日本に帰りました。
もともとは春に桜を見に帰りたかったのですが
主人の休暇の都合がつかず
５月にでも・・・と思っていたら
妹が「達浩が１１月に結婚するから帰国をそれに合わせれる？」
というのでそういうことになりました。
１０月１６日にフィニックス・スカイハーバー空港から出発して
サンフランシスコに向かい、そこから羽田空港へ行きました。
着いたのは１７日の夜だったので
空港近くのホテルに泊まりました。
翌日の北九州行きの便を夕方に取ったので
１８日は東京でお友達と会って食事をご馳走になりました。
１８日夜、北九州空港に妹が迎えに来てくれました。
１９日は妹と小倉の街で買い物して楽しい時間を過ごしました。
２０日は久しぶりに北九州ワードに集いました。
（末日聖徒イエス・キリスト教会の小倉にある教会堂です）
教会から帰って若松の祖母の家に向かいました。
久しぶりの若戸大橋がまた私たちを迎えてくれました。
祖母は９８歳です。
少しボケがきていますが体はいたって元気です。
訪問者が誰かわからないこともあるそうですが
私の顔を見ると
「清子ね？あんた、はよ帰ってこんけ、ばあちゃん死によったよ」といいました。
４泊祖母の家に泊まってから
２４日に大分の佐伯に住む両親の家に行きました。
そこで４泊してから両親を宮崎観光に１泊旅行に連れて行きました。
さらに４泊してから１１月２日に両親と一緒に北九州に向かいました。
３日に妹の次男達浩の結婚式があったので・・・
結婚式の後また祖母の家に２泊して
再度妹の家に１泊させてもらって
１１月６日北九州空港を夜に出る便で羽田に向かい
真夜中の便でサンフランシスコへ飛びました。
写真１枚目はJAL１便の機内で。
２枚目は東京神殿の前で。
いつもお世話になる信子姉妹と
私の宣教師文香姉妹と
北九州時代にとてもお世話になった
丸谷ご夫妻の神殿職員の宿舎で会いました。
３枚目は赤坂の料亭で
稲垣姉妹と合流して。
皆さんにすごい料理をご馳走になりました。
４枚目は若戸渡船で若戸大橋をバックに。
５枚目は啓子叔母と
北九州時代の仲良し緑さんと
ランチをして買い物してると
従姉妹の早苗とはるかチャンに会いました。
６枚目は祖母と叔母と４人で
お好み焼きを食べました。
７枚目は佐伯に帰った後
叔母夫婦が臼杵の石仏を見に連れて行ってくれました。
８枚目は宮崎の青島の鬼の洗濯板の前で。
９枚目は青島神社で。
１０枚目は佐伯駅で。
ここで叔母夫婦にお別れしました。
１１枚目は甥の結婚式で。
１２枚目は甥の達浩と嫁の由紀子。
１３枚目は甥の浩介と達浩。
１４枚目は妹宅で最後のピツア・パーティー。
１５枚目は北九州空港で。
母は背中を痛めて動けなくなり
お見送りに来れませんでした。
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My husband and I went to Japan to visit my family and friends in October 2013.
I had wanted to go there in spring to see Cherry Blossoms,
but my husband couldn't take any vacation in spring.
So we decided to go there in May or June.
Then my sister told me that her second son was going to be married in November.
We changed our plan and left here in October and stayed there for 3 weeks.
On October 16th, we left from Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport and went to Haneda through San Francisco.
When we got to Haneda, it was already late night, so we stayed at a hotel near the airport.
Next day, we met some of my friends in Tokyo Temple,
then they took us to a fancy Japanese style restaurant in Akasaka.
The night of October 18th, my sister came to pick us up at Kitakyushu Airport.
Next day, we had a fun shopping trip with my sister.
On Sunday, October 20th, we went to visit Kitakyushu ward in Kokura.
That's the ward I used to attend as LDS member while I was living there.
After the church meeting, we went to my grandmother's home in Wakamatsu.
She is 98 years old and is senile, but her health is still great.
Sometimes she couldn't remember the people's faces.
When we saw her, she said to me,
"oh, it's you, Seiko. Why didn't you come visit sooner. I was dying."
After we stayed at my grandmother's home for 4 nights,
we went to Saiki where my parents live.
We stayed there for 4 nights, and we took them to Miyazaki for sight seeing.
After we came home from a 1 night trip to Miyazaki,
we stayed 4 more nights at my parents home.
We left for Kitakyushu with my parents,
because we had a wedding to attend.
After the wedding, we went to my grandmothers's home for 2 more nights.
Then we stayed 1 night at my sister's home and then returned to our home.
The first picture is on the plane, JAL flight 1.
The second picture is at the front of Tokyo Temple.
We met Sister Nobuko, and my missionary, Sister Fumika,
and Brother and Sister Marutani who were working in the temple at
their temple worker's apartment.
The third picture is at the fancy Japanese style restaurant in Akasaka.
Sister Nobuko, Sister Fumika and us met Sister Masako there.
They treated us to the gorgeous lunch there.
The food was amazing, of course the price was amazing, too.
The fourth picture is on the ferry, Wakato-tosen, with Wakato-ohashi in the background.
The fifth picture is at the supermarket.
We had a lunch with my aunt Keiko, and my good friend Midori.
Then while we were shopping, we met my cousin Sanae and her daughter Haruka.
The sixth picture is at the "Okonomiyaki' restaurant with my grandmother and aunt Keiko.
The seventh picture is at Usuki.
My aunt Fumika and her husband took us there to see a whole bunch of Buddhas carved
into the stone cliffs.
The eighth picture is at the front of "Oni no sentakuita "
which means Devil's washboard in Aoshima, Miyazaki.
The ninth picture is at the Aoshima shrine.
The tenth picture is at Saiki Train Station.
We had to say "good bye" to aunt Fumika and Uncle Isamu there.
The eleventh picture is at the wedding.
The twelfth picture is Groom Tatsuhiro and Bride Yukiko.
The thirteenth picture is Tatsuhiro and his brother Kosuke.
The fourteenth picture is at my sister's home.
We had a pizza party the night before we left.
The fifteenth picture is at Kitakyushu Airport.
My mother was sick and couldn't come to see us off.
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