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We at the Yokoi household look forward to another year together with you.
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I hope everyone had a good New Year.
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We went through an extreme moving extravaganza!
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12/24: Mr. Yokoi comes to Tokyo. We enjoy Christmas Dinner at a restaurant in Tokyo Midtown. It was a beautiful with the moon in the sky.
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12/25: Head to a branch of a certain Hokkaido-based bank in Tokyo Station. After that, head to a recently-built Tokyo Station Daimaru and go "window shopping".
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Search in vain for the "store visit point machine" one finds in the Sapporo Daimaru.
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Get tired and take a break at Inoda Coffee.
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12/26: Have lunch with a colleague. Invite more colleagues over for New Year's Party and home showcasing.
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12/27: This day, I can't remember.
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12/28: Leave the house in the morning and head from Shinagawa to Hamamatsu.

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Pay a visit to a colleague in Shizuoka who used to be "Incubation Manager". (helps company start-ups)
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He is currently helping a start-up in Hamamatsu.
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After that, we enjoy a lunch of warm eel on the bullet train to Osaka.
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First we pay a visit to my husband's client. Sorry to bother you during your New Year's cleaning.
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Then, we return to my home in Kuzuha.
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And, of course, the owner of this house - "Ma-chan" the peach-faced lovebird, currently 20 years old.
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Most parakeets live from 12 to 15 years, but she's a great-old grandmother.
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She can't really see out of either eye well, but she's still in good health.
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12/29: The landlord holds a ricecake-pounding contest and a rakugo contest. My husband pounds a big taiko with comedians in the background.
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12/30: My husband attends my mini-reunion. We're both jolly and full of beer and okonomiyaki.
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12/31: We have lunch with my parents at a local Indian restaurant. After that, we take the "osechi" back to my husbands home of Aichi. We bring the New Year while drinking.
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1/1: We pay our respects to the resident Shinto god and the grave. The two of us make "shrimp fry" for the grandma. Also, Aichi residents don't refer to "ebi fry" as "ebi fria" like the rest of us do.
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1/2: We go shopping in Nagoya and Sakae. Nagoya resembles Odori a lot, except TV Tower isn't in the East.
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1/4: Return to Tokyo. Feel sort of relaxed.
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Recent news!
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2) I tried out extensions for the first time!
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We're looking forward to the year ahead. Please stay with us!