the qualia journal

In the center of Honshu, roughly speaking, you find mountainous areas. Japan might be perceived as a country of big cities with incredible c...

The closing sentences of "The Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin are beautiful. ------------ It is interesting to contemplate a ...

In the game of soccer, it is a well known fact that the probability of winning the match is asymmetric between a home game and an away game....

Over the last few days, I watched the film "Wilde" (1997) on my laptop. The role of Oscar Wilde was played by the British comedi...

When I was five, my mother introduced me to Mr. Ito, who was studying entomology at a University. It was Mr. Ito who introduced me into the ...

One crucial point of the argument of Richard Dawkins is that we do not need religion to explain the foundations of our morality. Scientific ...

I watched the documentary "The Root of All Evil?" written and presented by Richard Dawkins. It was originally broadcast as a two p...

I think one of the most important things in life is to forget. As we live along, things accumulate, and the momentum becomes a killer rather...

As a kid I was fond of playing baseball. I was not a particularly good hitter. When I was cornered into two strikes, the bad image of a stri...

Believe it or not, Japanese University students start the activity of searching for a company to work for ("Shukatsu") more than o...

Nowadays, I am very uneasy. I look up at the sky from time to time, and think when it must be. Should it be on Saturday, Sunday, or sometime...

I have been to the wonderful Arashiyama district in the suburbs of Kyoto many times, starting from the school trip at the age of 15. For som...

I once heard that Mr. Ivica Osim, when he was serving as the head coach of the Japanese national football team, used to say to the players ...

This morning, Google is rumored to walk out of China after failure of negotiation with the local government. It is interesting to compare th...

I came to the city of Kan-Onji on the Shikoku island to meet with Dr. Michiyo Okada, who is a specialist on teaching children with special b...

March is the graduation time in Japan. Many school hold the graduation ceremony, where students receive the certificates and sing special so...

The Mount Fuji is an easily recognizable volcano mountain, and its shape is recognized by people in Japan. The other day I went to a restaur...

A human brain likes surprises, and mine is no exception. Every year, in spring, I used to be surprised as a kid to see the first signs of sp...

At least a part of human history can be regarded as a competition between different systems based on different philosophies and sets of valu...

I happened to see a clip from the old Godzilla series yesterday ("Mothra vs. Godzilla"). Originally, the film was released in 1964...