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#249Mike Davis｜眺めのいい土蔵 · 暮らし百景

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Yeah、 I'd like to hear。 About the like silly、 yes、 and。
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First of all？ why why you interested in
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Japanese？ Culture I think there's、 two
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main reasons、 but before that open no reason there's、 one more
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reason so I'm from。 California minami、 California
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and my hometown has many people from Asia。
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it's mainly at Vietnam and Korea so around my house is a career
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town and little Saigon which is Vietnamese town？
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And so my high school student population is sixty percent。
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Asian。 So I think I had Asian friends
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and eight some Asian food、 and so a little bit I felt interest
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in Asia yeah。 but I didn't have there were
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there were no Japanese people。 But I think that is start of the
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interest in Asia。 And then when。
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I went to college I wanted to study Vietnamese that this
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school doesn't have Vietnamese and so they had Korean and
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Japanese another Community College near my house。
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They have the enemies、 but I didn't go to this school、 I went
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to this school、 and then also at the Community College。
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I met some Japanese students who are studying in America、 and
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learning。 English、 and we became friends
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and so I took the Japanese class so I met those friends。
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but also at that time。 So this is right after high
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school okay。 so I'm about eighteen years old
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and I became interested in meditation and buddism、 yeah。
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like the Buddhist philosophy。 thinking not so much。
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Pray to about IT、 but philosophy and meditation and so I was
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reading books about brutism and there are many books about Zen
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Japanese Zen books、 so I was reading that and doing some
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meditation learn about dogan or something and？
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There's beautiful temples in Japan and oh。
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it's interesting みたいな。 yeah so。
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Which is which is false？ that you interested in Japanese、
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or and Buddhism？ I have。
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Buddhism Buddhism、 yeah、 the Buddhist books、 also I ran by
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there is famous Vietnamese monk、お坊さん so。
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I read his books、 then also I read so Japanese、 then books and
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then I met some Japanese friends、 and then also so that
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the Buddhism is The One reason。 And。
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Another reason is since I was very young I'm music otak。
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My father is also music otucker and he played base in the band、
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and he has so we have the instrument in my house and my
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father has many records。 and many CDs、 so I love music
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and so the Japanese friends、 I met they showed me Japanese。
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Fashion magazine from Tokyo this is nineteen ninety six とかから
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nineteen ninety six so it's like the 渋谷渋谷 KK and so I'm
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looking at the magazine。 and how did you go fashion and
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crazy、 and well looks so fun and also in the back of the
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magazine。 There's the review for CD なんか
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今月のおすすめとか and so I'm in California but I'm looking at
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Japanese magazine、 and the CD review、 it's really like mannac
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crazy music。 the I know the music、 but in
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America、 only the old Tucker people know but it's in the
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Japanese magazine、 so Japan。 Has a good music taste and then
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my friend said yes there's many good bikeward stores in Tokyo、
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and many people love music、 and live house and clubs and Japan
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seems very fun for music culture とか。
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fashion culture so that's the second reason so brutism and
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Tokyo music、 and。 What kind of music？
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the Japanese music？ In the magazine was American
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Music、 or Sometimes UK、 but but in America、 most people don't
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know so very minor なのに、 it's in the Japanese magazine、 so
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then I ask my friends、 how about Japanese music is there、
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something you recommend。 But most of my friends、 listened
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to some normal Japanese music at that。
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Time、 time。 So nineteen nineties だから I
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don't remember but a snap and a snap utter fruits、 I listened
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and I can't remember what else but that do you die and some
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friends listened to some Japanese punk music。
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That's interesting、 but the first Japanese music that I
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thought was very fresh and like I was interested in at that time
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was Cornelius yeah Mother cable、 yeah yeah。
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so that time the album name is fantasma album so that。
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Came out and it's very fresh sound at that time and so I
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became very big cornelious fan。 yeah。
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so。 So kendiosawa yes。
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Yes yes、 yes right right、 so、 I was at junior college、 but I
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want to go to University so。 I have to study two years of a
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language so some a foreign language。
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So can be anything French、 German、 I tried German actually
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but after six months、 I thought and so then I tried Japanese、
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and then I started Japanese at the junior college for I think
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one and a half years and the teacher at the junior college he
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said you a time interested in the music、 and。
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Japanese fashion and nantella and the records so he said you
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should go to Japan。 you will have so much fun when
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you're young and I said of course。
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I want to go、 but I don't know how to go he said if you
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graduate from University、 and you have the University degree、
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you can get a job teaching English in Japan、 oh very so he
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told me about this program for teaching English。
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Connected to Japanese、 and then because at the University、 I
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didn't know what I want to study、 so I was very data data、
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so usually the junior college is two years、 but I was four years
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four。 Years。
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And stop Sometimes I quit and just working yeah、 and then go
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back to school。 I don't know what to do but。
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But then so that was my reason now I thought all if to teach
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English in Japan your major can be anything so I thought oh I
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can just study something I enjoy and then get the four year
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degree I'll go to University and I start to study hard and then I
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transferred to the UCLA。 And Los Angeles、 and so then
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after I graduated。簡。
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単に言うと、 then I came to Japan to teach English。
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What was your major of the UCLA？ British studies so it's very
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useless so the very interesting。 But Maybe we jumped some things
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I don't know、 if you want to go back。
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But yes okay many first came to Japan。
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yeah。 you teach English。
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First yes yes、 so we live in soccer ho、 but at that time。
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Directly yes。 And before soccerho IT was
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jachiho murder、 and soccer match、 so I was。
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Junior high school あやちほむら。 junior high school teacher you、
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choose。やちほむら no no accidentally。
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So this program you can't choose where you go。
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so anywhere in Japan usually not always but Maybe sixty seventy
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percent of the people go to inaka but countryside。
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Of course you wanted to work at Tokyo。
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Host so a little bit but I knew my chances of the city is small、
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so I'll go anywhere、 and after that I can go somewhere else if
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I want to go so today I just go to Japan、 they say in English
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English。 Hogan is get my foot in the
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door。 Ah、 so it's like the before the
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door。 closes you stop IT、 so today's
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it's hydro、 so so。 At that time。
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your destiny was decided。 So that's。
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right yeah。 so village now twenty two years
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later and Still Here。 so IT was thinks to Japanese。
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What kind of the school？ the first you teached the small
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school。やちほむら、 junior high school。
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Junior high school。 Yeah。
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やちほむら junior high school at that time and nikkummizes and
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about twenty five students each yeah。
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but ten years after that each kumizes yeah。
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Then you worked only the English teaching。
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Yes for one year and then I wanted to studies、 Japanese more
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and also I wanted a small town is great、 but as the English
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teacher at the junior high school、 you are part of the
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yakuba and 教育委員会 is the sickening shot so。
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They are very helpful、 but too much so at that time、 I was
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twenty six years old、 so I want a little more independence and I
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want to study Japanese、 so I found the language Japanese
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language school in Kyoto、 Kyoto。 And it's full time school so
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about four or five hours a day and a lot of homework so I
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changed to student VISA and I went I moved to Kyoto、 how about
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Seven or eight months but before I went to Kyoto I already
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decided to go to Kyoto。 and then I met。
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My now wife and she is from yachiho so I went to Children
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but I came back after I finished the school came back to yachiho。
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but after I finished the school。 what should I do so I wanted to
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be with her so I moved back here。
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And got the job at a kaiwa school Maybe in the future if I
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have Children or my own business living in Nagano is nice。
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but at that time I'm still young and just working at a kaiwa so
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Nagano life is little boring at that time boring so I want to
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experience Tokyo so。 We moved to Tokyo and with my at
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that time my girlfriends but yeah。
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we move to Tokyo together and we lived in Tokyo for three years、
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and in that time we got married and then two thousand ten my
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wife got pregnant and。 Also my friend from soccer area
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he was Japanese Sky、 but he was living in Australia、 but he came
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back here and he said let's start English school together。
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OK I was still in Tokyo。 Soon I will have a baby yeah だか
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ら Maybe we were thinking Maybe go back to Nagano かな。
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but then my friend said let's、 start business together、 oh
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that's good idea、 and so we moved back to Nagano。
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two thousand ten and started a Kayla school with my friend and
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you were mood of that。 Actually、 it's、 still、まだある、
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but I'm not working there。 Other person worked at the
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yvamurada yes。 And my friend is still Japanese
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owner、 then he hired another OK English、 teacher yeah、 so two
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thousand seventeen。 I stopped working there to
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prepare to move back to California and two thousand
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eighteen。 my family and I moved back to
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California for three。 Years you plan to stay、
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California、 the continuously。 No、 no、 we planned、 the three
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years then for what actually three and a half。
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Main reason was we wanted our kids to speak English fluently、
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and also experience American culture and to spend time with
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my parents yes。 At the time、 your daughter was
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how。 Old oldest was eight and
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youngest was four。ああ yeah good time yeah yeah そう
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そう I'm only child I don't have brothers or sisters OK so my
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kids are only grand the Children for my parents so then live in
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another country so 寂しい so いやちゃんと時間作ってあげたい。
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And we lived at my parents house for three and half years、 yes。
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So they your parents are still missing you。
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Yes、 yes I。 Think so。
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And the grand's kids yeah、 but before that my kids didn't speak
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English well。 so they couldn't make deep
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relationship with my parents、 but now they made deep。
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Connection so good。 good。
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So four、 three years、 when are you stating、 California、 what
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did you do？ So basically。
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IT was a little bit like vacation、 time for me and my
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wife、 we didn't have to pay for the rent。
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so we just needed to make money for food and lifestyle、 do you
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got life？ so？
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I worked part time at my kids elementary school yeah。
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just twenty hours a week and then my wife worked at organic
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form about fifteen hours a week。 I think took time so for me I
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wanted to really focus on meditation so。
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And my wife was doing many things she wants to do so kind
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of our time to focus on ourself。 You、 plan to。
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Live。 Japan after living in
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California、 three years you、 didn't think the continue to
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leave California。 Right right because many
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reasons、 but。 One reason is California is very
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expensive、 like just for two bedroom apartment、 Maybe
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immediate on or something for a month、 so and another reason is
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at that time、 I worked in Japan for fifteen years。
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Sixteen years so I have no work experience in America so it's
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difficult for me to get good job in America。
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probably I have to go back to school and get some teacher
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license or something yeah in Japan、 I can buy this house very
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cheap and beautiful location and I can。
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何？ do some small business at my
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home in America？ a California much more difficult
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to do some business at your home？
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so any basically、 Japan is much easier for me。
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yeah to live a comfortable。 lifestyle、 yeah basically、 and
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of course we love Japan and。 So there's。
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good things about America、 too and both of my kids personality
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change after living in America、 so that's good I think they have
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Japanese and American good points。
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Yeah。 I think so。
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But I think especially countryside in Japan is very
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safe and very peaceful、 and relaxing and。
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Cheaper yeah so and we have good community of friends here so
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yeah、 then。 What？
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Did you start？ To make a coffee。
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This goes back to before a very long time Maybe before I came to
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Japan、 who I just my fantasy was。
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So at that time I'm going to University、 but my plan is to go
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to Japan。 right teach English so then。
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I thought IT would be so fun to have my own shop like a record
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shop、 Maybe records and some food or coffee and records。
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I thought at that time、 but just fantasy and then。
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Done done that change it's a living in this area and I
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thought my record shop shut off to difficult so no customers
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yeah so but yeah。 some kind of old house and the
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cafe or something at that time my wife was also interested and
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Maybe doing cafe because she's very good at cooking yeah so。
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For yeah、 Maybe years we had fantasy about doing that and
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then in mochizuki、 there's yushi cafe and that open yeah。
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Maybe about twenty years ago now but right after IT。
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open yeah。 I was talking to someone and。
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Telling them I want to make cafe and they said there's a new cafe
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in multi zuki、 Maybe you like IT、 and I went there and I
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thought this is what I wanted to do みたいな so at that time。
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long time ago。 so there's not so many
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interesting shops around here at that time。
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So やった。ああやられた。
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みたいな。最近に。
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so I started to go to yushi。 cafe yeah、 regularly。
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and yushi and I are same。 age。
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and we became friends。 and so then、 after some time
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into that on IT about two thousand thirteen。
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or fourteen we had。 Possible location to make cafe
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and so yeah。 we are start to make plans to do
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cafe at the location in cycle and you。
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she said if you're doing coffee、 you should roast your own
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coffee。 because one it's fun。
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And more interesting、 and the customers are more interested、
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and interesting for you too、 and too you make much more money、
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because the kimami is much cheaper、 so it's better for
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business、 so I thought that sounds nice、 but I can't buy
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coffee roasting machine、 so expensive so you、 she said。
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I'll teach you how to do it and actually he also when he started
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you she cafe he didn't have a roster yet and he learned from
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another coffee shop in I know。 Komodo、 bill。
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coffee yes。 Exactly and so he used to go
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there and rose the coffee and bring IT to his stuff so、 he
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said I will do same for you and so。
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I started going there at that time。
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I still don't have a cafe so I was just practicing yeah。
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I was that that time。 I don't know I once a month or
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twice a month。 I go and I rose the coffee and
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take some home so。 I was roasting you she's coffee、
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then the location。だめになっちゃった。
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I can't use this place、 but I'm already practicing the roasting
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so on what should I do then at that time。
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our English school is and even mood the 商店街。
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but small location and so we decided we should move to bigger
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location。 so we move to the English
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school。 From iwomuda the 商店街 to in
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front of iwomuded the station near sanku chosen and the new
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location、 but all the location is a 商店街、 corner shop kadow
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wall so it's、 nice spot、 so なんかもったいない and then my
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English school business partner。 from call me call me guy。
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He was very interested in Japanese clothing maker like
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using him or eizome、 or、 but also casual like this、 or some
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denom、 and so he also was thinking about making side
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business、 so he was thinking of make the location there。
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And but then I don't have location now、 so why don't we
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make coffee and clothing yes so we made the shop there at that
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time I had second child so two young kids and working at
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English school。 so I friend he is single and no
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kids so he。 He was more that shops owner and
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he spent much more time、 making the shop、 so we made the counter
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in there and we need to drip coffee there and also show the
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coffee beans and clothing and nice so those three years about
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once a week、 I early in the morning go to UC cafe and rose。
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Now I'm by my own kimami and rose my coffee there yeah very
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interesting yeah、 so Maybe two or three days a week I go to
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coffee shop and then go to English school and so。
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So I didn't know the relationship about the between U
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and UC。 You are interesting。
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yeah。そう、めっちゃお世話になってる。
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あー大好き。 I love you see so much you。
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Know the beginning of UC cafe い。やまあ。
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Maybe first or second year cuta、 I went there Maybe 二年目から I
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went there yes。 yes。
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interesting yeah。 long time friend。
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My as you know problem、 but he's so helpful so everyone yes yes、
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and then this year twenty twenty no twenty twenty four last year
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yeah。 twenty twenty four、 I started
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new coffee business again。 then。
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Now you're roasting your coffee here。
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Yes。 But having your own roast、 study
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machine。 yes。
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Do you have any plan？ how the dozel coffee will grow
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grow。 As you know now、 I don't have
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cafe I don't have a drinking place like cafe so I sell the
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coffee beams to customers around here and。
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To cafe I sell monthly and they use my coffee beans at their
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cafe。 so in the future。
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so now my roster is in the kuda next。
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to my house so I hope to make counter space and。
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Place for people to come here and yeah sample coffee by the
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coffee beans enjoy the view and also Maybe that what's IT that's
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a man なんていうね。 I don't know just a huckle naya
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naya bar。 yeah Maybe very simple style
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like。 The first floor can't use but
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the second floor just open space、 so Maybe make some simple
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stairs。 you can drink and enjoy that
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that。 Place is very super。
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Boyfriend yeah、 so so yeah。 I do some events like シーン会 or
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coffee？瞑想会とか。
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This month actually、 I am doing Oh yeah。
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yeah。 yeah。
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both yes that's my life。 That's your life。
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So、この形式のおかげで生きて生きてこられたという。
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when life is crazy、 and super stressed about money or
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everything like come and sit here and you can let go。
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Beautiful。