Hidemi Woods's Blog, page 10
January 2, 2025
The Japanese Family Goes to Europe
When I left Europe and came back to Japan, I realized that my life would never be the same.Now I knew the world is so big and so many different people live in different ways. It seemed ridiculous to be…
December 28, 2024
Kyoto: The Last Successor to One Japanese Family
A long time ago, when Japan had the feudal system, my family was a landlord of the area. It has come to a complete downfall over the years, but my family still clings to its past glory. For them, to…
December 26, 2024
Japanese Millennials
A big open-air rock festival is held annually every summer in the small town where I live that is enclosed by mountains. More than ten times as many people as the town’s population visit during the few days of the…
December 24, 2024
A Ribbon with A Bell
One day in my childhood, a family of stray cats appeared in the front yard of our house in Kyoto, Japan where I was born and grew up.I was raised by my grandparents and my grandfather had cherished several hundreds…
December 21, 2024
Christmas party : Talking and Reading from Japan by Hidemi Woods
Episode from An Old Tree in Kyoto by Hidemi Woods Audiobook: The Family in Kyoto: One Japanese Girl Got Freedom by Hidemi Woods On Sale at online stores or apps. Apple Books, Google Play, Audible 43 available distributors in…
December 19, 2024
Locked up in The Hospital
Nephritis confined me in the hospital during the summer break when I was in the fourth grade living in Kyoto, Japan. Although I didn’t feel so sick, the doctor ordered me to be inactive all the time. Inside a six-bed…
December 17, 2024
The Singer-songwriter
My childhood diet was very healthy. That may be the reason why I was such a skinny kid, contrary to how I am today.I was born in a farmer’s family in Kyoto, an old city in Japan. My family used…
December 12, 2024
Travel to Kyoto
The hotel I checked in on my trip to Kyoto gave me a discount coupon for the buffet breakfast and I had it next morning at the restaurant. The buffet had Japanese expensive dishes in addition to the familiar Western…
December 5, 2024
jackpot
A dream I wish to have in the night most isn’t about dating a Hollywood star, or making a great hit with my song. It’s not about my parents saying to me with tears “We were wrong. We’re sorry.” either.It’s…
November 28, 2024
A Woman with An Iron Heart!
The nearest train station from my home that I usually use has no station attendants on site. All it has are a ticket vending machine and an emergency phone. There’s no ticket gate either. A passenger gets a ticket from…
