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• AL
• 2026/07/15 (Wed) 00:47
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It would be faster to ask Discovery Bay directly.

On rare occasions, it may be closed for maintenance.

I’d recommend the sauna at Sky Ala Moana instead.

• けん
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• 2026/07/25 (Sat) 04:26
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I live in Discovery Bay ！
When it gets hot, the thermometer sometimes reads 140, but since that’s in Fahrenheit, I don’t think it’s as hot as it is in Japan.
Also, it occasionally breaks down.

• バイオリン
• 2026/07/09 (Thu) 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.

• ゆみ
• 2026/07/11 (Sat) 19:23
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Hello ！
I’ve been thinking about having my 2-and-a-half-year-old daughter take violin lessons, and while I was looking into it, I found this studio.
I was planning to have her start around the time she turns 3, so I haven’t contacted them yet …. It looks like they teach in both Japanese and English 😄

https://www.violinartistry.com/lessons/

• バイオリン
• 2026/07/14 (Tue) 12:23
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Thank you for letting me know. I'll contact them.

• Mahalo
• mail
• 2026/07/15 (Wed) 13:03
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I’ve taken lessons at Virtuoso Violin.
Everyone from young children to adults seemed to be enjoying their lessons.
Please feel free to check out their website.

https://virtuosoviolinhawaii.com/

• バイオリン
• 2026/07/22 (Wed) 21:42
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Thank you for letting me know. So there is a Japanese teacher there. I’d like to get in touch with them.

• M
• 2026/06/03 (Wed) 20:48
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MPC application, I used it last year to enter the country. I am a green card holder and my son is a citizen, but we were able to use it.
You can register your family together. It was summer vacation, but the MPC lane was very fast and very empty, so I recommend it.

• K
• mail
• 2026/06/08 (Mon) 11:27
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Can MPC be used at any terminal ？?

• YY
• 2026/06/09 (Tue) 15:02
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＃ 7 I checked again about MPC based on K's information.

Below is the updated information.　

＝ ＝ Who can use MPC ＝ ＝

US citizens
US permanent residents
Canadian citizens with US B1/B2 visa
Those traveling for the second or later time with ESTA authorization

（ Therefore, green card holders were also okay ！ (happy ） ）

＝ ＝ Examples of available airports ＝ ＝

John ・ F ・ Kennedy International （ JFK ） , Los Angeles International （ LAX ） , San Francisco International （ SFO ） , Daniel ・ K ・ Inouye International （ HNL ）, Chicago ・ O'Hare International （ ORD ）, Seattle ・ Tacoma International （ SEA ）, Harry ・ Reed International Airport （ LAS ） etc

＃ 8 K asked a question.

What about if you are at LAX （ international but land at ） UA terminal or something.

• Limonada
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• 2026/06/10 (Wed) 07:30
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＃ 9
Yes ！ Green card holders can also use it.

I was ready to use it and installed it, but the wifi at EWR was unstable and I could not use it. Canadian citizens, US citizens, and permanent residents were in the same line, so it took almost no time at all.
On a side note, when I told immigration that I had been to Morocco, they asked me if I had ridden a camel ？. （ Bomb ）

By the way, when I pick you up at LAX, I wait in the parking lot of the nearby Carl's Jr. and when I get my luggage, I get a call and head curbside.

• Mr.倍金萬
• 2026/06/10 (Wed) 10:23
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＞ I'll try to get a call when I receive the package and head curbside.

Good idea.

Still, last time （ I returned to LAX last May ） everything was full of private cars, including curbside, and the Flyaway Bus from SFV took extra time before stopping in front of me. But thanks to that bus, I didn't have to be picked up privately, and I was able to get back to the Van Nuys terminal without a hitch.

• みけねこ
• 2026/04/14 (Tue) 16:31
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I was probably in the care of the same person for a long time.
I heard of his retirement just as I was thinking ！ that I had finally found someone I could trust as well.
Her instagram also disappeared and I am wondering if there were some sudden circumstances.
If you are still in Hawaii I would like to know too.
（ sorry for the non-answer ）

• アンマスク
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• 2026/04/14 (Tue) 20:20
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#2 Mikecat
I visited many hair salons in Hawaii
and finally found the right stylist,
so now I can't look any further.
Please let me know if you have any information about this stylist that you liked
.
Thank you!

• 子育て終了ママ
• 2026/04/20 (Mon) 16:37
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I think that praising a child's language and giving treats are two completely different things.
While praising the child when he uses correct language, if he asks for a snack when he shouldn't, the mother should gently explain why it's not a good time. Since your mother-in-law is also a kind person, I am sure that she will understand the basic things that are important in your family if you discuss them with her. In my case, my own mother is a person who tends to get emotional when her opinion is not taken, but my American mother-in-law was very kind. Sometimes she gave me advice, but she was not pushy. Whenever she disagreed with my ideas, I would explain my own ideas softly, and she would think about it, so there was almost never an awkward moment. We eventually got along so well that we could talk about harsh things and laugh at each other, so I think it's better not to get frustrated in the beginning. Good luck.

• 子育て
• 2026/04/21 (Tue) 16:45
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Thank you for the adbus, mama who finished raising her child ！
It's good to accept once ！ and step up to the plate.
I thought it would be good to teach my kids to use polite language with Gramma, since I only see my mother-in-law when I go to stay with her that way.

• ここ
• 2026/04/21 (Tue) 18:01
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As you mentioned in your advice, I also think that correcting language and giving treats are two different things. In Hawaii, there seems to be a lot of differences in the way people speak depending on their parents' background, the area they live in, the school they attend, the homeroom teacher, etc. Teaching them correct and beautiful English in addition to the locale-specific English will help them when they become adults. I think that teaching them correct and beautiful English in addition to loco-style English will be useful for them when they grow up. If they get a job in the U.S. mainland or travel around the world in the future, it will be essential for them to speak standard English. My husband is very local and went to a private school in Oahu with a very strict language policy, but he spent his adolescence in the countryside of the Big Island of Hawaii, so he speaks with a very thick pidgin accent. I am very envious because I can speak in a casual pidgin with the locals and in beautiful English otherwise. I am also done raising my children, but I was quite strict with my children's snacks. The most important thing is to be consistent in addition to explaining things properly to your child. I think it is best to explain things the same way every time, using logic that is easy for the child to understand, without changing from one thing to another depending on the mother's mood or mood. In my own case, it was often agonizing, but I was saved when, as an adult, my children told me, "I didn't understand then, but now I understand why mom did what she did, and I am grateful that she did.

• 子育て
• 2026/04/21 (Tue) 18:29
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！
I thought it was not necessary to speak so politely because my English is at a daily conversational level and I only know Hawaii, and moreover, my child just turned 4 years old, so I thought it was enough if I could talk to him. But in the future, it would be better to have a good command of the language ！.

• Limonada
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• 2026/04/18 (Sat) 15:06
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Day and night, the area around downtown Union Station is not safe. There was another stabbing early this Wednesday morning.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/man-killed-in-stabbing-attack-near-union-station-in-downtown-los-angeles/ar-AA20Ysje? ocid=BingNewsSerp

• ロサンゼルス
• 2026/04/19 (Sun) 06:05
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If you leave downtown, you can take the B line subway to Hollywood (about 20 minutes) or the #460 to Disneyland in Anaheim (about 2 hours).

• シュワちゃん
• 2026/04/19 (Sun) 09:32
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#9
Driving in a car is much more dangerous, every day you think you're going to die.

• メトロ
• 2026/04/19 (Sun) 09:54
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I have been to San Diego by Amtrak, and in my experience it is not so scary when it is not too late, but when it is close to midnight, it is better not to go there.

In the morning, I think it would be better to take the train from Union Station to Anaheim and then take an Uber from the station to Disney. I am worried about how to use Uber's APP and when to contact the driver if I don't understand English.

• #13
• 2026/04/19 (Sun) 15:45
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I thought you could take a bus to Disney from the Anaheim station.

• トシ
• 2026/04/07 (Tue) 10:29
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I'm sure there are many ways, but the one that comes to mind is the Toll road （ toll road ） payment system.
You can make an account online and register your credit card and it will be paid automatically even after you pass through.
When I went back to Japan for a long time, I forgot my ETC card and had to pay in cash every time....

• マイル君
• 2026/04/08 (Wed) 12:58
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I think it has something to do with service, but the return system. Most stores in the U.S. allow smooth returns within about 30 days, even if the item is unboxed.
Shopping in Japan is time consuming because you have to look at the product carefully, touch it, and think about it because you cannot return it.

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/04/11 (Sat) 18:41
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Mile,

You are right.

Most of the products can be returned "after use" unless they are marked "non-returnable".

I have also returned a large box of reverse osmosis filtration equipment (Reverse Osmosis System), the largest of which would not fit in a passenger car.

However, there are long lines at the return counter at Costco and Walmart. If you are not good at it, you may have to wait in line for more than 30 minutes. But everyone is standing in line with a nonchalant look on their face. It's just like America.

• ken
• 2026/04/13 (Mon) 16:11
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I wish they would make Ginger Beer and very spicy Cheetos and Butterfingers available in Japan - ！ I'm buying the bomb when I leave （ lol ）

• HIRO
• 2026/03/21 (Sat) 18:10
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Curiosity999
I see you are being posted next month, that's exciting.
I used to work at a factory too, and I used to have lunch at
① a nearby restaurant
② bread from 7-Eleven ・ lunch boxes
③ the factory canteen
I changed these depending on my mood.
Restaurants were often crowded during lunch breaks and meals were not finished within the break time
so we often ate in the factory cafeteria.
Seven's lunch boxes were boring and bad.
I recommend you bring pickled plums, friquettes, rice, instant miso soup, etc.
to change the menu of the factory cafeteria ！.
The factory cafeteria may have a variety of menu items, but
many of them are too spicy, and the menu items that Japanese can order are limited.
Good luck and enjoy your work.
HIRO

• Curiosity999
• 2026/04/09 (Thu) 22:24
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HRO

Thank you for your valuable experience ！
I'm sure you will have some trouble finding something for lunch.

• シュワちゃん
• 2026/03/18 (Wed) 20:53
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However, you have to change your name as soon as you buy it, and then you have to get insurance, and then it depends on the insurance company. Note ： If you don't have an international license, you can't take the test.

• 倍金満　　. .
• 2026/03/21 (Sat) 08:28
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Anyone can buy one without a license, but
please read the driver's handbook if you are driving with a provisional license.

• yu-ka
• mail
• 2026/03/30 (Mon) 14:48
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Purchases can be made without a license. It is mandatory to purchase insurance within 30 days after the name change. Failure to do so will result in a fine from the DMV.

• RJ
• 2026/03/31 (Tue) 10:15
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Even with a provisional driver's license, there are insurance companies that will let you in if you have a Japanese driver's license, and you can usually possess one.

• シュワちゃん
• 2026/03/31 (Tue) 22:56
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There are 1 ～ 2 insurance companies that you can get with a Japanese driver's license, but they are eye-poppingly expensive. I recommend that you get an American driver's license before you get car insurance.