I downloaded my next audiobook titled Buddhism for Bigginers. The author was Jack Cornfield of US. He was a famous meditation leader in the West. I have read several books about Buddhism in Japanese and English. English version was relativ…

I'm interested in religious things, especially Buddhism. Among many Buddhist sects, Mahayana interests me a lot, because they are close to Buddha's original thought. Hinayana or Japanese Buddhism are far from it. This lead Japanese Buddhis…

Nipponham Fighters took the 6th game of the 2016 Nippon Sreies Baseball at Mazda Stadium. Both Hokkaido and Hiroshima had chances to defeat each other, but the Fighters made a big inning at the 8th-inning with a glangslam by Laird. I reall…

I listen to audiobooks for fun and a little bit for improving my English ability. Several years ago, I tried audiobooks with CD, but I failed to continue because I was lazy to transport CDs into portable devices. Thanks to Audible, I can e…

The 2016 Nippon Series Basball will return to Hiroshima. The Fighters has won over Tha Carp with a 5-1. The Fighters' Nishikawa hit a walk-off grand slam home run in the 5th game. I believe Hiroshima will perform well in the left two games…

Japanese retired actress Saya Takagi was arrested over malijana possession on Ishigaki island, Okinawa Prefecture. Authorities said that she denied it. Takagi ran for the Upper House election this year. She declared legalizing the use of m…

The Carp's legend Kuroda faced the Fighter's star Otani at the 2016 Nippon Series Baseball in Hokkaido. Ohtani made two hit from Kuroda and hit a walk-off single in the 10th inning. This might be the last pitch for Kuroda. He has twenty ye…

I've downloaded my 31st Audible titled Chicken Soup for the Soul, Think Positive. It includes 101 personal episodes from ordinary people. I have a baperback Chicken Soup for the Soul, but not the same one. My wife said I was too much posit…

Browsing my Twitter timeline, I found many people tweeting about Eiken. It's a very hot topic now. How come it became popular? I'm not sure. In recent several years, most of English learners looked ignore the test. I tried Eiken twice. I m…

The 2016 Nippon Series has just started. The Fighters sent Ohtani as the opening pitcher. That would make the Carp nervous. But the Carp defeated Ohtani and the Fighters. I watched the game on TV. The stadium was filled with red uniforms, …

A magnitude 6.6 earthquake hit western Honshu island in Japan today. The epicenter was Tottori prefecture. It caused a temporary power outage and damaging building in Tottori and other prefectures. Some people were reportedly injured there…

Japan's professional baseball draft was held in Tokyo today. Five teams put down Masayoshi Tanaka and SoftBank got the negotiate right. Only a few baseball players can be selected. How hard it is. I hope every rookies will perform well and…

Japanese legend pitcher the Carp's Hiroki Kuroda announced that he will retire at the end of the Nippon Series. He started his professional career at Hiroshima Carp and spent seven seasons in the Major League, the Dodgers and the Yankees. …

Democratic Party President Renho announced that she only made her official declaration to choose Japanese nationality over Taiwanese this month. That means her dual citizenship has been lasting and she has still failed to end the illegal s…

Weblio vocabulary test usually shows my vocabulary is around 6,000 words. I have to say that isn't enough. I know it. I tried some words books to get more English words, but I didn't through them to the end. My excuse is that words books a…

My wife and I went to Shimane Winey Festival today. The winery was near Izumo Taisha. We got there at 9am to get 500 yen barbecue tickets. The tickets were provided from 10am, but at that time there were 1,000 people lined up for the ticke…

Hiroshima Carp won the 2016 Japan's professional baseball Central League the 2nd stage against Yokohama BayStars. The Carp will face the Pacific League champion at the Nippon Series. It will start October 22. The Carp won the CL pennant se…

It’s Friday. I can get a bowl of free “gyudon” today. SoftBank provides a free gyudon for their smartphone customers every Friday this month as a campaign. I’m one of the SoftBank smartphone users. And my wife and son also have iPhones! We…

I’ve moved my blog. My old blog site was Blogger, but it didn’t work well recently. I posted 1,076 blog on the site, so I didn’t want to change blog site. But I had to do so. And I’ve just changed my blog title. The new one is above. I’m p…