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DEEP JAPAN

I went home with tears they firmly wiped my cheeks

I came home with a long face they rained down smiles

I came home with mud as big as my body their love became a spring of water 

I came home with an explosion of disappointment they poured an ocean of hope


I slammed the door loudly as I left full of anger

I crossed the white walls they had because of my mischief

I ruined the living room

I throw pillows and bolsters in the bedroom


My home remains a home

The door stays wide open no matter how hard I slam it.

The walls are always clean no matter how many times I scribble on them.

The living room is always tidy no matter how often I ravage it

My room is always tidy whenever I come back


I always thought my house was a miracle

I thought my house was sophisticated with the help of technology

I thought my house was a stupid building that couldn't fight back

I thought my house was just a place to go home after I partied with the outside world


I was wrong, I fell into error

My house is just a house, really a pile of bricks and cement

The real home is the life inside

Father and mother turned out to be the real home in the house I thought


Dad is a strong pillar that supports my good and bad behavior.

Mom is the pottery that embraces me in the cold of the night.

The love of my father and mother turned out to be a roof that kept me from the heat and rain.

The spring that radiates is in fact the sweat of my mother and father.


A home is just a home without a father and mother, a father and mother is a home

Father and mother are heaven that God dropped on earth.

Father and mother are the home we return to no matter what we experience.

Father and mother are the true home we return to.


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This is a poetry which my friend made, and he lives in Indonesia. Poetry ties between hearts of people living in different countries. Yes, "house" doesn't mean just a building. Even if you are living in a big city or a tiny village, you can understand what this poet means. I can say that "house" means namely a family. Or I may be able to say that "house" means "wife," " husband," "siblings," "parent," or "lover." Maybe, you may say that house means homeland. Anyway, house means something that this young poet wrote here. For everone.





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There are many 自動販売機/Jidou-hanbaiki in Japan. In English, it is a bending machine. Just how many vending machines are there in this country? I looked it up. According to the data, there are about 2.7 million units. This means that one out of every 50 people in the country has one installed in their city.


I only use vending machines once or twice a year. Naturally, there are vending machines near my house, even if they are not used that often. This machine runs on electricity 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Even if other countries' people criticize us for saying that electricity is a waste, we will not be able to refute it.


I think this type of machine probably appeared in Japan in the 1970s. I think this machine was the first to start selling canned coffee. Since then, the number of vending machines installed in Japan has steadily increased.


There are many different types of these machines, and some machines now sell ramen noodles and frozen side dishes. The vending machine doesn't speak, so all you have to do is insert a coin and press the purchase button to complete the purchase. Japanese people may find it easier because they don't have to talk at all.


Japanese people are people who care about other people's evaluations. Therefore, when they go shopping at a restaurant or grocery store, they tend to be afraid of being disliked by the people there. Therefore, they tend to be more considerate of others than necessary. Therefore, one of the reasons why the number of vending machines has increased may be that they are easier because you don't have to have a conversation.


Apparently there are vending machines in Tokyo that sell locusts and grasshoppers as “insect food.'' I've never seen that machine. This is a story in very poor taste.


It was previously said that if you calculated the power consumption of all the vending machines in Japan, it would be equivalent to one nuclear power plant. Nowadays, energy saving technology has advanced, so it seems that the power consumption is a little less.



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