This is a ¥500 coin, the largest value coin in Japan. Not too long ago it was worth roughly $5, but now with the rapidly declining yen, it is only worth about $3.33. Even if we stick to the yen, inflation has made it much less useful than it once was. Time was when we could find a lot of sales or deals based around this ¥500 coin. They'd call themselves one coin deals or something like that, using "one coin" to refer to the fact that just single coin has a relatively large buying power. Unfortunately these kinds of sales have grown less over the years as inflation makes ¥500 less valuable than it once was.

When I was at university, I majored in computer science. At the time the focus was on C++, but I also learned a fair bit of Java, Assembly, Javascript, and even some Cobol—though the latter was ancient by the time I was in school, it was still considered a great teaching tool (though at the time I suspected that had more to do with the fact that most of the professors were probably trained on that language, so it was easier for them to teach). I was pretty good at all of them, especially C++.

Looking at the event calendar, I see that a certain day is coming...in this country too the little demons are preparingCreated with ChatGPTWhen I first arrived in Japan some time ago, Halloween was mostly unknown. People who had some familiarity with Western customs knew the name and maybe a few key features of the day, such as trick or treat, but it was largely unknown. Within the last ten years, though, the day has exploded from mostly unknown to well-known and pretty popular. Kids love the day (of course) and young adults do too; a little too much in the case of the latter group, as they have been causing a lot of problems in Tokyo the past few years.

Greetings and salutations Hivers. Today let's go into another Three Tune Tuesday post. ![][title]As always, thanks to @ablaze for making this series. Lots of people participate in it! Follow the tags to find a ton of good music recommendation.

What do you feel when you think of Autumn?秋立といふばかりでも寒かなaki tatsu to iu bakari demo samusa kanaautumn’s here— just those words make me cold —Issa(trans. David LaSpina[^1])[^1]: That is, me! If you like this translation, feel free to use it. Just credit me. Also link here if you can.