Heartbeat

Hi, Thank you for correction. I'm currently developing Android application to inform one's safety at a disaster with my friends. and w...

The vending machine which sells happiness

I lately talked with my Aussie friend about the concept of happiness in Japan, seemingly made him confused. I read a short story on a ven...

a famous Joke about those who's on sinking boat

I quoted and translated this from a book on foreigner's jokes mentioning about Japanese people, which is written in Japanese. Please don'...

Law of preservation

I had a lesson for free in my travel agency today. We talked about a ranking of gender equality reported by World Economic Forum in 2008 ...

Snobs and arrogances

My American friend said Brits are snobs. My host mother in London said Americans are arrogant. That was a vividly symbolic story for ...

I said "British people don't work hard as compared to japanese people doing"

"Since British people developed new life style in Industrial Revolution, their current life styles are advanced, aren't them?" ...

Official stance and Honest feelings - Tatemae to Honnne

tatemae = official stance to = and honnne = honest feelings Tatemae to Honnne is a frequently used phrase which artistically points ...

no free wifi hotspots in japan

One of the astonished thing after I came back from London is we didn't have free wi-fi hotspots in Japan. I could connect my laptop to th...

ロンドンにいる友達へ　本の紹介

黄昏のロンドンから　著者名：木村治美／著 http://books.yahoo.co.jp/book_detail/AAA48903/ ロンドンに残ってる日本人の友達に是非いつか読んで欲しい本。ロンドンに家族で8ヶ月滞在した著者の見聞録。英国が斜陽の国といわれていた...

International Sushi

I saw loads of sushi restaurants and delicatessens during this travel. I'm grad to see Sushi is that popular in Europe. My Japanese fr...

Greek people

I've finished my travel in Greece. This is first time after I became to be able to speek in English. I felt strange and enlightened becau...

British spaghetti

Do you know the word, al dente?This is a Italian word which means boiling spaghetti for a short time(five minuets or less) and not boilin...

from Santorini

Hi there I started my travel this 17th and I'm in Santorini Island in Greece now. My hotel is in a village whose name is Ia, which is ...

inconvenience

A Japanese guy in London. I finished my English course on Friday two weeks ago. Though I've been here six months, I still have questions ...

My travel around Great Britain and Northern Ireland

I've come back from my short trip around Great Britain and Northern Ireland four days ago. I visited Belfast, Edinburgh, Bowness, York, L...