Author: Kazuo Yokobori

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New Year Day routine in 2025

Every year on my New Year’s Day, I drive my car from my hometown of Gunma to Osaka, where I live for work.　It is about 600km (375 miles) by car. First thing in the morning, I go to the temple for greeting.This New Year’s Day was very sunny.It’s a blue sky like CG. Gunma Prefecture is located inland, and when the wind blowing from the Sea of Japan in the north exceeds the mountains (Mikuni Mountains), the wind losts water as snow. Then it blow dry wind in Gunma, so there are many very sunny days in winter.I get a (more…)
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Mt. Akagi

Mount Akagi is a mountain in Gunma Prefecture.When foreigners think of Japan, it is Mt. Fuji, but Mt. Akagi is a famous mountain like Mt. Fuji.　The reason why it is famous is that Mt. Akagi is the mountain that has been the setting for many famous stories.During the time of the Tokugawa shogun, there was a dark hero who defied the shogun based on Mt. Akagi.　His name is ”国定忠治” Chuji Kunisada. Born in Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture to a wealthy farmer’s family,His father died when he was 10 years old, and his mother abandoned him for bad behavior.　He vandalized gambling (more…)
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DANDADAN

The first season of the anime Dandadan has ended.Occult, Battle, Action, Love, Comedy, Adolescence. It’s all in the mix.A catch phrase written on the book’s obi seal.TVアニメ「ダンダダン」オープニング映像｜Creepy Nuts「オトノケ」It is distributed on Netflix and Crunchyroll, a subsidiary of Sony in North America, and seems to be popular.CreepyNuts, who has risen to become a global artist in one year, has become a hot topic by singing the theme song OTONOKE.This manga is degital publishing by Jump+, but I purchase comic book.This first anime season runs until the beginning of volume 5.When I heard that it was going to be made into an (more…)
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DRAGON QUEST

Dragon Quest is a popular role-playing game in Japan.When I was in college (about 18 years old), it was released on Nintendo’s Family Computer (NES in the US).At that time, role-playing games were not yet known in Japan, and Yuji Horii, who saw Ultima and Wizardry in the United States, decided to make a role-playing game in Japan and developed Dragon Quest.In addition to his great talent, he was fortunate that he could ask character designs to Akira Toriyama through an acquaintance. Akira Toriyama is known worldwide for his manga such as Dragon Ball. And Koichi Sugiyama, who bought and (more…)
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OBON 2024

Obon is an annual event in Japan that honors the spirits of ancestors.In my region, on August 13, I go to the temple to which my family belongs to say hello and bring the spirits of my ancestors home from the graves.In some areas, it is July. It is said that in areas where sericulture was popular, July was busy, so it became August.My hometown of Gunma Prefecture is an area where sericulture is thriving, so Obon is in August.My family’s grave is in a building on the temple grounds.It is a building that was built in my grandfather’s generation (more…)