Hearing the music of Bon Odori, Japanese people cannot help but dance. — Fireworks, sea bathing, beer garden, watermelon, family get-togethers, and last but not least, Bon Odori (a summer festival dance) are all seasonal highlights of the summer season in Japan. For the past three years, we haven’t been able to hold summer festivals because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but this…

I’ve never had a summer as hot as this one — Since I had the day off from work yesterday, I intended to finish a few activities that I found challenging to complete when I was busy. Learning English comes first. I read several articles aloud and silently from Medium, VOA, and other news sources. Following that, classical guitar was practiced…

DEWP(Diary of English Writing Practice) — Despite Another Covid Surge, Deaths Stay Near Lows Most Americans now carry some immune protection, experts said, whether from vaccines, infection or both. For two years…www.nytimes.com The number of infected people has surged in Japan over the last few days. I read lots of different opinions on Twitter, from medical professionals to everyday people like me, about what countermeasures we should take to overcome the endless challenge. …

What I learned from the tragic incident of the former Prime Minister — 中庸 (chu-yo) is a Japanese word; 中 means middle and 庸 ordinally, common, and nothing noteworthy. It sounds boring if the word is interpreted literally, but I think it has a profound meaning. Sometimes, you have to make up your mind based on limited knowledge and opinions that you can’t…

Is anybody in Toastmasters? — The other night, I joined a Toastmasters meeting for the first time in a couple of years. I used to be a member of a Japanese -English bilingual club and learned many things from how to speak clearly in a concise way to making a persuasive and gripping speech. Most…

or you’d be regretting it profoundly — I don’t swing. I can usually stay calm when my friends get angry with everyday common hustles. I’m a would-be untouchable obachan!, so I know well how to control my feelings and try not to waste my limited energy on anything not worth spending. However, I’m as angry as I…

サブスク整理しないと — サブスクって安易にやっていると、気づかないうちに月々の支払いが大きくなってますよね。このMediumがそうですけど、、 ５ドルかあ。ワンコインならいいやんね！ でやり始めたわけなのに、円安のせいで月700円になってますね。ひえ~ 生活全般のスリム化をすすめていることもあって、サブスクに優先順位つけて、定期的に見直しが必要だなと思いました。あとは支払いに見合ったコンテンツなり機能を見い出せるかでしょうか。 今のところ、私は同年代の外国の方と繋がれるメリットを感じているのでしばらくは続けますけど、なんらかの収入につなげる一環として日本人がここを使うメリットはほぼないのかなあ。 I got a mail from Paypal informing me the monthly subscription payment was made for Medium. Fave dollars a month, it’s reasonable.

With 100 followers, now I can say I’m a member of this wonderful platform. — I didn’t know anything about Miduim a month ago. In the beginning, I was just thinking that writing on this platform would be good to force myself to write in English in order to keep my English skills. Maybe 100 words every weekend I’d be able to write down. …