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    Re: Pruning for Our Yards by the Silve…

    シルバー人材センターの皆さんによる裏庭の剪定作業I had my house's yard pruned by the centers today. I don't have any t…

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    Re: Odani Castle “Sengoku”…

    This year is the 450th death anniversary of Asai Nagamasa (浅井長政), who is well known as the father of that Asai Th…

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    Re: Rose Flowers are Now in Full Bloom…

    Many friends have posted superb beauty of Roses on FB since May arrived. As I read an article about the flower on the…

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    Re: Lake Smelts Fishing at Lake Yogo […

    I went to the artificial water stream (人工河川) this morning too, in order to displace beds on which lake smelts lay…

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    Re: About the Pleasure of Maps Authore…

    These three books were written long time ago, 1972, 1976 and 1987, respectively. The reason why I borrowed them from …

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    Re: Other types of cherries are now in…

    The name of major cherry flowers in Japan is SOMEIYOSHINO (ソメイヨシノ), the season of which has already gone. But o…

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    A Diary of “Slammed” Dispa…

    The book is filled with many happy and painful episodes that the tour conductor had to experience with guests, a tour…

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    Re: Summary of 4 Days’ Tour Guiding ar…

    【In English】I did the tour guiding again for the 3 groups from USA, from 15 (Wed.) to 18 (Sat.) in this month. When…

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    Re: Butterflies that Cross the Ocean, …

    When I was making a walking exercise today, an acquaintance kindly told me that there were a lot of rare butterflies …

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    Re: Small Driving Trip around the Nort…

    After a periodical dental checkup in Nagaoka-kyo today, I made an impromptu visit to Hyakuman-ben (百万遍) area of th…

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    Re: Asai Nagamasa (浅井 長政) & His F…

    After the follow-up of my periodical health check-up, I visited Nagahama Castle History Museum, since I read in the n…

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    Re: The Farthest Cape of ERIMO (最果の岬 襟…

    I came to the cape at last, which was one of the main purposes of this trip. The view from the tip never betrayed my …

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    Re: En-nichi, a Fair Day or Festival D…

    One of the most exciting events in our summer holidays must've been this Festival in our nearest town of Kinomoto. Ou…

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    Re: The Effect of Daily Walking Exerci…

    A Walking ManI've made it a rule to make a walking exercise every day. The statistics for about 5 years after my reti…

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    Re: Pareto Analysis for the Expenditur…

    【In English】Since I got the details for the credit card payments, I made the Pareto analysis. The total spending fo…

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    Re: The Ritual Ceremony of Shinto Puri…

    Shinto is an old ethnical religion that is unique to Japan. Every neighborhood in a village, town and city, small or …

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    Re: Hiking along the Mountain Path, wi…

    As I touched it in the beginning of this month, I like walking along a nearby mountain path in this greenery season. …

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    Re: A Shower of Cherry Flowers at Naga…

    The shrine, where Sugawara-no-Michizane is enshrined, is very near from the previous head office that I used to work.…

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    Re: My Own Website of a National Gover…

    I was quite ignorant about making WEBSITE, but thanks to a professional IT engineer's help, I managed to create my ow…

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    Re: Jizo Bon En-nichi (地蔵盆縁日)

    When I was a kid, one of the most exciting events in our summer holidays was to go to the Obon festival, i.e., En-nic…