Today, I will tell you about the newest trend in pop culture in techonology. Music and PC technology have been connecting each other since the 1980’s. Nowadays, a completely virtual cyber pop idol has been popular for a couple of years. He…

A typhoon is passing through my area now. Strong gusty wind is blowing and trees and flowers are waving now outside. It will continue for a few more hours or so. Today, I will tell you about a memorable experience during the typhoon. Do yo…

In this essay, I will tell you how I practiced mastering English sounds while I was trying to sing English rock songs with/in karaoke. Japanese is an intonation based language while English is a stress based language. Therefore, I needed t…

I had two primal motivations to start learning English. When I was a small kid, I sometimes played with my American relatives. At that time, they were living in Japan and they were bilinguals. They could easily switch between Japanese and …

Today, I’d like to teach you rock and roll history. Rock music was born in the US in the early 50’s. It is said that rock has some roots (for example, blues and bluegrass). In the late 40’s some African-American artists began to release mu…

Today, I will tell you about the interesting movie I am watching, which is titled Butter. The story is about an adopted girl in Idaho who is talented in butter carving. Four contestants participate in a butter carving contest and their lif…

When I woke up in the morning in times of trouble, I went to the garden to cheer myself up. I saw dewdrops were glistening in the morning mist. The scenery was shining with iridescent light. I was rescued by beautiful morning sunshine. Aft…