Last Friday, I took a friend to the Flower Festival at a Buddhist temple in Nagoya. The festival always starts on April 1 and ends on April 8, the Buddha’s birthday. Friday was a great day to go there because it was warm, and the cherry trees around the temple were in full bloom. There weren’t many people there because it was a weekday. When we went into the main hall of the temple, we found a small statue of Buddha in a bowl. We poured “ama-cha” over the statue, and then we were given small cups of tea and deep-fried Tibetan-style biscuits. I liked “ama-cha.” It didn’t taste sweet at first, but it finished with a pleasant sweet taste.   (120 words) You can send me a comment or your own story at jaremaga@gmail.com

Today’s story is about a Guinness World Record breaker. His name is David Rush, and he has just broken a record. He used chopsticks like darts and threw them at a target four meters away. He had to beat the record for the most target hits with chopsticks in one minute. The record was 21 hits. He got 29 hits and broke the record! You can watch the video at the following URL https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2025/03/31/Guinness-World-Records-Davd-Rush-chopsticks/3391743443607/  This man loves challenges. He now holds more Guinness Records than anyone else. Most of his records are for juggling, but he also holds the record for the most marshmallows caught in the mouth with a home-made catapult in one minute.  (115 words) You can send me a comment or your own story at jaremaga@gmail.com

There are only two of us at home, but we throw out one big bag of plastic garbage every week. I would like to say goodbye to plastic because I know it is bad for the environment, but I can’t. Everything comes in plastic these days: supermarket vegetables, tofu, eggs, rice, and bread. Plastic is good because it keeps our food fresh longer, and it is much easier for stores to sell food in plastic packages. However, plastic doesn’t go away after you use it. If you burn it, the smoke is bad for your health. If it gets into the sea, birds and turtles eat it, and they die. Plastic also breaks up into microplastics and gets inside fish, animals, and plants. When we eat them, the plastic gets inside us. Plastic is both wonderfully convenient for us and terrible for the environment!   (144 words) You can send me a comment or

As you probably know, I make YouTube videos of my Jaremaga stories. I think the videos are good for learners, but I don’t really like the sound of my own voice. That’s why I was really surprised to get an email from someone at Walt Disney Studios. They saw my YouTube channel and liked my voice. Now they want me to be a voice actor in an animated movie. I can’t believe it! I went to Tokyo last Friday for a screen test, and I passed! I am starting work this morning. The name of the movie is “An April Fool.” What do you think? Am I a good liar?   (110 words) You can send me a comment or your own story at jaremaga@gmail.com