8月5日 (土)  実家帰省とミニ同窓会　Annual homecoming and Reunion party 今年の夏は例年より早めの、また３泊４日といつもより長めの帰省になりました。この日は小学校からの友達と中学時代のクラスメートとミニ同窓会をしました。左から二番目の彼とはほとんど中学卒業以来。「時」は何と早く過ぎ去ってしまうものでしょう。時代を飛び越え楽しいひと時を過ごしました。 I went back to my hometown in Komatsu, Ishikawa prefecture. It’s an annual event to go back to my hometown every summer and spring. As usual, I stayed at my father’s/brother’s house for 4 days and 3 nights, a bit longer than usual this time. We had a small reunion party there. The four of us in the picture went to the same junior high school. As for the girl in the picture, we have been good friends since elementary school. I met the second boy (or I should say the man) from the left in the picture for the first time in more than 30 years. How quickly time passes! We had a good time, drinking, eating and catching up with one another.