Amelie In Tokyo ✨
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I know we never know what people go through and all, but I find it so hard to believe that every single seated young person in our wagon absolutely needs to be seated and cannot give their seat to the lovely elderly grand mother who is left standing. I’m grumpy and I give them all the stare.
December 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM
I know we never know what people go through and all, but I find it so hard to believe that every single seated young person in our wagon absolutely needs to be seated and cannot give their seat to the lovely elderly grand mother who is left standing. I’m grumpy and I give them all the stare.
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A little old man just passed me chanting “Sayuri, Sayuri” to the slow rhythm of his cane clicking on the pavement and I asked if Sayuri may have gone to Arakawa cuz I could look there but he didn’t know & now I am broken everyone get out and find his dog right now especially you @katch.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
A little old man just passed me chanting “Sayuri, Sayuri” to the slow rhythm of his cane clicking on the pavement and I asked if Sayuri may have gone to Arakawa cuz I could look there but he didn’t know & now I am broken everyone get out and find his dog right now especially you @katch.bsky.social
Je ne sais pas si Spotify se fout de ma poire 😂
December 4, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Je ne sais pas si Spotify se fout de ma poire 😂
Slightly (very) annoyed to see that I'm now required to upload my residence card information on top of my work certificate when notifying my ward of my children's enrollment in kindergarten. Why should it matter to the child services when my residence registration has that information anyway?
December 4, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Slightly (very) annoyed to see that I'm now required to upload my residence card information on top of my work certificate when notifying my ward of my children's enrollment in kindergarten. Why should it matter to the child services when my residence registration has that information anyway?
My favorite pair of jeans of all times—bought 14 years ago at Zara, mysteriously fitting me despite a 10kg -/+/- in weight fluctuation over the years (😅) is getting natural tears around the knees and I’m devastated. I have never found a similar long lasting quality pair at Zara or else.
November 29, 2025 at 4:12 AM
My favorite pair of jeans of all times—bought 14 years ago at Zara, mysteriously fitting me despite a 10kg -/+/- in weight fluctuation over the years (😅) is getting natural tears around the knees and I’m devastated. I have never found a similar long lasting quality pair at Zara or else.
If my kid would tolerate staying at a hotel, I would book a night in a heartbeat 😬
November 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
If my kid would tolerate staying at a hotel, I would book a night in a heartbeat 😬
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“If you want to spread awareness, show your children’s joy, strengths, quirks and accomplishments. Show that autistic children are deeply worthy of love and respect.” 🥹 www.huffpost.com/entry/autist...
I'm The Mother Of 2 Autistic Children. Please Stop Exploiting Kids Like Mine For Content.
"There are ways to uplift and support other parents and educate people ... without turning children into spectacles."
www.huffpost.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:48 PM
“If you want to spread awareness, show your children’s joy, strengths, quirks and accomplishments. Show that autistic children are deeply worthy of love and respect.” 🥹 www.huffpost.com/entry/autist...
Done my BA kind of? We were waiting for our health check up when my colleague said they wanted to skip the barium this year too and asked about me. I made an answer that sounded so stupid to me: “yeah I’ll do it because you don’t know you have something until (brain freezes) … you have something.”
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Done my BA kind of? We were waiting for our health check up when my colleague said they wanted to skip the barium this year too and asked about me. I made an answer that sounded so stupid to me: “yeah I’ll do it because you don’t know you have something until (brain freezes) … you have something.”
I am quite surprised by my bank (SMBC) efficiency 😅. I have no idea how that happened but someone tried to use my card on Rakuten and the bank notified me of a suspicious payment. I could get it cancelled right away as well as the card (gosh… all the subscriptions I’ve got to deal with now…).
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
I am quite surprised by my bank (SMBC) efficiency 😅. I have no idea how that happened but someone tried to use my card on Rakuten and the bank notified me of a suspicious payment. I could get it cancelled right away as well as the card (gosh… all the subscriptions I’ve got to deal with now…).
You cannot make this up I swear. We got stuck 15 min on a parking yesterday.
November 15, 2025 at 11:58 PM
You cannot make this up I swear. We got stuck 15 min on a parking yesterday.
If you spot me sneaking around parking looking at random cars know that my son developed an obsession for a specific tail light that’s actually not so common and we cannot put him to bed if he does not at least see one. Yes I’m typing this as we’re walking around with him looking for one 🙃
November 12, 2025 at 1:22 PM
If you spot me sneaking around parking looking at random cars know that my son developed an obsession for a specific tail light that’s actually not so common and we cannot put him to bed if he does not at least see one. Yes I’m typing this as we’re walking around with him looking for one 🙃
How about hell no
November 12, 2025 at 9:03 AM
How about hell no
The pre schooler the whole week: I NEED TO SEE THE CHOCOLATE. Cut the bread mama !!!
The pre schooler today: WHAT DID YOU DO? Don’t cut my bread!!! I don’t want to see the chocolate!!! Glue it back!!!!
The pre schooler today: WHAT DID YOU DO? Don’t cut my bread!!! I don’t want to see the chocolate!!! Glue it back!!!!
November 6, 2025 at 11:44 PM
The pre schooler the whole week: I NEED TO SEE THE CHOCOLATE. Cut the bread mama !!!
The pre schooler today: WHAT DID YOU DO? Don’t cut my bread!!! I don’t want to see the chocolate!!! Glue it back!!!!
The pre schooler today: WHAT DID YOU DO? Don’t cut my bread!!! I don’t want to see the chocolate!!! Glue it back!!!!
We successfully passed the interview and I now face a mountain of paperwork and there’s a packet about sewing stuff, they're too kind, I’m never gonna sew anything, thank you 😆. Also the cost for the uniform (that realistically, he will never want to wear) was mind blowing 💸💸💸💸💸
I didn’t expect to be this busy this year with my new boss lady hat. Not expecting any improvement cause in an unforeseen turn of events, our daycare is kicking out all 3 yo+ and our only viable option is a Catholic kindergarten and 85% of the mothers are not working and I've got to join the 母の会 😬
November 2, 2025 at 3:40 AM
We successfully passed the interview and I now face a mountain of paperwork and there’s a packet about sewing stuff, they're too kind, I’m never gonna sew anything, thank you 😆. Also the cost for the uniform (that realistically, he will never want to wear) was mind blowing 💸💸💸💸💸
We were standing by the fire station (my son is in an intense fire truck period) and a fire fighter opened the door, called us in and offered my son to sit on the truck with the lights on—the video of his face is PRICELESS, you can see him *glowing* with joy, like you’d see his smile in the dark 😂
October 31, 2025 at 10:07 AM
We were standing by the fire station (my son is in an intense fire truck period) and a fire fighter opened the door, called us in and offered my son to sit on the truck with the lights on—the video of his face is PRICELESS, you can see him *glowing* with joy, like you’d see his smile in the dark 😂
Fun stuff 🫡
The firts cabinet meeting on foreigner issues will address managing residency status, tightening naturalisation requirements, countermeasures against overtourism, public safety measures, and a review of rules on real estate purchases by foreign nationals. www.yomiuri.co.jp/politics/202...
October 31, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Fun stuff 🫡
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Photo in an article discussing positive and negative attitudes towards foreign nationals working at convenience stores. (※画像はイメージです) lasisa.net/post/119333
October 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Photo in an article discussing positive and negative attitudes towards foreign nationals working at convenience stores. (※画像はイメージです) lasisa.net/post/119333
I didn’t expect to be this busy this year with my new boss lady hat. Not expecting any improvement cause in an unforeseen turn of events, our daycare is kicking out all 3 yo+ and our only viable option is a Catholic kindergarten and 85% of the mothers are not working and I've got to join the 母の会 😬
October 25, 2025 at 12:40 AM
I didn’t expect to be this busy this year with my new boss lady hat. Not expecting any improvement cause in an unforeseen turn of events, our daycare is kicking out all 3 yo+ and our only viable option is a Catholic kindergarten and 85% of the mothers are not working and I've got to join the 母の会 😬
Son’s autoportrait.
October 25, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Son’s autoportrait.
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In 2024, over 20,000 babies born in Japan - 3% of the total - were foreigners. This number includes babies born to two non-Japanese parents, and babies born out of wedlock to a foreign mother. www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
日本生まれの赤ちゃん3%が外国人 2024年2万人超、低出生補う新段階 - 日本経済新聞
日本で2024年に生まれた外国人が2万人に達し、新生児に占める割合が3%を超えた。ともに初めての水準とみられる。働き手世代を中心に在留外国人は総人口の約3%まで増えてきたが、出生段階でも日本の低出生数をある程度補う新たなステージに入った。規制強化だけに偏らない、共生策を含めた外国人政策がより重要になる。厚生労働省の人口動態統計では、「両親とも外国籍」か「嫡出ではない子のうち母が外国籍」の場合に
www.nikkei.com
October 8, 2025 at 11:12 AM
In 2024, over 20,000 babies born in Japan - 3% of the total - were foreigners. This number includes babies born to two non-Japanese parents, and babies born out of wedlock to a foreign mother. www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZ...
My mother is coming soon, which means I’m placing an insane book order for the kid. I want them all… Can’t make… choice… Aaah.
a woman in a blue dress is reaching for a book on a ladder
ALT: a woman in a blue dress is reaching for a book on a ladder
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July 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
My mother is coming soon, which means I’m placing an insane book order for the kid. I want them all… Can’t make… choice… Aaah.
After an entire year going to see trains every day, rain or shine, I’m happy to announce the child is now into… boats. Closer to my own taste, though a logistically complicated new interest (blessed be YouTube).
July 1, 2025 at 11:34 PM
After an entire year going to see trains every day, rain or shine, I’m happy to announce the child is now into… boats. Closer to my own taste, though a logistically complicated new interest (blessed be YouTube).
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I hope that police also start policing cars and trucks parked in cycle lanes that make it dangerous to go on the roads
Police to ticket cyclists riding on sidewalks, which amounts to almost all cyclists in Japan soranews24.com/2025/07/01/p...
Police to ticket cyclists riding on sidewalks, which amounts to almost all cyclists in Japan soranews24.com/2025/07/01/p...
Police to ticket cyclists riding on sidewalks, which amounts to almost all cyclists in Japan
I hope they have a lot of paper.
soranews24.com
July 1, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I hope that police also start policing cars and trucks parked in cycle lanes that make it dangerous to go on the roads
Police to ticket cyclists riding on sidewalks, which amounts to almost all cyclists in Japan soranews24.com/2025/07/01/p...
Police to ticket cyclists riding on sidewalks, which amounts to almost all cyclists in Japan soranews24.com/2025/07/01/p...