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【I'm sure the king of shoes is John Lobb】 The king of beasts is a lion. The king of fruits is a durian. What do you think the king of shoes is? I believe it would be John Lobb. It may have not yet become common sense like the rankings ...

【All the Japanese classrooms look exactly the same】 If you have watched Japanese anime, you may notice. All the Japanese classrooms look similar at any time and place. My major in college is education, and I had visited many schools an...

【We get used to waiting in a line in Japan】 What surprises many foreigners who first come to Japan would be huge lineups of people waiting to enter shops, restaurants, etc. In the early phase of the COVID, there were many lineups in fr...

【Did you read or watch Harry Potter?】 About 15% of Junior high school students can read sentences but not understand their meaning. The news created a sensation in Japan some years ago. That may or may not be true, but I think that wou...

【Almost all the Japanese students go to Kyoto on a school trip】 The biggest school event for Japanese students is a school trip, I’m 100% sure. We go on a trip with all the classmates three times in our lifetime. They are the sixth gra...

【A ball pit is Japanese standard playground equipment】 Once upon a time (like 30 years ago) when I was a kid, department stores seemed to be particularly attractive, like an amusement park. They had all sorts of toys, candies, food, ev...

【To want to be unique is a desire we can't resist】 The world’s top three makers of sports footwear are Nike, Adidas, and do you know what comes next? It’s Puma, though I thought it was New Balance. I like sneakers and buy at least one ...

【EV will drastically change car design】 The deadly battles of rebellions against authorities have just begun. It’s about the battles over EV market share. The famous ones of the rebellions are Google, Apple, and Sony; those of the auth...

【Massive change UNIQLO made】 Most of you would have visited UNIQLO shops, I believe. At the moment, they have more than 800 shops only in Japan; about 1500 shops in more than 20 countries. I’m not UNIQLO-native. It is around after grad...

【Hokkaido is the kingdom of natural resources, though...】 Hokkaido is a name-brand area even for Japanese people, proudly enough. If saying “I’m from Hokkaido.” outside Hokkaido, we will have a blast in chat. People will come to us and...