{"id":78628,"date":"2009-11-11T23:44:14","date_gmt":"2009-11-11T14:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/?p=78628"},"modified":"2026-09-24T13:41:30","modified_gmt":"2026-09-24T04:41:30","slug":"kiki-academy-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/20091111\/everyday-events\/kiki-academy-part-2","title":{"rendered":"KIKI Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"decob-1922869338\" class=\"decob- decob-entity-placement\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/advertise\" aria-label=\"ad_sample_1456_180_1\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1.png 1456w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-300x37.png 300w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-1024x127.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/04\/ad_sample_1456_180_1-768x95.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1456px) 100vw, 1456px\" width=\"812\" height=\"100\"   \/><\/a><\/div><p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_60541772_0.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_60541772_1.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.decoboco.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/imp\/674393_60541772_2.jpg\" \/><br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>The other day at Tas YARD in Sendagaya, we had tea and paid the bill<br \/>\nA free paper by the register\u2014and a tiny one at that, handwritten<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s called &#8220;KIKI Academy&#8221; http:\/\/sendagaya.cocolog-nifty.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/index.html<br \/>\nI flipped through it casually and&#8230;<br \/>\nRight away there&#8217;s a headline: &#8220;What&#8217;s the point of building up your body?&#8221;<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s hilarious! Here&#8217;s an excerpt from the content<br \/>\nFather: How much is the coffee?<br \/>\nWaitress: 880 yen!<br \/>\nFather: Coffee beans are something you can buy for 5 yen and 50 sen, aren&#8217;t they?<br \/>\nA light jab!<br \/>\nWhat was even more amusing was when we visited a sports center&#8230;<br \/>\nFather: Why are you building up your body?<br \/>\nCenter staff: For our health.<br \/>\nFather: If you get healthy, do you live longer? Is there something good about it?<br \/>\nGrown adults going out of their way to lift heavy things or run in circles around the Imperial Palace&#8230;<br \/>\nThis dad is really something, you know?<br \/>\nSo I wanted to see the whole KIKI Academy and emailed them last night<br \/>\nThen this evening someone was showing something outside<br \/>\nWhen I looked closely, it was KIKI Academy!<br \/>\nSo we chatted for a bit \u2606<br \/>\nWe&#8217;re in the middle of moving a bunch of stuff around the shop, so things are pretty hectic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;The other day at Tas YARD in Sendagaya, we had tea and paid the bill A free paper by the register\u2014and a tiny one at that, handwritten It&#8217;s called &#8220;KIKI Academy&#8221; http:\/\/sendagaya.cocolog-nifty.com\/blog\/2009\/11\/index.html I flipped through it casually and&#8230; Right away there&#8217;s a headline: &#8220;What&#8217;s the point of building up your body?&#8221; It&#8217;s hilarious! Here&#8217;s an excerpt from the content Father: How much is the coffee? Waitress: 880 yen! Father: Coffee beans are something you can buy for 5 yen and 50 sen, aren&#8217;t they? A light jab! 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