１１月２１，２２，２３日の三連休 Three consecutive holidays on 21,22,23 November

昨日は、朝ごはん前に庭の奥で駆けっこの競争をやった後、孫孝行を爺婆が分担。婆は昼からのコーラスの出番までの時間を使って東照宮という言葉を発した孫No.1を急遽東照宮に案内。雨模様なのに連休最後の日とあってか、人出は盛況。小学校3年生になってクラスのライバルを意識してきた様子が見える。その友達から「東照宮」に行って来たと聞いたことがモチベーションになったらしい。奥ノ院への石段が何段あったとか鳴き龍のおみやげの鈴とか関心のあるものがはっきりしている。今度修学旅行で来る頃には大分思い出すことがあることを願って今回は終わり。午後は爺の案内で江戸村へ。こちらは余程楽しかった様子
After having a little running competition with our grand-children in our back yard early in the morning yesterday, I took No.1 grand-child to the Tosho Shrine while Masao took No.1 and his little brother with their parents to the Edo Village entertainment park in the afternoon. Because of my duty to go to Nikko community hall to join Nikko Brass-band annual performance in the afternoon, I was available only in the morning to be with them. 
The Tosho shrine was very busy even in a drizzling weather. No.1 grand-child, the third grader, seems to have his rival in his class and what he said to him might have motivated his concern to visit this shrine. He said, 'I visited the Tosho shrine the other day. Your grand-parents live in Nikko, don't they?'
Well I think he is still too small to understand the significance of this world heritage site. When he'll have chance to visit Nikko in a school excursion sometime in near future, I hope he will remember something we experienced this time. The Edo entertainment park they visited yesterday afternoon seems to have been very exciting and enjoyable to them.