It was originally published as my homework blog in the former ESL class. [12/14/2015] Let me introduce a little book which was published 20 years ago. All the quotes in this book were taken from conversation with New York City cab drivers. They are not ashrams, not psychics, not professors…

It was originally published as my homework blog in the former ESL class. [12/06/2015] Do you know this machine? Gyrotonic exercise methods use specialized equipment that permits one to move with support and resistance. “Gyr-” means “ring, circle, spiral”. This is the key principle for this exercise; continuous flowing movements like drawing a circle, synchronized…

It was originally published as my homework blog in the former ESL class. [11/29/2015] Since moved to New York last summer, I have experienced many cultural shocks. I’m very interested in watching people with different cultural backgrounds. Cross-cultural awareness is everywhere in our daily life. …

Honestly I don’t play video games a lot. For the lack of knowledge, I didn’t care much about gender representation in video games before I moved to US. Last fall one of my classmates picked this topic for his assignment on our Exhibition Design class in college. He presented his…

First of all, I am grateful that Minovsky and Hannah Cairns gave me this opportunity. As you see I was too lazy to keep this Medium alive, but now it’s time to write something much longer than my tweets. Since yesterday Minovsky posted these tweets below. …

A Tokyo Girl named after New York — 9 — As I wrote, I’m going to study abroad. Since last fall, I’ve been attending a prep school in Japan, to take a credit transfer system for my preferred college. Last month, I finally submitted my application to the college. My major is graphic design. So I made a creative assignment…

A Tokyo Girl named after New York — 8 — I love all kinds of live performances, especially musicals. In Japan, a lot of musicals are imported from West End or Broadway after having been translated into Japanese lyrics. Everytime I go to the theaters of West End or Broadway, I always think that the original productions are the best…

A Tokyo Girl named after New York — 7 — Have you ever heard that the name “Anastasia” coming from Anastasis, which means “the awoken woman” or “restored life”? I had’t but I get it. Well, it must be the reason why so many people have been attracted to the story of the Princess Anastasia of Romanov still being alive…

A Tokyo Girl named after New York —6 — photo by okadaic A few days ago I saw the word ‘S.O.’ for my first time, and learned that it means ‘significant other’. Nice word! In Japanese, we say it like ‘Daiji Na Hito’, only the meaning of ‘the person who is important for you’. It includes your parents and…