old friend, enjoyed talking
a lot and had a fine lunch with her.
After saying good-bye to her, I went to Nagaoka
by the Joetsu Shinkansen.
Then I took a taxi to Tochio. Before getting into the
taxi, I asked the driver if he knew the way to Tochio.
He answered yes, but he was almost a stranger.
I gave him directions and he thanked me, saying
“I had a very good experience today.”
Anyway, I got to my sister's.
I was very glad both my sister and her husband
looked happy, in spite of difficulties.
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/79/90/79ae65091b30af293f4b9fd826bff84b.jpg)
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/70/52/705fc7b0f053f6717798b7027dca52db.jpg)
During my stay in Tochio, I took them to すがばたけ by taxi.
It is one of my favorite places.
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/1c/57/8fcba4a509017c186615fa5d8cd5170d.jpg)
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/10/28/a6b054a2ec8834126f7917f3495869b0.jpg)
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/16/89/b79c3e038c064118943e5a835f62ed07.jpg)
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/3f/17/db60a4b491475b881a48afd9e1a9c32a.jpg)
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/4c/78/989197e887ad1747ddea987d5145f044.jpg)
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/61/b4/2d06aeeb6b78f643768589ec61207df6.jpg)
This is my favorite Mt. Sumon.(守門山)
Its top is still covered with snow.
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/5b/4a/c2feef4c485f6c36c3947db592b3b386.jpg)
I was singing a school song in my elementary school days
without I knew.
守門の山は気高く聳え・・・
Oh, where have all those days gone?
It's true we get more sentimental as we grow older.
Going home to Niigata is
really a sentimental journey for me.
a lot and had a fine lunch with her.
After saying good-bye to her, I went to Nagaoka
by the Joetsu Shinkansen.
Then I took a taxi to Tochio. Before getting into the
taxi, I asked the driver if he knew the way to Tochio.
He answered yes, but he was almost a stranger.
I gave him directions and he thanked me, saying
“I had a very good experience today.”
Anyway, I got to my sister's.
I was very glad both my sister and her husband
looked happy, in spite of difficulties.
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/79/90/79ae65091b30af293f4b9fd826bff84b.jpg)
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/70/52/705fc7b0f053f6717798b7027dca52db.jpg)
During my stay in Tochio, I took them to すがばたけ by taxi.
It is one of my favorite places.
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/1c/57/8fcba4a509017c186615fa5d8cd5170d.jpg)
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/10/28/a6b054a2ec8834126f7917f3495869b0.jpg)
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/16/89/b79c3e038c064118943e5a835f62ed07.jpg)
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/3f/17/db60a4b491475b881a48afd9e1a9c32a.jpg)
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/4c/78/989197e887ad1747ddea987d5145f044.jpg)
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/61/b4/2d06aeeb6b78f643768589ec61207df6.jpg)
This is my favorite Mt. Sumon.(守門山)
Its top is still covered with snow.
![](https://blogimg.goo.ne.jp/user_image/5b/4a/c2feef4c485f6c36c3947db592b3b386.jpg)
I was singing a school song in my elementary school days
without I knew.
守門の山は気高く聳え・・・
Oh, where have all those days gone?
It's true we get more sentimental as we grow older.
Going home to Niigata is
really a sentimental journey for me.