東京スカイツリーに有名人訪問 A famous visitor to Tokyo Skytree

先日[せんじつ]、東京[とうきょう]スカイツリーについて書[か]きました。一般[いっぱん](= public)公開[こうかい](= open)は来週[らいしゅう]です! その一般[いっぱん]公開[こうかい]を前[まえ]に、有名人[ゆうめいじん](= famous people)が東京[とうきょう]スカイツリーを訪[たず]ねました。 I wrote about Tokyo Skytree here the other day, which will be open to public next week! An international celebrity paid a visit there this week.  

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Open Day @Waikato tomorrow!

The University of Waikato will hold “Open Day” tomorrow! ALL WELCOME.  Here is the detailed info if you are interested. I will give a mini-lecture tomorrow – so if you are around here tomorrow, please come to my talk; I will go a bit of Japanese traditional calligraphy demo as well.

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天才インコ! Genius bird!

I read a fun news at Yomiuri Shimbun Newspaper today. A budgerigar disappeared from a household in Kanagawa prefecture on 29 April. The bird flew to a near hotel and stopped on the shoulder of a customer staying there. Then, the customer took the bird to the nearest police station. Police officers had been looking after […]

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