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A Long Way to Freedom hr670

A Long Way to Freedom hr670 I have started a video Podcast. A complex about looks resides in me always, all my life. When I was a child, my mother used to say, “If only you don’t have a nose like that,” by shading my nose with her hand. She…

Podcast

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A Long Way to Freedom hr670
A Long Way to Freedom hr670
Podcast

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Aug 19

For Myself Rather Than for the Earth hr669

I am stingy. I switch off the lights, turn off a faucet, and shut the refrigerator door as soon as I finish using them. I mend holey socks and replace loose elastic strings on pajama pants instead of buying new ones. Whether at home or at a restaurant, I never…

Sustainable Development

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For Myself Rather Than for the Earth hr669
For Myself Rather Than for the Earth hr669
Sustainable Development

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Jul 22

Good and Evil hr668

I haven’t seen my parents for about five years now. When I saw them last time, they were in their late seventies and my mother told me an episode for a giggle. It goes as follows. During a recent trip my parents took, they went along the highway beside a…

Motherhood

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Good and Evil hr668
Good and Evil hr668
Motherhood

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Jun 18

Something Never Obsolete hr667

There are many things that used to be common and have become obsolete now. In Japan where I was born and grew up, an analog calculator called ‘soroban’, a Japanese abacus, had been so popular and seen everywhere when I was a child. Almost every store and household had one…

Japan

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Something Never Obsolete hr667
Something Never Obsolete hr667
Japan

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May 20

Lazy and Talented hr666

I started taking piano lessons at the age of four and had continued on and off until I was fourteen years old. Yet, not a single classical piece exists that I can play properly. There are several clear reasons for that. To begin with, the motive for the lesson was…

Piano

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Lazy and Talented hr666
Lazy and Talented hr666
Piano

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Apr 21

The Happiest Memory hr665

What I remember as the happiest memory in my childhood is the day that my parents took my younger sister and me to the confectionery factory for a guided tour when I was about seven or eight years old. Theme parks hadn’t arrived in Japan yet and even a factory…

Japan

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The Happiest Memory hr665
The Happiest Memory hr665
Japan

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Mar 17

The Happiest Place in Tokyo hr664

It was 1983 when the theme park which host is the mouse opened in Japan for the first time outside the U.S. Two years after it opened, I left my hometown and began to live by myself in Tokyo to pursue my career as a musician. My partner was the…

Tokyo

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The Happiest Place in Tokyo hr664
The Happiest Place in Tokyo hr664
Tokyo

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Feb 17

Living by Myself in Tokyo hr663

When I left my hometown for Tokyo and started living by myself there in the mid 80’s, quite a few second-run theaters for movies still remained. Those theaters showed two or three films at the price of one new film. The best experience of mine was when I saw ‘Top…

Tokyo

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Living by Myself in Tokyo hr663
Living by Myself in Tokyo hr663
Tokyo

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Jan 20

My Travel hr662

A trip can require an enormous effort. In my case, it starts by making time to plan in a hectic daily life which consumes me with work. Once I manage to find time for planning a trip, a long way to finish it awaits. I search all over the Internet…

Travel

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My Travel hr662
My Travel hr662
Travel

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Dec 17, 2022

The Survivor hr661

A small plane was landing on a runway. Beyond it was a blue ocean with white wave crests beneath a cloudy sky that was beginning to be cracked and show a glimpse of the blue sky with a ray of sunlight. That was what I was gazing blankly at through…

Airports

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The Survivor hr661
The Survivor hr661
Airports

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Hidemi Woods

Hidemi Woods

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Singer, Songwriter and Author from Kyoto, Japan. HidemiWoods.com

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