Ohisama (4/4)

Ohisama (4/4)

I'm not sure if I'm actually going to follow this one in detail, but I might. They've just started a new morning drama (asadora) called Ohisama. It's about a young woman (Sudo Yoko) growing up in Japan starting in about 1932. From the website (http://www9.nhk.or.jp/ohisama/cast/) the family is:
( The daily morning drama )

That was the end of it. Keep smiling!

Japan News (4/5) [Part 1]

4/3

One of the news channels had a really nice opening shot. First was the trash building frameworks and debris. Then the focus shifted, putting them into soft background as a single branch with small buds came into focus. Mom nature is rebuilding!
( one more time )

There's a brief look at vegetables that are being measured or embargoed. There are several prefectures now being monitored apparently. Almost everybody has spinach on the list. Spinach is going to get a bad name.

Japan News (4/5) [Part 2]

4/4 (continued)

In Iwate, some of the teachers have gone ahead and organized a new kindergarten. They're calling it the Blue Sky Kindergarten, and they're meeting on the playground. They've also gotten volunteers organized to give the kids haircuts, and they show everyone getting a haircut outside. And the graduating sixth-graders cleaned up their randuseru -- leather bookbags -- and made a little ceremony of giving them to the new class. They had 180 to pass on.
( blue sky and peach blossoms, too )

In one of the towns, in the middle of the debris, there is a white statue of liberty, with a red flame held high. The statue is little bit cracked, but it still holding the lamp up. Apparently this was a statue in a park. They talk with one of the local residents, who says it's really good to see that still standing. I thought it looked good, too.

Ohisama 4/5

Ohisama 4/5

They started off again with the mother telling Yoko that no matter what hard times happen, always smile. (kurushi -- hard, difficult, tough?)
( Out in the country )

Yoko stood beside the creek and looked at Yuki. Yoko started to cry. Yuki looked up at her, and said, "Oh, don't cry. It's not that bad."

To be continued