The Shrine on the Ball Park !

by Kazu

I could not see to what the people worshiped in front of the temporary shrine set on the baseball playing field in Escon Field Ball Park Stadium but my wife said she was eager to get down to there and worship.   

These were the rows of lighting to raise the natural grasses even in winter. We've never seen such lighting used in stead of natural sunshine. In green season, the ceiling of the stadium get open and sunshine enter the stadium. 

Even on off days, many people visit the Ball Park to enjoy playing catch on the professional playing field and savor the special hot dogs created by the owner company Nippon Ham. The flagship long schau essen produced made just for the hot dog sold in the stadium.  

Escon Field in Kita Hiroshima, 2025!

by Kazu

On the third day of 2025, we visited the Ball Park Escon Field in Kita Hiroshima adjacent to Sapporo. The stadium was built as the base of the professional baseball team Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters but even on the days of no game, it is open for the visitors to enjoy the delicious dishes of in-house restaurants and special events.  

From the first day of 2024 to 5th, a temporary shrine was set on the playing field in the building. Without entrance fee, we could enter the stadium. Surprisingly, there were rows of lighting to raise the natural grass field. 

The temporary shrine was set at around the home base in the diamond on the playing field. A queue of people could be seen from the second floor. The ceiling was closed on that day but it is open on fine off days to raise the natural grass in green season.

 

Snowfall had gone !

by Kazu

It started to snow during my jogging but it didn't matter because I had recovered from the damage brought by food poisoning and diarrhea. This is typical day in winter on the west side of Hokkaido including Sapporo affected by the seasonal wind from northwest.

I am contemplating to change my career but considering the start of this year was terrible with loosing bowel and diarrhea, I may have to stay in my current career for a while even though the fortune teller I took just after our first worship in the shrine told that I should do as I wanted.  

Anyway, I should ponder my future career by myself and compare the pros and cons sincerely. The time to contemplate is not so long. I will discuss my future career with my wife amply. 

Besides, we visited Escon Field, the base of the professional baseball team "Nippon Ham Fighters" in Kita Hitoshima City adjacent to Sapporo on that day.

 

Snowfall at the beginning of 2025!

by Kazu

On the second day of 2025, I totally recovered from loosing bowel and diarrhea. I jogged around my condo. and took photos of the area on my way. It was still calm in the agricultural experimental field in Hokkaido University and nobody was there other than myself.

The citizens activities have not been started and they were still in the rest. Most of us Japanese had consecutive nine holidays from the end of 2024 to January 5(Sun.). I lost my bowel and comfortable holidays but could recover swiftly.  

I did not expect losing bowel before visiting India. That might be a connotation or sign for me to make me sure to keep on my toes to avoid food poisoning in India. Some infectious disease can not be avoid but food poisoning can be avoided by my self.  

 

The first day of 2025!

 

by Kazu

I was struck by food poisoning on December 30(Mon.) after having dinner alone. I had skewered grilled chicken and pork, fresh raw fish slices but I felt the oiliness of the mixture of variety of fish such us tuna, yellow tail, squid, shrimp and conch. 

They were delicious but some of them might not be sushi grade or some kinds of viruses were in them. I lost bowel and was annoyed bad feelings with diarrhea. That seemed to be the way of protection for my digest system. I made a point of drink water regularly to avoid dehydration.   

In the morning of December 31(Tue.), I felt my stomach stopped working but I jogged around as usual vomiting a wee bit a few times on my way of jogging. 

Thanks to the protection by my guardians, I recovered in the morning of January 1(Wed.) and had some typical Japanese "Osechi" cuisine and enjoyed New Year Lunch buffet in Hotel Solaria Sapporo shown above.  

Cloudy!

by Kazu

At the center of the white snow field near my condo.,I remembered this field covered with green corn plants, grasses for grass-fed cow and sheep and other kinds of veggies raised for experiment aimed to create better and more competitive species. 

The breadth of the agricultural experimental field can not be recognized in green season because it is covered with green plants as mentioned above. I do not think that the gate facing the west opened in green season. 

In retrospect, 2024 had been a year of the chaos and a variety of events were held and incidents occurred till the end of the year. Started with the terrible earthquake in and around Noto Peninsula and the crash of the air crafts in the airports, some malice could be seen. But different from the airstrikes and missile attacks in the Middle East, apparent harsh hates could not recognized on the surface.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     

 

Upgraded?

by Kazu

Have you noticed  that the most popular and delicious Ramen Noodle Soup Restaurant Sumire headquartered in Sapporo raised the prices of their menu and add something? 

My regular order " Miso Charshu Ohmori " was 1,800 JPY for the first time in my life. That had been 1,300 JPY for a while but affected by the needs of the imbound who had already got used to 30 USD Ramen Noodle Soup  in their home country, Sumire raised the prices.  

On top of that, I found something in the soup of the Ramen Noodle Soup. To be surprised, a piece of Wonton was in it. It is my wife's favorite. I don't want them to keep what I had enjoyed as it were but everything is beeing changed now.