Here is our lovely secretary, Ms. Arai ... Shinobu-chan!
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A Happy New Year!
After the happy & relaxed holiday with my family, I came back to Tokyo. It’s nice to see the friendly faces again in the office. Kotoshimo Yoroshiku.
There’s one thing I still regret about the last year. One day, when I showed some foreign visitors into the meeting room, one of them asked me in Japanese, “Is this room the meeting room (会議室)? And, what is another room called?” In my mind, I said to myself, “What a strange question he made!”, but I just answered, “Yes, this room is 会議室, and another room is called 応接室." He might want to practice Japanese, I thought. Some days or weeks after while I was visiting this Blog, suddenly his question made sense to me. He wanted me to call another room as Touching Room! I had read about the “Touching-Room Incident” before, but it was completely out of my mind then. I still regret for my stupid answer. If the visitor comes back to our office in the future, please give me another chance.
