My experience

I Watched Five Magic Shows Today

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(Note: I use AI to help me translate my stories from Japanese to English.)  In Fukui, Japan, I watched five magic shows today. It was Children’s Day in Japan, so today was a holiday. At the venue, there were about 40 people, most of them children. An adult man served as the MC and hosted the … Read more

My First Opera Experience

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(Note: I use AI to help me translate my stories from Japanese to English.) I watched an opera in person for the first time. I had always wondered what opera was like and how it differed from musicals, so I decided to find out. In opera, performers basically do not use microphones, whereas in musicals, … Read more

My First Experience of Rokyoku, a traditional Japanese narrative singing performance

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(Note: I use AI to help me translate my stories from Japanese to English.) I experienced Rokyoku, a traditional Japanese narrative singing performance, for the first time. I attended a Rokyoku performance in Ishikawa, Japan. Rokyoku is a genre of traditional Japanese storytelling that began over 100 years ago. In a Rokyoku performance, the rokyokushi … Read more

My First Experience Seeing a Musical

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(Note: I use AI to help me translate my stories from Japanese to English.) I saw a musical for the first time in my life. I had seen movies at theaters before, but I had never seen a musical. Movies are recorded, but musicals are live, and no one knows exactly what will happen. I … Read more

The Artist’s Way: A Book That Changed My Life

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 (Note: I use AI to help me translate my stories from Japanese to English.) In this book, you can learn how to recover your creativity. Readers follow a 12-week program. This book was published in 1992 and has sold several million copies. Many famous people have read this book, such as Olivia Rodrigo, Bella Hadid, … Read more

What I Learned After Reading 3,000 Books

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(Note: I use AI to help me translate my stories from Japanese to English.) I started reading books seriously twenty years ago, and I have now read about 3,000 books. Before that, I didn’t read much. I had an inferiority complex about reading.Because of this, I tried to read as many books as possible. I … Read more

I don’t want to be tormented by feelings of grudge and anger, so I tried this practice

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(Note: I use AI to help me translate my stories from Japanese to English.) In 2010, I learned about Loving-Kindness Meditation for the first time. I found it interesting, so I tried it. Loving-Kindness Meditation is an ancient Buddhist practice that cultivates kindness toward oneself, others, and all living beings. However, when I first tried it, … Read more

Let me share my mysterious experience

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(Note: I use AI to help me translate my stories from Japanese to English.) I had a mysterious experience more than 20 years ago. At that time, I stopped going to graduate school. It was the first major setback in my life. I felt strong stress from human relationships, so I quit going to school. I … Read more

I listened to a speech by Kazuo Inamori, a legendary figure in Japanese management

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(Note: I use AI to help me translate my stories from Japanese to English.) Kazuo Inamori (1932–2022) was one of the founders of Kyocera and KDDI, both of which are very large Japanese companies. He is often called a Japanese “god of management,” like Konosuke Matsushita (1894–1989). Inamori also established the Inamori Foundation and created the … Read more

I listened to interesting talks by Nobel Prize winners.

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(Note: I use AI to help me translate my stories from Japanese to English.) In 2016, I attended a public conversation in Nagoya, Japan, between Shinya Yamanaka and Isamu Akasaki, both Nobel Prize laureates. Shinya Yamanaka is an entertaining speaker, and I laughed a lot during his talk. He said that it is important to find … Read more

I attended a lecture by Shuji Nakamura, a Nobel Prize laureate.

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(Note: I use AI to help me translate my stories from Japanese to English.) In 2015, in Osaka, Japan, I attended a lecture by Shuji Nakamura, a 2014 Nobel Prize laureate in Physics. He spoke very frankly, and it was enjoyable to listen to him. He insisted that Japanese students should learn from American students, noting … Read more