Hidemi Woods

Singer, Songwriter and Author from Kyoto, Japan.

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  • The night of my latest #trip in the #hotel room. Instead of dinning out, bought prepared #deli foods at the supermarket and the convenience store, and had them as the #dinner inside the room. #salad #sushi #friedrice #friedchicken

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  • A pair of glasses

    I was raised by my grandmother on my
    father’s side. She was a very strict and
    unsociable woman. She led a secluded life and
    spent most of the time retreating into her
    room. She would take a trip or go to the
    theater with my grandfather only once or twice
    a year.
    On those rare occasions, she always wore
    glasses that she usually didn’t at home. A pair
    of glasses was a must for her to dress up. She
    had only one pair with gold rims. Although
    they were an essential item of her best
    clothes, she looked terrible with them. She had
    a stern face by nature but the pair made her
    look fearsome. Everyone in my family knew
    that she looked much better without them, and
    yet, none of us had the courage to say so to
    her.
    Consequently, on every important,
    memorable event in her later life, she had an
    awful look by putting them on. She did it not
    just outside. When there was a guest or I took
    my friends from school to our house, she
    always greeted with the glasses on. She had
    great confidence in glasses. Shortly before her
    death, she even urged my father to wear
    glasses because she believed they would help
    him look grand and dignified. Her treasured
    gold-rimmed glasses were put into her casket
    when she passed away. The unpopular pair
    went to heaven with her. I know she’s wearing
    them up there still…

    Episode From An Old Tree in Kyoto /Hodemi Woods

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  • Before the government’s #travel stimulus promotion got suspended, I had stayed at a #hotel at half price in the small city closest to my home. A #view from the room. #mountains #sky #cityscape #Japan

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  • Required Moderation

    Episode from My Social Distancing and Naked Spa in Japan by Hidemi Woods
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    Audiobook : Japanese Dream by Hidemi Woods
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    Required Moderation 

    From January of last year to October, I’d had terrible skin trouble on my face. I had eczema mainly on my cheeks that were itchy and peeling. The condition was too bad to be covered up with makeup and I was in a mess. Since I’d never had that kind of problem before, I couldn’t figure out the cause.　Eventually I attributed it to an allergy to basil pasta sauce. But I recently ascertained the true culprit and need to clear the basil sauce’s name.

    My apartment building has a spa which fee is included in the monthly maintenance fee from the resident. The privilege of using it with no holds barred and the fact I’m cheap send me to the spa every morning and evening. Not using it is a big waste of money for me. At the spa, a hot tub, a Jacuzzi, a sauna and a cold water tub are regularly available. And during the busy time such as the summer holidays and the winter skiing season, an extra hot tub is operated.

    When I looked for the solution for my skin trouble, I tried everything including shortening my spa time a little. After the trouble went away in October, it reappeared as soon as I started taking an extra hot tub at the spa in December. The cause wasn’t the basil sauce. I took a bath too much and too long every day. Sweating too excessively and having too much metabolism seemed to cause skin trouble. I knew moderation in all things, but had never known it was also true for a spa and metabolism. I thought they were good for health and the more the better. I’ve read or heard everywhere that metabolism is essential to health, and had never thought it also required moderation. It amounts to this, that I was too healthy.

    I reduced time and the frequency for the spa drastically and my skin trouble quickly disappeared. The free spa was my favorite relaxation. Now spending less time at the spa every day, I feel as if I leave an all-you-can-eat buffet after only a few bites each time. My good old days of sweating in a sauna as much as I want and relaxing in a Jacuzzi as long as I want are over. And to make matters worse, now that I’m careful not to sweat too much, I’ve gained a few pounds…

  • A #Japanese-style #pasta at the #cafe. It’s with grated #radish and dried young #sardines. $5. #spaghetti #seaweed #Japan

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