Thank you for coming back. I am deeply sorry about the damage and influence by the typhoon at the beginning of this week. I would imagine that for some people it was such a devastating experience. Eve…

Thank you for coming back. Do you drink enough water? We hear the phrase “watch out for heatstroke” here and there and everyone has been careful to drink enough water. I also carried around my water b…

Thank you for coming back. I really want to apologize you about not writing this weekly column last week. Really sorry. In fact, I caught a cold and had a fever. The reason why I became sick was that …

Thank you for coming back. You may already have noticed but we have a new cash register now! I replaced the old one in July because I didn’t like it having no price display to shoppers. The one with a…

Thank you for coming back. Last Sunday, I was invited to go to somewhere on short notice. The destination was “Canoe Slalom Center,” which will serve as the venue for the canoeing (slalom) competition…

Thank you for coming back. On July 20 (Sat), when I was walking on the Nishiguchi-shotengai shopping street at the station to go grocery shopping, I suddenly came across a big crowd at the Shusse Fudo…

Thank you for coming back. During the three-day holiday under the rainy sky, I went somewhere with determination. It was the corner of the parking lot next to the flower shop (editor’s note: it is in …

Thank you for coming back. This month, my father will be 88. So, I visited my father’s house in Takasaki to celebrate his 88th birthday with my brothers this weekend! Before going there, I was thinkin…

Thank you for coming back. I have visited “Komorebi Chizakura,” which is a nice 18-story building completed in 2017 at the site of the old Chizakura Elementary School (in Higashi-Matsushita-cho near I…

Thank you for coming back. I went to a yakiniku restaurant after a long time. Located under a raised railway, the restaurant is called “Ito Kacho” (“Mr. Ito, section chief”). It is a strange name for …

Thank you for coming back. I made hand-made udon noodles. Recently, I have been eating only frozen udon noodles, but fresh ones are surely more delicious. I believe udon is Japanese people’s soul food…

Thank you for coming back. It is rainy season now. I was feeling a bit depressed thinking about the upcoming humid days. Then, my husband started cleaning the balcony. “If I don’t do this, it will be …

Thank you for coming back. I went to see a musical. The program was “Les Misérables,” which I wanted to see for a long time (at the Imperial Theater). It was amazing! I heard the cry of the soul in th…

Thank you for coming back. What’s going on? Why is it so hot already? It is still May! The climate in Japan now is obviously different from that when I was younger. Japan has become like the Amazon ar…

Thank you for coming back. Last weekend, I saw some people cleaning up after the Kanda-matsuri Festival at the former Imagawa Junior High School. Among many people, those wearing the stylish hanten co…

Thank you for coming back. I am really relieved because Kanda-matsuri Festival is over now for this year. There are still some of the sacred rituals to be held at Kanda Myojin, but the events in which…

May 7, 2019 Thank you for coming back! I should say “Happy New Era!” I wish all of you a great year of the 1s t year of Reiwa. Yes, it is a new era. I thought for sure I would spend a meaningful time …

Thank you for coming back.　　 The election is over now. The past week was very loud and noisy. Whenever I saw a campaign car, I almost wanted to say “You were just shaking hands of someone who doesn’t …

Thank you for coming back.　　　 Have you already noticed a poster for Kanda-matsuri Festival? There is less than a month until the festival on May 10 to 12. Therefore, my Kaji 2-chome Women’s division h…

Thank you for coming back. Last weekend, I was proceeding along Chuo-dori Street towards Nihonbashi for shopping. About halfway between Kanda Station and Mitsukoshi Department Store, I noticed a big s…

Thank you for coming back. Every time I saw on the TV news lots of people with a comment like “Here are people enjoying the Heisei era’s last hanami (cherry blossom viewing),” I was thinking that I wo…

Thank you for coming back. Though a little late, I went to see “Bohemian Rhapsody.” It was great! After the 135 minutes of the movie, now I know why this movie has been labelled a “blockbuster.” It wa…

Thank you for coming back. Now I am into something. It is called “Umakute Shogane!” which is a jar of finely-chopped domestically-grown ginger pickled in a special soy sauce-based sauce. It is very si…

Thank you for coming back. It was March 11 yesterday. It has already been eight years. I feel really sad and heartbroken when I see on TV that while there are many people who were affected the Tohoku …

Thank you for coming back. The Tokyo Marathon was held last Sunday, which was a cold day. There was a cold rain from morning, so I was hesitant to go for cheering. But, when I saw the top group arrivi…

Thank you for coming back. If you are working or living in this neighborhood, you should usually use JR Kanda Station. The station is going to celebrate the 100th anniversary since its construction in…

Thank you for coming back. I went to Chiyoda-ku Office on Saturday, February 9. It was the afternoon of a snowy cold day. I went there to attend an “Omotenashi language volunteers” training course in …

Thank you for coming back. I saw the item at my regular fresh produce place and I was so happy that I couldn’t stop myself from buying it. It was komatsuna leaves from Saitama (100 yen). They weren’t …

Thank you for coming back. I went to Kanda Myojin Shrine. The “Kanda Myojin Daikoku-sai” Festival was held on January 26 (Sat) and 27 (Sun). During the festival, the Daikoku deity, along with the Ebis…

Thank you for coming back. I had a girls’ night with my friend! This time, I was the one to choose the restaurant, so I made a reservation with the restaurant I wanted to go to for a long time. The re…

Thank you for coming back. It will soon be 10 years since I became a member of this family in Kanda! I started joining the community’s activities several years ago, and this year I finally attended th…