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The Importance of Going Outside

I visited Tokyo over the weekend. A friend of mine is going to the Philippines in May as a prelude to a working holiday. It wasn't necessary to go all the way to Tokyo just for that, but I unintentionally pushed her towards the working holi

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    • Visiting Kyoto for Crafts Tour

      Visited Kyoto with a friend of mine. Since my friend is a wood craftman, we decided to explore crafts and furniture. He took me to places I would never have gone alone, and I'm extremely grateful. The most surprising place was D&Departmen

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      • Visit Touristy Destinations from A Tourist's Perspective

        Yesterday, I visited Dotonbori. I wanted the Senegalese artist who was a guest in the Yoshino cedar home to experience the essence of Osaka. Since I usually don't visit there at night, it was quite different. Moreover, accompanying the gue

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        • Takashi Murakami also doesn't create everything from scratch, does he...?

          Yesterday, I visited Takashi Murakami's 'Mononoke Kyoto' exhibition. Murakami's works are pop and anime-inspired, so personally, I had a fulfilling time. Since it was a holiday, there were quite a lot visitors, especially foreigners, which

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        The Importance of Going Outside

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          Exquisite Game Cuisine

          Yesterday, I visited a members-only game cuisine restaurant located in Totsukawa Village, Nara Prefecture. Since the location is secret, only members can find their way there, and it's built deep in the mountains, where the area is known fo

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          Exquisite Game Cuisine

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          Time Perception While Recovering from Illness

          This week, I fell ill for the first time in a while and had to take two days off work. It was the first time I had been forced to stay indoors since the COVID isolation period. However, unlike during isolation, being stuck at home this time

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          Time Perception While Recovering from Illness

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          Visit to the Log Memorial Market

          On March 5th, the Yoshino Log Memorial Market was held. A memorial market is larger in scale than a regular market, attracting more buyers and giving it a more market-like atmosphere. In regular markets (including those organized by the ass

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          Visit to the Log Memorial Market

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          Enjoy the Fragrance of Yoshino Cedar with the Japanese Sake 'Kikumasamune'

          I have been suffering from subtle inconvenience of hay fever. High-Quality Sake Barrels: 'Kikumasamune' I participated in a factory tour at Kikumasamune, a sake brewery located in Higashinada Ward, Kobe City. It was a great experience whe

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          Enjoy the Fragrance of Yoshino Cedar with the Japanese Sake 'Kikumasamune'

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          The Communication Barrier with the Elderlies

          I feel frustrated with the scarcity of time schedules at the rural Toho Cinemas. It's obvious, but values differ with different generations Moving to the countryside, I've had a lot of opportunities to have chats with elderlies. I used to

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          The Communication Barrier with the Elderlies

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          The Quality of Yoshino Forestry Born from Desiring What Isn't There

          I've been into Japanese crafts recently. Characteristics of Yoshino forestry that can be described as absolute are the 'absence of knots and the fineness of growth rings.' Perhaps it goes without saying, but literally, there are few knots

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          The Quality of Yoshino Forestry Born from Desiring What Isn't There

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          Rural Anti-Capitalistic Ideology

          There was an incident that made me think, 'Is earning money wrong?' If there are people who would answer 'No' to this question, I would definitely like to hear their reasons. After moving to the region of Yoshino in Nara and having more o

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          Rural Anti-Capitalistic Ideology

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          China As A Threat

          The other day, I came across an interesting article. It was about whether China might become a global exporter of timber in the future. China, known as the "world's factory," has seen significant development not only in manufacturing but al

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          China As A Threat

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          Tokyo Vice, Biased？

          I recently watched Tokyo Vice on Netflix. This movie is literally an underground film set in the metropolis of Tokyo. It begins with a young American named Jake joining a prestigious Japanese news publisher. It was intriguing. It was kind

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          Tokyo Vice, Biased？

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          Forever Seeking Approval

          People, regardless of age, always want to seek approval and show their sense of purpose to those around them. When living in the countryside, I often find myself working with elderly people. Until then, I had assumed that older individuals

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          Forever Seeking Approval

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          Underestimated Communication...

          I think everyone understands the importance of communication. It could lead to conflicts among friends and, in business term, even a single misunderstanding might result in significant losses. However, despite this widely recognized signifi

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          Underestimated Communication...

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          Unique Hinoki

          Japanese Cypress (Hinoki) has the effect of suppressing Escherichia coli, and especially in Nara, Hinoki produced there is considered to have a higher efficacy compared to Hinoki from other prefectures.

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          Unique Hinoki

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