東京スカイツリーに有名人訪問 A famous visitor to Tokyo Skytree

先日[せんじつ]、東京[とうきょう]スカイツリーについて書[か]きました。一般[いっぱん](= public)公開[こうかい](= open)は来週[らいしゅう]です! その一般[いっぱん]公開[こうかい]を前[まえ]に、有名人[ゆうめいじん](= famous people)が東京[とうきょう]スカイツリーを訪[たず]ねました。 I wrote about Tokyo Skytree here the other day, which will be open to public next week! An international celebrity paid a visit there this week.  

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A year on…

It will be one year this weekend since the earthquake and tsunami hit Japan badly. This page of Asahi Shimbun Newspaper shows a few related photos. The motion picture set on the top of this page shows how the affected areas have recovered so far. There are series of a sort of “before and after” […]

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Fukushima report

今日[きょう]、朝日[あさひ]新聞[しんぶん]で、福島[ふくしま]原発[げんぱつ] (= nuclear plant)の事故[じこ]についてのレポートのニュースを読みました。 I read an article that appeared in Asahi Shimbun Newpaper today about the report of Fukushima Nuclear disaster.

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お弁当 Bento box

  12月[がつ]になって、クリスマスも近[ちか]いし、とても忙[いそが]しいですよね。こんなとき、こんなお弁当[べんとう]があれば、便利[べんり](= convenient)でいいですよね。 It is December and Christmas is approaching. Everybody is so busy. It would be very handy if O-bento (= boxed meal) would be readily available in such busy days!

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