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Hello everyone,  How are you today? I was walking to Hario from my apartment a few minutes ago. It's very hot today and a woman that I passed offered me a bag with ice cubes to cool me down. It was a surprising and very kind offer. Japan is full of kind people.…　
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Hello everyone, The Rio Summer Olympics has come to an end. Well done to Japan for finishing 6th in the medals table with 12 gold medals. The U.K. also performed well, finishing in 2nd place with 27 golds. But the U.S.A. was far ahead of the competition, with 46 …　
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Hello everyone,    Welcome back! How was Obon week? I spent the week in Nagano with my in-laws and had a nice time attending summer festivals, hiking and seeing friends and family. I hope you all are enjoying the summer and finding time to rest and relax. Are yo…　
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Hello everyone, I hope you enjoyed the break last week during mountain day and Obon. I had a great time starting with a barbeque at our house. It was the first time I had ever hosted a bbq, so I wasn't sure if I could cook properly. Thankfully, there were some ba…　
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Hello everyone,  How are you today? I hope you're enjoying your summer. Next week Hario will be closed for the Obon holidays. Have a good vacation and see you all in two weeks. The Olympic Games start in Rio de Janiero, Brazil this weekend, starting with the ope…　
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Hello everyone, All of our students are on their summer vacation now. Many of them are taking our summer classes here during the day. It's great to see how active they keep during the holiday. I found that most of our students are very busy throughout the vacatio…　
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Hello everyone,  How are you? Are you on your summer holidays? Most of our students have started their summer vacation by now. We have extra summer grammar and conversation classes and it's nice to see students motivated and working hard studying extra English. I…　
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Hello everyone, Did you go to the Fuji Festival last weekend? I went there on Sunday and had a great time. I saw the parade of people as far as the eye can see, dancing to the Fuji samba. The parade is made up of groups and organisations from all over the city. For…　
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Hello everyone,  How are you all doing? We are handing out our students speech homework this week. I hope everyone enjoys doing it and makes the most of the learning opportunities it gives.  Speaking of speeches, most Japanese cities hold speech contests, usuall…　
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Hello everyone, I hope you are well rested after the "Sea Day" holiday on Monday. I celebrated the ocean by having fish for dinner.  The biggest festival of the year in this city, Fuji Festival takes place next Sunday. It takes place on the fourth Sunday of July …　
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