Japanese rainy season.

Japane is a rainy season(east asian rainy season) now.

(except Hokkaido)

Japanese people called rainy season "tsu yu (梅雨)"　

The rainy season starts in the first ten days of June,
and continues until the end of July.
(almost 40 days or more)

It will rain(or cloudy weather) 4days or more in one week.
It is very sultry. Uncomfortable season.

If you will come to Japan in this season, don't forget umbrella.

But rain falling at this season is very important to the growth of grain.
Japan is a country of rice.

Only beautiful hydrangea(ajisai) improves our feelings.

Great debut of pitcher Stephen Strasburg.

When I was a Junior high school & high school student,
I was a member of school baseball team as a pitcher.
Now, I still love baseball. Especially, I like MLB.

Because MLB's ball park atomosphere is very nice.
Japanese ballpark is too loud(cheereaders) for me.

By the way,
I watched Stephen Strasburg's MLB debut highlight on internet.
That highlight is gethering of his taking strike out scene.

Of course his fastball is very nice.
It's not only that, he can throw good change up, breakingball, 2seams.
His good control gave him strike count easy.
It was especially impressive that his fast ball to out low when he against the left handed batter.
It was a very strong ball.

I heard Strasburg is biggest rookie and good pitcher.
But he's debut pitching was exceeded my imagination.

But his career just started.
I hope he will keep good condition, no injury.

I'm looking forward to watching his good pitch  this season.

Suicide problem of Foxconn and Apple.

Recently I want to buy next generation iPhone.
I like Apple products.

But now , there is a big problem.

The problem is a lot of people suicide in chinese electric company Foxconn.
Foxconn is parts making company for Apple(iPad,iPod,iPhone) and
other big computer company(Dell,Intel,HP).

http://gizmodo.com/5553223/another-foxconn-employee-dies-after-working-34+hours-straight

According to news report,
In this year about15 people died by themselves at Foxconn factory.

15 people.... is too many !

I will stop buying Apple products until this problem will be clear.

A horrible working environment might be concealed in the manufacturing process of
other products that I am using.

However, I have no way to know that.

But I want to do something for the things if I could know.