2019-11

Blog

The reason why Japanese people don’t speak English

Japan seems like one of the most developed countries in Asia. However, you may be surprised that people in Japan don’t r...
Poetry

A Voice – a poem

I cannot hear your voice who is sleeping at the bottom of the water as calmly as the breaths of jasmine I'm like a small...
Blog

Writing poems may be a good approach when you start creative writing in a non-native language.

I have been writing in English, which is my second language, since the end of 2018. I first started blogging, but what I...
Poetry

You can’t sing

You can't hear because you close your ears the voice is floating in the air even the music is released, already You can'...
Blogging and Marketing

I seem to have earned on Brave, but my withdraw will be put on hold

The browser Brave was officially released recently. I started using Brave a few months ago and switched to it as my main...
Poetry

A Looming City

I was waiting for a bus and it happened
Blogging and Marketing

Somebody tipped me on my tweet though the browser ‘Brave.’

The other day, I mentioned the new browser ‘Brave’ in the article about the Canadian Internet connection. I also wrote a...
Blog

Travelling in Japan is not expensive.

I am a Japanese person who lives in Canada. I often go back to Japan to visit my family and friends. Surprisingly, there...
Blogging and Marketing

Tumblr doesn’t Work with Google Adsense Anymore, How to monetise Tumblr blogs in 2020

Tumblr is a smart platform for blogging, but it is not very straightforward if you are seeking to make money from it. I ...
Blogging and Marketing

Review of Brave browser: Rural Canadian internet speed can be really crap, so I tried using Brave

Our house is in a remote area in Quebec and we have a satellite internet connection which is crap. There is no cable int...
Blogging and Marketing

“Cocoon” The best Free WordPress Theme I’ve ever used is made in Japan

Lots of bloggers love blogging on Wordpress (WP). It's easy to use and flexible for customising. There are many themes w...
Blog

What is the most powerful social media in Japan?

I started writing on Medium in March 2019. I also registered on Patreon a couple of months later. So far, I have been co...
Learn Japanese

What does ‘Emoiエモい’ mean?— its pronunciation and how to use it

I have lived outside of Japan for more than 10 years, so I am a slow learner of the Japanese newest words. I have to upd...
Blog

You need to be who you are as a writer

Do you remember the moment when you first yourself in the mirror? I think I remember that moment, although it might have...
Blog

When a poet gets transformed into a beast

This is one of my favourite fiction stories written in Japanese; ‘The Moon over the Mountain’ (Japanese title: 山月記Sanget...
Blog

Sleeping in trains

I read an article about Japan which said that Japanese people don’t have enough sleep compared with other countries.
Blog

I’m Japanese, but I don’t like Manga.

Manga, which is called ‘cartoon book’ or ‘comic’ too, is one of the most popular Japanese cultures. I am proud of it as ...
Blog

Can Poets survive on Medium?

Medium changed their system for calculating writer-earnings on 28th Oct. 2019, and the new system doesn't seem to work v...