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2025-04-01から1ヶ月間の記事一覧

A Family Story That Spans 100 Years

Come Come Everybody is a drama series provided by NHK, originally broadcasted from 2021 to 2022 and rebroadcasted from last year to yesterday. I didn't watch in 2021, but did watch the rebroadcasting, anticapating it every day. This drama …

The Seating Issue at Concerts

In this decade, ticket prices for concerts have skyrocketed, though people have craved live performances amid widespread of streaming services. For example, Talor Swift made a great imapact on the areas she visited for concerts, resulting …

100 Days of the 2nd Trump Administration

100 days have passed since Donald J. Trump was in power. Let's look back on how the US and the world has changed after his second administration began. First, the Ukaraine War has not ended even though Trump claimed he would stop the war w…

Too Many Pictures

After I owned my smartphone, the number of puctures in it has been risen dramatically, making it harder for me to manage them. What's more, the Apple Customer Service told that my iCloud was full and it would be better to upgrade to more s…

The Campaign Speech That Ruined My Morning

In Japan, you have the best season where you can feel not so hot and not so cold temperature. Though full blooming of cherry blossoms ended, you can enjoy various flowers bloomimg. It was quite a comfotable morning until the campaign speec…

Video Games and Me

According to the newspaper I read, the Nintendo's new gadget, Switch 2, is so demanding that customers are hard to obtain. It seems that the suply of Switch 2 is not enought for all the customers. When you take a train or on a bus, you wil…

Nights in the Guesthouse

One problem for me to visit Tokyo was few affordable accomadations because of the rapid increase of foreign visitors. According to the Japan Travel Agency, the number of foreign visorts hit the highest in the first three months this year, …

The Demise of the Pope

Pope Francis passed away the other day, and the world has mourned his demise. Coincidentally, the movie called Conclave, a historical election to choose the next Pope, is now on theaters. Although I haven't watched it, some movie fans have…

A Dreamy Amateur Musician

While I was in Tokyo the other day, my friend and I went to a music studio to play some music. We once formed a band to celebrate some friends' weddings, but the band stopped playing as the members had families. That said, playing in a mus…

Tough Lives in the Metropolis

As I mentioned earlier, I visited Tokyo from last Friday to Sunday, which was one of the most fulfilled trips I've ever made. I'd like to express my deepest gratitude for taking the time to meet me, depite busy schedule and great resposibi…

A Question from a Stranger

The second day of my trip to Tokyo was also fantastic just as the first day. When I left the guesthouse I've stayed, a man asked me in English for what this facility was because the hotel name is "samurai" and he is interested in Japanese …

EC Was Still There

My trip to Tokyo this time may be the best one I've ever done because I'm in a blissful feeling to meet my English teacher in person. In addition to that, the Eric Clapton concert I saw last night was amazing!! He sang and played the guita…

The New Gateway in Kobe

I'm going to Tokyo today, and the transportaion I'm using is a flight from Kobe Airport. Coincidentally, today Kobe Airport starts international lines, though this airport had had only domestic lines. It's so great for many people includin…

Almost All Set for Tokyo

My trip to Tokyo will begin tomorrow, and fortunately the preparation is almost all set for now. The main objective of this trip is to see the Eric Clapton concert at Budokan, which makes me exciting. Considering his early carrer with drug…

The Expo Grandma

As the Osaka Expo kicked off a few days ago, more articles on this event have been reported than before. Among those, one article attracted me that reports about a woman who entirely took part in the 1970 Osaka Expo, the 2005 Aichi Expo an…

Just Like in a Fairy Tale

I wrote a trip journal yesterday when I went to Hiroshima and took an Eiken interview test last July. The test was my third attempt, but unfortunately the result was a disaster because I was almost speechless during the test. It was so emb…

The Osaka Expo Kicks Off

The 2025 Osaka Expo opened yesterday, and many media outlets have reported news related to the Expo. Also there have been a lot of posts about the Expo on social media platforms that tell thoughts on how they felt the Expo. In addition to …

Permanent Collection

After I finished reading "Tobuga Gotoku" by Ryotaro Shiba, I began to read "Permanent Collection" by Maha Harada. This book consists of six short strories, all of which are related to arts, especially a piece at premanent collection. This …

Lights Out Again

After I wrote about the light on my desk stopping to work, the room light burnt out last night. It is quite strange that home appliacnce breaks one after another. Also, I refered to Michael Shenker, a German guitarist, as one of his master…

The Lost Passwords

My PC is about six years old, and recently its move tends to slow, frustrating me. The typical recovery from a solid state of PCs will be to reboost a PC, but yesterday the login passwords that my PC remenbered vanished, annoying me. Fortu…

Lights Out

Normally I sit down on a chair, working with my PC on the desk. Unfortunately, the light on the desk suddenly came to an end this morning, and so I went to buy a new one. What a time consuming! This unexpected event reminds me of Lights Ou…

Acoustic Guitar Duo

I went to see Rodrigo y Gabriela concert in Osaka last night. Rodrigo y Gabriela is an accoustic guitar duo, originally from Mexico, consisting of Rodrigo and Gabriela. They were initially in heavy metal bands, but changed their style into…

How Chaotic the Early Meiji Era Was

From December last year, I started to read "Tobuga Gotoku" by Ryotaro Shiba, and finished the series that span ten volumes the other day. This novel taught me how chaotic the first period of Meiji era was. I'd like share what I though whil…

A Glitch in the ETC System

According to some media outlets, the Electronic Roll Collection System(ETC) at various highways in Japan falied to work yesterday, casuing massive traffic jams in many places and making people annoyed and disappointed. As the full-blooming…

The Whisky

When I visited the Beverly Hills Hotel in LA, the bus I took went through Sunset Boulevard. Looking out of the window on the bus, I saw Whisky a Go Go, a famous music venue. Therefore, I went to see the venue after I had visited the Beverl…

One Fine Day in Akashi

Amid the economic turmoil brought by the Trump administration, we visited Akashi City, enjoying and looking for the atmosphere of spring. There were many visitors at Akashi Park enjoying Hanami, and so did we. My companion was kindly ready…

Is the Demise of Free Trade Inevitable?

The Trump administration announced a tariff policy, having a huge negative impact on all over the world. Many experts have claimed the US policy will destroy free trade that has contributed to the world economy. In fact, stock markets in t…

Checking Out of Hotel California

As I wrote about Abbey Road, which is famous for the Beatles's iconic album cover, I'd like to share my story when I visited California, looking for the place used as the Eagle's Hotel California album cover. Hotel California is a song by …

Abbey Road and I

As I predicted in a yesterday's diary entry, there were a lot of April Fools online. One post I noticed was about Abbey Road, one of the most famous crossings in the world. The Twitter account of Abbey Road mentioned like this: It is with …

Reflections on Lies

April has come! I often use the same phrase, but again I want to shout loudly how time flies! Speaking of April, the first day of the month is well known as April Fool where you can tell a lie. So I'd like to think about lies, honesty and …