The Rialto Bridge, also known as the "White Giant," is one of the four bridges spanning the Grand Canal in Venice, a port city on the Adriatic Sea in northern Italy. Located north of St. Mark's Square, it was originally made of wood...
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The early-harvested bamboo shoots from Satsuma Town, Kagoshima Prefecture, a town famous for its bamboo, are fragrant and have an excellent texture!
鹿児島は日本一のタケノコの産地。竹林面積も日本一で、大名竹、古参竹、唐竹、孟宗竹、それに緑竹、真竹、四角竹など種類も豊富です。 その豊富な種類から、鹿児島は1年中さまざまなタケノコを味わうことができます。早掘りタケノコは...
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Let's eat nanakusa-gayu (seven-herb rice porridge) with the hope that we will live a healthy and peaceful year.
January 7th marks the end of the New Year's holidays, and many people are likely returning to work. After a leisurely holiday, they're probably back to their hectic daily routines. With the overindulgence and drinking that was unavoidable during the New Year's period, many people are likely feeling tired in their stomachs and bodies. So...
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Enjoy reasonably priced daily set meals at "Shokuinshitsu Hamasho"
Located along Yurino-ki Street, across the intersection from Viola Tamachi, diagonally to the southwest, is "Shokuinshitsu Hamasho," a restaurant with a traditional Japanese atmosphere, marked by a white noren (curtain). While its exterior might suggest a high-class Japanese restaurant, a check of the menu board outside reveals it's an izakaya (Japanese pub)...
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The Yoshida and Hirano families' "New Year's Party 2014" at the Yoshida Residence: Traditional performing arts presented by members of the Shoto-kai
The event took place at the home of Akira Yoshida, who served as president of Nichiei Yoshida (now taken over by Kiuchi Construction), a company that was nationally recognized in the exposed concrete industry and has provided tremendous support as a supporter of the web magazine lade...
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As is customary at the end of the year, I help out with making New Year's Eve soba noodles at my family's restaurant, "Shokujidokoro Mine," in Makinohara.
Along National Route 150 in Makinohara, at the corner of the Shizunami Coast entrance intersection, you'll find "Shokujidokoro Mine," a Japanese restaurant where you can enjoy handmade soba noodles, eel, and set meals, with a soba banner flying and an orange, hand-dyed noren curtain swaying in the breeze. Actually, this is my family's restaurant. My parents opened it when I was little...
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Year-end party following "Mochi-making party 2013" at the Hase residence of first-class architect Moriyasu Hase Architectural Planning.
Just before the curve where the steakhouse "Asakuma" in Shikatani is located, you'll see a wooden house with a distinctive pentagonal roof – the Hase residence, with its minimalist design and dignified presence. As the year draws to a close, Mr. Hase declares, "These days, a man who doesn't even make mochi (rice cakes) is unacceptable!"...
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"Aspiration" - the act of writing down one's thoughts.
今回は「志」というテーマにしたいと思います。 人は新しい年や新しいことが始まる時に、「今年こそは絶対～をするぞ！」「今度はこんなことに挑戦してみよう！」などと様々な志をたてます。きっと、皆さんもオープン後にこんなことやあ...
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A "goal" to write down what you think.
今回のテーマは「目標」にしてみようと思います。 みなさん、今年の初めに立てた目標は順調に達成できそうですか？１年の始まりになんとなくたてた目標も、年末までにはきっちり明確にしていく必要があるのではないでしょうか。１年は長...
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"Dream Thief" - Writing down whatever comes to mind
『お前は無理だよ』と言う人の言う事を聞いてはいけない。 もし、自分で何かを成し遂げたかったら、できなかった時に、他人のせいにしないで自分のせいにしなさい。 多くの人が僕にも、お前にも無理だよ、と言った。 彼らは君に成功し...
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"Acceptance" - the ability to write down what you think.
今回は「許容」というテーマについて書き綴ってみたいと思います。 ずいぶん昔の話になりますが資生堂の代表取締役社を務める魚谷氏がとあるインタビューで 「真のグローバル化には異質を許容する度量を」 と言われていたことがありま...
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Preparation for writing down your thoughts
コロナウイルスが日本で初めて確認されたのは2020年1月15日。あれから社会は一変しました。あらゆる生活様式が変わり、3年経った今ではそれが当たり前のようになりつつあります。1年というものは長いようで、短いものです。ただ...
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