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¤ß¤Ê¤µ¤ó¡¢¤³¤ó¤Ë¤Á¤Ï¡ª¡Ê¡°¡°¡Ë Hi, everyone! º£¤Îµ¤²¹¤Ï£±£±¡î¡£À²¤ì¤Æ¤¤¤ë¤Î¤Ç¡¢¤½¤ó¤Ê¤Ë´¨¤¯¤Ï´¶¤¸¤Þ¤»¤ó¡£¡Ê¡°¡°¡Ë It is 11 degrees C now. It is sunny so I don't feel so cold though. º£Æü¤Ïµ×¤·¤Ö¤ê¤Ë¤¦¤Á¤Ë¤¢¤ë¥¢¥ó¥Æ¥£¡¼¥¯¤ò¾Ò²ð¤·¤Þ¤¹¡ª¡Ê¡°¡°¡Ë Today, I will show you some antiques that we have after a long time! ¤Þ¤º¤Ï¤³¤Á¤é¡ª¡Ê¡÷¡÷¡Ë¡¡ At first, this one! »ä¤Î´ù¤Î¾å¤ËÃÖ¤¤¤Æ¤¢¤ë¤â¤Î¤Ê¤Î¤Ç¤¹¤¬¡£¡£¡£²¿¤À¤È»×¤¤¤Þ¤¹¤«¡©¡ª It is always on my desk but... Do you know what it is?! ¤³¤ì¤ÏÀÎ¥¢¥á¥ê¥«¤ÎÌô¶É¤Ë¤Ïɬ¤ºÃÖ¤¤¤Æ¤¢¤Ã¤¿¤â¤Î¤À¤½¤¦¤Ç¤¹¡£ It is a thing that there used to be at pharmacies in the US. So, it is like an indication of pharmacies. However, I don't know why Rod has it... ¤³¤ì¤Ïʬ¤«¤ê¤ä¤¹¤¤¤Ç¤¹¤Í¡ª¡Ê¡°¡°¡Ë These are easy to guess! ÆéÉߤ¤Ç¤¹¡£ These are trivets. ºÇ¸å¤Ë¡¢¤³¤ì¤Ï¥¢¥á¥ê¥«¤Îʪ¤Ç¤Ï¤¢¤ê¤Þ¤»¤ó¤¬¡£¡£¡£¡Ê¡°¡°¡¨¡Ë At last, this is not an American thing... ¤³¤ì¤Ï¥í¥Ã¥É¤Î¤´Î¾¿Æ¤¬ÀÎÆüËܤËι¹Ô¤Ë¹Ô¤Ã¤¿»þ¤Ë¡¢Çã¤Ã¤ÆÍ褿ʪ¤À¤½¤¦¤Ç¤¹¡ª¡Ê¡÷¡÷¡Ë This is the one that Rod' parents bought in Japan when they travelled there long time ago! ¤³¤ì¤Ã¤Æ¡¢¸Å¤¤ÎÁÍý²°¤µ¤ó¤Îɽ¤Ë¾þ¤Ã¤Æ¤¢¤ë¤è¤¦¤Êʪ¤Ç¤¹¤è¤Í¡©¡ª I guess this thing is the one which often be at an entrance of old Japanese restaurants?! I put a pen in front of the fish so that you guys understand how big it is! ·ë¹½½Å¤¿¤¤¤«¤é¡¢Á÷¤Ã¤Æ¤â¤é¤Ã¤¿¤ó¤Ç¤·¤ç¤¦¤Í¡£¡Ê¡°¡°¡¨¡Ë Probably, it was sent to the US because it is quite heavy. µÁÉã¤Ï¾¤Î¹ñ¤Ë¹Ô¤¯¤È¡¢¥¢¡¼¥Æ¥£¥¹¥Æ¥£¥Ã¥¯¤Êʪ¤äÌÌÇò¤¤¤â¤Î¤ò¤ªÅÚ»º¤ËÇã¤Ã¤ÆÍ褿¤½¤¦¤Ç¤¹¡£ My father-in-law bought some interesting or artistic things as a souvenir when he went overseas. ¥Ï¥ï¥¤¤Ë¹Ô¤Ã¤¿»þ¤Ï´äÀФȤ«¡£¡£¡£¡Ê¡°¡°¡¨¡Ë For example, when he went to Hawaii, he bought a rock... When I find something interesting, I will show you later! Ìô¶É¤ÎÌܰõ¤È¤Ê¤Ã¤Æ¤¤¤¿¤Î¤Ï¥Ï¥¤¥Ý¥»¥¥ã¥ê¡¼¤È¸À¤¦Ì¾Á°¤Ç¡¢Ìô¶É¤ÎÁëºÝ¤Ë¾þ¤é¤ì¤Æ¤¤¤¿¤½¤¦¤Ç¤¹¡£ ÍÍ¡¹¤Ê·Á¤¬¤¢¤ê¡¢¿§¤â²«¿§¤äÀ֤ʤɤ¤¤í¤¤¤í¤Ê¿§¤¬¤¢¤ê¡¢²½³ØÌôÉʤ˸«Î©¤Æ¤é¤ì¤Æ¤¤¤¿¤è¤¦¤Ç¤¹¡£ The symbol of pharmacies is called hypothecary and used to be placed at a window of pharmacies. There were verious kinds of shapes and colors such as yellow or red, using it to resemble chemicals. |
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¤ß¤Ê¤µ¤ó¡¢¤³¤ó¤Ë¤Á¤Ï¡ª¡Ê¡°¡°¡Ë Hi, everyone! º£¤Îµ¤²¹¤Ï£±£¹¡î¡¢¼¾ÅÙ¤¬£¸£´¡ó¤È±«¤¬¹ß¤ê¤½¤¦¤Ê¥Ë¥å¡¼¥è¡¼¥¯¤Ç¤¹¡£ It is now 19 degrees, humidity is 84 % so it is going to rain in New York. ¤Ç¤â¡¢ÌÀÆü¤ÎÆüÍËÆü¤Ï¤È¤Ã¤Æ¤âÎɤ¤¤ªÅ·µ¤¤Ë¤Ê¤ê¤½¤¦¤Ç¤¹¡ª¡Ê¡°¡°¡Ë However, tomorrow will be a beautiful Sunday! ¤µ¤Æ¡¢º£Æü¤Ï¤ªÅ¹¤Î¥ª¥Õ¥£¥¹¤Ë¤¢¤ë¥¢¥ó¥Æ¥£¡¼¥¯¤Ê¾®Êª¤ò¾Ò²ð¤·¤Þ¤¹¡ª Now then, I will show you some antiques that we have in the office! ¤Þ¤º¤Ï¡¢±ôÉ®ºï¤ê¡ª²û¤«¤·¤¤¤Ç¤¹¤Í¡ª¡Ê¡°¡°¡Ë¡¡¤Ç¤â¡¢ÆüËܤÎʪ¤È¤Ï¿ïʬ´¶¤¸¤¬°ã¤¤¤Þ¤¹¤Í¡£ At first, a pencil sharpener! It brings back memories! But it surely looks different from Japanese ones. ¤½¤·¤Æ¡¢¤³¤Á¤é¤Ï¥¹¥¿¥ó¥×¤Î¤è¤¦¤Ê·Á¤ò¤·¤Æ¤¤¤Þ¤¹¤¬¡¢¥³¡¼¥Ý¥ì¡¼¥È¥·¡¼¥ë¡Ê¼Ò°õ¡Ë¤Ç¤¹¡£ Then, this one shapes like a stamp but it is a corporate seal. ¤³¤ó¤Ê´¶¤¸¤Ë»æ¤Ë²¡¤·ÉÕ¤±¤ë¤â¤Î¤Ç¡¢°ÊÁ°¤Ï·ÀÌó½ñ¤Ê¤É¤ËËÜʪ¤Ç¤¢¤ë¤³¤È¤ò¾ÚÌÀ¤¹¤ë¤¿¤á¤Ë²¡¤·¤Æ¤¤¤¿¤½¤¦¤Ç¤¹¡£ You can compress paper like this and they used to use it on a contract or other papers to prove a document is original. º£¤Ï¤Û¤È¤ó¤É»È¤ï¤ì¤Ê¤¯¤Ê¤Ã¤Æ¤·¤Þ¤Ã¤¿¤è¤¦¤Ç¤¹¤¬¡¢µÁÉã¤Îʬ¤âÊݸ¤·¤Æ¤¢¤ë¤Î¤Ç¡¢¤³¤ó¤Ê¤Ë¤¢¤ê¤Þ¤¹¡ª¡Ê¡°¡°¡¨¡Ë Nowadays, they rarely use it anymore but we have many of them because we keep my father-in-law's too! ºÇ¸å¤Î¤³¤ì¤Ï²¿¤Ç¤·¤ç¤¦¡©¡ª¡Ê¡°¡°¡Ë At last, what is this one?! ¿ʬ¡¢ÁÛÁü¤¬¤Ä¤«¤Ê¤¤¤È»×¤¦¤Î¤ÇÅú¤¨¤ò¸À¤¦¤È¡¢ÅÅÃì¤Î¾å¤Ë¤¢¤Ã¤¿Àä±ïÂΤʤΤǤ¹¡ª¡Ê¡÷¡÷¡Ë Probably, you cannot imagine it so I will give you the answer. It is an insulator at the top of a telephone pole! º£¤Ï¥»¥é¥ß¥Ã¥¯À½¤À¤½¤¦¤Ç¤¹¤¬¡¢ÀΤÏÀä±ïÂΤȤ·¤Æ¥¬¥é¥¹À½¤Îʪ¤ò»È¤Ã¤Æ¤¤¤¿¤½¤¦¤Ç¤¹¡£ Now they use ceramic ones but they used to use glass ones for insulators. ²¿¸Î¥í¥Ã¥É¤¬¤³¤ì¤ò»ý¤Ã¤Æ¤¤¤ë¤Î¤«¤ÏÉÔÌÀ¤Ç¤¹¤¬¡°¡°¡¨¡¢º£¤Ï¥Ú¡¼¥Ñ¡¼¥¦¥¨¥¤¥È¤È¤·¤Æ»È¤Ã¤Æ¤¤¤Þ¤¹¡£ I don't know how Rod got this but he use it as a paperweight. ¿§¤¬¤È¤Ã¤Æ¤âåºÎï¤Ç¤¹¤è¤Í¡Á¡ª¡Ê¡°¡°¡Ë The color is so beautiful! ¾¤Ë¤â¥¢¥ó¥Æ¥£¡¼¥¯¤Êʪ¤ò¸«¤Ä¤±¤¿¤é¡¢¤Þ¤¿¾Ò²ð¤·¤Þ¤¹¤Í¡ª If I find some other antiques, I will show you guys again! |
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¤ß¤Ê¤µ¤ó¡¢¤³¤ó¤Ë¤Á¤Ï¡ª Hi, everyone! º£Æü¤Ïµ×¤·¤Ö¤ê¤Ë²È¤Ë¤¢¤ë¥¢¡¼¥È¤Êʪ¤ò¾Ò²ð¤·¤Þ¤¹¡ª¡Ê¡°¡°¡Ë Today, I will show you artistic things in our house after a long time! ¤½¤ì¤Ï¡¢¥¦¥©¡¼¥ë¥ª¡¼¥Ê¥á¥ó¥È¤Ç¤¹¡£ That is a wall ornament. »ä¤ÏºÇ½é¡¢¥Ý¥¹¥È¥«¡¼¥É¤Ê¤É¤òÆþ¤ì¤ëʪ¤«¤È»×¤Ã¤Æ¤¤¤Þ¤·¤¿¤¬¡¢¼Â¤Ï¥Ý¥±¥Ã¥È¤Ï̵¤¤¤Î¤Ç¤¹¡£¡Ê¡°¡°¡¨¡Ë I initially thought they were postal card holders but there were even no pockets on them. ¤½¤ì¤É¤³¤í¤«¡¢ÉۤǤϤʤ¯¤ÆÌڤǽÐÍè¤Æ¤¤¤ë¤Î¤Ç¤¹¡ª¡Ê¡÷¡÷¡Ëʬ¤«¤ê¤Ë¤¯¤¤¤±¤É¡¢¸ü¤ß¤¬¤¢¤ë¤Îʬ¤«¤ê¤Þ¤¹¤«¡©¡ª On the contrary, they were made from wood, not cloths! It is tough to see it but can you see the thickness?! ¤³¤Ã¤Á¤ÎÊý¤¬ÌڤäÆÊ¬¤«¤ê¤ä¤¹¤¤¤«¤Ê¡©¡ª It may be easier to see this one that made from wood?! ¤è¤¯¸«¤ë¤È¡¢¾ÓÁü²è¤Î²¼¤Ë¤Ï̾Á°¤¬¤¢¤ê¤Þ¤¹¡£ If you take a close look, there are names under the portraits. ̾Á°¤òÄ´¤Ù¤Æ¤ß¤¿¤é¡¢¤É¤Á¤é¤â¥Õ¥é¥ó¥¹³×Ì¿¤Ë¿¼¤¯´Ø¤ï¤Ã¤¿¿Íʪ¤À¤½¤¦¤Ç¤¹¡£ I checked the names and they were both deeply involved in French Revolution. ¤Ç¤â¡¢¥í¥Ã¥É¤Ë¤Ï¥Õ¥é¥ó¥¹¿Í¤Î·ì¤ÏÆþ¤Ã¤Æ¤Ê¤¤¤ó¤À¤±¤É¤Ê¡Á¡£¡£¡£¡Ê¡°¡°¡¨¡Ë However, Rod does not have any French blood in his body... ¶²¤é¤¯¡¢¥í¥Ã¥É¤Î¤ªÉ㤵¤ó¤¬µ¤¤ËÆþ¤Ã¤Æ»ý¤Ã¤Æ¤¤¤¿¤â¤Î¤Ê¤ó¤À¤È»×¤¤¤Þ¤¹¡£ Probably, Rod's father liked them and had them originally. ¤³¤ì¤ÏÆüËܤˤÏ̵¤¤¥¿¥¤¥×¤ÎÊɾþ¤ê¤Ç¤¹¤è¤Í¡£¡Ê¡°¡°¡Ë These kinds of wall ornaments does not exist in Japan. |
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¤ß¤Ê¤µ¤ó¡¢¤³¤ó¤Ë¤Á¤Ï¡ª Hi, everyone! º£Æü¤Ï²È¤Ë¤¢¤ë¥°¥é¥¹¥¢¡¼¥È¤ò¾Ò²ð¤·¤Þ¤¹! Today, I will show you glass art that we have at home! ¤³¤ì¤Ï»ä¤Î·ëº§¤ÎµÇ°¤Ë¿ÆÍ§Ã£¤¬Çã¤Ã¤Æ¤¯¤ì¤¿¤â¤Î¤Ç¡¢¤½¤Î¿ÆÍ§¤Î°ì¿Í¤Î¥°¥é¥¹¡¦¥¢¡¼¥Æ¥£¥¹¥È¤¬ ºî¤Ã¤Æ¤¯¤ì¤¿¤â¤Î¤Ê¤Î¤Ç¤¹¡£ I got this one from my best friends as a present for my marriage, and actually the glass artist who made this is one of my best friends. Èà½÷¤ÏÉã¿Æ¤â²è²È¡¢Êì¿Æ¤ÏĦ¹ï²È¤È¤¤¤¦·Ý½Ñ²È¤Î²È¤ËÀ¸¤Þ¤ì¤Þ¤·¤¿¡£Â¿ËàÈþ½ÑÂç³Ø¤ò½Ð¤Æ ¥¤¥¿¥ê¥¢¤Ë¤â£²Ç¯½»¤ó¤Ç¤¤¤¿¤È¤¤¤¦Àµ¿¿ÀµÌäΥ¢¡¼¥Æ¥£¥¹¥È¤Ê¤Î¤Ç¤¹¡£ She was born in the artistic environment, having a father as a painter and her mother is a sculptor. She graduated from Tama Art University and had lived in Italy for two years, so she is a real artist! ¤¤¤í¤¤¤í¤Ê¿§¤ä·Á¤Î¥¬¥é¥¹¤òºî¤ê¡¢¤½¤ì¤ò¥Õ¥ì¡¼¥à¤ÎÃæ¤Ë¼ý¤á¤Æ¤¤¤¯¤È¤¤¤¦¤â¤Î¤Ç¤¹¡£ She makes various kinds of glasses in color and shape and put them together in a frame. ¥Õ¥ì¡¼¥à¤ÎÆ©ÌÀ¤Ê¥¬¥é¥¹¤Îɽ¤È΢¤Ë¥¬¥é¥¹¤Î¥Ñ¡¼¥Ä¤ò¤¯¤ÃÉÕ¤±¤Æ¤¤¤ë¤Î¤¬Ê¬¤«¤ê¤Þ¤¹¤«¡© Can you see the glass parts were glued on both obverse side and reverse side of the clear glass of the frame? Èà½÷¤Î¸ÄŸ¤Ëͧã¤È°ì½ï¤Ë¹Ô¤Ã¤¿»þ¤Ë»ä¼«¿®¤¬Áª¤ó¤À¤Î¤Ç¡¢»ä¤ÎÂç¹¥¤¤ÊºîÉʤʤó¤Ç¤¹¤è¡ª¡Ê¡°¡°¡Ë When I went to her personal exhibition with my friends I chose this one so this is my favorite! ¥Ý¥¹¥È¥«¡¼¥É¤ò²¿ÅÀ¤«¾Ò²ð¤·¤Þ¤¹¡£ I also have another one at my parents house that I bought before but I don't have a photo of it so I will show you some other her works on postcards. ¤É¤ì¤â¤½¤ì¤¾¤ì¤Î¥³¥ó¥»¥×¥È¤¬¤¢¤Ã¤Æ¤È¤Æ¤âåºÎï¤Ç¤¹¤è¤Í¡ª Each one has its own concept and very beautiful! Èà½÷¤Ï²£ÉͤθµÄ®¤Ç¤â¸ÄŸ¤òÄê´üŪ¤Ë¹Ô¤Ã¤Æ¤¤¤ë¤·¡¢Â¾¤Ë¤â¸ÄŸ¤ò¤è¤¯³«¤¯¤Î¤Ç¶½Ì£¤Î¤¢¤ëÊý¤Ï Í·¤Ó¤Ë¹Ô¤Ã¤Æ¤ß¤Æ²¼¤µ¤¤¤Í¡ª She holds a personal exhibition regularly in Motomachi, Yokohama and also other places so if you are interested in her works, please check it out! Her webside is here Äɵ¡§Èà½÷¤ÎÉã¿Æ¤¬ÌÚÈDzè²È¤Ç¡¢Êì¿Æ¤¬Ìý³¨²è²È¤Ç¤·¤¿¡£¤´¤á¤ó¤Ê¤µ¤¤¡ª¡Ê¡ä¡ã¡Ë
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¤ß¤Ê¤µ¤ó¡¢¤³¤ó¤Ë¤Á¤Ï¡ª Hi, everyone! º£Æü¤Ï¥í¥Ã¥É¤¬¥¢¥ó¥Æ¥£¡¼¥¯¥·¥ç¥Ã¥×¤Ç½¸¤á¤¿¥ª¥¤¥ë¥é¥ó¥×¤ò¾Ò²ð¤·¤Þ¤¹¡£ Today, I will show you some oil lamps which Rod has been collectted from antique shops. ¤«¤Ä¤Æ¤Ï¡¢ÌÀ¤«¤ê¤È¤·¤ÆÍøÍѤµ¤ì¤¿¥ª¥¤¥ë¥é¥ó¥×¤Ç¤¹¤¬¡¢º£¤Ç¤âÄäÅŤˤʤë¤ÈÂç³èÌö¤·¤Þ¤¹¡ª Oil lamps used to be a light back in old days but it is still very useful when we have a blackout. ¥¢¥á¥ê¥«¤Ç¤Ï¥¢¥¤¥¹¥¹¥È¡¼¥à¤ä¥Ï¥ê¥±¡¼¥ó¡¢¸òÄÌ»ö¸Î¤Ê¤É¤ÇÄäÅŤˤʤ뤳¤È¤â¿¤¯¡¢ Éüµì¤Ë¤â£²¡¦£³»þ´Ö¤«¤«¤ë¤³¤È¤â¤è¤¯¤¢¤ê¤Þ¤¹¡£ In the US, we have blackouts because of ice storms, hurricanes, traffic accidents and so on and it usually takes a few hours to get fixed. ¤È¸À¤Ã¤Æ¤â¡¢¤½¤ó¤Ê¤Ë¤¿¤¯¤µ¤ó¤¢¤Ã¤Æ¤âÊ֤äƴí¤Ê¤¤¤Î¤Ç¡¢¤Û¤È¤ó¤É¤ò¤ªÅ¹¤ÇÊݴɤ·¤Æ¤¤¤Þ¤¹¡£ However, if you have it too many at home, it would be little dangerous so we have most of them at the shop. »ä¤Ï¤³¤Î¼Ì¿¿¤Î±¦Â¦¤Î¥é¥ó¥×¤¬¹¥¤¤Ç¤¹¡ª The right one is my favorite in this photo! ¤³¤ì¤Ï¾®¤µ¤¯¤Æ²Ä°¦¤é¤·¤¯¡¢¤Ê¤ó¤«¥¢¥é¥Ó¥¢¥ó¥Á¥Ã¥¯¤Ç¤¹¤è¤Í¡ª This one is small and cute and little looks like Arabian! ¤½¤·¤Æ¤³¤ÎŤ¤¥é¥ó¥×¡ªÆüËÜÉ÷¤Ê´¶¤¸¤Ç¤·¤ç¡©¡ª¸Þ½ÅÅ㤬¸«¤¨¤Þ¤¹¤«¡© And this long one! It is like Japanese, isn't it?! Can you see the five-story tower? ¤½¤·¤Æ¡¢¤³¤ì¤¬¥í¥Ã¥É¤Î¤ªµ¤¤ËÆþ¤ê¡£¤è¡Á¤¯¸«¤ë¤È¡¢°ìÈÖ¾å¤Î¥¬¥é¥¹¤¬²«¿§¤Ë¤Ê¤Ã¤Æ¤¤¤Æ¡¢ Âæ¤Î¿§¤È¥Þ¥Ã¥Á¤·¤Æ¤¤¤ë¤È¤³¤í¤¬ÄÁ¤·¤¯¤Æ¡¢¹¥¤¤Ê¤ó¤À¤½¤¦¤Ç¤¹¡£ Then, this one is Rod's favorite. If you take a look at it closer, you can see the top of the glass is yellow and it matchs the base, so he likes it because it is rare. ¤Þ¤À¤Þ¤À¤¢¤ë¤Î¤Ç¤¹¤¬¡¢¸ÄÀŪ¤Ê´¶¤¸¤Î¤â¤Î¤Ï¤³¤Î¤¯¤é¤¤¤Ç¤¹¡£ There are more oil lamps but these are the unique ones. »ä¤Ï²¿¤â½¸¤á¤¿¤³¤È¤¬Ìµ¤¤¤Î¤Ç¤¹¤¬¡¢¤³¤¦¤ä¤Ã¤Æ¥³¥ì¥¯¥·¥ç¥ó¤Î¼ñÌ£¤¬¤¢¤ë¤Î¤âÎɤ¤¤Ç¤¹¤è¤Í¡ª I have never collected anything in my life, but it is nice to have a hobby of a collection like this! |




