Recently, I consider about barrier between people in Japan.1)Young and old 2)Man and woman 3)Japanese and foreigners1) is a most popular issue. If we say something "barrier-free," it mean a solution for it.2) is a my recent issue in my OSS…

Last night, I gathered my training mates in Megalos-Chofu, and go to drink.They are not my coworkers, not my family. It is very precious time for me, because local communities don't work in Japan's cities.I think Japanese people should enj…

Last Sunday, My wife and I participated Paracup 2011, which is a running event including a 5km/10km/half-marathon and walking race.Many events were canceled as voluntary restraint because of the earthquake-desaster. But the stuff of Paracu…

We decided to hold "Energy-Saving IT Workshop" in April 9. If you are interested in this event, please access the following URL and register for joining us. http://atnd.org/events/14209

Now I start to prepare to have a workshop for -saving IT.As you know, there is a lack of electric power in eastern area of Japan, because of the accident of nuclear power-generating plants on Fukushima prefecture.It means that electric pow…

As you know, a huge earthquake occur in sanriku area, Japan. In Tohoku district, there are the many dead, injured, and disappeared, and destroyed towns and cities. We also got shocked the earthquake at Tokyo, but didn't get so much damage …

Last week, I participated Open Source Conference,OSC, which is a most biggest OSS event for OSS engineers and users in Japan.I set a booth for my OSS community, Japan JasperServer User Group, with some members.OSC is a good chance for us t…

Next Saturday I will join Miura peninsula trail running race. Trail running is a type of sport running, on which we run in natural course such as hill side or trekking course. It is more tough than general marathon. Actually I didn't under…

Today, my wife and I went to Belritz Class, and discussed about “work/Life balance(WLB).”WLB is a recent theme of my wife. The company, which she works for, is a constructive surveyer. The japanese construction industry is very conservativ…