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• Mr.倍金萬
• 2026/06/21 (Sun) 18:31
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The current temperature in the shade outside my house is 82°F (28°C).

82°F is on the cooler side; when it gets hot, it can sometimes exceed 100°F.

Well, here in inland LA, the temperatures are high, but the humidity is low, so it’s manageable to be outside.

Today, I was digging up the ground in the backyard to pull weeds. The type of weed is called crabgrass—it’s the toughest kind.

If I didn’t have ornamental plants growing there, I’d spray it with a powerful herbicide specifically designed for this weed, but I can’t do that.

I could hire a gardener, but since I’m retired and have all the time in the world, I should just take care of the yard myself—but I’m lazy at heart, so that doesn’t work out either.

• 花木引退者
• 2026/06/24 (Wed) 11:30
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I’m having a hard time with crabgrass. It blooms with small yellow flowers. I’m thinking of building a studio on half of my yard. Since I’d be covering it with concrete anyway, I might as well turn it into a rental unit. $ It’s ridiculous to hire someone at 20 an hour just to pull it out—it just grows back anyway. It was cold, so I didn’t check the garden, and before I knew it, it had spread like wildfire. I treat it as an hour of daily exercise.

I’ve been diligently killing crabgrass, so there isn’t much left.

I’m also tempted to expand half of the front yard into the living room.

Every week, a trash can big enough for two people gets filled with tree branches, grass, and other debris. I have 14 fruit trees. I regret digging up the lawn when I was younger to plant flowers and trees, but it’s really soothing.

• Mr.倍金萬
• 2026/06/24 (Wed) 21:35
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Hanaki Retiree,

＞ Every week, a trash can big enough to fit two people is filled with tree branches, grass, and other debris.

It must be a huge amount for that trash can to get completely full.

I imagine it takes a lot of effort just to cut back all that unwanted vegetation.

At my place, the area is covered with large, bushy leaves from the Grand Cover grass that looks nice, but I’m worried because crabgrass has spread all over the ground underneath.

Instead of skimping and trying to save the “Grand Cover” grass, I’m thinking of growing a small amount of it elsewhere and treating the entire area with crabgrass killer. I guess this will be a year-long project.

• 花木引退者
• 2026/06/27 (Sat) 12:43
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Once crabgrass gets big, it takes the strength of a burly man to pull it out. As an elderly woman, I usually give up after about ten tries. When I go for a walk, I see spots where the lawn has lost the battle to crabgrass and looks absolutely miserable, but I suppose I just have to ignore it. I guess the only option is to use herbicide. I sprayed some on the crabgrass, but the surrounding grass died too. It really does work. Since I’m retired, I’m just pulling them out little by little.

• Mr.倍金萬
• Today 17:54
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Bonnie ・ Tyler, the hit singer known for her distinctive, husky British voice, has passed away.

I heard she was 75. Well, I suppose that’s a natural end to her life, but I was still a little shocked to hear the sad news.

Ever since her massive hit ♪ “It’s a Heartache” ♪ from 1977 became a smash, I’ve always listened to her music online.

https://www.youtube.com/results? search_query=bonnie+tyler+it%27s+a+heartache

Her next hit was ♪ “Total Eclipse of the Heart” ♪ which is also a great song.

• 佐藤ママのファン
• 2026/07/07 (Tue) 18:07
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I remember being surprised when I found out that the Suzuki ・ Method violin school—where Sato-mama had sent her child—also has a branch in Hawaii.
https://www.suzukihawaii.org/
https://stehawaii.org/
I wasn’t interested in the violin myself, so I didn’t contact them, but why don’t you ask if they offer instruction in Japanese?
It looks like they offer classes at Punahou as well—that’s pretty impressive.
https://www.punahou.edu/list-detail?pk=158584

• バイオリン
• Today 17:33
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Thank you for the information. So there are Suzuki Method classes in Hawaii, too. I’d like to inquire about them.

• Almond
• 2026/06/14 (Sun) 07:19
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You can watch the FIFA World Cup on terrestrial TV.
Telemundo Channel 52-1
Today’s match between Japan and the Netherlands kicks off at 1:00 p.m.

• Almond
• 2026/06/14 (Sun) 12:34
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I turned on the TV for the first time in years, and FOX is actually broadcasting a live soccer game.

• Almond
• 2026/06/29 (Mon) 12:55
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Looking back at the World Cup, Japan ended up with just one win in four matches.
There were some who called this the strongest team ever, so expectations were high, but the fact that they didn’t even make it to the Round of 16 means they weren’t really that strong after all.
In my opinion, the fact that all the “genius-type” players were sidelined played a major role.
Specifically, I’m thinking of Mitoma, Kubo, and Minamino.
If they’d had even one player with that kind of genius or charisma, the outcome might have been different.

• したらば
• 2026/06/30 (Tue) 19:54
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I felt that the Japanese team had really grown this time.

In the game, Brazil was excellent at moving the ball around.
Japan ran out of attacking ideas and found themselves at a dead end...
Soccer that can break through that ・
But 4, 8 years from now, I’m looking forward to Japan’s future ！ ！

Thank you ！ ！ Japan National Team ！ ！

• わごーん
• Today 08:21
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Maybe it’s because she has a disability or something? ？ A friend of mine was told she couldn’t bring her stroller in, so she had to go all the way back to the parking lot. She said the kids were either carried or had to walk, which left them completely exhausted—it was the worst day ever. When someone else pointed out that the sign said “No strollers,” she got really upset and said, “Everyone else is bringing theirs—why am I the only one who wasn’t allowed?”

If there’s a sign, there must be a reason, right?

• 動物大好き
• Yesterday 13:41
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Nayami,
you’ve run into someone who’s incredibly irresponsible.
If you can’t take responsibility until the very end, you shouldn’t have started in the first place, but first of all, feeding stray cats in public places without permission is illegal.
You could be fined, so you should stop doing that.
Feeding cats that haven’t been spayed or neutered contributes to the stray cat population, which is likely why that law was enacted.
A while back, a cat-loving neighbor of mine started feeding them, but it led to a vicious cycle where kittens kept having kittens, and the stray cat population exploded. After receiving complaints from other neighbors, they had a hard time catching them all and eventually took them to the Humane Society.
So, I think it’s fine to just say, “I’m sorry, but I don’t want to break the law,” to that irresponsible friend.
I think the cats will eventually move to areas where animal welfare organizations have obtained permits to feed them.

• DOWNTOWN
• 2026/06/28 (Sun) 19:29
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P.S. — Since traffic violations are caught in the act, even if you report the video to the HPD, they’ll just say, “Please be careful,”
and won’t issue a ticket.

They will keep a record of it, though. Unless they witness the incident firsthand, they won’t issue a ticket.
If they were to issue a ticket for every single instance, they’d end up issuing tickets to
every single driver.

• rak
• 2026/06/29 (Mon) 02:06
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Thank you for sharing your experience and letting me know that tickets are only issued for drivers caught in the act.
What’s more, this recent incident happened while I was walking with my child in a stroller—I thought we’d be pretty noticeable, but the driver seemed to completely ignore us, which really made me angry. If it had been drizzling, I might have felt so miserable that I would have burst into tears.
A little while ago, I also witnessed a car accident right in front of me at an intersection where two cars collided. If I’d been walking a little further ahead and waiting at the traffic light, I might have been caught up in it, so I’ve been staying extra vigilant when waiting at traffic lights lately.

• m
• 2026/06/30 (Tue) 09:04
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The other day, while driving down Kapahulu Avenue, I saw someone crossing the crosswalk while filming the traffic ？ on the street ？ with their smartphone. Every single car, both to the right and left, had come to a complete stop. After seeing your post, I wondered if this person might have had a similar experience ？, but how about trying to cross the crosswalk this way? ？

Even when I’m driving, I feel like traffic has been moving faster lately. I think pedestrians must have a lot of scary experiences. Our street faces a major road, and since there are quite a few traffic accidents, to be honest, I’m afraid to let my son walk there alone.

• Copilot
• 2026/07/03 (Fri) 18:50
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#5 Mr. M
＞ Why don’t you try crossing the crosswalk this way? ？

The City of Honolulu has a law commonly known as the “No Smartphone While Walking Law （ Distracted Walking Law / Ordinance Section 15-24.23 ）,”
which prohibits “viewing （ Viewing ） ” the screen of electronic devices such as smartphones while crossing crosswalks or roads.

We’ve summarized the key points you should know.

[Prohibited Activities ・ and Devices]

◆Prohibited actions: Sending text messages, checking social media, browsing the web, and watching videos on your smartphone are, of course, prohibited—even “simply checking the time on the screen” is not allowed.

◆Covered devices: Smartphones, tablets, laptops, digital cameras, handheld game consoles, etc.

◆The Only Exception: This is permitted only when calling 911 （ for an emergency ）.

🚨Hands-free calls or listening to music ？
"looking at the screen" is what is regulated; therefore, making a call without looking at your smartphone screen or
listening to music while crossing the street—（ setting safety concerns aside—） does not constitute a violation of this law.

💡 Crossing the street while filming a video—if you’re looking at the screen—is a violation and subject to a fine.
I know of people who paid fines for this before the pandemic, but enforcement of this violation has now become more lenient.

• Copilot
• 2026/07/03 (Fri) 19:55
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I forgot to mention one more important point.

In the event of a traffic accident on a crosswalk, if you were filming the incident, the pedestrian would also be considered to have committed a violation, which would put them at a disadvantage.

• どんぶりちゃん
• 2026/06/12 (Fri) 08:44
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Dodger Stadium gets super crowded, so it’s a shame for little kids …—they’d just get jostled around
. I guess it’s a bit of a stretch to try to get in and out of the wildly popular Dodgers games without spending any money and while avoiding the crowds.

• Limonada
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• 2026/06/16 (Tue) 16:23
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When you mention a Wednesday day game, I assume you’re referring to tomorrow, the 17th.

I’ve never $ parked in Lots 13 and 14 of Section 5, but for night games, there’s always a long line starting two and a half hours before the parking lot gates open. I parked in the stadium’s on-site parking lot, ignoring that line. $ If you park in Lot 5, you’ll have quite a walk under the blazing sun, so I wouldn’t recommend it for families with children.

• SHU
• 2026/06/26 (Fri) 13:47
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Lot 13 and 14, where parking costs $5, are likely to fill up an hour before game time on weekends, depending on the matchup and other factors.
When I went to watch a game last weekend, it was an hour and a half before kickoff, and I barely managed to find a spot.
It’s not that far from Lot 13 to the stadium, but the hill is steep, so I think it would be tough if you have kids.

If you leave the $45 standard parking lot at the end of the 8th inning, you can usually get out without much of a wait.

• TS
• 2026/07/01 (Wed) 02:17
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I’m someone who always parks in Lot 13 for $5 （—I’ll be using it about 20 times starting with the 2025 season ）. I have children aged 7, 4, and 1. I carry the 1-year-old, but the 7- and 4-year-olds usually walk to the ballpark （—though the 4-year-old sometimes rides in a stroller ）.
For weekday night games （ with bobblehead giveaways ）, I always try to arrive 20–30 minutes before the parking lot opens, and I’ve never had any trouble finding a spot. However, for particularly popular events, the parking lot opens earlier than usual and fills up quickly, so I’ve sometimes ended up having to pay the $45 parking fee.
Also, Lot 13 is often used as a staff parking lot, and when that happens, the available spaces are significantly reduced, which always makes me feel rushed.
On the way back, even if we take our time after the game ends, it’s cool and mostly downhill, so we get there quickly while chatting about the game. If we drive, there’s almost no traffic, so the trip home is smooth.

• バイキンマン
• 2026/06/07 (Sun) 23:10
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*** [Commentary on all temples] The "88 sacred places of Shikoku" of the pilgrimage is too amazing ｜ It is a journey of rebirth that continues for 1200 years ！ ***

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivqMrrVZiVE

This is a 1 This is a very long YouTube (1.5 hours), but it explains in detail the sacred sites of the pilgrimage in Shikoku.

I will write something about this tomorrow.

• Mr.倍金萬
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• 2026/06/08 (Mon) 20:54
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""" [Pilgrimage] 23-year-old girl, Day 21 of a solo walking pilgrimage ｜ A steep incline and a pass buried in vegetation （ Touge ） The road and the spectacular view ahead silenced even my weak voice "" ""

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IMbcBAIShU

As the title suggests, a young and pretty girl has posted a "walking pilgrimage" in Shikoku on YouTube
A young and pretty girl shows her "walking pilgrimage" on YouTube.
Every day when she arrives at her lodgings, she posts a video of the day on YouTube. I think this is a great ability.

I think it takes a lot of time and a lot of effort to edit and upload the video taken that day with a video camera from the time you arrive at the lodge to the time you go to bed. For me, it takes a whole day just to edit a video that I shot for only one hour. I've almost never edited a video before that.

Before that, I walk all day in the mountains and rivers of Shikoku ・ and when I get to the inn, I take a bath, eat dinner, and then moo, I'm off to bed.

• Mr.倍金萬
• 2026/06/10 (Wed) 19:05
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Whether by foot, bicycle, car, or any other means of transportation, a pilgrimage to any of the 88 sacred sites in Shikoku is called an "ohenro" (pilgrimage).

Since 2009, every time I travel to Japan for a week ～ I visit Shikoku for about 10 days and walk around the 88 sacred sites on my own. I have been visiting Shikoku in parts, which is called "kiri-uchi", and visiting all 88 sacred sites in one trip, which is called "tsumi-uchi". Over the past 10 years, the number of "foreign" pilgrims from Japan has increased considerably. The walking pilgrimage in Shikoku is probably the best way to immerse oneself in "Japan" itself. Quite a few foreign pilgrims seem to have experienced the "Camino de Compostera San Tiago" （ in Spain, ） I think this is correct.

But now that I am 82 years old, I am starting to show some signs of old age, and my wife has told me to stop going on the Shikoku walking pilgrimage alone. I would love to walk around Shikoku again with my feet. So, I went to YouTube and watched the following videos and felt like I was "walking" the pilgrimage myself.

＊ ＊ ＊ [Pilgrimage] 23-year-old girl, 21st day of walking pilgrimage alone ｜ The steep slope, the mountain pass buried in grass and trees, and the spectacular view beyond silenced my weak voice ＊ ＊ ＊

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IMbcBAIShU&t=2s

In addition to this girl, "Snedra" and others have given walking pilgrimages in Shikoku on YT.

• Mr.倍金萬
• 2026/06/28 (Sun) 20:58
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The previously mentioned YouTube video of a woman walking the pilgrimage route

[Pilgrimage] 23-Year-Old Woman, Day 21 of Her Solo Pilgrimage ｜ Steep slopes and a mountain pass overgrown with vegetation—but the breathtaking view beyond silenced even her moments of doubt

https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IMbcBAIShU&t=2s

There are various ways to visit the 88 Sacred Sites of Shikoku. Options include sightseeing buses and private cars, but if you want to rely on your own physical strength, you can choose to travel by bicycle (typically a road bike) or on foot, relying solely on your own two feet.

In my case, back in 2009, a friend I’d known since high school in Japan sent me a TV program about “Ohenro”—the pilgrimage to walk the Shikoku 88 Sacred Sites.

The moment I saw it, I thought, “I want to go to Shikoku.”

Next time, I’ll talk about what it was about Shikoku that drew me in.

• Mr.倍金萬
• 2026/06/30 (Tue) 20:19
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I may have mentioned this before, but I was born exactly one year before Japan’s War-Ending Day (or, more accurately, Defeat Day) in Kami-Isshiki-cho, Edogawa Ward, on the eastern outskirts of Tokyo.

On the eastern side of Edogawa Ward, the Edogawa River flows into Tokyo Bay, and Chiba Prefecture lies on the opposite bank of the river.

Public elementary and junior high schools back then didn’t have swimming pools, so when I wanted to swim during summer vacation, I would sometimes walk about 45 minutes under the scorching sun to the Edogawa River to swim.

If you go upstream along the Edogawa River, you’ll reach Katsushika Ward, where you’ll find “Shibamata Taishakuten”—a temple familiar from the “Tora-san” movies and commonly called “Taishaku-sama”—which I’ve visited several times for New Year’s prayers and other occasions.

Also, near there on the Edogawa River is the “Yagiri Ferry,” made famous by Takashi Hosokawa’s song, I once took the ferry from the Chiba Prefecture side and disembarked on the Tokyo side, paid my respects at Shibamata Taishakuten, walked down the street where Torasan’s shop is located in the movies, and then headed toward central Tokyo from Shibamata Station on the Keisei Kanamachi Line.

By the way, I didn’t spot “German Steel Helmet” anywhere. ^^

• Sun
• 2026/06/17 (Wed) 19:28
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Since you can’t use kanji with your husband’s last name, you’re planning to use the same last name as your Japanese mother, right?
I think it’ll be fine because they’ll add your husband’s last name in parentheses on your Japanese passport, but the names won’t match, will they?
If I use that example name for my child’s Japanese name, I believe it will be registered in the family register as Yamada Hanako Rei. We’ll list it as Hanako Rei on official documents, but if we end up living in Japan, we’ll let people call her either Hanako or Rei—whichever they prefer.
The passport is written entirely in Roman letters as Yamda(Smith) Lei Hanako.
I’m curious how others in international marriages have handled this, but I think the best thing to do is consult with the Japanese consulate.

• ダブルネーム
• mail
• 2026/06/25 (Thu) 16:43
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In our case, for some reason, my name on my Japanese family register has ended up as a combined name with my husband’s, so so our children’s passports list

Japan
Smith Yamada Hanako Rei

USA
Smith Hanako Rei

USA —they don’t include our Japanese family name. We’ve traveled back and forth between Hawaii and Japan many times, and we’ve never had any problems. The only issue is that the names are so long they sometimes don’t fit on the airline tickets.