Becoming a mother in Japan made it clear what I like and what I don’t like about Japan. I started to see things from a perspective that I didn’t have before.

I taught myself Japanese using the allotted bedtime. In the military service, we had 6 hours for sleep, 3 hours during the day, 3 hours at the night. Day and night before sleep, I used 1 hour each to study.

Having only 3 years of experience here, I think I am not so good at noticing Tatemae(Public face). So here is my solution. I believe that they are honest. That’s it.