Did you find the answer to the last Korean riddle? It may have been quite difficult! Question: 별 중에 가장 슬픈 별은? The correct answer is... 이이픈 별은. The correct answer is... 이별 (read: 이byeol) → farewell! In Chinese characters, it means "separation. If you can understand this, you must be a fairly advanced speaker of Korean! By the way, the synonym for 이별...

Hello, everyone! Are you good at riddles? I'm not so good at them..! Today, I would like to give you a Korean riddle. Here's the question! Question: 별 중에 가장 슬픈 별은? Japanese translation: Which star is the saddest among all the stars? Read: 별 중에 가장 슬픈 별은? Stars are called 별 in Korean, right? Hmmm... What is the saddest star? ...

In FY 2007, eleven areas in Japan, including the Daimaru-Yuri area (Otemachi, Marunouchi and Yurakucho) in Tokyo, were identified as model areas with significant heat island effect. In FY 2007, eleven areas in the nation, including Tokyo's Otemachi-Marunouchi-Yurakucho area (OMY area), were designated as mo...

In this issue, we will introduce countermeasures against the "heat island effect. In contrast, large and mid-sized cities are expected to mitigate the heat island effect by securing natural wind paths, green spaces, and waterfront areas. Large and mid-sized cities are securing wind paths for air circulation, green space, and wat...

As we enter the second half of May, the temperature in Tokyo today is said to be as high as 28°C (82°F). It looks like this summer is going to be hot again. So, I would like to introduce you to a series of articles on what is being done in urban areas. The first one is about the "heat island phenomenon. The heat island phenomenon is caused by an increase in man-made cover such as concretes on the ground surface in urban areas. Th...