Japan was a country like North Korea or Russia, before I was born

I’m not sure if you have an interest in this kind of story. I was born in 1964 and Japan was a country like North Korea or Russia about 20 years ago before I was born. 

Japan was invading Korea, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, the Malay peninsula and so on back then. All of those activities of this nation were wrong, in many senses.

However, my grandparents and parents didn’t know that Japan was invading those countries during the war. They were educated that Japan was fighting for the people in those countries. Everything was fake from the government.

Japan was defeated by the US, and many Japanese had to die in the war. However, I think, Japanese has noticed what is the correct way for ourselves, at that time. Therefore, Japan could have come to walk in a peaceful way after that, I can say. Peace is precious more than everything.

Even in any country, the government doesn't necessarily say the truth and the facts. So everybody needs to make an effort to know what the facts are. I think you need to know what the facts around you are, to live in peace.

You should distinguish between fake news and not, about the information you got. Always.

Tokyo is not a Town where Decent People Live

My poor nephew

He is currently working in this city, 

and he was a very energetic baseball player

but he looks a little depressed now.

I hope he doesn't fall into mental illness

I'm praying.

I've never lived in Tokyo.

But I think I know the gist of it.

Many of the people working in Tokyo

spend 4 hours every day

for going to work.

And on a crowded train.

I would go crazy in a week there.

There are too many people everywhere you go.

So, speaking of "nature" in Tokyo,

It's about a group of humans.

I'm not talking about forests, forests, or rivers.

A group of humans is "nature"

What a stuffy town.

People are working everywhere 24 hours a day.

Are active.

There are people in this city

who work every day without sleeping.

You won't believe it

This is true.

There is no way a person who works without sleep can think straight.

No, humans don't have to think.

Because in this town, humans are just parts of society.

The town called Tokyo

It's one big computer system.

Of course, many foreign tourists

The fact that they like coming to Tokyo is that

I know too.

since they look like they've wanted to see something scary

They are coming to Tokyo.

They are in the extraordinary space of Tokyo.

Maybe they want to go crazy.

But if I confess honestly

When I was in my 20s, I really wanted to go to Tokyo.

Even in my 30s, I couldn't help but want to go to Tokyo.

That's because I wanted to try something big.

My nephew is currently working in Tokyo.

Probably for the same reason.

Tokyo is such a city.

Absorb the energy of young people

It's a city that's always growing.

Japanese fortune slip called “Omikuji”

When anybody was younger, anybody liked to try fortune slip, I think. But, when it comes to adults, they don’t have an interest in trying fortune slips. Because they know that they have to live according to their destiny.

So, do you like to try fortune slips? What kind of fortune slips are there in your country?

In Japan, we call it “Omikuji”, I mean it’s a fortune slip. Many Japanese try Omikuji in shrines on New Years’ day. They try to know by doing that, if they are happy that year or not. For example, if they can encounter a best partner or not, if they can enter the university where they want to enter.

In Japanese Omikuji, your fate will be suggested by the words below;

大吉 Daikichi : You can get a big happiness

中吉 Chukichi : You can get a middle size of happiness

小吉 Shoukichi : You can get a small size of happiness

小凶 Shoukyou : You may have a bit of unfortunate

中凶 Chukyo : You may have a middle size of unfortunate

大凶 Daikyo : You may have a big unfortunate

So, when my friends got “Daikyo” from Omikuji, they always had dark faces which meant despair, in shrines. Although it was on New Years’ day.

When they tried Omikuji in their youth, they mainly wanted to know their own fate about love. I mean, they wanted to know if they could encounter a good girlfriend or boyfriend. However, even if they got “Daikichi”, they often couldn’t encounter a good girlfriend. That’s not avoidable because it’s a fortune slip.

When you visit shrines in Japan, you would be able to see the landscape like in this photograph. This picture is capturing the scene where the Japanese had tied Omikuji, which they tried and looked at.