A Nagasaki University spokesperson has announced that the university has stopped hiring any teaching staff person who smokes. Starting in August the univerisity will ban smoking entirely on its campus and will open a clinic for those who cannot give it up. This is a first at a Japanese university.
Japan is considered a paradise for smokers. Smoking is allowed almost everywhere in Japan. (At the company where I work, there are smoking rooms, so smokers cannot smoke in other areas.) The World Health Organization has given Japan the lowest rating for efforts to prevent passive smoke. Japan scores lower than both China and South Korea.
What is the smoking situation where you live? Is smoking allowed in restaurants and universities or other public places?
Sunday we got together to work on Assisi.
Everyone was very chatty. One of our members recently took a trip to Okinawa and told us about scuba diving and SUP (stand up paddling) and visiting Shuri-jo.
We also discussed many possibilities for our next project. I can't wait to find out what we will be doing next!
I found this unfinished Just Nan ornament and started work on it again. There is a counting mistake, which is probably why I didn't finish it long ago. I'm going to try to work around the mistake and get it finished.
I did a good bit on this cat ornament. I still have more backstitching, French knots, and beads before I can put the ornament together.
I worked on my fobs a little. This is a good carry along project.
Two good friends from Hokkaido came to Shizuoka to visit me. We had a big day seeing Mt. Fuji. First we visited the Mt. Fuji World Heritage Center in Fujinomiya.
The view from the top was nice.
After that, we walked the short distance to the Sengen Taisha Shrine.
Next was lunch. Fujinomiya's famous food is yakisoba, so that's what we ate! My friends opted for a mixed meat yakisoba and I ordered squid and shrimp yakisoba.
After lunch we took the train to Mishima, then a bus to the Mishima Sky Walk. The 400 meter long Sky Walk is the longest suspension bridge in Japan. It is 70 meters above the ground in the center.
Can you see Mt. Fuji inside the heart? It was getting cloudy around the mountain.
This big pink chair is in the restroom!
Thank you Noriko and Michiko! I enjoyed our day together!
Year Three of the temperature quilt
Week 1
April 28 - May 4
64, 66, 59, 72, 73, 77, 73
Week 2
May 5 - 11
75, 70, 61, 70, 70, 81, 81
I decided to cut into this fabric for some hexagons in this year's quilt. I bought this roll at the Tokyo Quilt Show because it was pretty, but didn't have a project in mind at the time.
I am reporting the high temperature each day. My Year Three temperature/color (Fahrenheit) scheme remains the same:
100 + Brown
90-99 Red
80-89 Orange
70-79 Yellow
60-69 Green
50-59 Blue
40-49 Purple
30-39 Pink
20-29 White
10-19 Black
