Living Apart From My Family

I have to live apart from my family for a while because of my job. Our company will open a new restaurant in Izumo whicg is 45 kilometers away from my home and I will work for the restaurant as...

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Driving with My Son

I went to Izumo public health department to submit some documents the other day. I was off that day so I took my younger son to Izumo. There is a nice drive along Lake Shinji between Matsue and Izumo. I...

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The Second Day of a Family Camping

It was fine on the second day of our family camping this summer. My two sons got up early to find beetles in the woods but they did not find a lot of them. My wife and I made breakfast;...

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The First Day of a Family Camping

Our family has just returned from camping. We went camping at Ogidani Campsite. We went there for five years in a row. It was the first time that we used a rented log bungalow; we used to use our own...

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Family Camping

My family, my wife, two sons and I, go camping every summer. Before my sons were born, my wife and I went camping alone together. We are going to go camping in Ogidani Camp Site, Hiroshima Prefecture next week and...

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Fishermen Stopped Operations

About 200,000 fishing boats stopped operations to protest rising oil prices on July 15th. The fuel cost for fishing boats has tripled in price over the past five years so the fishermen are facing a difficult situation. A friend of...

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To Point Out Mistakes

I am practicing writing essays in English to improve my English skills now. I have corrected my essays corrected by my teacher even though the essays do not make sense. Thanks to my teacher! I will acquire more English skills...

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Water Shortage

We have hot days like a real summer these days here. I have never seen any rain drops in a week. I think it seems like the rainy season has finished here in Matsue, Shimane Prefecture, but the Met Office...

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An Old Friend and Table Tennis

I went to a karaoke bar with my colleagues and met one of my old friends there. I think I met him for the first time in ten years. He works at the karaoke bar which is owned by his...

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A Birth of a Swallowtail Butterfly

My younger son keeps many kinds of insects. He even keeps caterpillars and one of them changed to a swallowtail butterfly this morning. The butterfly was beautiful in yellow and black. My son looked forward to watching the birth of...

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