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• パックン
• 2026/08/06 (Thu) 18:49
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They'll Grow Even If You Take Good Care of Them

Endless

Gardening

• 倍金萬ダヨーン
• mail
• 2026/08/08 (Sat) 16:50
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#1093 Pakkun,

that's right.

Fortunately, two-thirds of our backyard is taken up by the pool and the concrete pool deck, and the remaining soil surface slopes northward, where flowering shrubs and groundcover-like plants are growing.

So, while maintenance is a bit easier, I recently realized that crabgrass has taken over the entire underground area, and I’m trying to figure out what to do about it. It looks like the rest of my life is going to be a battle against crabgrass.

• パックン
• 2026/08/08 (Sat) 17:38
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"I'm going to mow the lawn!" I said bravely,

and went out into the yard full of enthusiasm,

but I wonder if I'll be able to finish without stopping halfway through.

• 戦友
• 2026/08/11 (Tue) 19:38
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It took me two hours to pull out the crabgrass. My son says that if we move to a condo, I’ll get bored because I don’t have many friends.

He bravely declared, “I’m really going to mow the lawn…”

• 倍金萬ダヨーン
• 2026/08/12 (Wed) 19:09
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＞ "I'm really going to cut it down!"—that's the brave spirit...

It's a "do-or-die" kind of feeling, isn't it? ^^

• 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. ^^

• Mr.倍金萬
• 2026/07/25 (Sat) 12:15
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#4603 Mr. Baikinman 06/30/2026 (Tue) 8:19 PM

It’s been nearly a month since my last post, hasn’t it?

I wasn’t able to go on the Shikoku 88-Temple Pilgrimage on foot this year either.

“The Shikoku 88 Temple Pilgrimage” is...

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9B%9B%E5%9B%BD%E5%85%AB% E5%8D%81%E5%85%AB%E7%AE%87%E6% 89%80

Long ago, "Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi)" walked this route as part of his spiritual training, and today we follow in his footsteps. However, there are no restrictions on how you travel the route—you may go on foot, by car, or by any other means.

With the exception of two or three temples, most of them belong to the Jōdo Shinshū sect, but there are no religious restrictions for those making the pilgrimage.

Furthermore, each temple hopes to welcome thousands upon thousands of visitors and receive their offerings.

Furthermore, the number of pilgrims from abroad has been steadily increasing over the past few decades. Although I am now a U.S. citizen, I’ve only met two pilgrims from the U.S. here. For some reason, there seem to be a lot of people coming from Europe.

• フェルメール
• 2026/07/26 (Sun) 00:05
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＞ For the record, 2 ， With the exception of the three temples, most belong to the Jōdo Shinshū sect. ・ ・ ・ ・ ・ ・

I think this is just a typo, but just to be sure: Most of them belong to the “Shingon” school.


Since Mr. Baikinman enjoyed riding a Harley in his youth, I’d like to ask him:
Why are motorcycle riders so oblivious to the fact that the noise is bothering those around them? ？

• Mr.倍金萬
• 2026/07/29 (Wed) 15:28
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＞ Why are motorcycle riders so oblivious to the fact that their noise is bothering those around them? ？

Please don’t lump all motorcycle riders together by asking, “Why are motorcycle riders…?”

There are countless motorcycle enthusiasts who ride with the factory-standard muffler still in place. When I was in Japan, I used to ride a Honda—I think it was a 250cc or a 125cc. It must have been around that time that I saw the title of the Western movie *Easy Rider* and simply found myself longing to ride one of those choppers (a Harley with extended front forks) through the vast California desert.

So, the company I was working for at the time had a U.S. branch in New York. As business kept booming, they needed a West Coast branch, and luckily, I was chosen to be stationed in New York. Six months after completing my training, I came to LA, rented a corner of a sales rep’s warehouse, and set up the Western Branch.

Well, “opening a West Coast branch” might sound cool, but at first, I was just busy killing time in a corner of a huge warehouse where the AC didn’t work very well—inspecting products before shipment and occasionally repairing returned items. Oh, that’s right—I had so much free time that I’d often head over to the air-conditioned office and hang out with the ladies there. That went on for over half a year, so my English improved quite a bit.

Oh, oops—I was talking about how my motorcycle’s exhaust was “loud,” wasn’t I? I’ll continue that next time...

• Mr.倍金萬
• 2026/08/06 (Thu) 11:15
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I started the “Ohenro”—a pilgrimage on foot to visit all 88 temples in Shikoku—in 2009. I couldn’t go during the pandemic, but has it really been 17 years since then?

Visiting all 88 temples in a single trip to Shikoku is called “Toshi-uchi.”

In contrast, doing the entire pilgrimage in multiple stages, as I do, is called “Kukiri-uchi.”



I’m 82 now, and while I can still walk, my wife has given me the order to “stop already.”

So lately, I’ve been watching other people’s pilgrimage walks on YouTube and imagining I’m walking the route virtually.

Lately, this young woman has been posting segments of her journey on YouTube.

[Pilgrimage] 23-Year-Old Woman, Day 28 of Her Solo Pilgrimage ｜ Reunion with Pilgrimage Companions, the Iyo Pilgrimage Trail Greeted by the Uwa Sea

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGb1zg4EKyY

• 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
• 2026/07/09 (Thu) 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?

• trader3
• 2026/06/15 (Mon) 06:10
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Since the free one turned out to be a scam, you should sign up for a school that charges tuition.

• 通りすがり
• 2026/06/19 (Fri) 19:02
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When it comes to investing, the optimal strategy varies depending on factors such as an investor’s age, occupation, income, and current financial situation.
However, since this is a field where even professionals struggle to achieve consistent results, why not start with index investing?

I consider myself little more than a beginner myself, and since index investing makes the most sense to me,
I’ve allocated the majority of my portfolio to it.

• 投資の複利でハワイに住む人
• 2026/06/22 (Mon) 16:02
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Invest everything in SPXL × Forget you even invested
This is the only way to win.

• 三好
• 2026/06/01 (Mon) 10:51
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I see from ABC's link that Punahou has an advantage in higher education. We have seen the list of schools in Punahou first, so we appreciate the comparison. Thank you for sharing this information.

We took the middle entrance exam and were accepted to Punahou waitpool Iolani and paid the deposit to Iolani, but luckily we received a call from Punahou waitpool yesterday. It was also a factor in my decision to go with Punahou. Thank you very much. I had heard that Punahou has more affluent families.

• ローゼン
• 2026/06/02 (Tue) 18:28
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Wow ！ Iolani has zero ⁇ from Harvard, Princeton, MIT, and Stanford ！
I thought there were a few Iolani who went to MIT every year.
I thought there were a few people going to MIT every year in Iolani. UC schools like UCLA and UC Berkeley are not as common as in Punahou, but UC San Diego, Davis and Irvine are more common.
My son is studying for the middle school entrance exam, and Tutor told me that the SSAT passing line for middle school is also 10% higher than Punahou.
Iolani is also good for Kinder because it's easy to get in, but if you look at their graduation record, … it's not as good as Punahou.
Punahou is still a good choice.
Thanks for letting us know the latest status of Iolani.

• ABC
• 2026/06/03 (Wed) 23:42
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My daughter graduated from Iolani. Naturally I was a fan of Iolani.
After hearing your opinions, I looked into it in detail. I can conclude that Punahou and Iolani are the best choice for Punahou.
Looking at the situation in Kinder today, it will not change in the next ten years. No, it is likely that the difference will be even greater.
Conversely, if you cannot pass Punahou, Iolani is the only choice.
Even though we are taking the Kinder exam, in the end we want to get them into a good college.
In the U.S., college entrance exams are based on school grades, teacher recommendation letters, essays, interviews, etc.
I applied to 11 schools, 3 were memorial exams ？
2 were stop-losses, and as a result, I received acceptance letters from 7 schools.
I failed the 3 schools that the school said I couldn't go to. The one school I didn't want to go to even if I was accepted was also a no-go.
I passed all the other schools that I thought I might be able to get into.
I have the impression that Iorani's support for university entrance exams was very good.
I was told that it was impossible, but it was still impossible.
The problem was just beginning: tuition and living expenses.
There are merit-based and need-based scholarships.
Families who go to Punahou or Iolani are unlikely to have need-based.
Every college has given me merit-based scholarships. But 1 ． 50,000 ～ 2 ． $50,000.
Education ： about $70,000, living expenses ： about $20,000, I can't do very well.
State universities have lower tuition, but if you are not a US citizen, you will not get preferential treatment in California.
I know there are many people whose only option is UH for these reasons.

• ABC
• 2026/06/04 (Thu) 18:04
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I will write some more to add.
If you want to go to college in the Mainland, you need at least $70,000/year.
This also goes up every year.
If this is not financially feasible for you, you should not choose Punahou or Iolani in the first place ？
There are 12796 students at UH. That's about 3200 students/year.
There are about 50 people in total who go to UH from Punahou and Iolani.
Mid-pack and others combined would not be 100 people.
In other words, an estimated 3,100 are enrolled from Public.
I think there is an option to go to UH while getting top grades at Public instead of choosing Punahou or Iolani from the start.
This would save about $400,000 over 12 years.

If you are accepted to the college you apply to, you will be notified of the cost and the scholarship you will receive after the acceptance letter.
I thought I would get a few scholarships even on a need-based basis.
In fact, it was merit-based only.

In the end, I had the painful experience of convincing my daughter, who was accepted, that it was financially impossible.
The good thing about going to Iolani is that I got accepted to a lot of good colleges even though I couldn't go, and I made a lot of good friends.

• ぷ
• 2026/06/10 (Wed) 16:23
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Indeed, a certain number of students from Punahou and Iolani go to UH each year.

Many then transfer to prestigious universities or go to prestigious graduate schools.

I don't have data, but my sense is that Punahou and Iolani graduates are far more likely to do so than Public graduates.

• blue sky
• 2026/01/25 (Sun) 12:53
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My child attended MCS in preschool. When it was time to go from preschool to kinder, I took the Punahou and Iolani exams and failed both.
They did not stay at MCS and moved to another school. 8 students from MCS Pre took the Punahou Kinder exam and 3 were accepted. Iolani had 4 students take the test and 2 were accepted. I had heard that Kinder had a high turnout, but we did not even get an alternate at all.
minami's story inside MCS, I heard it many times in my 2 years of pre. （ LOL ） Indeed, ！
many parents of MCS alumni have their children attending or have several siblings attending, so there is some kind of false "internal MCS agaea myth" being spread ！
Punahou likes MCS.................. （ lol ）
The actual percentage of students going to Punahou and Iolani is much lower than the 78% on the website. One of my co-workers has a child who failed the 4th Punahou exam from MCS and was moved up from the 7th Punahou Waitlist and is in the bottom 20% of Punahou students. I heard that some of my friends who entered Punahou from MCS are struggling to reach the average. I think they are the same age as your child.

The preschool was good, including the teachers. However, I think that Elementary has been slipping away to other schools not only because of the facilities, but also because of the quality of the teachers, the decline in academics, and too few students in the same grade level. I am glad I moved my child from Kinder to another school and put her in an environment full of classmates in the same grade level. The Montessori pedagogy itself is only adaptable from age 1 to 6, so I'm not sure there is any point in being at Montessori after that. The only Montessori elementary in Hawaii is MCS because Montessori education is not adapted in elementary.
However, the preschool didn't teach much academically, but my child enjoyed it very much, so I have no regrets ！.

• MCS ALUMNIのママ
• 2026/01/29 (Thu) 14:04
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My son graduated from MCS and went from Middle to Punahou and graduated last year. He is now attending a state college in the Mainland.
Oh no, you can't compare Punahou to MCS. To be clear, MCS graduates have a very hard time getting to the top in Punahou.
The "pure gold Punahou kids" （ from Kinder ） are almost always at the top. At Punahou, we call the kids from Kinder "Punahou Kids".
80% of the students who went on to the Ivy League and the most prestigious colleges were also from Kinder.
MCS is a Montessori school, so academics are appropriate, and from about the 4th grade onward, children aiming for Punahou Middle must attend cram school or Tutor.
Don't expect to get into Punahou or Iolani just by taking MCS classes, the SSAT is very revealing.
Punahou, you need to be at least 90% on the SSAT after all these years of academic improvement.
When my son took the Middle, he got 80%. Anyway, Punahou and Iolani are not just the top two.
Once you get in, it's a matter of whether you can keep up with the Punahou kids or not. Anyway, there was a huge difference between the two schools, so as other parents have said, it is true that I had a hard time studying after I entered Punahou.

• チルチル
• 2026/02/21 (Sat) 11:10
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I had my son attend Monte until 6th grade and took the Punahou, Iolani, Mippa, and Merinol entrance exams, and he was rejected by Punahou and Iolani and is now attending Mippa.
To be honest, I had heard that 90% of the students could go to Punahou or Iolani if they attended Monte, and the school claimed that Monte's education was advanced and comparable to Punahou and Iolani without a tutor. However, when I took the public test （ the national test and the SSAT ） I found that the Monte students were not at that level, but at best Mippa and Merinol.
I was so surprised and impatient that I rushed to the individual tutor and Takahashi Juku. By the time I realized it, there were 8 months until the exam. I could never catch up with Punahou and Iolani level.
In the school year my child attended, 13 students took the exam and 3 were accepted to Punahou or Iolani, and 10, including my child, were not.
As others have said, many of the families who attend Monte are Monte believers （ really believing faith ）. It was my fault for being so relaxed and believing what they said and what the school claimed, but by the time I realized it, it was already too late.
The same people who come to speak at the Elementary panel every year as parents of alumni, the same people. For a long time now. Monte is a laid back, small school. The community is small because of the small number of families and the small number of students, and the information is skewed so that it is too late, as it is for me.
If you are considering Elementary at Monte, you will need tutors, etc. from 4th grade at the latest if you want to go to Punahou or Iolani from the middle.

• tomodachi
• 2026/05/15 (Fri) 14:17
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It's been a while since I've used Vivinavi's private sales and came across this page. My son was also MCS, he was there through 6th grade and took the middle exam but was rejected from Punahou, he did not take the exam to Iola and is attending another school. My child's best friend （, who was in Kinder through 6th grade ）, was accepted to Punahou, but she feels a huge gap in academic ability and is losing confidence. She feels that the kids from Kinder are incredibly smart at Punahou, and that what they are learning at Elementary is far beyond what they are learning at MCS. My child's best friend was at the top of his class at MCS, but after a few years at Punahou, he is still below average. I sent my child to MCS because I thought it was a good idea to give priority to what he liked and to nurture him, but this backfired when it came to aiming for the top schools. The number of students who have been accepted to Punahou and Iolani from MCS in the past few years has been less than 30%, and I think this is a testament to that. What I can say is that the academic level of Punahou and Iolani today is different from that of Punahou and Iolani more than 5 years ago, or maybe the academic level of MCS has dropped. It could be both. Since Punahou has gone up 5% SSAT in the last 3 years. We are planning to try again narrowly （ high school entry ） which only takes a few students because my kids are not satisfied with their current school. By the way, when I took the exam in 6th grade, the whole class had tutors and went to cram school. The school said that it was unnecessary ！, but if I didn't have a tutor, I wouldn't have been able to pass any of the entrance examinations.

• これからプリ
• 2026/05/15 (Fri) 16:49
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We have been fortunate enough to be able to attend MCS pre in August and are now considering whether to send our child to MCS. This year, it seems that all applicants were able to apply for pre, because we contacted them in early March, just before the acceptance announcement, rather than after the application deadline, and they told us that they would send out First Round notices but that there were still spots available and that they would accept our application if we submitted one. ！ We are also wondering whether Central Union, St. Clements, or MCS would be better for us to attend Punahou from Kinder. We have paid the deposit for all three schools, so we are keeping all three. The reason why I applied to MCS in March is because I thought that even if I fail the Kinder exam because of Elementary.................... I thought that even if I failed the Kinder test, I would still be able to go to Punahou, but it looks like my chances of going to Punahou are slim. Thank you all for the useful information to consider.

• Gardena90247
• 2026/04/30 (Thu) 17:00
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Ryokoの宣伝が今一番目につきますが、、、これ利用されている人居る？

• G
• 2026/05/10 (Sun) 18:47
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How much is your home internet now, how much is your outgoing internet bill （ how much is the Wifi Hot Spot on your phone ？ ） and how much are you spending per month on communication?
How much do you consider expensive and how much data do you use per month, etc.
It would be difficult to answer without at least this information.

I personally consider Verizon's portable Wi-Fi to be highly reliable, and I can use up to 150GB per month for $ 80, but
if you watch videos, etc., it would be unrealistic to use this as your home Internet connection.

• Gardena90247
• 2026/05/12 (Tue) 14:08
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Thank you.
I use Spectrum and pay $135/month
I wonder what the service is like for seniors ？
There is a huge low-cost service, but it is nowhere near reliable.

• T.S
• 2026/05/13 (Wed) 10:50
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If you are using Spectrum and paying $135/month, you might want to consider T-mobile ？ At my house, it costs $50/month and the internet speed is 500mbps^(depending on where you live ） Installation is also very easy

• Gardena90247
• 2026/05/13 (Wed) 14:21
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Thank you very much.
I contacted T-mobile to sign up, no hassle, ＄ they said 60 is the best.
thank you so much $75 monthly savings 。。。。

• YY
• 2026/04/30 (Thu) 17:52
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Who is Inoue vs Nakatani ？

full name or even what kind of player ！?

• こーの字
• 2026/05/01 (Fri) 17:39
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I found this information in passing ・ ・ ・

#2,
Naoya Inoue and Junjin Nakatani of boxing.
They are going to fight in Tokyo Dome on May 2, Japan time.

Mr. #1
I heard that it will be exclusively televised by Lemino.
I heard that Lemino is accessible via VPN, so I wonder if you can show the game at some sports bar.
Or maybe you and a friend could pool your money together and watch it at home\6,050-\7,150) （ VPN required).
Also, it seems that you can watch it on DAZN, a sports channel, but this one seems to be restricted if you have a VPN connection.