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#377 No matter how old I get

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#376 My summer break

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#375 3-line diary challenge (Week #13) : Do you like drinking alcohol?

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#374 The spirit of high school baseball

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#373 Four hours to pass, five hours to fail

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#372 3-line diary challenge (Week #12) : When do you feel happy?

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#371 Okinawa trip ⑤: Okinawa’s delicious noodle dishes

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#370 Okinawa trip④ : A whole new world underwater

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#369 Okinawa trip③: A surprising side of Okinawa

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#368 Okinawa trip ② : A surprising story from Kume island

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#367 3-line diary challenge (Week #11): Are you a morning person or a night owl?

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#366 Okinawa trip ①: A beach that felt like heaven

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#365 Back from Okinawa

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#364 Finally tried kalguksu

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#363 The game I can’t stop thinking about

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#362 A gentle rainy-day gesture

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#361 You see the real person when they are tired

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#360 3-line diary challenge (Week #10) : What do you usually do on weekends?

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#359 Do you have a favorite song?

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#358 No chairs, no backrests

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#357 The language of samurai movies

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#356 Toy Story 5

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#355 3-line diary challenge (Week #9) : Which season do you like the best?

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#354 Have you heard of “inochi no sentaku”?

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#353 When should children start learning a foreign language?

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#352 English immersion in a public school

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#351 Growing up without smartphones

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#350 3-line diary challenge (Week #8) : What do you do when you feel down?

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#349 What food do you miss when you travel?

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#348 What makes hiking so enjoyable?

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#347 The beauty of Mt. Takao after the rain

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#346 A definition of kindness

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#345 3-line diary challenge (Week #7 ) : What is the first thing you do in the morning?

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#344 Do you read the same book again and again?

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#343 A table manners debate in Japan

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#342 I come here all the time

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#341 Learning more about Michael Jackson

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#340 3-line diary challenge (Week #6) : What is your favorite day of the week?

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#339 My adorable two-year-old twin nieces

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#338 Learning from real masterpieces

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#337 Does your language have words like this?

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#336 A little paradise near Tokyo Dome

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3-line diary challenge (Week #5) : What are your hobby?

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#334 A surprisingly popular Japanese restaurant

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#333 Maybe we don’t need so much

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#332 Do you know nukazuke?

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#331 I want to visit a market someday

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#330 3-line diary challenge (Week #4) : What’s your favorite color?

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#329 Thinking about Hiking

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#328 I love detective dramas!

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#327 Movie theater at 8am

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#326 A trip through books

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#325 3-line diary challenge (Week #3)

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#324 A famous Japanese saying

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#323 What are you most drawn to in nature?

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#322 A scary first day at work

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#321 The Devil Wears Prada 2

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#320 3-line diary (Week #2) : What have you been into lately?

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#319 Why didn’t I go sooner?

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#318 Why lost wallets often come back in Japan?

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#317 Maybe language learning should be like this

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#316 A fun ride at Haneda airport

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#315 Would you like to write a 3-line diary with me?

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#314 The secret of my hometown?

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#313 A different kind of gratitude

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#312 Golden week begins tomorrow

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#311 A taste of my collage days

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#310 The story behind Tenjin

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#309 The God of Learning in Japan

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#308 Wisteria at Kameido Tenjin

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#307 How teachers call students in your country?

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#306 A Surprising Duolingo Example

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#305 Things Japanese parents always say

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#304 Tokyo, but It didn’t feel like Tokyo

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#303 When sakura season ends

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#302 More than just lucky cats

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#301 Drinkable French toast

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#300 My Tiny College Dorm Room

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#299 Strict bicycle rules

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#298 The “Eat it!”ceremony

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#297 Have you ever eaten a fruit sandwich?

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#296 I talk to ChatGPT more than anyone else

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#295 What is Gakuchika?

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#294 I didn’t even notice the problem

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#293 Asakusa, any time of the year

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#292 How many times a week is the garbage collected?

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#291 Rage room🎾

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#290 Sometimes my son’s questions are hard to answer.

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#289 Sticker albums are very popular in Japan now!

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#288 Cosmetic treatment situation in Japan

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#287 It’s Sakura season!

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#286 Gas prices in Japan

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#285 The answer to yesterday‘s quiz

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#284 An amulet that makes demons go away

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#283 Are you close with your cousins or relatives?

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#282 When I become a beaver 🦫🪵🥔

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#281 What would you choose for your last supper?

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#280 The Secret Garden

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#279 I want to try Touji

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#278 Have you heard of the word “TKG”?

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#277 My very first siphon coffee

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#276 How does the medical system work in your country?

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#275 World map that places Japan at the center

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#274 More tourists are setting their sights on Japanese glasses👓

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#273 If you were reborn, who would you want to be?

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#272 Do you leave before the end credits?

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#271 The beautiful origin of the words “sakura”

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#270 Fun fact about Nihonbashi

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#269 Beautiful udon restaurant in Nihonbashi

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#268 Tokyo farm village

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#267 I love Keroro

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#266 Grave of the Fireflies

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#265 Galapagos smartphone

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#264 Shio musubi🍙

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#263 Small pleasures in daily life

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#262 Urayasu local history museum

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#261 Korea is a very popular travel destination among Japanese

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#260 It’s Valentine’s day tomorrow.

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#259 Screentime before sleep

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#258 What would you do when you’re feeling down?

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#257 It snowed a lot in Tokyo

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#256 Monchicchi is popular overseas

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#255 Do you like sour coffee?

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#254 Evacuation drill every month

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#253 Nezu jinja shrine

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#252 Team lab planets

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#251 Tacos is getting popular in Japan

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#250 Amazon used Generative AI for drama extras

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#249 Is sharing foods at a restaurant common?

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#248 Elementary school students even study at a cafe

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#247 Prank call from overseas

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#246 Funiculi Funicla = Oni no pantsu👹🩲

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#245 Demons out, fortunes in

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#244 E-money offerings⛩️

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#243 Fuku-otoko🏃‍♂️

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#242 Ice sculptures in Meiji jinguu

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#241 Do you pack light or heavy?

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#240 Ehime is the next must-go destination?!

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#239 Maneki-neko in Gotokuji in Tokyo

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#238 Croissant oden!

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#237 Hatsumoude in Sensouji

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#236 Tondo san

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#235 Seven herbs rice porridge

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#234 Kadomatsu🎍

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#233 There was an earthquake

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#231 Happy new year!

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#232 I’m going back to Tokyo

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#230 Thank you so much for this year!!♡

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#229 How do you spend New year’s eve?

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#228 Happy holidays!!

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#227 🎄It’s Christmas eve!🎄

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#226 Drunk driving in Japan

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#225 Christmas is coming soon!

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#224 Kumano-te cafe

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#223 Sake wa nondemo nomareruna

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#222 Osechi for dogs

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#221 Bounenkai season has come!

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#220 The answer to the Idaten quiz

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#219 Idaten

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#218 I went to a dog cafe in Ikebukuro

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#217 Social eating phobia

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#216 What is your dream job?

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#215 “I’m lifting the washing machine and rotate it”?

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#214 Only four people know Ichiran recipe

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#213 In winter, I become Kotatsumuri

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#212 How many hours a day do you spend on Instagram?

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#211 Ginko lined street in Gaien-mae

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#210 Saitama children’s zoo

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#209 Beautiful Sumida aquarium

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#208 Gueee shindango

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#207 How many hours a day are you on your phone?

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#206 “That” is so good

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#205 Marriage cost is getting expensive in South Korea

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#204 How people in Alaska treat bears

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#203 Autumn leaf season has begun!

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#202 Tama zoo in Tokyo

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#201 I took FLPT!

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#200 Year-end cleaning

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#199 Masculine and feminine nouns

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#198 “You-kya” diplomacy?!

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#197 2 months to go!

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#196 Bear attacks in Japan

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#195 Ride sharing in Tokyo

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#194 Have you heard of Makanai?

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#193 Have you heard of Kirakira name?

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#192 Kouchi trip 5/5 “The best bonito I’ve ever had!”

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#191 Kouchi trip 4/5 “Niyodo blue”

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#190 Kouchi trip 3/5 “Kouchi jou castle”

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#189 Kouchi trip 2/5 “Katsura-hama beach”

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#188 Kouchi trip 1/5 “Chinka-bashi bridge”

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#187 There are many kinds of ramen noodles

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#186 Soybean, soybean, soybean!

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#185 Bullying has been a big problem in Japan

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#184 Next boom is Houji cha?

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#183 Magazines and books are disappearing from コンビニ

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#182 How do you memorize new words?

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#181 Half of languages don’t have a word “がんばる”

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#180 School on Saturdays

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#178 Do you say “in 2021”or “four years ago”?

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#177 What makes you Uttori?

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#176 Highly recommend visiting Nagatoro in Saitama

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#175 Tsugaru dialect is super super difficult

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#174 Basic grammar is important

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#173 I’ll take the FLPT!!

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#172 Autumn is Omatsuri season!

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#171 Autumn might be the best season in Japan

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#170 Beach, river, or pool?

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#169 Beautiful Akikawa Keikoku valley in Tokyo

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#168 Tokyo Citizens’ Day

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#167 Mcdonald’s Japan’s happy meals resale problem

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#166 The answer to Daruma quiz

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#165 Why Daruma has no eyeballs?

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#164 I highly recommend visiting beautiful Jindaiji in Tokyo

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#163 It’s Ohigan today

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#162 Dog parks in Japan

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#161 The oldest women in Japan is 114 years old

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#160 It feels like autumn in the mornings and evenings

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#159 The exit 8

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#158 Things you used to do but don’t do anymore

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#157 Do you eat out by yourself?

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#156 What is Sekkachi?

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#155 Singers from 90s are so powerful!

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#154 What do you eat when you’re sick?

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#153 What word do you use most often throughout the day?

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#152 Kamiza and Shimoza

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#150 Only 17% of Japanese people have passports

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#149 Zodiac signs, blood types or MBTI?

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#148 Do you know what’s been increasing in rural Japan?

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#147 The Princess Diamond

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#146 The secret of Bontan candy

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#145 Why Bontan candy is popular now in Japan?

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#144 More Japanese people in their 20s use debit cards

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#143 Do you use a UV umbrella?

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#142 Do you put your tie on your head when you get drunk?

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#141 Do you remember your first love?

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#140 KFC barrel in Obon

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#139 Obon holidays

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#138 I’m back from my hometown!

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#137 A huge rainwater storage facility built under Shibuya station

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#136 What temperature do you set your AC?

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#135 Gong cha has become popular again in Japan

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#134 Awa odori

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#133 What do you put on a table to save your seat at a cafe?

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#132 Nama XX are popular in Japan now

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#131 Can you stay up all night?

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#130 AI is “devouring” electricity

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#129 Katsushika Hokusai exhibition in France

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#128 The future I saw

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#127 Japanese school summer vacation

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#126 The difference of the way to treat pets between in Europe and in Japan

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#125 The 100 Best Movies of the 21st Century

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#124 Airport theory

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#123 Are you interested in popular words?

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#122 Does the internet reduce the impact of physical distance?

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#121 Some university papers used secret prompt

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#120 Yakuza vs Osaka police

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#119 Duolingo Japan is funny!

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#118 Is there any food you love but you can’t eat?

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#117 What did you like to play with in your childhood?

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#116 No matter how old you are, you can drive in Japan

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#115 Trends in Heisei are all in this music video

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#114 There’s no trash can on streets in Japan?

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#113 I’ve been into JOLLY

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#112 To be born in certain months is not good?

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#111 What you see first at a grocery store in summer in Japan

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#110 “Don’t scold children, you used to be a child.”

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#109 Wind chimes, cicadas and frogs

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#109 Wind chimes, cicadas and frogs

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#108 Cafe staffs are good at small talks

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#107 Beautiful shrine in Tokyo “Hie jinja”

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#106 Hiyashi chuuka is now available

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#105 Have you ever stayed in a container hotel before?

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#104 Chat GPT might be a good counselor

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#103 Some young people don’t use a stove in Japan

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#102 Do you wake up at the usual time on weekends?

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#101 I went to a dog cafe in Asakusa

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#100 I highly recommend watching a Japanese movie “Kokuhou”!!

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#99 More people go out for breakfast in Japan

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#98 Most of streets in Japan don’t have names

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#97 Do you like summer?

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#96 Sake goes well with Chinese food

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#95 Why the rainy season is “梅”雨?

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#94 Alexa calls me by a wrong name

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#93 Tokyo Metro joined Elizabeth Line operation in London

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#92 Has the rainy season started?

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#91 己、巳、已、巴

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#90 Small Edo town, Kawagoe

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#89 ~ Kyara dori stick ~

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#88 Can you tell people from your own country?

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#87 Japan rice prices hit a new high

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#86 ~ Famous Japanese poem about tea ~

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#85 ~ Maccha is popular all over the world ~

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#84 Have you ever heard of “Shugendou”?

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#83 ~ Onigiri food truck in NY ~

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#82 ~ Do you say “Do you have a new one?” ~

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#81 ~ Bicycle rules and regulations in Japan ~

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#80 ~ On the horse, on the pillow, and on the … ~

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#79 ~ Do you watch movies at home or at the movie theater? ~

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#78 ~ Nobunaga’s morning routines ~

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#77 ~ Do you look like your pet? ~

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#76 ~ Honda launched electric bike in Vietnam for about 170000 yen ~

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#75 ~ I highly recommend going to Maruzen book store in Tokyo! ~

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#74 ~The highest mountain in Tokyo~

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#74 ~ The highest mountain in Tokyo ~

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#73 Tottori Sand Dune

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#72 First birthday celebration in Japan

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#71 ~ Growing rice needs lots of work ~

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#70 ~ Have you ever heard of “五月病” ? ~

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#69 ~ Local newspaper is amazing! ~

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#68 ~ I’ve been obsessed with a crossword puzzle ~

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#67 ~ 70 students enrolled at Japanese language school in Tottori ~

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#66 ~ Strawberry picking🍓 ~

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#65 Finally automatic ticket gates are here!

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#64 ~ 12hour overnight trip by bus was… ~

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#63 ~12 hour overnight trip by bus ~

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#62 7 year old children take bus at 7am by themselves

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#61 AI tools helps school English teachers with read-aloud instructions

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#60 What is ラグい?

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#59 A good drink is better than any medicine?

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#58 Fictoromantic

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#57 Translated novels are becoming popular in the UK

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#56 What is “アフヌンでぬいどり”?

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#55 The largest MUJI store in the world

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#54 The most beautiful crepe I’ve ever had

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#53 Fukagawa Fudou temple

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#52 Fukagawa Edo museum

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#51 Japanese schools are crazy?!

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#50 Cherry blossom viewing spots in Tokyo

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#49 Double eyelids are important?

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#48 Smart glasses

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#47 What do you text your family?

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#46 Taboos for a baby gift

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#45 Where would you like to live in Japan?

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#44 If a cuckoo doesn’t sing, what would Oda Nobunaga have done?

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#43 🙈🙉🙊

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#42 What is your favorite konbini?

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#41 Quokkas are so cute!

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#40 Would you let your children have candy?

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#39 Lie-flat seats on a bus

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#38 Embarrassing hairstyle

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#37 You can never be too prepared

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#36 My (bitter) memory of Hinamatsuri

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#35 Have you heard of the word カスハラ?

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#34 Have you ever been to Comicon?

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#33 One convenience store changes people’s life

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#32 What is “Red book”?

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#31 Indoor shoes at school

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#30 Are you wearing contacts?

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#29 What are some foods you can’t live without ?

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#28 Pollen season!

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#27 Korean town in Tokyo

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#26 Plum blossom season has begun

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#25 Souvenir for President Trump

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#24 Valentine’s day

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#23 100 - 1 =99

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#22 Apples that won’t fall off

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#21 Smartphones in schools are banned in Brazil

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#20 Seasonal events in Japan

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#19 What kind of shop would you like to have?

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#18 Japanese last name

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#17 What is the counter for cows?

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#16 Setsubun

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#15 Crayon Shin chan

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#14 What is Yumomi?

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#13 25 places to go for 2025

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#12 Have you ever heard of Goshuin?

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#0 Welcome to my channel!

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#11 What is your favorite color?

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#10 A Japanese word that came from London

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#9 Nintendo switch 2

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#8 Praying in the cold water on the coldest day

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#7 Japanese retro cafes are popular with tourists

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#6 🐶: I don’t wanna walk!

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#5 What do you mean by “33いってきます” ?

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#4 Funny writers’ names

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#3 The global power city index

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#2 The fastest man is the luckiest?

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#1 Coming of Age day