Hokusai Museum

The world-famous Ukiyo-e artist “Katsushika Hokusai”, who is said to have influenced Van Gogh.
It is said that he spent most of his life almost in Sumida Ward, and the “Sumida Hokusai Museum” is opened in 2016, in order to exhibit his most highly valued works in the world.

The museum is bit quite far from train stations, but it is worth seeing because the building has its own innovative design and the building itself can be said, a is considered to be part of the works.

The park is in front of the entrance and it is a lovely place for citizens to relax.

The details of his works are translated into four languages ​​including English by the touch-panel display, which offers profound insights into his works.

Unfortunately, all of the exhibits are replicas and the inside of the hall is not very large. There are not so many tourists from overseas country countries as I thought. Honesty, you might be slightly disappointed when you visit.

Although you can take pictures of the works inside the building, using flash is prohibited. Since some works you are forbidden to take pictures of certain work, please be make sure to you follow the instructions from given to you by the staff.

Hi Naoki. Nice article about the world famous Katsushika Hokusai museum! I have corrected your article, here are some suggestions for you:

- Proof read your sentences, to make sure you've used the best possible order of phrases - (a part of works / is considered to be part of the works) - (please be sure to follow instructions from staff / please make sure you follow the instructions given to you by the staff) 

- Use adjectives, where appropriate, to encourage expression and point of view (a place for citizens to relax / a lovely place for citizens to relax)

- Remember, the plural of country is countries!  

Good luck! Teacher Dave.

Spring Fatigue

When fierce cold is wearing you down and you're feeling a lot of drowsiness, you may have spring fever. Even though I'm getting enough sleep and I'm not bustling up to do my work, I've been suffering from heavy eyelids today.

Some Korean doctors says that longer daylight hours and increased physical activities make our body runs higher hormones which are related to stress. As a result, you're able to feel less motivated, low in vitality and get tired.

One piece of interesting advice to manage your spring fatigue is to listen to your body. I used to focus on finding out solutions when I was faced with problems in my daily life. However, at times, just paying attention to or cheering myself myself or cheering me up is as important as solving the problems themselves. Because I'm the person who knows myself the best.

This is a great article because it is very important to look after ourselves, otherwise we deplete all of our resources and cannot work efficiently. Here are a few suggestions that may help you in the future: 

- When speaking about a group of people generally, we use the plural form (Korean doctors say / Korean doctor says) 

- Make sure you're using the correct tense; in this case PRESENT SIMPLE should be PAST PERFECT. (face / faced)

- Proof read your sentences to make sure they make sense (...paying attention to myself or cheering me up... - this makes sense but changing the order of the sentence will enable it to become more coherent - ...paying attention or cheering myself up...)

I hope these ideas will help you. 

Dave. 

Subject

Generally, I am I studying all subjects that we need in the future. But, the subject on which I pay more attention is the Geography.
Geography is the study of Earth. Moreover, it is about the history of earth, the physical phenomenons on the earth, the life of people, the economics of countries etc.
I began to love the geography, recently. I think that it is very interesting to know how people live, and the condition of the countries where they live.
When I was a child, my aunt (?) broke his leg, therefore he did not go to work. He gave me a map and I asked the names of countries and their capitals. After that, I began to know locations of all countries, names of rivers and seas. Now I am learning geography because I need it for my exams. Not only am I learning it for necessity, but I am also learning it because of my interest.

Great article about Geography Anara! Here are a few tips for you: 

Don't use too many commas - only use them when taking a break mid-sentence. 

If you use and in a sentence, you don't need to use a comma before it. (live, and the... / live and the) 

An aunty is a female title, so your subjects should be her and she. 

When speaking about a subject, like Geography or History, don't use the before it. 

I hope these pointers will be beneficial for you. 

Regards, Dave. 

How to digest information well and prevent fake news?

Nowadays, the world is awash with explosive information sources such as websites or news on TV. Some information is unreliable and fulls of misunderstandings. The ability of telling the truth from falsity is extremely important. We should always be curious about everything, considering the opposite other side and let our opinions become more balanced instead of polarized (American spelling). Besides, we should scrap confidence that leads to our complacency and learn how to accept our ignorance. Trying talking to people with different views from our own and looking to new sources we would not normally read is a better way to look beyond our bubble.

Great article here Pei Yung! Very interesting to consider how we can become easily manipulated by news sources and the best approach to overcome that. 

Only a few corrections here - well done! 

Practice listening to English

I practice listening to English 3 days per week.
I use TED Talks app for my listening,. It which has subtitles of various languages. You can learn and practice foreign languages with great talks that you like!
In my case, since I am a software developer, I'm watching videos of Linus Torvalds, who is the one of the most popular developers. His talk is very interestinged, and I can learn English in with a fun way!

Hi Yuka! That application sounds great :) Here are some tips: 

Continue a sentence with commas, rather than writing short sentences (listening. It has / listening, which has)

Be careful using the correct tense, in this case Past Simple and Present Continuous (talk is very interested / talk is very interesting)

Proof read your sentences so they make sense (learn English with fun / learn English in a fun way)

I hope these tips will help you, 

Dave. 

White day

Today, on March 14th, is the day we called White day.
In Japan, boys receive chocolates from their girlfriends on Valentine's day.
I guess it's an opposite custom to the other countries' one.
And boys prepare return gifts for their girlfriends on White day.
Sweets are very common as return gifts.

Thank you :)

Hi Natsumi! White Day sounds very interesting! I think on our Valentines Day more girls should give boys gifts!

An Italian book

Today I want to tell you about an Italian book that I have recently read, "L'amore rubato" (Stolen Love, in English). It's a collection of short stories by the Italian writer Dacia Maraini. She was born in 1936 in Fiesole, a town in Tuscany, but she spent her childhood and teenage years in Japan and Sicily. Her literary career started at the beginning of the 1960s. She was also the partner of the famous Italian writer Alberto Moravia.

As I just said, this book is a collection of short stories collection. It was issued in 2012 by a publishing house based in Milan. All the stories deal with the violence endured mby women. Every story tell us about one or several women being the victim of male violence. As you can imagine, the plots are not at all easy to read: a woman who suffers abusive treatment from her husband, a young girl raped by several classmates, two little girls molested by their stepfather, and so on. The style, however, is quite neutral:, the author doesn't want to underline the most sordid aspect of the stories she tells, and rather they just leaves let the facts speak by for themselves.

In spite of the the rawness of these stories, I think that unluckily it's still necessary to talk about all the violence that women are suffering all over the world. Obviously, you can't say this is a "pleasant" book but I still consider it beautiful and relevant.

Hi David! I like your article and it is very interesting to read about this author and their collection of short stories, I might try and find a copy of the novel in English! This is very well written, but here are some tips: 

- Be careful with spelling -childhood / mby

- Proof read your sentences to make sure they make sense - short stories collection (this is correct but change it round and it makes more sense) - collection of short stories. Or and just leaves the facts speak for themselves - rather they let the facts speak for themselves. 

- Semicolons are used to list things, for example

Here are a list of animals: 

Dog

Cat

Bird 

etc

Only use semicolons when you are making lists. 

I hope these will aid you in your future practice of the language! 

Regards, Dave. 

What I'm recently into

I'm going to write about what I'm into recently.
Actually, I've been into listening to the soundtrack of the movie "LA LA LAND" since I watched it at the theater theatre with my friends.
The movie was great! The images were beautiful, the story was nice…the best thing of all, the songs were awesome! I loved them! I can't get them out of my head…
I want to see it at the theater theatre again if I have an opportunity.

Hi Yuki! Nice piece :) La La Land certainly is a great film and the songs are brilliant! Just one or two things to note: 

- Theatre is spelt with the last 3 letters tre rather than ter. 

- You don't use prepositions before the PRESENT CONTINUOUS tense so, I've been listening is correct. Some more examples: 

I'm reading a book

We're having a party

She's starting a race

He's coordinating the event

I hope that helps :) 

Regards, Dave.