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• 塩麹
• 2026/02/16 (Mon) 09:15
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Where can I buy dried koji ？?

• 塩麹
• 2026/02/17 (Tue) 12:44
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I just went to 99 Ranch and it wasn't there, TC is having trouble getting through on the phone 😭.

• また値上げ🫠
• 2026/02/17 (Tue) 20:33
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Shiokouji

It's sold at Nijya
It's the refrigerated area where they have tofu and stuff.

• 塩麹
• 2026/02/18 (Wed) 06:46
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Is it Nijya ！ I don't have it near me 😭I live in OC

Is there dried koji in refrigeration ？ I looked it up and found that dried koji is when the water content is reduced to about 10%, so maybe it is not that dry …

In Japan It seems to be everywhere, but at 99Ranch I was told that they don't even know what koji is, so I am having difficulty. I don't know much about it and I'm not good at explaining it either 😞

Thanks again for the price increase🫠😊.

• クロウサギ
• Yesterday 23:28
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Old Torrance power is out, but I'm not sure how far out ？
They say it won't be restored until 6am tomorrow morning.

• ヤマダ
• 2026/02/19 (Thu) 16:17
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You could try an eSIM ？
For example, Nomad eSIM offers 30 days/5GB for $10.
I'm sure there are many other cheaper places if you look around, but just FYI ！.

• nuiloamama
• 2026/02/19 (Thu) 18:52
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I always use
JapanConnect eSIM.
15 days, 10G, 1870 yen.
You will receive a QR code when you apply.
You can put it in your phone while you are in Hawaii
and use it as soon as you arrive in Japan.

Please search eSim for various plans.

• 戌年
• 2026/02/20 (Fri) 03:18
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Yamada-san, nuiloamama
Thanks for the advice ！ I will search Nomad eSIM and JapanConnect eSIM immediately.

• Tsuyoshi
• Yesterday 22:49
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I use Hanacell.
I can keep my Japanese number and it is very convenient when I go back to Japan temporarily.

• 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

• とこちゃん
• mail
• 2026/02/04 (Wed) 10:14
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I woke up in the morning and as I was walking to the bathroom I was struck with vertigo.
I feel wobbly and the scenery around me is moving and I feel unbalanced.
Last night, feeling tired, I ate something sweet and stayed up late even though I was sleepy, and when I went to bed around 2 am, I felt dizzy and went to bed thinking I must be tired. When I woke up this morning and got up, I felt the same and the scenery around me was moving, I am worried.
I looked it up and found that I have eye fatigue, earaches, etc....
If anyone has any experience with this or has been to a hospital, I would be very grateful if you could tell me what to do. Thank you for this opportunity.

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/02/04 (Wed) 19:55
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#1039 Bono-chan

Is it the so-called "dizziness"?

Since you wrote in the "Elderly" topic, I assume that "Bono-chan" is an elderly person. I will reply as far as I know.

Do you usually eat nutritious food? Do you eat a lot of vegetable salads?

Please make sure you get a good night's sleep, as lack of sleep can affect your body's condition. If you "stay up late," you need to change that habit. This may be the toughest part.

It's a common recommendation, but lead a "regular" life.

If you don't have solid health insurance, take even more care of yourself.

Living a disorderly life far from Japan, without insurance, can be fatal.

I am sorry for saying such a thing.

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/02/11 (Wed) 21:16
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Today I went to the hospital for what was supposed to be a routine blood checkup.

A few hours later, I automatically received the test results by e-mail.

Two items are a little out of the safe range, but this is usual and no special treatment is needed.

I go to a paid fitness club twice a week, and I attend a decent weekly yoga class at the LA City Senior Center.

I would like to walk for an hour every day, but I get sloppy and do it every other day.

Well, my body is healthy for an 82 year old, but the blur is starting to show a little, but there is no cure for that.

• 倍金萬です
• Yesterday 20:14
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I don't want to go to the trouble of starting a stand-alone topic, so I'll put it here.

"Broadcast Accident" First Pitch

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/tyZ8LZoF8X4

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/02/15 (Sun) 15:08
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This video has nothing to do with Japan-bound flights, but it shows how passengers' luggage is handled so roughly at airports.

IDIOTS AT WORK: Airport Edition | EPIC Airport FAILS


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ7iabNUzqk

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/02/16 (Mon) 18:11
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I have decided on a date for my trip to Japan and have chosen an airline and paid for the round trip.

The date is in the middle of this May, avoiding Golden Week.

I chose ZIPAIR this time because the fare would be cheaper than JAL/ANA, but

the fare was a little higher than I expected after buying minimum options.

Two couple ・ LAX - NRT round trip, total cost is about $ 1,520.

With JAL/ANA, it may be over $ 2,000.

The seat is too small and there is no display in front of you.

Various entertainment ・ I will bring a gadget

Well, I am worried if this 80 year old ＋ can survive until landing at NRT. --;

• 倍金萬です
• 2026/02/21 (Sat) 10:25
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70+,

Thank you for all your advice.

Yes, the economy class seat size seems to be narrower than JAL/ANA in front, back, left and right.

I was born just before the war and I am 5'-06" taller and shorter than young people today, but

if my knees touch the back of the front seat, I don't think I can relax during a long flight.

If the restrooms are crowded, I have to stand outside the door for a long time,

which might be a nice change of pace.

Also, my wife is taking her I-Pad with her, so I can put a lot of videos on it to pass the time.

＞ Flat seat first class is cheap

It's like JAL/ANA business class made even smaller.

My wife, who is also a cheapskate, rejected this one.

• 日本で
• 2026/02/22 (Sun) 20:07
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I go back to Japan with my child for about 2 months every year.

I walk about 20 minutes from my parents' house to the bus stop in the countryside and take a bus for about 25 minutes to get to the JR station.

I don't go very far, but I wish I had a bicycle to go to the local supermarket or my sister's house (15 minutes away by car), but a regular bicycle is too hot and too heavy for me.

I'm wondering if it's a good idea to buy an electric bike to use less than 2 months a year and would like to hear your opinions.

Also, I think it is possible to buy a 3-seater tuk-tuk (less than 1,000,000 yen) that does not require a garage permit and can be driven with a regular driver's license, but I am not sure if I should keep it even though I will only drive it for 2 months a year.

I have a shed with a covered door, so I can store it without being exposed to rain and wind, but I am worried that it will deteriorate if I don't drive it ？.

If there is only one person, it is an electric bicycle, but a tuk-tuk is very attractive because you can take your child a short distance. A car is difficult because there is no place to put it even if we rent a car.

• 倍金萬です
• Yesterday 16:29
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#4564 "In Japan",

I am 82 years old and have been living in the US since I was 27 years old. "I have never been back to Japan long enough to "live" in Japan like you do, so unfortunately I can't answer any questions.

I can imagine what an electric bicycle is like, but I have no idea what a "tuk-tuk" is like.

If anyone has any information that would be useful to "San in Japan, please feel free to reply to this topic.

• Zoo
• 2025/11/10 (Mon) 12:10
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＃ 127 Puna
Punahou had a "June - August" birthday set long before last year. My son is a 3rd grader now, and he already had the same birthday set at that time.
Iolani has been adjusting to Punahou since this year.
I was lucky that the number of examinees was reduced due to the Korona disaster when my son was there ！ but the number of examinees was over 500.
My younger daughter took the Kinder exam last year, and I remember being surprised on the day of the group exam by the surprisingly large number of people who took the exam.
As a result, it was a fierce battle of 693 applicants, and we thought we might do well since our oldest son is already in Punahou, but unfortunately
our oldest daughter didn't even make the wait list. It's a harsh reality!

• 激戦キンダーお受験
• 2025/11/13 (Thu) 12:58
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We were able to confirm last year's Kinder exam details for your reference ！

Punahou had 150 successful applicants, 20 waitlisted, and 693 examinees.
Iolani had 96 successful candidates, 40 waitlisted, and 403 examinees.

These numbers are from last year's Kindergarten （ Kindergarten ） entrance exam. Acceptance ・ information that was officially shared with waitlist families and is a reliable number （ The number of waitlisted students was also included in the waitlist notification email ）.

Including waitlist numbers ：
• Punahou ： 150 + 20 = 170 total slots
• Iolani ： 96 + 40 = 136 total slots

Recruitment Although the number of slots themselves is not significantly different, Punahou has a much higher number of applicants, which means that the acceptance rate is lower and competition is more intense.

Last year, Punahou passed 4 students from the waitlist and Iolani passed 16 students from the waitlist.
Both schools had very competitive admissions.

• お受験戦争
• 2025/12/03 (Wed) 14:56
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I went to the Iolani group exam the other day. I was told that there were still less than 400 people taking the exam and that last year about 20 people were moved up from the waitlist.
When my older son took the exam last year, he said that only about 10 waitlisted students were moved up each year, so
the child who started attending Kinder this August, who passed both Punahou and Iolani, had a much higher percentage of Punahou choices. The Iolani admissions people were truly surprised that there were less than 400 test takers and
that there were 20 advanced admissions. Was the Iolani boom over after about 2 years? Also, as others have mentioned, the 90% Asian race rate was not a lie. Probably 70% Chinese （ Chinese, Taiwanese, Hong Kong ） and 20-25% Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese, Filipino. For your information.

• キンダー受験
• 2026/01/14 (Wed) 11:12
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We also took the Kinder exam last year. We sent our child to a preschool where they were told they had a good chance of getting into Punahou Iolani Kinder.
I did it with a tutor for a year and a half, but neither Punahou nor Iolani was able to make the alternate list. I was very depressed, but from there I started looking for a private school that would accept me. After being rejected from Punahou and Iolani, I contacted HBA and Merinole and was told that both schools had finished announcing their acceptances but had openings, so I went to see the schools.
Kinder, Punahou and Iolani are the only top 2 schools that are competitive. There are many schools that you can get into after Punahou and Iolani are announced. To be honest, I was surprised.
I was disappointed with the results of the Kinder exam, but the one year experience was a great experience for me and my child to work towards a goal together for the first time. We decided not to go to HBA or Merinol, but to go to Public, and we will continue to work together with our child for the 4th exam.
If Punahou had 550 applicants who didn't get into Kinder, I'm convinced that it's too narrow a field for us. I know the pressure is on, but I just want my child to go to the school he wants to go to.

• え？
• Yesterday 13:35
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You are recruiting for Iolani 4th. I hear they are finally starting to run out of students.
40 kinder exam alternates, and after all the applicants have been moved up, they still don't have enough. I wonder what happened. Looks like there will be openings next year and the year after.

• タコパ
• 2026/01/18 (Sun) 13:43
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I am a parent considering transferring my child to Montessori 3rd grade starting August 2026. I have confirmed with the school that they have quite a few vacancies and are looking for students in all grades. it seems that the school has up to 6th grade and then 30% of the students are accepted and go on to Punahou middle and the rest are Mid-pac and Public. I know there is a difference in academic ability, but I wonder if they can keep up with their studies if they are accepted from middle school to punahou or Iolani … Of course, I know it is impossible to take the middle school entrance exam without a tutor.
I would like to know the actual situation of children who went from Montessori to Punahou or Iolani in the middle school. Thank you in advance.

• minami
• 2026/01/24 (Sat) 19:47
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Nice to meet you, my oldest entered Punahou from middle from MCS about 5 years ago.
At that time, about 80% of MCS graduates were accepted to Punahou, and my second child took the Punahou exam from MCS the year before last and was not accepted.
That year, 11 students took the Punahou exam and only 4 passed. Therefore, the older child is in Punahou and the younger child is in another middle school.
To enter Punahou middle school from MCS, you must have a Tutor. All of us had a Tutor. The school says it is not necessary, but it was impossible without a Tutor.
Since I entered Punahou Middle, I have had a lot of difficulties every year. The kids coming up from the bottom of Punahou are really smart. The kids coming up from the bottom at Punahou are really smart, a little surprising.
At MCS, my older son was able to come in at the top of his class, but once he entered Punahou, he felt inferior, and he was shocked.

We can't play tennis, swimming, or soccer in the MCS facilities; PE itself, we raised them in a situation where there was no place to do PE. There is no ground.
I grew up in a small group and did not notice the difference in academic ability. Now I am struggling a lot in Punahou. The MCS graduates who entered Punahou with me
are also not at the average level. I realized that there is such a big gap in academic achievement after I joined Punahou.
As others have said, many families at MCS have siblings attending together, and it was a very small, non-competitive, and relaxed environment.
I feel that if I only knew MCS as a school, I would have become an MCS believer. I think I became a believer in MCS because of the totally unfounded rumors that "MCS is a popular school, if you are in MCS, you can get into Punahou, Iolani from the middle, the acceptance rate is high, and even after getting into Punahou, Iolani, MCS graduates are at the top" and so on.
I also believed this until my two children took the entrance exam and went to other schools, but the reality is completely different.
MCS graduates do not reach the average level of Punahou. The percentage of MCS to Punahou acceptance is already below 30%. In fact, the numbers are clear in the school's announcement. Currently, the acceptance rate continues to drop dramatically, so it is not released publicly, but only announced to current students via email at graduation.
As a parent, I also regret that I believed the rumors within MCS and believed the fictions inside MCS such as 90% of Punahou pass and that you can be very high ranked even after entering Punahou. It seems like brainwashing.
In fact, 80% of the kids who go from Punahou to IVY or equivalent are from Kinder.

As well as the facilities of MCS schools, without being a weird MCS believer, and with an eye on reality, Elementary does not recommend MCS.

• 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.

• iolani 親です
• 2026/02/20 (Fri) 23:20
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My child attends iolani. We started in 1st grade from Waitlist.
iolani is on Waitlist until 5th if you are in Waitlist in Kinder. if there is an Opening Spot, you are approached in order.
Every year, there are around 100 students accepted （ They claim 96, but some years there are 100 ） There are 40 other Waitlists, but some students quit, so
Quite often there are almost 40 Waitlists somewhere during Elementary. The current situation is that we are able to enroll.
This time, the 4th recruitment is quite rare. However, as the Lord said, there are currently only 86 students in the grade that will be the 4th this summer, and there are a lot of students who want to go to Punahou who did not get into Punahou in Kinder. There are also some students who move to Punahou if they pass the exam. （ Every year several students take the exam and about 3-5 pass ）
Other than that, there are students who move back to their respective countries, families who find it difficult to pay the tuition fees, etc. Some students leave every year because they don't fit iolani.
When my child took the kinder exam, iolani was booming and there were many families who chose iolani if they were accepted to both punahou and iolani, but recently, it seems that there are many who are accepted to both and go to punahou, and more than half of the 40 students on the iolani kinder waitlist are accepted to kinder. More than half of the 40 waitlisted students in Kinder at iolani have been accepted to Kinder.
All private schools are struggling to survive. Some schools are even disappearing.
As a parent of a current student, I feel that iolani is now in a situation where they cannot apply until the 6th grade and have to change.

• 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.

• テキサコ
• 2026/02/06 (Fri) 12:45
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I made it last year.
To be clear, it is very expensive and time consuming.
$ 300- $ 600/1 sqft, so 500 sqft 1bd 1ba will cost $ 150k-300k.
Still, if I can rent a 1bd 1ba for $ 1800/mo or so, I'd be happy to turn around a 10%+ yield.

• ええええええ
• 2026/02/09 (Mon) 22:15
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I thought ＄ you could get 2500 for 1Bed1Bath ？. Because it would include utilities and parking (or street parking in front of the house). Even renting a room in a house is expensive, but 1800 is not cheap ＄ for a separate house ？ I wonder what the market rate is.

• ささ
• 2026/02/19 (Thu) 20:05
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1Bed1Bath ＄ where can I get 2500 ？
can I get it in Gardena or Koreatown ？?