I had dinner with my high school era's friend who lives in west Tokyo. He took me to a yakitori restaurant "Donn" in Nishi-Ogikubo along Chuo line. The average yakitori is made from several bite-sized pieces of chicken meat, or chicken o...

A lot of Japanese can't distinguish pronunciation between "sea" and "she". Especially, "sea" is often pronounced as "she". So, when they want to say "Sit down.", they say "Shit down"! Awful! There is a tongue twister "She sells seashells...

Last weekend was my debut as an instructor in a dental occulusion seminar, which was held near Tokyo station.To be all set as an instructor of the seminar, I reviewed my notebook of past lectures. It was fine weekend and good for recreat...

* Dental implant information and technique has widely spread through various seminars held in all over the world and dental implant is one of hot topics in dentistry. However, about 20 years ago, the most popular theme of dental seminars...

今年2月に新大阪駅の近くで2日間にわたって行われた歯周病・インプラント治療研究会の写真と講演・講義のDVDが郵送されてきました。福岡で開業されているM先生が主催で毎年行われている会で、最新の情報が得られる数少ない研究会です。雑多で大掛かりな学...

On April 4th, I attended the English pronunciation class held in Shinjuku Tokyo. One of the elements which prevents Japanese from improving English is the difference between Japanese and English pronunciation. It is said that Japanese fe...

Last week, I stayed at Shima Kanko Hotel with my family. It is one of the most famous hotels in Japan. The place is the stage of a novel " Brilliant family" by Toyoko Yamazaki, describing the world of finance. Decayed moral in banking cu...

20年くらい前は、歯科医向けの講習会といえば、総義歯がメジャーなテーマでした。いかに痛くなく噛める入れ歯が作れるか。総入れ歯は歯が全くない状態ですから、上下の顎の位置関係、上下の人工歯の咬ませ方、入れ歯の形・大きさが問題になってきます。当...

私（長谷川）が尊敬する福岡のM先生が、歯周病研究会の講演の中で推奨していた本です。出光興産の創業者をモデルにしたビジネス小説ですが、主人公以外はほぼ実名で登場していて、ほぼ史実に基づいたものと考えられます。文献や関連書籍を読まないと、どこ...

先日、咬み合わせセミナーのインストラクターデビューを果たしました。選んでいただいた先輩先生と受講生の先生方に少しでも役立てるように、ぬかりなく勉強を続けたいと思います。昔、空手をやっていた時に、突然師範から、指導者をやってほしいと言われ...