Japanese Surgeon's Daily Life

Grill

　　My house was built 19 years ago, whose design was elaborately created by professionals. It's expansive, but keeps highly airtight on the other hand. The efficacy of air-conditioning is highly taken into consideration in its design. My wife hasn't allowed us to have a barbecue inside the house for these 19 years. She dislikes that the wall is stained by greasy smoke. Even in the cold winter, we had to stay outside if we wanted to roast meat and vegetables, or she cooks them in the kitchen equipped with a ventilating fan.
　　The other day, I happened to get a flyer on which a grill was introduced. It read that this grill doesn't generate any smoke and smell. The grill was delivered today. Its catchphrase was correct, but if you use it longer than usual, it emits a small level of smell and a certain ventilation is desirable.
　　It's wonderful to slightly toast slices of baguette with some cheese on the dining room table and have them with a glass of wine. I'll challenge the cheese fondue next time!

JOHN MANJIRO MUSEUM

　　A fishery boat had been caught in a storm and had drifted out to sea from a tiny fishery village near Ashizuri Misaki Cape in the middle of the 19th century. The crew were all young. A boy among them, who would come to be called John Manjiro later, was only 14 years old. They were eventually able to land on a small isolated island in Bonin Islands. While they were struggling to survive the difficulties there, a whale boat of the U.S. found them and took them to Hawaii, not Japan. Japan was under its restrictive diplomacy at that time and foreign ships weren't allowed to visit Japan even if it was for humanitarian purposes.
　　He was brought up in the U.S. and acquired various kinds of knowledges along with English skills. He was very helpful for the modern development of Japan. His museum was built at his birth place and I dropped in at it.

(Vocabulary)
Bonin Islands 小笠原諸島

ASHIZURI MISAKI CAPE

　　I took my car for a spin with no set goal and I ducked into Ashizuri Misaki Cape, which is located at the southwest end of the fourth biggest island of Japan, Shikoku. During the typhoon season, the cape often appears in news items. It's sited on the approaching route of typhoons. The terrain is as you see in the following picture and I've not reached the tip of the cape as I don't like heights. I admire constructors who built the lighthouse in such a place.

(Vocabulary)
height [C] 高い所, 高所
I don't like heights. 私は高い所は苦手です．