Hidemi Woods

Singer, Songwriter and Author from Kyoto, Japan.

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  • Star Festival

    Today is the Star Festival in Japan. It’s based on a forbidden love
    story between Altair and Vega, who are allowed to meet each other by
    crossing the Milky Way once a year on the seventh of July. We celebrate
    it by decorating a bamboo tree with paper ornaments. Among the ornaments
    are slips of colored paper on which we write our wishes. After the
    festival, they are taken into a river that is believed to be connected
    to the Milky Way for this particular occasion, where the written wishes
    come true. The last time I wrote my wish and floated the slip into a
    river was when I was nineteen. Since I had already started my career as a
    singer-songwriter, I wished to be successful someday. It seems that my
    wish slip hasn’t reached the Milky Way yet in spite of this many years’
    traveling…

    from Tumblr https://hidemiwoods.tumblr.com/post/186060758144

  • Whether it’s because the #cafe is inside a furniture store…

    Whether it’s because the #cafe is inside a furniture store or not, the lighting fixtures are elegant. #Japan
    https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzf1R_EAtl-/?igshid=1nqbxth5qz0j8

    from Tumblr https://hidemiwoods.tumblr.com/post/186048846994

  • A doctor or a minister

     When it comes to an
    election, I always remember Mr. Goyude. He was a local politician in my
    hometown. I often saw him outside the elementary school I went to,
    waving and talking to kids. He would hand out his cards to kids, saying
    ‘Say hello to your parents for me!’ Some foolish kids boasted about
    getting his autograph or shaking his hand. Every time I saw Mr. Goyude, I
    felt pitiful for him. Japanese people say ‘A doctor or a minister,
    which will you become?’ when they admire a promising child. Our family’s
    next-door neighbor used to say it to me and each time, I hoped not to
    be a minister because to become one, the process seemed so sad and
    miserable. Now I’ve grown up and I became neither a doctor nor a
    minister…

    from Tumblr https://hidemiwoods.tumblr.com/post/186037815811

  • troublesome upgrade

    I decided to upgrade my Cubase and placed an order
    online last night. I’ll save $400 by the upgrade, not getting the whole
    thing. To qualify the upgrade, I needed the serial number of the current
    software. I rummaged in my room for the number. Finally I found it and
    entered it on the order form. For the last blank of the form, they
    required a user ID. That’s a big enigma. I wasn’t given any user ID for
    Cubase. On the other hand, I’ve got quite a few user IDs for the
    websites. What user ID? Which one? I looked through the papers and
    couldn’t find anything likely. On their FAQ page, there was an answer to
    a completely different question from mine, which told to enter the name
    in the user ID space. Now that I’ve run out of guesses, I filled in the
    blank with my name. A submit button had never been far like this. This
    morning, the e-mail told me that my order was processed. The user ID was
    simply my name. Just getting an upgrade is this troublesome…

    from Tumblr https://hidemiwoods.tumblr.com/post/186013737556

  • #Vongole #pasta with iced coffee at a #cafe in the city. #lunch…

    #Vongole #pasta with iced coffee at a #cafe in the city. #lunch #Japan
    https://www.instagram.com/p/BzaOdWtgc3T/?igshid=nx0gnv69rk4t

    from Tumblr https://hidemiwoods.tumblr.com/post/185998087254