Kiva

I made a loan to Benin. And I joined a community "Team Japan" on Kiva. It is good to have company.

XMind

XMind is a free and open source software for a mind mapping.

It is user friendly interface, sufficient functions. For me, this software is a tool of logical thinking such as below chart.

There are a lot of sample charts on XMind HP.

makeup exam

I take a makeup exam in corporate finance.

CASHFLOW® 101 Board Game

The author of "Rich Dad Poor Dad", Robert T. Kiyosaki produce a CASHFLOW 101 that it is to learn a investment.

Recently I played it for the first time. It is interesting. I think that this board game have a good points. It can change our thinking about a debt. Because, we go into debt for bear cash flow in this game. Japanese have a heavy debt for a mortgage. But we usually do not have a debt for investment. So I do not understand a difference good debt and bad debt. This game teach me that.

You know, now is a bad time for real-estate investment... The Chart below is the new housing units started in U.S. It do not stop falling.

Source by U.S. Census Bureau

The 3 famous beautiful spots of Japan

There are known as the 3 famous beauty spots of Japan.

1. Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture
2. Amano-Hashidate, Kyoto Prefecture
3. Miyajima(Itsukushima), Hiroshima Prefecture

I went to there without Amano-Hashidate, I want to go to there in this year.

Matsushima (松島)

This week again, I've stayed to Sendai city for business.

I went to Sendai from Sunday, and I went to the Matsushima that it is one of the 3 famous beauty spots in Japan. There is a Matsushima about 30 minute by train from Sendai station.

If you go to Sendai city, I recommend to go there. It's very beautiful spot. But this season, it was a little cold.