Tag: USA
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The next US President and Japan’s future / 米国大統領選と日本の未来
日本文が後ろに続きます。 Joe Biden made a victory speech as the President-elect today after mysterious ballot-counting processes. However, the Supreme Court of the United States will decide who the real winner is because President Donald Trump is filing cases to courts of several States on the results. No matter which will be the next President of the…
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Taco Bell in Japan / タコベルがとうとう日本に!
日本文が後ろに続きます。 Today I went to Taco Bell at Shibuya, which had opened last Tuesday as Japan’s first Taco Bell store and hundreds of people had waited in the queue for more than two hours in front of the store on the first day only. Today there was a long queue, too. A staff member standing…
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Festivals in spring / 桜の季節のお祭りたち
I went out and walked around various places in the cherry blossom season this year. Here are some of the pics. 今年の桜の季節はいろんな場所を歩いてきました。
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National Azabu Supermarket closed / ナショナル麻布スーパーマーケット閉店
日本文が後ろに続きます。 National Azabu Supermarket at Hiroo, where foods, groceries, books, toiletries and stationery imported from abroad were available, terminated operation as of today due to the age of its building. The Hiroo neighbourhood is one of the places I visited very frequently because the training centre of the company I worked for was in that…
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My current views in English / 英語について
日本文が後ろに続きます。 We Japanese know that English is the world’s de facto standard language everyone in the world needs to learn to communicate with each other in this fast-globalising society. Mastering English is, nevertheless, one of the greatest hardships for most of Japanese who were born in Japan and raised by Japanese parents within Japan. They…
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Negishi Heights
I visited Negishi Heights today. At first it was scheduled to open to public last Saturday, but the festival was put off until the next day because of rain. Several US military bases are open in the spring season but I couldn’t go to most of them this year because I caught a cold in…
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Atsugi Naval Air Facility
Spring is the best season to visit American military bases of the Kanto Plain. They are open to public to let people see cherry blossoms, see American buildings, and get American foods, drinks, T-shirts and goods. I enjoy feeling American taste every time I enter on base. The first gate-open in this year is NAF…