レスターでの勉強生活 - Study Life In Leicester

15/10/2025

Some interesting history of the famous Leicester Clock tower. I knew about the statues on the clock tower, but even I never knew who or what these men did in/for Leicester from the 1200s onwards.

For my Japanese and international friends, Leicester Clock tower is the main classic meeting place for people in Leicester.
It's well known that when arranging to meet with friends, most Leicester people will often say "meet at the Clock Tower" instead of stressing about finding a suitable meeting place. "Meet at the Clock Tower" has since became a popular Leicester phrase 😅

The Leicester Clock Tower was the first ever traffic island in the UK. Often using horses and carriages carrying hay and stock to the original Haymarket whilst also ensuring safety for pedestrians in the 1800s

#レスター #レスターの歴史

Meet me at The Clock Tower!

“The Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower” in Leicester was built as a solution to traffic problems but also as a memorial to four of Leicester´s benefactors. These wonderful portraits were carved by the stonemason Samuel Barfield.

The photo shows, clockwise from top left:

Alderman Gabriel Newton set up a trust for the education, clothing and apprenticing of boys. The former Alderman Newton School is now the King Richard III Visitor Centre.

Simon De Montfort was Earl of Leicester in 1239 and is remembered locally for giving townsfolk grazing rights on common land and for lifting certain taxes.

Sir Thomas White established a trust fund in 1542 known as the “Town Hundred” which helped many local young men start up in business.

William Wigston was a wealthy wool merchant. In 1513 he founded Wigston´s Hospital for the poor. Money from his estate was used to found a Free Grammar School (still standing on Highcross Street).

Take a look up next time you're passing by!

04/12/2024

ビクトリア時代でレスターの道は混んでいるになっていましたから、レスター時計台が建てました。It was the first ever traffic island in the UK. 今、レスターでの有名な建物ですよ。 #レスターでの勉強生活

A fascinating then and now comparison of Leicester's Clock Tower, Britain's first traffic island.

Built in 1868 at the former hay and straw market, it solved traffic chaos where six streets converged at the Haymarket. The "Haymarket Memorial Clock Tower" became a pioneering solution to congestion.

11/10/2024

This postcard shows a view across Castle Gardens back when most of the current gardens was allotments, circa 1910. To the right of St Mary De Castro's spire is the Castle Motte - accessible today from Castle Gardens or from Castle View.

The mound, 'Castle Motte' was probably first built on in 1068 on the order of Duke William of Normandy and would originally have been twice the height it is today. Leicester was besieged for three weeks by a royal army in 1173. The town surrendered after these three weeks but the castle on top of the Motte held out for eleven months!

Read the full story at: https://storyofleicester.info/civic-affairs/the-castle-motte/

11/10/2024

25/12/2023

レスターでのクリスマスの伝統は12月25日の朝ごはんでポークパイを食べています!😋
Merry Christmas!🎄⛄🎅

A Christmas tradition in Leicester is that we eat traditional Melton Mowbray Pork Pie with HP brown sauce for breakfast on Christmas Day 😋
Merry Christmas to my friends in Leicester, Japan and around the world 🎄⛄🎅

25/12/2023

How did the residents of Medieval Leicester celebrate Christmas?
In Medieval England you would’ve celebrated across 12 days, from 25 December to Epiphany on 6 January. Sounds great doesn’t it? But these 12 days were preceded by a month of fasting called ‘Advent’. Nowadays most of us don’t fast we eat chocolate during advent instead!

This painting depicts Leicester's medieval marketplace on Christmas Eve and features the High Cross, once located in the area now known as Jubilee Square. An oil painting, 1900, by Henry Reynolds Steer.

22/10/2023

レスターでのレストランレビュー - Bonzai Sushi Bar🇯🇵

先月、私は友達とレスターで日本のレストランに行きました。とても楽しかったです😋
てんぱんやきを食べました。大好きでした😊🍜

レストランはきれいで、雰囲気がよかったです。レストランのスタッフはとても親切だと思います。

レスターで日本の料理を食べたいなら、Bonzai Sushi Barをおすすめします👌🍜🇯🇵
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🇯🇵Leicester Restaurant Review - Bonzai Sushi Bar 🇯🇵

I have walked past Bonzai Sushi Bar in Leicester many many times, and last month, I went with some friends.
It was really delicious. I loved my chicken teppanyaki😊🍜

It was really comfortable and the atmosphere and cleanliness inside the restaurant was very good. And I also thought that the staff were very friendly and helpful.

If you want Japanese food in Leicester, I recommend Bonzai Sushi Bar 👍🍜🇯🇵

22/10/2023

🇯🇵レスターでのレストランレビュー - Bonzai Sushi Bar🇯🇵

先月、私は友達とレスターで日本のレストランに行きました。とても楽しかったです😋
てんぱんやきを食べました。大好きでした😊🍜

レストランはきれいで、雰囲気がよかったです。レストランのスタッフはとても親切だと思います。

レスターで日本の料理を食べたいなら、 をおすすめします👌🍜🇯🇵
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🇯🇵Leicester Restaurant Review - Bonzai Sushi Bar 🇯🇵

I have walked past Bonzai Sushi Bar in Leicester many many times, and last month, I went with some friends.
It was really delicious. I loved my chicken teppanyaki😊🍜

It was really comfortable and the atmosphere and cleanliness inside the restaurant was very good. And I also thought that the staff were very friendly and helpful.

If you want Japanese food in Leicester, I recommend Bonzai Sushi Bar 👍🍜🇯🇵

11/04/2023

昨日のメルトンのレインボー🌈🌧️

Yesterday's rainbow in Melton, Leicestershire

08/04/2023

レスターのホップバスに乗りました。ホップバスは無料です。とても便利でした。おすすめします👍🚌

Took a ride the Leicester Hop bus for the first time! It's a free bus service around a small area of the city centre. Perfect to get from A to B if unsure on directions, there's announcements and a screen saying the next stop. It's very convenient 👍🚌

05/04/2023

{Melton Mowbray Day Trip 4/4/2023} (英語の下には日本語で書きました)🇬🇧🇯🇵

Yesterday, I shown Japanese people (who are in Leicester) around Melton Mowbray. It was so fun!
Firstly, my Japanese friends wanted to have a look inside St Mary's Church in the centre of Melton Mowbray, so we went inside. I explained that I was showing some Japanese people around Melton, and asked if we could take a look around the church. The people were so welcoming, friendly and helpful, so I want to say a big thank you to all the volunteers at St Mary's Church who made us all very welcome😊 I'm pretty sure that everyone really appreciated the information about the history of the church that the volunteers gave us😊
After visiting the church, we went to the famous "Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe" to buy lunch. It was delicious and a perfect day to eat lunch at the park.
Then, we visited the Melton Carnegie Museum where there's a lot of history about Melton and Leicestershire.
Finally, it started to become night-time, and we then went to have a drink at the traditional British pub The Crown Inn. The staff there were also very friendly. And the kind lady even put the heating on for us as it started to get cold.
It was a great day out and I hope that my Japanese friends had a great experience visiting a popular Leicestershire town.

Thank you to all the people who made the group feel welcome and it's great to see that there's so many friendly people in Melton 🙂



昨日、レスターでの日本人にメルトンモブリーを案内しました。とても楽しかったです。日本人はメルトンモブリーが好きだと思います😊 St Mary's Church のボランティアはとても親切な人でした。教会の歴史を教えてくれてありがとうございます！教会に行ってから、私たちは Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppeでひるごはんを買いました。美味しかったです。博物館も行きました。夜になるとき、私たちはThe Crown Inn でビールを飲みました。The Crown Innのスタッフもとても親切な人です。とても楽しかったです。日本の友達、日帰りに参加してくれてありがとうございました！メルトンの人もありがとうございました!😊

05/04/2023

{Melton Mowbray Day Trip 4/4/2023} (英語の下には日本語で書きました)🇬🇧🇯🇵

Yesterday, I showed Japanese people (who are in Leicester) around Melton Mowbray. It was so fun!
Firstly, my Japanese friends wanted to have a look inside St Mary's Church in the centre of Melton Mowbray, so we went inside. I explained that I was showing some Japanese people around Melton, and asked if we could take a look around the church. The people were so welcoming, friendly and helpful, so I want to say a big thank you to all the volunteers at St Mary's Church who made us all very welcome😊 I'm pretty sure that everyone really appreciated the information about the history of the church that the volunteers gave us😊
After visiting the church, we went to the famous "Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppe" to buy lunch. It was delicious and a perfect day to eat lunch at the park.
Then, we visited the Melton Carnegie Museum where there's a lot of history about Melton and Leicestershire.
Finally, it started to become nighttime, and we then went to have a drink at the traditional British pub The Crown Inn. The staff there were also very friendly. And the kind lady even put the heating on for us as it started to get cold.
It was a great day out and I hope that my Japanese friends had a great experience visiting a popular Leicestershire town.

Thank you to all the people who made the group feel welcome and it's great to see that there's so many friendly people in Melton 🙂

The Crown Inn Melton Carnegie Museum, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, UK

昨日、レスターでの日本人にメルトンモブリーを案内しました。とても楽しかったです。日本人はメルトンモブリーが好きだと思います😊 St Mary's Church のボランティアはとても親切な人でした。教会の歴史を教えてくれてありがとうございます！教会に行ってから、私たちは Ye Olde Pork Pie Shoppeでひるごはんを買いました。美味しかったです。博物館も行きました。夜になるとき、私たちはThe Crown Inn でビールを飲みました。The Crown Innのスタッフもとても親切な人です。とても楽しかったです。日本の友達、日帰りに参加してくれてありがとうございました！メルトンの人もありがとうございました!😊