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2-4 Be Careful Not to Drink Too Much
旅奈と日本酒への旅に出かける前に飲酒についての豆知識です。
日本健康21(厚生労働省)では節度ある適度な飲酒量は、純アルコール約20g/日程度としています。これはビール約500ml、日本酒約1合、ワインのグラス約2杯分に含まれる純アルコールの量になります。また1日に平均で男性40g、女性20g以上の純アルコールを摂取すると生活習慣病のリスクが高まるとしています。
この数値に個人差はありますが、一般的に女性の方がアルコールにより健康リスクが高まります。
長期間におよぶ多量のアルコール摂取は、脳を含め様々な臓器に悪影響を及ぼします。また、アルコールは胃より小腸で急速に吸収されます。空腹で飲酒を行うとアルコールはすぐに小腸に届き、結果、血中のアルコール濃度が急速に高まります。
殆どのアルコールは肝臓内の酵素で分解されてアセトアルデヒドになります。これが顔面の紅潮や頭痛の原因となり強い毒性があります。そして肝臓内の別の酵素がアセトアルデヒドを分解します。この二つの酵素の能力の個人差によって「お酒が飲めない」「お酒が飲める」「お酒は飲めるが本当は弱い」が決
Travel to Face
Dec 9, 2025


2-3 My First Bottle of Sake
Work finished, and as always, I walked down Kappabashi Main Street toward Ginza Line Tawaramachi Station.
The kappa painted on the signboard of “Kappabashi Hondōri Kōnishikai Shopping Street” saw me off with its usual round, vacant eyes.
Travel to Face
Nov 17, 2025


2-2 Traditional Crafts and Travel Planning
Tabina looked over the itinerary she had just finished for the “Tokyo Sakura Tour” and praised herself quietly in her heart.
“It turned out well,” she thought. “I’ll ask Heidi to check it.”
She suddenly remembered: When she had first come to this company, the cherry blossoms along the Sumida River were in bloom.
It had been six months since she joined. She had assisted with tour planning and tour guiding, and had even obtained her Domestic Travel Services Manager certifica
Travel to Face
Nov 17, 2025


2-1 One Month After Joining the Company
Right after the president finished introducing everyone, Sensei immediately began explaining the laptop on my desk. Although he was about the same height as me, standing next to him felt strangely intimidating—perhaps because of his solid build.
With his round, adorable fingers tapping the keys, he explained each screen carefully as one after another appeared before me.
After that, Heidi taught me where the supplies were kept, how to use the copier, and other basics. Before
Travel to Face
Nov 17, 2025


1-6 The Beginning of the Journey
私は面接試験の時と同じように地下鉄銀座線浅草駅で降りて西浅草の旅行会社に向かいました。今日は初めての出社日です。隅田川の土手では墨堤桜祭りが開かれています。
西浅草の旅行会社の面接試験の後、3社の試験を受け2社から内定をいただきました。友人や家族は別の会社への就職を勧めましたが私は迷わずこの会社への就職を決めました。
今、私はシャッターの閉まった人通りの少ない仲見世通りを歩いています。
面接試験の時、ここで感じた違和感は自分の就職活動への違和感でした。しかし、もう一つ自分への別な思いがあったように感じます。
Travel to Face
Nov 17, 2025


1-5 The Interview (Part 3)
東京国立博物館は”東博(トーハク)”と多くの方に呼ばれているようです。東博を初めて訪れた私は、その大きさに驚きました。千円の一般入場券を購入すれば、本館、平成館、東洋館、法隆寺宝物館の平常展示や企画展示を見ることができます。
私は、まず本館に行ってみることにしました。
Travel to Face
Nov 17, 2025


1-4 The Interview (Part 2)
グラスの中の氷が私に向かって答えるように「カッチ」と言って小さく動きました。
突然、背後にある事務所の入り口の自動扉の開く音がして熱風が流れ込んできました。
「よかった。本当によかった」
Travel to Face
Nov 17, 2025


1-3 The Interview
When I leapt into the office, everything was pitch black and I couldn’t see anything. Cold air from the air conditioner poured down on me from above.
In the next moment, the office lit up brightly, and when I narrowed my eyes, I saw the president at the back of the room, looking at me and pointing to the sofa in front of me.
“I’ll bring something cold to drink, so have a seat and wait,” he said, disappearing into the back room.
I felt I shouldn’t sit before he returned, so I
Travel to Face
Nov 16, 2025


1-2 Heading to the Interview
I had heard that Asakusa was full of inbound travelers. Sure enough, once I passed through the ticket gate, I found myself surrounded on all sides by foreign tourists heading toward Kaminarimon and the Asakusa district.
Climbing the stairs, I stepped into an arcade filled with a heat unimaginable for June. I decided to walk toward Sensō-ji Temple. There were still about forty minutes before my interview.
Everyone walking through the arcade looked like a tourist— soon, everyo
Travel to Face
Nov 16, 2025


1-1 Job Hunting
I didn’t have a dream job. There wasn’t even a company I particularly wanted to join. Still, I had to start job hunting, so I decided to take the recruitment exam for a travel agency. My reason was simple: “I like traveling.”
The major companies were surely out of reach, so I looked into several mid-sized travel agencies instead. Even the mid-sized ones were all respectable companies.
Would any of them really hire someone like me? Where were my dreams and hopes in life supp
Travel to Face
Nov 5, 2025
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