Happy weekend everyone...

Gravestone in Japanese is called Haka. Both notes in Kanji and Romaji on that haka are really making me confused.
Weekend soon and here I am with some photos from a cemetery in Saijo. They were taken about three weeks ago. This cemetery is located behind Saijo City Library,  the largest cemetery I have seen so far, as many of them are located in private area and belong to some certain families.

Hiro San: Kono tabiwa, makoto ni goshushosama deshita (please accept my condolences)

Yuri San: ........ (........)

O namae wa?

He kept staring at me. What's so special? :)
Each person can only register one seal to avoid fraud things.  Starting as lowest as 100Yen to the most expensive one, it depends on the quality.

Yesterday while wandering the area behind my apaato I saw this little shop selling all seal stuff. Inkan or signature seal is a personal seal used in place of signature. There are registered seals (jitsuin) for official document purpose and private seals (mitomein). Is it interesting to have our own stamp-seal like those Japanese, Korean and Chinese people do?. 

Yuri San : O namae wa? (What's your name?)

Hiro San: Hiro desu (Hiro)

Seems like my photo blog is in a mess. Random picture pops up everyday.
From now on, I'm going to upload photos in certain categories. Thanks to Christopher for the idea.
This is the first post of Sake Photo Series. Taken last week, it is a gate of a Sake house.
Happy weekend every body, I'm waiting for your recent photos.

Kiiro Biru, for Yellow Theme Day :)

Hey, I got yellow fever, too :).
Just came back from wandering the old part of the city several hours ago. Got caught in the rain and wind, I headed home earlier. This photo was taken one block in front of Saijo Station . Still have no idea what building it is. My guess, it's a beauty salon. I'll ask my teacher :). There are two words on the board, the top one is in Chinese character or Kanji, and the word below written in Hiragana characters is "Katsuya", which is probably the name of the building.
I'll try to include some simple daily expression for each post. It helps me to review my Japanese lessons, and I hope you can enjoy it, too.
Yuri San : Kore wa hoteru desu ka? (Is this a hotel?)
Hiro San : Ie, kore wa biyouin desu. (No, this is a beauty salon)
Care to try the short talk?
* Kiiro biru = yellow building.