HaikuHaiku & Tanka Practice: My First English Book self-published
I have self-published some books in Japanese before, but this is the first time to publish a book in English. I am so ha...
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BlogWhy I am writing in English, even though it’s not my native language
English is not my first language. I was born in Japan and I grew up in Japan. My parents are Japanese and they don't hav...
HaikuAfter the 100 Haiku Writing Project
I started my 100 Haiku poetry project in English on the 20th of July and wrote the last one on the 16th of September. It...
BlogWhy did I start writing on “Medium”
A couple of months ago, I started writing in English which is my second language. I posted some blog articles on this pl...
Learn JapaneseHow do you say “you are beautiful” in Japanese?
In Japanese, 'beautiful' is "きれいKirei". When you want to tell someone "you are beautiful", you can say "Anata wa Kirei d...
BlogWhy do the Japanese say “Sorry” so often?
I read a blog article of a Japanese lady who lives in Vancouver. She said that she often says "sorry" when it is not rea...
BlogWhy do Japanese people say, “I can’t speak English,” even when they can understand basic English?
When I used to recruit people in Hong Kong, I always used to ask them if they could speak English, in Cantonese. 40% of ...
BlogWhy do I blog in English?
I have been blogging since 2015, talking about the life, languages, travel, wine, football and so on. All of them are wr...