Cebu Island continues to grow year by year.As the second largest city in the Philippines, more and more high-rise buildings are being built, but the infrastruct...

My wife wanted to get a hot press sandwich maker the other day. She liked the hot-pressed sandwiches she had at Coffee Ito when we went back to Fukuoka, and wan...

It was 26 years ago on February 25 that Tatsuya Jo, a man I admired, passed away. Mr. Jo is famous for his narration on FM Tokyo's Jetstream, which he did for 2...

I wrote the other day about the results of a survey showing that people who are married are happier.This is the same for all ages, regardless of gender. For exa...

I read a book about a society in which "living alone" will soon become the norm. In Japan, there are a significant number of people who do not or cannot get mar...

February 14th was Valentine's Day. In Japan, this is the day when women give chocolates to the men they like.Chocolates are distributed not only to the men you ...

The Japan Airlines travel coupons I've been accumulating every month since July 2018 arrived yesterday.I paid 9,678 yen per month for 30 payments of 290,340 yen...

I've been running this blog on a "Name.com" server, but the display was very slow, so I decided to move to a different server. I had signed a contract with Xser...

My apartment is built right next to the railroad tracks, and when a train goes by, it makes a lot of noise.I'm trying to start a podcast, but I can't record dur...

Last night when I was trying to sleep, the shaking started slowly.Immediately, the earthquake alarm started ringing from my smartphone, and the shaking became l...