Diane Kichijitsu ダイアン吉日

2012-01-27T23:59:00.002+09:00

Kyoto - matcha & mochi

2012-01-12T15:32:00.000+09:00

Arty Coffee

A nice little pleasure in Japan

2012-01-12T00:33:00.000+09:00

Ebisu. January 2012

Horikawa Shrine

2011-12-30T20:00:00.000+09:00

Peace to all in 2012

2011-12-20T00:57:00.002+09:00

My feet are ready for Christmas

2011-12-14T16:13:00.000+09:00

地球温暖化の証拠

2011-12-11T00:14:00.000+09:00

OK, I'm ready for the snow!

2011-12-08T16:45:00.006+09:00

Friendship

Although we don't have control over natural disasters, we do have control over how we respond to them.

Love, courage, hope, sympathy, resourcefulness and friendship are some of our most powerful tools.

I can honestly say that my own experience in the disaster areas and the friendships I made there have changed my life for ever.

Gambare Nippon! We love you.

Friendship（友情）

私たちは自然災害をコントロールすることは出来ないけれど、自然災害にどのように反応するか…をコントロールすることは出来という事を思い出しました。

愛、勇気、希望、思いやり、対処する能力、そして友情は、私たちの持つ一番強力なツール、能力なのです。

被災地での私自身の経験と私が被災地で築いた友情が、私の人生を永久に変えたと…心から言えます.

がんばって日本！We love you.

2011-11-29T12:44:00.004+09:00

Vegetarian Paradise!

ベジタリアンパラダイス!

As a vegetarian, it's often difficult to find good, safe vegetarian food when I'm in an area that I'm not familiar with.

ベジタリアンとして、良く知らないエリアで良質で安心なベジタリアンフードを見つけるのはいつも大変です。

After a Rakugo performance in Okayama last week I was treated to some amazing veggie food and even some vegetarian sushi! So happy!

先週、岡山県での落語パフォーマンスのあと、とてもおいしいベジタリアンフードをご馳走になりました。ベジタリアン寿司までありました。

とても嬉しかったです。ごちそうさまでした!

2011-11-27T15:55:00.001+09:00

TV show on Biodiversity.

Happo-en, Tokyo

2011-11-27T15:39:00.001+09:00

Autumn Colours
秋らしい色

2011-11-24T13:39:00.001+09:00

Recent fun
最近の楽しい出来事

2011-11-24T13:06:00.000+09:00

Eggs-treme eggs-periences

2011-11-23T22:17:00.004+09:00

A lovely weekend in Matsuyama
松山での楽しい週末

2011-11-23T21:48:00.008+09:00

For a colourful life.......
色鮮やかな人生.........生きること、笑うこと、愛すること

2011-11-10T12:36:00.002+09:00

Diane's Daruma collection
ダイアンのだるまコレクション

The beginning of a new collection?

Starting with 3.

2011-11-06T12:51:00.003+09:00

Rakugo at a beautiful Temple in Kyoto.

京都の美しい寺院での落語

2011-11-03T23:42:00.002+09:00

Today, I bought this...........in my dream!

Interview with Doctor Naotaka Hashiya

2011-09-27T15:36:00.002+09:00

A recent interview with Doctor Naotaka Hashiya.
Nice & casual. Just general conversation (in Japanese).

Ｋｉｓｓ－ＦＭ, Jidai TV

今回のゲストは落語家の『ダイアン吉日』さんです。

彦八まつり Hikohachi Matsuri, 2011

2011-09-09T16:36:00.000+09:00

Hikohachi Matsuri ( 彦八まつり) is an annual 2-day event, held at Ikutama Shrine. Unfortunately, Saturday was cancelled due to Typhoon Talas but, thankfully, Sunday went ahead as planned.
Everyone seemed to be enjoying themselves, despite the occasional rain-shower, and I was able to finish my balloon show without getting wet.
It's a great festival for catching up with friends from the rakugo world. I look forward to it every year.

OK, I'm ready for the rain!

2011-09-03T01:56:00.005+09:00

Candle Festival. Osaka Castle August 2011

2011-08-29T13:55:00.001+09:00

Beautiful Candle Festival at Osaka Castle. An amazing display. Just a 5-minute bicycle ride from my house. Interesting to watch all the preparation before the sun went down.
So nice to meet up with friends for food and drinks by candlelight. Only one request for next year, "Please turn down the temperature a few degrees".

Tohoku 2011

2011-08-27T13:18:00.002+09:00

Rakugo in London. Summer 2011

2011-08-27T13:14:00.000+09:00

Hacked! New contact information

2011-08-17T02:16:00.000+09:00

6月よりdianeorrett@hotmail.comのアドレスがハッキング被害にあい、なりすましメールが送信されています。今後のお問い合わせは新しいアドレスにお願いします。皆様には大変なご迷惑とご不便をおかけしましたことを深くお詫び申し上げます。 diane.kimono@gmail.com

Unfortunately, my hotmail account was hacked in June. I apologize to anyone that may have received a scam e-mail from the hacker.
Please contact me at my new e-mail address, diane.kimono@gmail.com.
I’m very sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused everyone.

Email addresses

2011-06-08T20:56:00.001+09:00

I'm sorry, but as my account has been hacked, I have lost all the addresses that I had in my hotmail address-book. Please call me when you have some time.

Thank you for your co-operation.

Diane

HACKER

2011-06-08T00:35:00.007+09:00

こんにちは！私は現在日本にいます。スペインにはいません。

6月7日(火)12時ごろから私のメールアドレスがハックされた状態なので、「助けて！」とのメールが皆さんに送信されている可能性があります。無視してください。只今ログインすらもできませんので、Hotmailと連絡を取って対策中です。Diane

I'm currently in Japan. I'm not in Spain. My mail address has been hacked from about 12 p.m. on June 7th (Tues), and everyone has probably received an e-mail asking them to
"Help me!" Ignore it. The hacker has changed my password so I can't log in. I'm in touch with Hotmail, trying to fix the problem.

I'm very sorry for the inconvenience.

Diane

SPAM ALERT! MY ACCOUNT HAS BEEN HACKED!!!

2011-06-07T22:08:00.001+09:00

I AM NOT IN SPAIN!

I am safe and in Japan. My hotmail account has been hacked!

Please, DO NOT send money.

It isn't me.

Please do not answer any emails from him.

I'M SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE!

Making friends in Ishinomaki, Miyagi.

2011-06-07T10:41:00.000+09:00

Entertaining in Iwate.

2011-06-07T09:33:00.000+09:00

A Yomiuri newspaper reporter happened to find me performing rakugo and doing balloon shows in an evacuation centre in Rikuzentakata, Iwate. This is his article, (May 24th).

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/osaka/feature/kansai1302740697151_02/news/20110524-OYT8T00100.htm?from=yoltop

Sharing Smiles in Tohoku

2011-05-24T20:36:00.000+09:00

(English translation below)

Sharing Smiles in Tohoku.

この度の東日本大震災で被害にあわれた皆様に心よりお見舞い申し上げます。
ご無沙汰しています。皆様いかがお過ごしですか。

大地震や津波などの震災は、「当たり前で気が付いていない事の大切さ」を思い出させてくれます。

被災地では、住居、学校、おもちゃ、家族や友達など、当たり前の日常生活を失くした子どもたちが、
何が起きたかはっきりと理解できないまま混乱し、周囲の大人のストレスを感じ取って不安な状態であると聞き、
本当に心が痛みました。

居ても立ってもいられなくなった私は、被害にあわれた方々、特に子どもたちに笑顔を取り戻してもらいたいという思いで
風船を鞄に詰め込み被災地へと向かいました。
‘Sharing Smiles in Tohoku’　の思いを胸に。。。。

このスライドショーは４月３日より５日間、東北（山形、仙台、石巻、女川）へ行った時のものです。
被災地の状況をお伝えするだけではなく、
被災地に暮らす人々の笑顔や日本の素晴らしさを伝えることができればと思い作成しました。
大きな被害を受けたにもかかわらずに、強く、明るく、前向きに生きようとする被災地の方々から“希望”をいただきました。
Stay strong, Japan！

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QERZsCajtJA 　(※　音が出ますのでご注意ください）

私のブログには、この被災地訪問での体験談を書き込む予定です。
また、５月１日から１０日間に行った２回目の被災地訪問の写真・日記なども載せていくつもりです。
現在は３回目の被災地訪問を計画しております。お忙しい中、お時間をいただきありがとうございました。

Sharing Smiles in Tohoku.

A major disaster like the recent earthquake and tsunami in Tohoku,Japan, really helps us appreciate what we have and reminds us to
cherish loved ones even more.

I was particularly concerned about the children that were affected as I was hearing various
reports of their stress and confusion. Many had lost all that was familiar
to them - their homes, toys, schools and, in some cases, friends and
family. All normality had gone from their lives. They had nothing to
distract them from what was going on around them. They were absorbing
the adults’ stress.

I packed my bag with balloons and headed up to the disaster area in
the hope of bringing a smile to their faces. In my experience as a
balloon artist, I know that balloons have the magical power to bring
out smiles in people aged 0 - 100, regardless of nationality or
language.

The theme of my trip was ‘Sharing Smiles in Tohoku’.

I made this slide show, because I wanted to share my memories of my
first trip to Tohoku. I hope it succeeds in showing some of Japan's
beauty as well as the wonderful smiles I received.

Despite the devastation, the strong, positive, cheerful and warm
people I met gave me a renewed sense of hope - truly amazing people.
Stay strong, Japan.

My first trip - Yamagata, Sendai, Ishinomaki, Onagawa. From 3rd April
2011 (5 days)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QERZsCajtJA (Beware, this video
contains audio.)

I will add a more detailed account and upload the photos from my
second trip (May 1st - 9th) to my blog soon.

I am now planning my third visit.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

2010-11-26T17:12:00.000+09:00

HALLOWEEN 2010

As usual, Halloween in Osaka was wild and wonderful. Everyone makes such a great effort with their costumes. There are some incredibly impressive ones. When I first came to Japan, Halloween was just an ordinary day and only the foreigners dressed up, which seemed to frighten the locals. Am very glad to see that all nationalities now seem to love dressing up and parading around town. I'm already looking forward to next year's celebrations. Bring it on!

2010-11-25T17:49:00.000+09:00

Giant Onigiri!

The biggest onigiri I've ever had! Giant sized. Took me a long time to reach the umeboshi in the centre. Nice and tasty though. Weighed about 1kg.

2010-11-17T16:48:00.001+09:00

My favourite colour combination - red & turquoise.

I love red and turquoise together. My obi is embroidered with silver thread.

New Year 2010

2010-01-03T18:24:00.004+09:00

Happy New Year from Liverpool!

I hope 2010 brings you all lots of fun, excitement, love and happiness.

Christmas is coming!

2009-12-18T00:37:00.004+09:00

Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas and a very Happy New Year!

Halloween & my birthday 2009

2009-12-09T16:40:00.003+09:00

Halloween & my birthday 2009

Two birthday parties and a BBQ. Very nice. Lots of good friends and a little bit of madness.
Was very busy in autumn and didn't think I'd be able to go out and play at Halloween but I made time and a quick costume and had a lot of fun in Shinsaibashi.

Trip to China

2009-10-23T20:05:00.000+09:00

Just back from the Aemi Clown Carnival 2009 in China. So much fun. Lots of performers and lots of smiles. Plenty to see and do in Hangzhou and Shanghai. Feeling really inspired after watchingso many wonderful shows. Thanks everyone! Hope to see you all again soon!

Trip back home to Liverpool

2009-09-10T18:20:00.004+09:00

Liverpool rocks!
I love going home. I'm very proud of my hometown. It's a fun city.

Welcome to my new blog

2009-08-01T00:01:00.003+09:00

I'm very excited to have a new blog so I can share my stories, photos and videos with you. Hope you'll drop in every now and then to see what I've been up to.