(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
(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
(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
(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
(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
(Note: I use AI to help me translate my stories from Japanese to English.) I wasn’t interested in cleaning and tidying up before. I believed that if I gained knowledge and skills, I could change myself. For a long time, I didn’t clean the windows in my room, and my room was not clean. However, these … Read more
(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
(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
(Note: I use AI to help me translate my stories from Japanese to English.) In 2016, I attended a lecture in Japan by Hiroshi Amano, a 2014 Nobel Prize laureate in Physics, together with my mother. His voice was so soft that I thought he sounded like a child in an adult’s body. He looked kind, … Read more
(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