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• ハイビスカス
• 2025/08/06 (Wed) 13:21
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Thank you for your answer, mahalo ！
Your children have always lived an English-centered life ！
It is important that they are motivated to learn Japanese and to study. I know this is off topic from the first topic, but thank you very much for reading.

• class23の母
• 2025/08/06 (Wed) 13:33
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I am the mother of a child who graduated from Punahou in Class 23.
We also had our child attend another private elementary school and started at Punahou in 7th grade.
As others have said, the genuine Punahou kids from Kinder were outstanding in both family wealth and academic ability.
My son also started in the middle and tried his best, but Punahou was very competitive and could not keep up with the Punahou kids academically. Now I think it is important to have a "foundation" from early childhood.

As for universities, most of the famous universities in the Mainland, such as the Ivy League, have many students from Kinder going there. The reason is largely economic. The annual tuition at Ivy, a famous school on the East Coast, is over 10 million Japanese yen, and over 40 million yen for 4 years, plus living, living, and social expenses. It is not very much, but only wealthy and rich families can afford to send their children to Ivy School. Since many Kinder families are doctors, many of their children will go to medical school afterwards, so they must be very rich.

The reason why many students go to college in UH and California is because California and Washington State have residency discounts that are available to people from Hawaii.
Most of my kids' friends who started at Middle also went to those eligible colleges. Some of the gifted and prodigious kids got scholarships and went to Ivies, but it's rare. Some kids have no choice but to choose UH for financial reasons.
I have heard that Iolani School is now 90% Asian, and as a result, more students go to UH than to Punahou for economic reasons.
UH is not ranked as a university, but it is a good place to study, and some kids who go to medical school afterwards choose to go to college with a plan to lower their college costs and save for medical school, which can be very expensive. Also, Japanese, we also took Japanese in Punahou and are able to read and write Kanji to some extent. Conversation is fine.
I think that individual motivation makes a big difference in both university entrance and Japanese language.
But I can clearly say that the Punahou education was very respectful of the individual, gave them confidence, and taught and nurtured their communication skills and emotional management ！ They were taught at a very high level in their studies, and were given diverse experiences in music, technology, art, sports, and more, Punahou has taught me to study at a very high level, to experience music, technology, art, sports, and many other things, but it has also nurtured my fundamentals as a human being. I have nothing but gratitude for Punahou. If I could go back in time, I would have saved up a lot of money when I was younger to send my children to Punahou from Kinder ！.

• ハイビスカス
• 2025/08/14 (Thu) 22:30
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Mother of class23 ！ I was very interested to hear the detailed story from a recent Punahou graduate with a child ！
The importance of the early childhood foundation, the reason why many students go to UH, the state of the Japanese language level. It all made sense to me. It is true that the price of university is different depending on whether you live in the university of your choice or not. I had forgotten that in Japan we don't have to worry about such things.
Medical school is even more expensive, unless you have a real
family with money coming in like a spring.

• tomo
• 2025/08/18 (Mon) 16:06
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Hello. My child graduated from Public's Elementary this past May.
I really wanted to start 6th grade at Punahou this August, and was going to take the middle （ and 6th grade ） SSAT last November, but I could not reach the SSAT passing line
to get into Punahou, and the tutor and tutors told me that there was almost no chance of getting in even if I took the SSAT. I was told by the tutor and tutors that I would have no chance of passing the SSAT even if I took the test, so I will continue to prepare for the SSAT this year by sending 6grade to another private school for one year
and will take the 7th grade entrance exam this November.

My son has been the top student at Public since the 2nd grade, and his teachers have repeatedly suggested that he attend Private, and he has attended TUtor and cram school since the 3rd grade, but
even with the top Public scores, he could not catch up to Punahou's acceptance line.
I tried my best, but it is a really tough passing line.

I am working hard with my son, dreaming of being able to attend Punahou this time next year. We have a family like this. lol

• ハイビスカス
• 2025/08/19 (Tue) 01:43
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Tomo Thank you for your comment ！
I knew that it is also difficult to reach the level of Punahou's examination even if you have a tutor, even if you get an advice from a teacher at Pavlik School Top. Fear not, Punahou. I'm sure your child was frustrated, but it's wonderful that he is willing to try again. I really appreciate all the comments from different people.

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• Yesterday 15:39
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I use a rotary composting system, but the food scraps fill up quickly, so I bury them in the soil in my backyard.
It seems to take about 3 months to complete composting. I don't put all my food scraps in the garbage, so it fills up quickly, but other houses may not accumulate that much food scraps. I have peach, citrus, and other fruit trees at home, so I dig holes around them and bury them. The compost has a partition in the center, and there are two rooms, one for food scraps and the other for composting in progress, and it is rotated daily to circulate oxygen, but it generates flies, so now I bury it directly in the soil and let the worms break it down for fertilizer.

• みみずん
• Yesterday 22:01
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Thanks Sunshine ！ I knew it was worm ！ ！

I've been looking into this but we have limited space for a field and I was thinking it would be difficult to make a compost section in addition, but I just saw on Instagram I just found out on Instagram that Dollar Tree has a wire trash can that you can bury in the soil and put cardboard pieces and food scraps in it.

At least it doesn't cost much, so I'll give it a try ！

I see the rotary one has two layers ！ I still think burying it in the dirt might be better for me, since I don't want flies coming in.

I don't want to put it under the eaves because I have to keep it out of the rain after all, like cardboard composting 😓

Fortunately, we have worms in our small field, so I'll ask them to move out a bit from there.

I don't know why on instagram or youtube people post how they do it, but there is so little explanation of what to do and when to do it afterwards that it's hard for the layman to understand.

I have been thinking that it is a waste to throw away the banana peels and the outside of the cabbage (I always throw away 1-2 pieces) after my children eat them every day, but it is very hard to compost them.

I will look into it more ！.

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• mail
• Today 10:19
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I use a shovel to dig and bury a circle over 20 cm in diameter.
If I cover them with enough soil to hide the garbage and leave them alone, they will decompose before I know it, so I don't even use a box. Shells do not attract flies or insects, so even if you leave them unburied, they will eventually break apart and become fertilizer nutrients, although it will take some time in the sunlight.
All you need is a shovel and some soil, so it is economical, and the soil will become soft, so it can be used to improve the soil.

• .倍金萬
• 2026/01/10 (Sat) 16:47
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I looked up when the song Careless Whisper hit and it was 1984.

That means I was 40 years old.

The singer is George Michael. Both of them are not my last name.

I miss this song very much, but was this song popular in Japan ？?

• 危うし日本
• 2026/01/10 (Sat) 17:05
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George ・ Michael was a kind-hearted man.

He had many behavioral problems, but he was also very charitable,
volunteering for the homeless, donating to infertility patients,
inviting nurses to his gigs, and
giving a debt-stricken nursing student waitress a £5,000 tip. He has also given £5,000 tips to a debt-stricken nursing student waitress.

Royalties from his still popular "Last ・ Christmas" were donated entirely to Ethiopian hunger,
and donations to several charities have continued after his death.

• バイキン
• 2026/01/23 (Fri) 10:10
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Alto saxophonist Kaori Kobayashi's ♪ Nothing Go'na Change My Love ♪ is also pretty cool.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-fxs_ZWXH4&list=RDaXZvDVleDrc&index=2

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/01/26 (Mon) 21:41
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It has nothing to do with the elderly, but when I was a kid, which was about 10 years after the end of the war, model trains were very popular.

They were what we would call O-gauge now, with three rails, and my parents had a model shop (now a dead word, too?) where they sold them with freight cars. \My parents bought me one model of a freight car at a model shop.

I was so happy with it that I would 'just' roll it around on the table or on my desk.

https://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=O%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E6%A8%A1%E5%9E%8B&fr=mcafee&type=E210US1357G0&imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Ftetsudomokei-kaitori.co.jp%2Fwordpress%2Fwp-content%2Fthemes%2Ftetsudomokei%2Fimages%2 Finnerpages%2Fcategory%2Fo_top_info_pic_001.jpg#id=62&iurl=https%3A%2F%2Fauctions.c.yimg.jp%2Fimages.auctions.yahoo.co.jp%2 Fimage%2Fdr000%2Fauc0105%2Fuser%2Fa272440bb5bfaf9632f1c754febd520d0038b77512bd0c1b2797dac9919f4516%2Fi-img850x661-17460953899634fb 7yon66555.jpg&action=click

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/01/27 (Tue) 17:35
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Continental ・ Does anyone know when the famous tango song "La ・ Cumparsita" became popular in Japan?

I think it was when I was in junior high school.

Marando Rundam version

https://video.search.yahoo.com/search/video?fr=mcafee&p=%E3%83%A9+%E3%82%AF%E3%83%B3%E3%83%91%. E3%83%AB%E3%82%B7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF&type=E210US1357G0#id=4&vid=638f2c51e4efca70e78e231911451451&action=view

• ＠＠
• 2026/02/02 (Mon) 16:33
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Tough. I don't have the knowledge, but I'll ask if anyone I know knows of someone who does 💦 I hope you can solve this.

• あなたのお名前なんてーの
• 2026/01/31 (Sat) 08:36
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Nowadays, cell phones have a translation function, so you don't have to go to a Japanese place.

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/02/02 (Mon) 10:47
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https://taxrpo.com/preparer/craig-okihara-torrance-ca/

22404 Kathryn Ave, Torrance, California 90505

I googled Torrance address was the only one I could find.

Either way, some places don't list their phone numbers on their internet sites because of the risk.

If your English is not good, you can start by asking a friend or other person who speaks English to call "phone information".

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/01/30 (Fri) 14:59
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＞ Main features of ADUs
＞ Complete independence: independent living, sleeping, cooking and sanitary facilities.
＞ Types:Can be a freestanding home (backyard cottage)}, a connected home (addition)}, or a remodeled space (basement/ ＞ garage conversion)}.
＞ Use ： as a family, caregiver, or rental home.

At any rate, if people are going to cook *do laundry* *stay overnight* in the space, the City of Los Angeles area has very strict city regulations and the law is that you cannot live in that shed unless it passes a city audit.

Near a friend's house about a 10 minute drive from mine in the City of LA, the resident there is a competent carpenter who built a cottage in his backyard and someone was living in the shed. But there was a mean-spirited resident in the neighborhood who tipped off the city that the shed was against city ordinances.

Then the city inspector came and said, "This shack has not passed the city audit," and we had to tear it down for crying out loud.

My neighbors also seem to keep their garage doors closed and use that space as a Living/Bed Room. I don't mind that at all.

• えーーーでぃーー
• 2026/01/31 (Sat) 05:46
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ADUs don't have bathrooms ？ Then why did everyone say it was better to find an ADU to live in? But it was built without a permit, and she was told to leave within 2 weeks, so she rushed to move in and it was torn down immediately.

The reason they found out was because a city worker ？ who came to the house next door when they were renovating it found it. It was just a coincidence, but from my friend's point of view, it was a big surprise.

I still think it would have been nice to have a house in my backyard there. I don't know if it would have been better if I had had permission.

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/01/31 (Sat) 12:31
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＞ They said they were building without permission and told me to leave within 2 weeks, so I rushed to move in, but it was torn down immediately,

• シュワちゃん
• 2026/02/01 (Sun) 09:48
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Just follow the city's instructions on sewage, electrical wiring, etc. There are plenty of guesthouses with bathrooms.

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/02/02 (Mon) 10:20
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＞ We just need to follow the city's instructions on sewage, electrical wiring, etc.

As far as I know, a city inspector is coming to inspect the property to make sure it is "as directed by the city" and "you are not allowed to sleep over until that inspection is completed". I have heard that "you are not allowed to sleep over until the inspection is completed". However, this information is very old and may have changed.

However, City of Los Angeles is very strict against illegal construction, so if you are planning to renovate your house in this area, please check the city website thoroughly.