Hidemi WoodsMoney, Monks, and Good Luck hr677Although I don’t regard myself as a believer in Buddhism, I visit a nearby temple once a year as a custom with lots of wishes for the new…3 min read·Apr 20, 2024----
Hidemi WoodsA Super Drummer Appears! hr676There used to be numerous kinds of music magazines at book stores in the mid-80’s when my partner and I moved to Tokyo to become…4 min read·Mar 22, 2024----
Hidemi WoodsRamen Restaurants in Japan hr675Japanese people love ramen so much. Ramen is Chinese-style soup noodles which is obscenely popular in Japan. I hear that there are about…3 min read·Feb 17, 2024----
Hidemi WoodsA Life Foretelling Poem hr674My Japanese language teacher gave particular homework when I was a junior high school student in Kyoto. She assigned a Japanese poem to…3 min read·Jan 19, 2024----
Hidemi WoodsA Picture of the World After Death hr673There was a local temple one block away from my home in my hometown. The temple wasn’t a grand splendid kind that often appeared in…3 min read·Dec 16, 2023----
Hidemi WoodsWelcome to the Real World hr672In the mid-80’s, flashy, rhythmic songs were dominant throughout the Japanese pop music scene. It may have had to do with the Japanese…4 min read·Nov 18, 2023----
Hidemi WoodsThe Unhappy at the Happiest Place hr671Looking back, the bottom of my life was several years in the mid-80’s when I left my hometown and came to live in Tokyo where I was…4 min read·Oct 21, 2023----
Hidemi WoodsFor Myself Rather Than for the Earth hr669I 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…3 min read·Aug 19, 2023----
Hidemi WoodsGood and Evil hr668I 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…4 min read·Jul 22, 2023----