What is a(?) “so done face”? Today, I came across the phrase “so done face”. I couldn’t find it in some dictionaries, but "so done", then googled and found a lot of pictures of “so done faces”. Though I think I got somewhat of its meaning from the faces, I’m still not sure. Could you please explain it in words? Thank you in advance!

Describing a Scenery: Mt. Fuji (1) I live in an apartment with a view of Mt. Fuji. Even though it is so far about 80 kilometers southwest of my home, I can still enjoy that it appears vary time to time, day to day, and season to season. I took the picture below in the twilight last January. The silhouette of the mountain was impressive in the contrast with the sunset glow left along the horizon and the darkening blue sky. Can you see the two stars just above the mountain? The brighter one is Venus, and the other is Mercury. At that time, they came closer each other. ***************************************** Thank you for reading this entry. I would be very grateful if you can fix and improve this writing. Any comments would be also appreciated.

My Doppelgaenger in San Francisco (2) I'd really appreciate if you'd take some time to read this writing, correct it, or give me any suggestions or better and natural expressions. Thank you. ************************************************************** (A stranger-woman was coming up to me in a town abroad where I visited for the first time.) “Hey, Nancy. Long time no see!” said she, stopping in front of me. She was just about to hug me. I was so embarrassed to step back, and couldn’t find any other words but, “Excuse me but, I’m not Nancy. I’m sorry.” We were leaving her behind down the street. When we saw her again at the corner to turn, she was still looking at me so wonderingly. My friend said laughing, “I’m sure you and the “Nancy” are two peas in a pod. “Nancy” might be your Doppelgaenger!” Since then, whenever I heard the phrase “long time no see”, I imagine my Doppelgaenger. Is she still in San Francisco or somewhere else? If I come across to her somewhere in the world, I’m sure I’ll recognize who she is. Then I would like to greet her, “Long time no see, Nancy.”

My Doppelgaenger in San Francisco (1) I'd really appreciate if you'd take some time to read this writing, correct it, or give me any suggestions or better and natural expressions. Thank you. ********************************************************************** My friend and I were chatting as walking down one of the long slopes at Chinatown in San Francisco. It was our first visit and we were totally strangers there. We got noticed a young woman, who was at the farther corner of the block below, started to call out a name loudly to the direction we were coming, “Nancy! Hey! Nancy!” She was smiling very happily. I wondered nobody on the street between us and her was replying, though all the people around her had a look on her. So I looked back to see her “Nancy” there, but couldn’t find anyone who might to be. I heard my friend asking me suspiciously, “Do you know her?” “Why? No way!” I answered and found the woman was now running up to us and still calling for Nancy. And, she was gazing at me!

A Trial to Increase Community Population (3) I'd be happy if you'd kindly read this writing, correct it, or give me better and more natural expressions. Thank you. ******************************************************************************: (In a rural village Yamanaka, the population increased twofold, as they have promoted new families’ moving to their village for ten years.) Mr. Yamaoka had moved to this village from Nara Prefecture ten years ago, and told as following. “To tell the truth, when I started to live here, I was worrying at everything and felt totally helpless to do anything, however, the local people eased my anxiety so kindly to accept us.” Now his son’s family enjoys the annual gifts of rice and vegetables raised and sent by Yamaoka himself. Recently he practices playing the ‘fue and taiko’* to take part in their local festival. Their success in Yamanaka Village is getting a lot of attention of many towns and villages here and there which are also suffering from depopulation. ‘fue and taiko’: Japanese traditional instruments; a flute made of bamboo and a drum.

A Trial to Increase Community Population (2) I'd be happy if you'd take some time to read this writing, correct it, or teach me better and natural expressions. Thank you. ********************************************************************** (In Yamanaka Village, they had been suffering from serious depopulation. Ten years ago, they began waging a campaign to make an all-out effort to increase the population.) They continued to promote the campaign targeting those families who live in urban cities like Osaka and Nagoya and don’t have any local “hometown”. On news papers and the web, they advertized their campaign: “Why not to try rural country life in our village?” “Join us and try to raise your own rice with your hands!” As the result, the population has increased over 2,500 residents. Mr. Takayama who has been leading the campaign said, “As a matter of course, what we thought first was how to survive ourselves. Moreover than that, our hopes motivated us to start the promotion. We truly desired to let people know our village, and to let them recognize how our village is rich in natural environment, more and more.”

A Trial to Increase Community Population (1) Among the many local administrations attempting to revitalize their communities, one of them succeeded in doubling the population of a small village in Shikoku region. In Yamanaka Village, they had been suffering from serious depopulation and reached to have only 1,200 inhabitants at last. Ten years ago, they began waging a campaign named “Create Your Hometown with Us” to make an all-out effort to increase the population. I'd be happy if you'd take some time to read this writing, correct it, or give me better and natural expressions.

Are these sentences correct? Haven’t you ever got into trouble when you talk with foreign people about local city names in a trip abroad? For instance, a small misunderstanding could occur when you say ‘Naples’ instead of ‘Napoli’ in Italy. Along with correction, could you please advise me to express it in more natural and simple English? Thank you in advance.

Munich Don’t you find any troubles to tell foreign city names to foreigners or in foreign languages? For instance, it could cause a small misunderstanding that you say ‘Naples’ but ‘Napoli’ in Italy. I experienced quite a bad one. I still feel guilty whenever I recall it. It happened in a small railway station in Germany in the era before the internet. My friend and I were killing time on the platform by the train which we were going to get on. There came a boy, who looked as old as us, and asked in English, “Excuse me but, is this train for Munich?” We didn’t know the town-or-city Munich, but my friend said, “No, it’s not,” and I pointed the destination sign attached to the body of a passenger car just in front him. “It’s for München.” “I see. Thanks!” After he had left, something started bothering me. At last I flashed suddenly and grabbed my ‘Thomas Cook Timetable’ to check its ‘foreign geographical name’ page. “Hey! Munich is München!” We tried to find him to tell the truth in vain. The line we three were to take was not a busy one. I hope very sincerely the person to whom he asked again would know that München is Munich. Thank you so much for reading. I have no idea to get rid of using ‘foreign(-ners)’ three times in a line. I’ll be very happy if you would give me any corrections/advice/comments. Thank you in advance.