16. Aquarium
I tried to romanticize the rainy season last week to the Australian of my heart and I have been truly […]
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The woman sitting in the reception of the hotel may seem familiar. She looks like a grandmother. She carries on […]
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I managed to get some holidays to visit my Japanese family at the end of next week. It is a […]
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Mrs. Sano, my Japanese mother called me yesterday to check on us. She reminded me that the doll festival Hina […]
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Before I lived with the Sano family in Hirakata, I first lived for a couple of months with the Sakakibara. […]
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It was summer 1997 and my first one in Japan. High temperature records were reached in Osaka. In Hirakata-shi, a […]
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The current typhoon striking Taiwan has indirectly affected us. It sent us a soaring heat, causing records that Hong Kong […]
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In the winter of 1999, I was working very hard during the day at the bank and living dangerously at […]
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The Kyomizu-dera is my favorite temple. It is a Buddhist temple situated in Kyoto. Some may weep before the Ginkakuji, […]
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While I was a student in Tokyo, I had to take care of the Dean of my French Business School […]
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