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Vivinavi Hawaii
Euro Exchange Locations

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#1
  • アマルフィ
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  • Yesterday 12:25

Hello
I am planning to travel to Italy and Spain in the summer.
I would like to convert some into Euros there, but where is the best place to do it?
Anyone who has converted USD to Euro, please let me know.
Recently, there seems to be an exchange place near the center court of Ala Moana Center.
Is it better to go to a bank or something?

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#2

I use an app called Firstwise to exchange money because the rates are pretty bad if you do it at a bank or exchange office. You can put money in dollars and change it to the currency of the country you are in and keep it in the app. I either withdraw it with my debit card or use it as a debit when I travel.

As for banks, SHWAB allows me to withdraw money from ATMs all over the world without any fees, so I have that too. I don't carry cash, but I don't carry the smallest amount of cash because touchless machines work everywhere in Europe.

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About Green Card Application

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#1
  • まいたけ
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  • Yesterday 14:00

I sent a set of green card application documents from the post office about 2 weeks ago.
but I still have not received Notice of Action ( Notice of Receipt ). One reason may be that the email address I specified for notification was incorrect, but my phone number is definitely registered.
If you have applied so far, how long did it take you to receive the notice of action?
In case you are wondering, I am applying from Illinois.

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About electronic pianos available at Costco in Japan

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  • ぴあのん
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  • 2024/02/17 00:58

I know this is a question for an American forum ? but how do you say "88 keys, weighted" electronic piano in Japan ? I would like to buy one from Costco in Japan if possible. I live in the U.S., but this is a gift for a family member in Japan as a celebration.

I understand 88 keys, but is "weighted" the piano touch in Japan? I would like to buy a piano that I can use for a while, so that I don't have to buy a new electronic piano when I start taking piano lessons.

Thank you very much.

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#2
  • unno456258
  • 2024/05/31 (Fri) 13:20
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Hello.
I am currently using a Roland FRP sold at Costco.
I also play classical piano, so I think I can help you.

First of all, there are many types of electronic pianos.
Weighted means that the keys are weighted like a real piano. This is for people who want to learn piano seriously like a classical piano.
However, the weighted keys may be tiring at first. That being said, the best thing about the weighted electronic piano is that with practice you can express delicate sounds.
So if you want to focus on "playing" the piano, I would recommend weighted.

I don't know much about piano touch, but I think it is the ability to change the volume of the sound depending on how hard you press the keys.

If you are just starting to make music, you don't really need the weighted feature. Instead, we recommend a "keyboard" that can produce sounds from a variety of sources and instruments.
It does not have the weight of an electronic piano, but it specializes in "inserting sounds into a music application," which is essential for music creation. It can produce not only piano sounds, but also drums, guitars, and almost any instrument sound you can think of, and you can put them into applications such as a computer to make music.
However, as I mentioned earlier, it doesn't have the "weight" of a real piano, so it is not suitable for practice.

Most electronic pianos fall into these two categories.

If you want to learn to play the piano, we recommend this electronic piano.
https://www.costco.com/roland-frp-2-acr-digital-piano-bundle.product.4000186636.html
I use it and it has a lot of accessories.

I recommend this keyboard for people who want to make music on a computer or other devices.
https://www.costco.com/casio-ct-x700-premium-portable-keyboard-bundle.product.100779619.html
It has 61 keys, but it has 600 instruments and sound sources. It has 61 keys, but it has 600 instruments and sound sources.

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask.

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#3
  • 通りすがり
  • Yesterday 13:21
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I know this is a long time ago, but I wonder if you have solved what the Lord wants to know. ?

"I want to give my child a real piano, but due to living restrictions such as a small house or not being able to play loudly enough for the neighborhood, I choose an electronic piano"
There are many families like this in Japan. Perhaps it is because most of the manufacturers of digital pianos are in Japan, and buying one in Japan gives you the most choices.
So, the value of any manufacturer's product is "how close it is to a real piano".

At the moment, only ROLAND and some CASIO products are available on the Japanese Costco web, but if you remove the Costco restriction,
YAMAHA, KAWAI, CASIO, ROLAND, KORG, etc. offer a variety of products.
Each of them explains their keyboard mechanism in detail on their web site, so please try to gather information.

There is no unified expression of "piano touch", but if you read carefully, you will find that\about 100,000 or more have weighted and volume control according to the force of keystroke.
Also, as the price goes up, the material and construction of the keyboard gets closer to a real piano, and the sound source and speakers get better.
By the way, my relative had a KAWAI.

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  • 通りすがり
  • Yesterday 13:25
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Postscript
However, the better ( and more expensive ) the piano is, the bigger and heavier it is, even though it is a digital piano.
So, if you want to buy a piano as a present, it would be better to check the actual piano before you buy it.

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High School Student Volunteers Wanted!

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  • mayuhato
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  • 2024/06/03 20:42

Super Kokosei, a volunteer group of high school students, is looking for new volunteers.
One more step is a high school based program to help children who are trying their best to make a new life in America.
We have two programs: a read aloud program to help the children get used to speaking English, and a homework help program to help them do their homework in Japanese.
The children who become our students range in age from middle school elementary school students to junior high school students, and their English levels vary. High school students who are fluent in Japanese can volunteer in the Homework Help Program, while high school students who are fluent in English can volunteer in the Read Aloud Program, whichever suits their style.
By continuing with weekly 30-minute sessions once a week for each week, service hours can also be easily accomplished to reach your goals.
You can also develop leadership skills while volunteering.
If you are interested, please register as a volunteer on our website. We will arrange an information session for you.
Website
https://sites.google.com/... /one-more-step%E3%81%AB%E3%81...

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Vivinavi Los Angeles
nursery school

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#1
  • Lahaina
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  • 2024/05/31 00:18

I am having trouble choosing a daycare for my 3 year old.
Stella , Polaris , Nishi Honganji Daycare and Higashi Honganji Daycare … I would like to visit each of them. I have looked at the websites of all of these schools, but there are some things that are not clear from those websites, so I would appreciate it if someone who has had children attend these schools could give me some information. I know you are all busy, but I would appreciate it if you could give me some information.

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#2
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  • 2024/05/31 (Fri) 08:42
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Go visit and see for yourself with your own eyes and ears to make a decision.

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#3

My daughter attended Nishi Hongwanji, but that was over 15 years ago.
To me, it was like, hmmm... I was like.

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#4
  • Lahaina
  • 2024/05/31 (Fri) 22:36
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Dear Ako
Thank you for your valuable information. There are things you can't understand just by visiting.

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Concerns of Hawaii

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#1
  • love
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  • 2024/05/20 11:21

Aren't there too many puddles ? I'm fed up.

What else is wrong with Hawaii?

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#9
  • love
  • 2024/05/22 (Wed) 19:53
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The reality is not only people who live here because they like it
I'm just asking what's bothering you about Hawaii
I don't need your Japanese and short sighted posts like if you don't like it, get out.

And the food is not good in Hawaii.

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#10
  • Aco
  • 2024/05/23 (Thu) 03:39
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LOVE

If you don't like living here, why ? !
did you have no choice but to move to Hawaii because of your husband's job transfer ?

I know someone who had the opposite pattern.
Those who did not want to
move with their husbands' parents or relocate to the mainland U.S. stayed in Hawaii and got divorced.

Life is short
Eat what you want where you want and enjoy life.
The level of Japanese food is not as good as Japan, but the Japanese food in Hawaii is much better than on the mainland.

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#11

On business, I went to California a few weeks ago for the first time in about 10 years.
I was surprised that I did not have any of the sneezing, dizziness, or joint pain that had plagued me in Hawaii.
I came back to Hawaii last year after getting sick in Japan, but it just kept getting worse and worse, so I gave up. I guess it just so happened that the weather in California was nice and dry ? I felt better and more comfortable than I have in a long time. Also, I felt that the cost of living in California was a little cheaper than in Hawaii, but since my salary was better than in Hawaii, I thought that I might not have to spend more on living expenses than in Hawaii.
I had heard that Hawaii is good for you because of the negative ions, but in recent years, I feel that the onset of rhinitis, dizziness and migraine headaches are noticeably worse in Bogu.
In my case, I came back to Hawaii hoping to revive my health, but as #6 Hawaii says, I like Hawaii but it is not for me and I am thinking of moving.

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#12
  • love
  • 2024/05/31 (Fri) 00:46
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>>Living in Hawaii
Hospitality ? They want tips.
As expected, you should at least realize that.

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#13
  • funfun
  • 2024/06/03 (Mon) 02:07
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LOVE

You want to go where it feels good, even if it's for a tip.
It's business, so give&take.
Even in the most expensive steakhouses, there are places where the service is so bad that you
can't and don't want to pay a tip.

I want to go to a place with great service
where I want to tip.

There are many kind people in Hawaii in daily life regardless of tipping.
In Japan, men are more respectful of women, but in Hawaii, it's the opposite.
They carry heavy things, open doors for you, etc.
I have been helped by local women.
Life is a matter of karma and retribution, so what you do will come back to you.
Live a positive life.

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Goodbye TV JAPAN

Entertainment
#1
  • さよなら TV Japan
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  • 2024/02/21 12:39

TV JAPAN will close on March 31st.

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#8
  • まき
  • 2024/03/07 (Thu) 10:51
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When I search, I see this advertisement all over the place, but I was wondering if anyone knows if this is legal and safe. https://asiatvchannel.webnode.page/himawari/

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  • 2024/03/07 (Thu) 21:17
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TV Japan's website has information about the new service launch.

For those who were watching on NGN, please watch it on TV Japan's site.

For those who posted the horseshit, please post the correct information.

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#10
  • さんちゃん
  • 2024/06/01 (Sat) 12:31
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The dark service where you can watch Japanese TV has always been a dodgy industry of deep darkness.

It is very suspicious.

However, some people here are saying goodbye to TV JAPAN and dropping it, but

TV JAPAN is a legitimate company funded by NHK.

Conversely, besides TV JAPAN, other companies that appear and disappear here and there are dark black companies.

There were several dark business companies in Waikiki, but they all disappeared without a word of greeting.

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#11
  • TV
  • 2024/06/01 (Sat) 22:23
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# Mr.10

TV Japan is now Jme, TV Japan itself is closed.

Jme ( Former TV Japan ) is not funded by NHK, but by NHK Cosmomedia
.

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#12
  • 2024/06/02 (Sun) 21:21
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Also, there will probably be some questionable TV services anyway. If that happens, do not sign up.

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Topic to support Shohei Ohtani

Free talk
#1
  • ファン
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  • 2021/08/26 13:20

We've been waiting for you !

Home Run No. 41 ⚾ ️

In times like this, let's get excited with some good news 🍻

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#688
  • 昭和のおとっつぁん
  • 2024/05/25 (Sat) 08:04
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It may also be a tax-saving measure.

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#689
  • 再燃
  • 2024/05/26 (Sun) 09:23
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Ohtani "allegedly knew about gambling" again !

According to the Baseball Channel, Fletcher, who was one of his closest friends during his time with the Angels, has also been accused and an investigation has begun.
It was also discovered that Ohtani actually speaks English more fluently than expected, making it even less plausible that he had no knowledge of the gambling scandal, according to the report.

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#692
  • 清廉潔白
  • 2024/05/30 (Thu) 09:27
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↑ No.

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#693
  • あほらし  .
  • 2024/05/30 (Thu) 14:59
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Otani, what kind of gambling did you know ? If it wasn't baseball betting, I wouldn't care if you knew.

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#694
  • ふむ
  • 2024/06/02 (Sun) 21:16
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Whether it's a vacation home in Hawaii or a mansion in LA, there's no property in the vicinity that's more expensive than that. In other words, a "bring me the most expensive one" situation.
It's not much at all for Otani, but I guess that's what his wife wanted.

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Kinder exam cramming and tutoring.

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#1
  • お受験
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  • 2024/06/02 18:10

My daughter is starting preschool this August.
I would like to aim for Punahou or Iolani from Kinder now as the preschool does not have Kinder.

I would like to ask those who have recently been accepted to Punahou and Iolani
Which private school or tutor did you use?
Takahashi Juku used to have a high pass rate, but now …
I'm looking for a lot of things.
I would like to know if you have any recommendations or know of any cram schools or tutors with high pass rates. I would appreciate it very much

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I have almost no friends in Hawaii.

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#1
  • コオリ
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  • 2024/05/19 03:00

I have lived in Hawaii for over 10 years and now have only one friend. She is not Japanese, cute, very sociable and has many friends, and I only see her once or twice a year. I don't feel lonely because I have a husband and a child, but sometimes I feel lonely. I don't have many friends in Japan, and if I lived somewhere other than Hawaii, I might have lost touch with them.
I don't have many friends, so is it likely that I have a personality problem and say hurtful things to others without knowing it ??

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#10

I don't have any friends in Hawaii either. When my children were small, I had a lot of mom friends, but they were just mom friends, and once they started kinder, I stopped socializing with them. I also made friends at the Japanese language supplementary school, but I found the Japanese community to be a very difficult and troublesome place to be. They were mean to me, talked behind my back, invited me out for lunch once in a while ?, and when I was happy to go out with them, they were actually soliciting me for insurance or selling Fat Dan cosmetics. I don't know where they came from or why they live in Hawaii, because Hawaii is a place where people's identities are unknown.

I had a fight with my husband the other day and left home unexpectedly, but I laughed at myself because I had no friends and nowhere to go. I didn't know any restaurants that a middle-aged woman could go to alone, and I was afraid to walk outside alone after dark, so I went home before it got dark. Still, I don't really want to have friends in Hawaii.

I am serious, methodical, responsible, caring, and easily hurt, so making friends with people I don't know well that I meet in Hawaii is mildly stressful for me. I try to keep my relationships with people in Hawaii as shallow as possible and avoid deep relationships because I don't want to trust them as friends and then be betrayed and hurt again.

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#11
  • コオリ
  • 2024/05/27 (Mon) 20:09
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Thank you for your personal and sympathetic email and further comments !
Off topic, but today I saw a family living in Hawaii that I think is quite famous on YouTube. The Japanese wife was sparkling, and I was a little despairing because she looked like heaven and earth to me. I imagined that they were probably going to have an early dinner at a restaurant after that and watch the lantern floating ceremony. But I think he is quite a hard worker...he is always a wonderful person with his YouTube dinner menus.

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#12
  • choco chip
  • 2024/05/27 (Mon) 21:42
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I am a woman living in Hawaii.
US will have a huge gap between rich and poor, not just in Hawaii.
If you are a homeowner, you can exchange information about properties, but if you talk to renters
who are not, they will be turned off.
Whether single, married, or divorced.
I was also solicited by more than 10 different religions and network businesses.
I've been in Hawaii long enough to take it as a plus and wonder
what kind of invitation I'll get next time ! I'm trying to think of new discoveries . I can't
buy network business products unless someone introduces me to them. There are so many excellent products that I've come to believe that I don't have to be interested in the business to just be a loyal customer. With people who don't have cars, it's a burden to have to drop them off and pick them up for lunch or tea. I think it would make a better impression on everyone if you could take an Uber or Taxi yourself. Saving money is important, but I think it is also important to invest in yourself. If you ask someone to pick you up and drop you off, thank them. You will have a longer lasting relationship with people who have common sense.
If I could meet like-minded people, we could be friends. I think it is a good idea.

Unlike in Japan, everyone's status〔Temporal or Permanent(Permanent)》is different, and for the sake of future relationships
Everyone is used to asking each other about status when they first meet each other.

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#13

I have had various experiences in the mainland U.S., Japan, and Hawaii. I have lived in all of them for more than 10 years. I have had good times and bad times, but I am currently doing my best in Hawaii. I am such a person, but let's all be friends~ ! I am looking forward to meeting you all. Let's have an off-line meeting or something. ! I'd love to have a drink with you all!

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#14
  • TV
  • 2024/06/01 (Sat) 22:35
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I myself have only two Japanese friends. I met them recently, too.

I have been involved with others, but I am not in contact with them now. I will not contact them in the future.

I don't like the Japanese community in Waikiki, so I don't go near them at all, and
I live mostly in English.

I don't like the Japanese community in Waikiki, so I don't go near them at all, and I live mostly in English. I have decided
not to get involved at all.

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