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Billboard LIVE Tokyoへ

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3連休中にライブに行った人って、Facebookを見てると結構多い。そんで、私もその1人(笑) JAY'ED Jukebox Lounge に行ってきました!! Jay'edの声、初めて生で聞いたけど、やっぱりいい。で、シャイなところも凄く好印象。 人間味がたっぷり♪いい音楽が聴けました。 さて、たっぷり休養できたんで、来週も頑張るべ。

How many generations can you go back?

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Hi there!  I'm in US on my business trip now. During the dinner with some natives and Europeans, I heard the phrase: How many generations back can you   trace your family tree? Most of people in US whom I was talking to can answer this question.  It was interesting to me, because they love their family trees and roots of their blood.  One guy said like this, "From Czech, 5 generations I can go back. That's why I love beer!" Most American and Europeans can count the family generations, but this made me think "how many Japanese can count it?" Last week, I was chatting with my colleagues in lunch time about a family crest.  I know my family crest and it's "違い鷹の羽 - Chigai Taka no Ha", but all persons who are there don't know own crest... Maybe Europeans or American know the own family crest at least, I think... Is this big problem for Japanese, isn't it? Updated! And I have noticed, I'm one of them who doesn't know