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#1

• まる
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• 2023/07/29 05:31

They are hosting a craft beer event. Perfect for summer ！

August 4, 4 pm ～ 9:30 pm
August 5, noon ～ 9:30 pm
August 6, noon ～ 6:30 pm

https://bit.ly/hoppinfes

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#2

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• 2023/08/25 (Fri) 00:52
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GOOD MUSIC TERRACE by BLUE NOTE PLACE

Period ： August 24th (木) - September 3rd (日)
Admission ： Free

Blue Note is going to organize a DJ gathering It is.

https://www.bluenoteplace.jp/gmt_202308/

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• 2023/06/09 07:00

I heard that In and Out Burger was exhibiting for one day only.
I heard it was popular in the US and I wanted to try it but missed my chance ！.

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• 2022/06/23 03:01

Beer Fest Tokyo
June 4-5

They can enjoy craft beer from all over the world ！.

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#5

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• 2022/10/25 (Tue) 07:22
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A hands-on home improvement center is going to open at Yebisu Garden Place.
DCM DIY place. it's so difficult to make things in your own home in Tokyo.
It's nice to have a place to enjoy without worrying about noise.

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#6

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• 2022/11/01 (Tue) 08:14
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There will be a Baccarat chandelier exhibit from November 12 to January 9.
This is worth going to see.

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#7

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• 2022/11/22 (Tue) 03:50
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They are having a winter end-of-year party plan at Shironowa. Italian food is also good.

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#8

• ピーチパイ
• 2022/11/22 (Tue) 03:52
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A Blue Note restaurant is going to open in Yebisu Garden Place. It will be nice to enjoy music as well.

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#9

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• 2022/11/30 (Wed) 03:12
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I understand that it reopened in November.

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#1

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• 2022/05/25 01:14

The elevated mural has been reopened. How did it look like?

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• 2022/09/27 (Tue) 03:35
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They have a beer stand at the east exit for a limited time.
They also have hot dog sets, etc.

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• 2022/05/11 02:27

Life has launched an online supermarket ！ It will be convenient. https://www.life-netsuper.jp/

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• 2022/11/16 13:08

Gone again ？

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#4422

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私は自分の意思でコーヒーボランティアを止めたのに、今日彼女は、She got fired! と言いふらしていた。
毎日怒涛のテキストで嫌がらせをしているのは自分なのに、何故か私が彼女に長時間の嫌がらせテキストをしていると何人もの人たちに話していた。
私の事をShe's crazyと言いふらしているけれど、日本語レッスンの生徒さんは誰がいちいち怒ってレッスンを中断させたか知っている。でも無論、生徒さんにそんなこと確認する訳がないし、彼女に一方的にCrazyと言いふらされるまま悪評が広まっていく。

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#4423

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今朝もまた怒涛のテキスト。全く開いてはいないけれど、この粘着質さ加減は異常だ。
他の友達と行き違いやちょっとした摩擦があったりしても、ごめんね、とか仲直りしよっ、で済むけど、この人は絶対に相手を許さない。まだ今後のレッスンのスケジュールを私の他の友達に、何曜日何時から、と伝えて、と言ってきたそうだけれど、私のことクレイジーだとか教える能力がないだとか罵っておきながら、どうしてまだ一緒にレッスンする気でいるんだろう。私はもうとっくに生徒さんに、もう行けない、とテキストした。

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#4426

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まだ今も嫌がらせテキストが続いている。最初の一文しか見えないけれど、6回のレッスンで、何たらかんたら書いている。
最初の3回は一緒に2時間いたけれど、その後の3回は別々に1時間ずつやりたい、と私は言った。遅くに来ても早く来ても何でもいいからとにかく来て、と言われ、私は毎回とにかく1時間はしっかり教えた。でも彼女は、自分は2時間いたのに、後の3回は1時間しかいなかった私に怒っているようだ。私は最初から30分毎で交代、または1時間ずつ、と言ったのだけれど。
教えたい内容が違う二人が一緒に2時間教えるってどう考えても無理だし、大体非効率。
この話を持ちかけてきたのは彼女。軽い気持ちで始めた事が、毎日怒涛の嫌がらせテキスト、そして人の集まる場に行って私を一方的に悪く言われる事態になってしまった。
今また、「約2時間に渡る、いかにどうやって...」というテキストが入った。
また違うテキスト。「謝罪を潔くして下さいね。」エンドレスだ。

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#4427

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私は彼女に、2時間もいるのは大変でしょ？　私が教えている間は、離れたところで休んでても(携帯)ゲームしてても何しててもいいよ、って何度も言ったのだけれど。
決して離れずに同じテーブルにいて、そんな漢字難し過ぎる！そんなの言わない！死語！などと邪魔されてこちらは困っていたのだけれど、当人は自分が毎回2時間教えて、私は1時間しか教えなかったと思っている。その上、ブスとか超とか教えるとんでもない奴だと思っている。また嫌がらせテキスト

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#4428

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昨夜友人二人と三人でいて、周りにも大勢の人がいた時に、彼女はさんざん罵ってきた。私はずっと黙っていたけれど、She got fired! She is crazy!と何度も言われ、首になんかなってないけど！などと言い返した。それを今、「昨夜もフレックアウトした」とテキストしてきている。freak outも何も、彼女が私にさんざん嫌がらせを言ってきてエンドレスだから、私は、いい加減にして！と大声を出す羽目になる。私が何分黙っていても、罵るのを止めないのは自分。私の友人たちも彼女のクレイジーぶりに驚いている。

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どんな人が貧乏臭いと感じますか？
皆さんの意見をお聞かせください。

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• 2025/02/03 04:36

We moved to Hawaii from the Bay Area last May and have two children, our oldest is now 3.5 years old and our youngest is 1.5 years old.
I was interested in Montessori education before my children were born, and while researching, I heard that
Montessori Community School in the Makiki area is a wonderful school. I saw that over 95% of the students go to Iolani or Punahou each year
through the Feeding School to Iolani or Punahou schools.
I know that it is very difficult to get into Montessori Community School as there are several topics on this site.
I would like to enroll my oldest son from Kinder and my youngest son from Pre, what should I do to prepare for the entrance exam?
We would like to know what kind of education and preparation you have done for your son who is currently attending the school.
We have contacted the school and are afraid that the admission rate is quite high.

My two sons will be living in Hawaii for at least 10 years, so I am hoping that they will be able to attend Iolani School or Punahou School in the future
We are hoping to attend Montessori Community School. I heard that another school, Hana Hau'oli, is also a feeding school, but
I heard that you have to have some kind of connection such as family connection or working to get in, but I have given up because I have no connections in Hawaii.
I would appreciate any information you can give me if you have taken the test for Puri or Kinder.

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#57

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• 2026/01/30 (Fri) 07:04
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My son graduated from MCS and went from Middle to Punahou and graduated last year. He is now attending a state college in the Mainland.
Oh no, you can't compare Punahou to MCS. To be clear, MCS graduates have a very hard time getting to the top in Punahou.
The "pure gold Punahou kids" （ from Kinder ） are almost always at the top. At Punahou, we call the kids from Kinder "Punahou Kids".
80% of the students who went on to the Ivy League and the most prestigious colleges were also from Kinder.
MCS is a Montessori school, so academics are appropriate, and from about the 4th grade onward, children aiming for Punahou Middle must attend cram school or Tutor.
Don't expect to get into Punahou or Iolani just by taking MCS classes, the SSAT is very revealing.
Punahou, you need to be at least 90% on the SSAT after all these years of academic improvement.
When my son took the Middle, he got 80%. Anyway, Punahou and Iolani are not just the top two.
Once you get in, it's a matter of whether you can keep up with the Punahou kids or not. Anyway, there was a huge difference between the two schools, so as other parents have said, it is true that I had a hard time studying after I entered Punahou.

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#62

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• 2026/02/22 (Sun) 04:10
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I had my son attend Monte until 6th grade and took the Punahou, Iolani, Mippa, and Merinol entrance exams, and he was rejected by Punahou and Iolani and is now attending Mippa.
To be honest, I had heard that 90% of the students could go to Punahou or Iolani if they attended Monte, and the school claimed that Monte's education was advanced and comparable to Punahou and Iolani without a tutor. However, when I took the public test （ the national test and the SSAT ） I found that the Monte students were not at that level, but at best Mippa and Merinol.
I was so surprised and impatient that I rushed to the individual tutor and Takahashi Juku. By the time I realized it, there were 8 months until the exam. I could never catch up with Punahou and Iolani level.
In the school year my child attended, 13 students took the exam and 3 were accepted to Punahou or Iolani, and 10, including my child, were not.
As others have said, many of the families who attend Monte are Monte believers （ really believing faith ）. It was my fault for being so relaxed and believing what they said and what the school claimed, but by the time I realized it, it was already too late.
The same people who come to speak at the Elementary panel every year as parents of alumni, the same people. For a long time now. Monte is a laid back, small school. The community is small because of the small number of families and the small number of students, and the information is skewed so that it is too late, as it is for me.
If you are considering Elementary at Monte, you will need tutors, etc. from 4th grade at the latest if you want to go to Punahou or Iolani from the middle.

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#63

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• 2026/05/16 (Sat) 06:17
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It's been a while since I've used Vivinavi's private sales and came across this page. My son was also MCS, he was there through 6th grade and took the middle exam but was rejected from Punahou, he did not take the exam to Iola and is attending another school. My child's best friend （, who was in Kinder through 6th grade ）, was accepted to Punahou, but she feels a huge gap in academic ability and is losing confidence. She feels that the kids from Kinder are incredibly smart at Punahou, and that what they are learning at Elementary is far beyond what they are learning at MCS. My child's best friend was at the top of his class at MCS, but after a few years at Punahou, he is still below average. I sent my child to MCS because I thought it was a good idea to give priority to what he liked and to nurture him, but this backfired when it came to aiming for the top schools. The number of students who have been accepted to Punahou and Iolani from MCS in the past few years has been less than 30%, and I think this is a testament to that. What I can say is that the academic level of Punahou and Iolani today is different from that of Punahou and Iolani more than 5 years ago, or maybe the academic level of MCS has dropped. It could be both. Since Punahou has gone up 5% SSAT in the last 3 years. We are planning to try again narrowly （ high school entry ） which only takes a few students because my kids are not satisfied with their current school. By the way, when I took the exam in 6th grade, the whole class had tutors and went to cram school. The school said that it was unnecessary ！, but if I didn't have a tutor, I wouldn't have been able to pass any of the entrance examinations.

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• 2026/05/16 (Sat) 08:49
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We have been fortunate enough to be able to attend MCS pre in August and are now considering whether to send our child to MCS. This year, it seems that all applicants were able to apply for pre, because we contacted them in early March, just before the acceptance announcement, rather than after the application deadline, and they told us that they would send out First Round notices but that there were still spots available and that they would accept our application if we submitted one. ！ We are also wondering whether Central Union, St. Clements, or MCS would be better for us to attend Punahou from Kinder. We have paid the deposit for all three schools, so we are keeping all three. The reason why I applied to MCS in March is because I thought that even if I fail the Kinder exam because of Elementary.................... I thought that even if I failed the Kinder test, I would still be able to go to Punahou, but it looks like my chances of going to Punahou are slim. Thank you all for the useful information to consider.

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#65

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• 2026/09/30 (Wed) 05:02
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My daughter attends MCS’s Upper Elementary.
This year, MCS has fewer students than its capacity in both preschool and elementary school. You can still enroll even now. ！
The elementary school is constantly short on students and accepts applications year-round. Currently, there are only a handful of third graders, and while the school aims for 20 students per grade each year,
I’ve never seen a grade with 20 students.
Generally, the largest grade has only 12 or 13 students. The others have only around 10 students, and those are split into two classes—grades 1–3 in one class and grades 4–6 in another—
so the elementary school has a total of four classes for grades 1–6. There are only two teachers for three different grade levels. In any case, it is a fact that quality is declining due to a shortage of students, teachers, and facilities. Recently, only about two students have been accepted into Punahou’s middle school each year.
As others have noted, the acceptance rate to Punahou was 90% more than five years ago, but since about five years ago, Punahou’s academic standards have risen significantly compared to the past, so （ while the bar was already high, it now requires very high SSAT scores— and you won’t get in without a high percentile score. ） As long as MCS maintains its current educational program, it won’t be able to catch up to Punahou’s level. The school itself states that MCS is not a feeder school for Punahou. These days, many students from the middle school division end up going to mid-tier schools or charter schools.
If you’re considering enrolling your child at MCS with the goal of getting into Punahou after middle school, I think you should reconsider and look into a different school starting in kindergarten. Even at Hanahauoli, the acceptance rate to Punahou is only 60–70% these days. Our child entered preschool at MCS over five years ago, so we enrolled based on a 90% acceptance rate, and since this is the situation now while they’re still attending, we have no choice but to stay.

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• 2018/02/15 04:44

Those of you who have crossed the ocean to come here to Los Angeles and Japan
are always concerned about something related to your travel between Los Angeles and Japan.

If you have anything to say or questions, please feel free to write.
I'll try to write "something" as well.

Example ：
What means do you use to call when you return to Japan?

Which seat on the plane do you prefer, Aisle or Window, front, back,

Which airline do you think has the best food?

Which mode of transportation do you use to get to the local area?

and so on and so on

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#4619

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• 2026/09/14 (Mon) 07:03
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I have a simple question.
I think middle age starts in one’s 40s, but are people in their 60s or older—the age of retirement—considered elderly?
Are people in their 70s considered elderly? Or is there another way to describe them?

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#4621

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#4619 zoi,

I don't think you can draw a clear line there.

I was born exactly one year before the end of the war （—or rather, our defeat ）.

So, while I’m considered “late elderly,” I suppose you could also call me “terminally elderly.”

I could take a one-way trip to the other world at any time, but

it just doesn’t seem to happen. In other words, I’m “in excellent health.”

However, my dementia is slowly progressing.

Do you know this song? ？

“One Way Ticket”

Song by
NEIL SEDAKA

Choo-choo train chuggin' down the track
Gotta travel on, never comin' back
Ooh-ooh, got a one-way ticket to the blues (ooh-ooh)

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#4624

• Baikinman
• 2026/09/25 (Fri) 03:00
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This is Baikinman. For some reason—perhaps a mix-up—I haven't been able to post my writings lately.

I believe it started around 2009—excluding the pandemic period—and whenever I travel to Japan once a year, I walk the Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage, dividing the full circuit into roughly one-quarter sections and completing about two and a half circuits so far.

To be continued...

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#4627

• Baikinman
• 2026/09/27 (Sun) 05:31
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I haven't traveled to Japan yet this year.

Did I go last year? My memory isn't so clear—my dementia is getting worse.

I remember meeting up with four friends from junior high school at the ticket gates of Kunitachi Station on the Chuo Line in Tokyo

and going to a nearby restaurant.

According to K, who organized the trip, he tried calling everyone on the list from the old class reunion roster, but

either most of them had changed their phone numbers or those numbers were no longer in use,

so he couldn’t reach anyone. Well, it can’t be helped—we’re all over 80, after all.

I thanked K for all his hard work.

When you’re over 80, even if you’re still alive, you’re practically an alien—it’s so sad...

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#4628

• Baikinman
• 2026/09/28 (Mon) 13:42
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＞ The ticket gates at Kunitachi Station on the Chuo Line in Tokyo

That said, I imagine many of you don’t know exactly where “Kunitachi Station on the Chuo Line” is located in Tokyo.

To begin with, people usually read “Kokuritsu” as “kokuritsu,” right? But it’s actually pronounced “Kunitachi.”

Even I, who was born and raised on the eastern outskirts of Tokyo, used to pronounce it “kokuritsu” until around middle school.

Sorry for the pointless comment.

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• 2026/09/15 14:22

I want to connect with people who graduated from Kisarazu High School ！
When it comes to high school days, the Kisarazu High Festival is definitely the highlight.

Why don't we share our memories of the Kisarazu High Festival?

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