Hi, Welcome to my blog　:) tag:t-tomita.com,2011-02-26:/mt_top/en//4 2011-06-01T14:38:54Z To Tomita's TOP Movable Type Pro 5.01 Children's Day tag:t-tomita.com,2011:/mt_top/en//4.34 2011-04-24T01:44:33Z 2011-06-01T14:38:54Z May 5 is Children's Day, when families c... Takumi TOMITA http://t-tomita.com/ Last weekend, I went to the shopping center to buy "Kabuto" with my family. Kabuto is the traditional Japanese Samurai Helmet.
In the shopping center, there were many kind of items. There is a wide range of prices, ranging from $500 to $5,000.


We were exhausted afterafter looking around several shops here and therewhile cradling my eight-month baby in my arm.

Finally we decided to see the kabuto pictured below. This is the kabuto of "Uesugi Kenshin". He is one of the samurai I respect. He lived an interesting lifethat is why he is extremely popular in Japan.







The picture below shows the Koinobori. My wife's parents bought it for us. It is a wonderful!
The large Carp is the father and the middle is the mother. The smaller Carp(s) are the children:D　(Unfortunately, there were no mother carps yet before. But these days, we have red carps which we regard as mother. )







]]> Hanami tag:t-tomita.com,2011:/mt_top/en//4.33 2011-04-10T01:42:37Z 2011-04-30T13:33:20Z "Hanami" is the japanese traditional cus... Takumi TOMITA http://t-tomita.com/
The other day, I and my wife went to hanami with our baby(8 month baby). This event is his first experience.

We enjoyed sitting on the bench, eating wife's homemade dish, drinking tea and talking. We are lucky enough to get good weather that day. It is very short time for beautiful Sakura(two or three weeks in spring).

These pictures were taken in the neighborhood of our home. We love this town :)







Hanami at night is called "yozakura".

]]> SASIMI of a squid tag:t-tomita.com,2011:/mt_top/en//4.30 2011-02-20T06:46:48Z 2011-02-20T14:43:40Z "SASIMI"(Fresh slices) of a squid. I lik... Takumi TOMITA http://t-tomita.com/


I like a squid dish, and often buy it in a supermarket, then i cook it. Some people may say that it seems difficult to cook, but actually it is not. It costs 1.78$ or 158Yen (for every 1$(US) = 88.42Yen). I cut it into chunks then boils it. I eat it using mayonnaise with "Shichimi" which is a mixture of red pepper and other spices. We often use the red pepper mayonnaise in this way.

These days, I eat "SASIMI" too. "SASIMI" is a sliced raw fish. It is very delicious if you partner it with "wasabi sauce" - soy sauce with japanese horse radish. SASIMI is a low calorie diet and and it is also good for our health:) We need technique in order to use a squid as sliced raw fish. Especially, it is difficult to strip the skin. I heard on a television before that there is a technique which strips the skin well. if a squid is attached to vinegar several minutes, the skin can be stripped easily.

As other means, in a supermarket, they also cook this dish and you may ask them for help for free.



When eating a squid in the row, we must be cautious of a parasite. Especially when we cook by ourselves, let's often confirm whether there is any parasite.



I ate a squid with good appetite also today.

]]> Visit Home Town tag:t-tomita.com,2011:/mt_top/en//4.28 2011-01-08T02:23:27Z 2011-01-22T03:20:53Z I visited my graduating university the o... Takumi TOMITA http://t-tomita.com/

Since it was fine, I took the coffee break on the bench. This tumbler(D) is the Fukuoka(My Home Town) limitation:)!
I was surprised to see the boards bringing from the old building and having attached it to a wall(C).


It went to the famous ramen store night. Ramen is the famous Japanese noodle.


This is "KAE-DAMA"(C).
 
"Some restaurants also offer a system known as kae-dama (替え玉), where customers who have finished their noodles can request a "refill" (for a few hundred yen more) to be put into their remaining soup."
Ramen (16:22, 19 January 2011). In Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramen

(D) has declared that this is the birthplace.


]]> HP ProLiant DL145 tag:t-tomita.com,2010:/mt_top/en//4.29 2010-12-30T01:49:42Z 2011-01-23T02:36:13Z The other day, I obtained the HP server(... Takumi TOMITA http://t-tomita.com/
Spec
http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantdl145/index.html


Since this AMD processor(B) does not support virtual technology(AMD-V), I cannot use Hyper-V on this server. Now I am interested in IPMI(C).


I often see the 1U servers at office, but when put it on my house, I was surprised at the splendid size! My boss adviced me that if I turn on a power supply of the server, I might not sleep well because of the noise. However there is no problem:). Because I installed the server in the room different from our bedroom. The noise of FANs is an "inside" grade of a ventilation fan.


If a setup finishes, after that, I can set up by a client PC(E). I have this note PC yielded from a friend last year. I got two SATA HDD for server and notePC. Even if it unites two, it is below 10,000 yen. It becomes cheap. The price becomes cheap before.
I checked the power consumption of this server. After the power supply injection was 150 [W] grades in the idle state, although FAN carried out full rotation and went up to about 400 [W]. It was 2.78 [kWh] in 19 hours. If we assume 20 yen/kWh, it turned out that it is about 50 - 60 yen in 24 hours per day.


]]> My Christmas tag:t-tomita.com,2010:/mt_top/en//4.26 2010-12-25T14:10:58Z 2010-12-25T14:29:19Z We enjoyed Christmas leisurely at home t... Takumi TOMITA http://t-tomita.com/
From several weeks before, I and a wife were making the plan at Christmas in order to eat Kentucky Fried Chicken.

We thought that something was missing other than fried chicken, we have bought in various foods in the supermarket. Although it seems little luxury, I think that it has saved money compared with dining out.
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Our baby still drank only milk so that he doesn't eat meal together. But he seemed to be satisfactory to be hugged by the mother :)

We were very much satisfied with supper. Since we ate too much, we(I and my wife) took the stomach medicine:D

Jelly of a salad and Roast beef
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Potato salad(Handmade of a wife) and Kentucky Fried Chicken
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Foie gras terrine
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]]> New Year's card tag:t-tomita.com,2010:/mt_top/en//4.25 2010-12-25T13:07:41Z 2010-12-25T14:10:09Z I finished writing a New Year's card tod... Takumi TOMITA http://t-tomita.com/ postCard1.jpg

If a New Year's card will be posted by December 25(Christmas), these cards will reach them on the New Year's Day(January 1, 2010). Every year, I used to be busy on Christmas since I am going to finish writing a New Year's card by this day.

I wrote about 40 New Year's cards this year.
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Photograph and an address are automatically printed using a printer, so they are not serious. However, a handwritten comment requires time and effort. It took about 3 hours until it finished writing a comments!

It will finish soon this year. Did what should be done by the end of this year finish?

I hope this next year also will be great for you! ]]> Okuizome tag:t-tomita.com,2010:/mt_top/en//4.24 2010-11-28T12:18:40Z 2010-11-28T12:46:18Z "Okuizome" is a japanese ceremony held a... Takumi TOMITA http://t-tomita.com/ DSCF1460_160_120.JPGDSCF1461_160_120.JPG
We held this celemony with me, my wife and her grand-mother. Grand-mother gave us a big red sea bream! It's too big to eat all,  we couldn't eat it all.
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That night, we cooked sea bream soup for dinner and enjoyed it very much! :D
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]]> Omiyamairi tag:t-tomita.com,2010:/mt_top/english//4.16 2010-09-19T11:56:07Z 2010-11-13T14:45:42Z I took my son(new-born baby) to a shrine... Takumi TOMITA http://t-tomita.com/ Health trend tag:t-tomita.com,2010:/mt_top/english//4.17 2010-08-13T12:05:12Z 2010-11-13T12:56:53Z Recently alcohol-free beer is hot in Jap... Takumi TOMITA http://t-tomita.com/ beer in a supermarket or a convenience store.
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My favorite is "ALL-FREE" selling from Suntory Holdings Ltd. 
The particularly better aspect of All-Free is that it is non-alcoholic, zero-calorie and also sugar-free!
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Because it's popularity skyrockets, Suntory announced that they had suspended sales for a while!
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/business/T100811004262.htm
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I got "yakitori" and eschalot grown in the West. "Yakiroti" is grilled chicken and they are Japanese type of skewered chicken.
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It's great with beer!!
]]> I'm very looking forward to ... tag:t-tomita.com,2010:/mt_top/english//4.18 2010-08-08T12:14:43Z 2010-11-13T12:15:09Z Recent big event in my life is that I'm ... Takumi TOMITA http://t-tomita.com/ Recent big event in my life is that I'm going to be a father.

My wife is going to have a baby in August. Our obstetrician, who 
is a doctor specialize in woman's disease, said my wife that she 
has to walk as hard as she can. So we go out for a walk. 

I worry that I'm able to take care of him well. 

Though we have little concern, we are very looking forward to 
our baby!
]]> Walking tag:t-tomita.com,2010:/mt_top/english//4.19 2010-04-25T10:20:35Z 2010-11-13T12:58:53Z I took a walk with my wife today.We took... Takumi TOMITA http://t-tomita.com/ I took a walk with my wife today.
We took pictures of flowers. Usually I don't appreciate them, it was a big surprise that there are many kinds of flowers than I thought.

We need to get out into nature sometimes.

flower_total_01.jpgflower_total_02.jpg]]> Butajiru tag:t-tomita.com,2010:/mt_top/english//4.21 2010-02-21T12:33:01Z 2010-11-13T12:34:21Z I introduces Japanese Pork and vegetable... Takumi TOMITA http://t-tomita.com/ I introduces Japanese Pork and vegetable Miso Soup today. We call it "Butajiru" or "Tonjiru". It seems to call "Butajiru" in West Japan, and to call "Tonjiru" in East Japan. This dish is useful when the vegetable remains in the refrigerator.
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- My hobby site
http://t-tomita.com/jisui.html#recipe25

- You tube site
http://youshare.jp/viewVideo.php?fileID=4069
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