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In Japan, the summer of 2025 has brought us many hot days.How have you been spending this season?After the long Obon break, many of you are getting back into your routines today.I would also like to extend my heartfelt sympathy to all those affected by the heavy rains. The sunflowers I had been looking forward to, have finally started to bloom. Let’s stay strong the lingering summer heat and make the rest of the season!While I was on a short…

holidays Christmas eve has finally arrived in 2024.🎄I went on the slightly early Christmas holiday trip with my daughter. The festive illuminations or the Christmas displays in London The play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” in London, and the musical show “the Wicked UK tour” in ManchesterIn Manchester, we were able to reunite with a friend from my daughter’s primary school days who is in the show, and also with a primary school classmate and her mom for the…

I went to the UK for a week’s holiday. I went on a family errand, but I went on a short trip to Liverpool first. I saw the musical “Wicked” at the very lovely “Liverpool Empire Theatre”. There is a Japanese actress based in the UK who is performing on the stage, and I actually knew her as a child. That’s why I was really looking forward to seeing it. It was a truly inspiring and amazing performance and it…

The wind was cold and I still felt chilly yesterday, but today, it’s completely different–The sunshine makes me feel warm and it seems like spring has come! Various flowers are starting to bloom outside, which brightens me up!I have spring hay fever, so that’s a shame. The flowers in the photos are…“Oxalis” blooming profusely, overflowing from the pot, “Nemesia” gently blooming, trailing from the pot, “Thunberg’s meadowsweet” beginning to bloom, “Dogwood tree” with its discreet little yellow flowers, which tell…