關於 japan stuff to buy ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

Omg another #ChanwonDieDieMust so as you guys know due to current CMCO situation, all the work and events have to postpone till further notice. Then I have more time at home to level up my cooking skill lol.

Just want to do a quick sharing this little household thingy for the kitchen sink is really useful. It’s actually suitable for those who always end up feeling frustrated on picking all these little leftover small pieces of food from your kitchen sink.

I bought it from DAISO and before that I always buy in other online store which cost me a bomb with postage but only then I realize DAISO have the exactly similar one + much bigger size. It’s a thin layer of bag which can filter and avoid all the small leftover food pieces from getting into the sink. 潔癖people like me love this so much as I no need touch or collect the pieces one by one from the hole and throw it away. What I need is just pull this mini bag off from there and throw into the rubbish bin. So easy and cheap too. I saw those bigger one comes in 100 pieces in one pack in Japan but for now since we can’t travel, might as well just get it in DAISO.

Hope this sharing post is helpful for those who hate picking up the leftover stuff from the sink lol. Kthxbye😝

☆ネイティブの生の会話からリアルな英語を学ぶ☆
　
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1) Gimmick （からくり）
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Gimmickは人の興味を引くための「仕掛け」や「からくり」を意味する単語です。マクドナルドのハッピーセットについてくるおもちゃや、コンビニ700円くじ、商品の広告塔に起用される人気俳優などがその例です。使い方によっては人をだまそうとするネガティブな意味合いもあります。
　
✔︎Gimmickが名詞、Gimmickyが形容詞です。
　
＜例文＞
　
He tried every gimmick to attract customers but nothing worked.
（彼は客を引きつけるためにあらゆる策を試しましたが、どれもうまくいきませんでした。）
　
In my opinion, it seems like a cheap marketing gimmick.
（私の意見としては、それでは安っぽいマーケティング戦略のように感じます。）
　
It might just be me but the campaign seems too gimmicky.
（私だけかもしれませんが、そのキャンペーンはあまりにも策略的に見えます。）
　
　
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2) Let’s face it （現実を見よう）
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Faceが「直面する」ことを意味することから、let’s face itは「現実を見よう」「現実を認めよう」「率直に言おう」という意味の表現となります。Let’s be honestのより口語的な表現です。
　
＜例文＞
　
Let’s face it. We can’t afford to take a trip right now.
（現実を見ようよ。私たちに今旅行へ行く余裕はないよ。）
　
Let’s face it. Things aren’t going well right now. We have to do something about it.
（現実を認めよう。今うまくいってないよ。何かしないとダメだ。）
　
Let’s face it. I screwed up and I have to take responsibility for it.
（率直に言うと私は取り返しのつかないことをした。その責任を取らなくてはいけない。）
　
　
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3) I'll give you that（それは認めよう）
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I’ll give you that は「それはその通りだ」や「それは認めるよ」という意味の表現で、相手の考えや発言が正しいことを認める時に使われます。しかしこの表現のポイントは、相手の発言を全面的にではなく「一部は認める」場合に使われます。そのため、I’ll give you that but ____（確かにその通りだが〜）の形を取るのが一般的です。
　
＜例文＞
　
Yeah, he’s a hard worker. I’ll give you that. But he’s not efficient.
（ああ、彼は頑張ってるよ。それは認めるけど、彼は効率が悪いんだよね。）
　
It looks nice. I’ll give you that. But the quality is really poor.
（見た目はいい。それは認めるよ。でも質が本当にひどい。）
　
The food at that restaurant was good. I’ll give you that. But it’s way overpriced.
（あのレストランの料理はおいしかった。それは認めるけど値段が高すぎる。）
　
　
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4) Buy into（〜を信じる）
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この表現は、何かしらの考え方やアイデアに対して賛成すること、認めること、信じることを意味する表現で、believeよりも口語的な響きがあります。「I don’t buy into that.（私は信じません）」のような否定文、もしくは「Do you buy into that?（それを信じてるの？）」のような疑問文で使われるのが一般的です。
　
＜例文＞
　
Do you buy into that? It sounds too good to be true.
（あれを信じてるの？話がうますぎる気がするんだけど。）
　
I never bought into the idea that you’re too old to start something.
（何かを始めるのに遅すぎるという考え方を私は１度も信じたことがありませんでした。）
　
I don’t buy into all the stuff they show on TV.
（テレビで流れている情報は信じていません。）
　
　
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5) Gloss over（隠す）
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Gloss overは都合の悪いことを隠したりごまかしたりすることを意味する口語表現です。間違いや失敗を取り繕ったり、不都合なことに触れるのを避けたりする状況で使われます。
　
✔︎「間違いをごまかす」はgloss over one’s mistake、「問題を軽く扱う」はgloss over the problemのように使われます。
　
＜例文＞
　
Did you notice that she was trying to gloss over her mistake?
（彼女が間違いをごまかそうとしていたことに気づきましたか。）
　
He barely mentioned about the problem at the meeting today. He just glossed over it.
（彼は今日のミーティングでその問題にほとんど言及しませんでした。その問題に触れるのを避けましたね。）
　
He glossed over the fact that he got fired.
（彼は首にされた事実を隠した。）
　
　
　
　
　
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本日ご紹介したフレーズは、iTunes Japanの「Best of 2017/2018/2019」に3年連続選出されたHapa英会話の人気コンテンツPodcast第281回「iPhoneとAndroid」の内容の一部です。Podcastの全内容をご覧になりたい方は、Hapa英会話のブログをチェック！会話の全文、会話の要約、ピックアップしたフレーズ、ポッドキャストでは説明できなかった表現や言い回しが掲載されています。
　
https://hapaeikaiwa.com/podcast281
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Isaac, Joy and Papa Go Japan: Day 3 and 4, Higashikawa, Otaru, Sounkyo and Asahidake
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I did not plan to drive around the entire island of Hokkaido in the few days we had. It would not be practical or fun. So I decided to keep things within the centre of Hokkaido.

From Shikotsuko, we drove to Higashikawa (my favourite town) and stayed at my friends’ B&B. Dinner was spent watching the Rugby World Cup Finals with my friends (they were rooting for England) while Isaac and Joy played with their kids, who were a few years younger. Jody and Nina adore big sister Joy, whom they met when she came visiting during my solo trip with her when she turned 12, and the girls were happy to see her again.

The next morning, we set off again, without any plans once more. I thought, perhaps we could drive out to Otaru, just to have a look. Frankly, it was just an excuse to drive, as the drive itself is very pleasant. I told them, “Otaru is famous for their canals.”

Joy asked, “And?”

“That’s pretty much it,” I said. It is one big tourist trap, to be honest, and I told them, “Essentially, we are driving all the way to see Otaru’s Long Kangs.” They laughed and were cool with their father’s rather stupid travel plans.

“The canals are actually quite nice when it is winter, to be honest,” I added, trying to make it sound a bit more exciting.

When we got to Otaru, I found a parking lot near the canals and was quite pleased it said ¥100 for 30 minutes. After parking, I realized I read it wrongly and it was actually ¥400 for 30 minutes during the day, and ¥100 for 30 minutes AT NIGHT.

“We better not stay too long,” I told the kids. Joy, the financially-minded of the two, said, “Ya, not worth paying that kind of parking for Long Kang.”

So we snapped some photos, walked around the food court a bit, and then left Otaru. I figured we would get lunch further away, en route to Sounkyo, where we planned to stay the night.

Sounkyo is a quaint mountain resort area, located in Kamikawa. It is considered a touristy place, but a good base to hike Daisetsuzan National Park from. We stopped at a ramen place in Kamikawa called Yoshino, just off the highway. And wow, the ramen was great. They even had thick slices of Miton roast pork available as a side, in limited quantities. This is part of the fun of road trips: stumbling upon good places to eat.

After eating at Yoshino, we drove on to Sounkyo and stopped at the Twin Waterfalls rest stop. That was when we encountered some serious cold and wind chill. It was -1ºC and windy there. We looked at the majestic cliffs for a bit, stared at the waterfall which was not flowing very rapidly (Spring is when the ice melts and you get a grander sight) and then we ran into the souvenir store to enjoy some heat.

The store ladies were so kind, and offered us cups of soup. They had a hot pot set up with paper cups to serve their customers, and we were very thankful for the soup. So much so that I felt I had to buy some stuff there, in gratitude. I bought some sweets and grapes. You may have seen the Instastory of Joy and me eating said grapes in our ryokan later, and attempting to spit the seeds into the bowl.

I asked the kids if they wanted to climb the stairs to the viewing platform but the sign said, “20 minutes” and there was a sign to look out for bears. So we chickened out. Actually we were just lazy. It was too much of a climb on a cold autumn’s day just to see two off-peak waterfalls.

We finally checked into Kumoi Hotel, a nice little place that was renovated only two years ago. Many of these onsen hotels in areas like this tend to be old and tired. A couple of the hotels I saw along the way had signs with missing words in their names. But not the Kumoi.

The kids had to set up the futon beds themselves, something they learned to do in our first house, and I have to say, it is handy having two assistants to set up the beds.

At least this Sounkyo area had three restaurants open till 8pm, so we did not need to tabao food. We chose an Italian place called Bear Grill, run by a handsome old man who made great food.

We also stopped by the Seicomart, the FamilyMart of Hokkaido, to resupply our drinks and junk food. And then retired to our hotel.

Because the Kumoi has its own onsen baths, I took the kids to the baths and taught the son how it works. Joy already had some experience in our previous trip so she was fine. The son took some convincing. “Nobody will look at your junk lah,” I assured him.

I gave him pointers on how to use an onsen, like putting a small towel on his head, and using the same small towel to cover his lower bits. The butt, that one cannot cover, the small towel was not big enough.

The kids enjoyed the onsen experience thoroughly, and we vowed to do it again when we could. And we ended our night at Sounkyo with a movie screening in the room, where I introduced them to The Matrix. Suffice to say, their minds were blown.

The next morning we drove back towards Higashikawa and stopped at the Seven Stars Tree. It is a scenic spot where, I later learned, a famous oak tree, that was once used on the packaging of seven stars tobacco, stood.

I only found out when I got to the Tree. Great, we drove all this way to see a cigarette advertisement. But the view was really nice lah. So it was not for nothing.

We also made a stop at the Shirogane Blue Pond, which was recently upgraded with new viewing platforms and lights. There, we spotted some dumb tourists taking photos on a tree branch that grew over the water. This is why we can’t have nice things.

By then it was close to sunset, and I didn’t want to drive in the dark, so we drove to Hotel Bear Monte, near Asahidake mountain, where I booked a night in this bigger, fancier onsen hotel. It took a lot of talking to convince the kids that it is okay to walk around the hotel in our yukata. And even to have the buffet dinner wearing our takata.

“This is how the farmers used to do it, on their vacations to onsen hotels,” I told the kids. They looked a little skeptical but took to it eventually. So we walked here walked there, like a boss, in our yukatas.

Like Japanese farmers on their winter onsen vacations.

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- Blackwing Natural Pencil
- MD Paper cotton sketchbook
- iPad PRO and Procreate

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Daily routine on a workday in Tokyo

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Speaking Japanese with our neighbors for a day now that things still suck...

Here's a pin of EVERYWHERE WE VISITED in this vlog:
※S A W A N O Y A (Family run in now working as a teleworking space)
http://www.sawanoya.com/
https://g.page/sawanoyaryokan?share (google maps link)

※H I R U N E K O B O O K S
https://www.instagram.com/hirunekobooks/?hl=en
https://goo.gl/maps/AXyB9gaxkxV2tncw5

※ N A NA M A R U S T O R E (fruit juice and farmer stand)
https://www.instagram.com/nanamarustore/?hl=en


※ 写楽 （S H A R A K U）(Lemon Sour Bar)
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- (the travel memoir)
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- (The picture book)
https://www.amazon.co.jp/-/en/%E6%A3%AE-%E7%92%B0/dp/4251011082/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=9784251011084&qid=1617972659&s=books&sr=1-1

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