The Ebata house is equally far from all the stations, the nearest convenience store is a 10-minute walk away, and the closest supermarket is in a location that I can't muster the energy to walk to -- it's a bad location.

The other day, I checked with my GPS logger and found that there is no possibility of flooding damage because the house is located at an elevation of 76 meters above sea level. However, there is a bank nearby, so the possibility of landslide damage cannot be completely ruled out.

In case you're wondering, I looked at the hazard map and it was not in the danger zone, but 100 meters away is listed as a Red Alert.

However, our house is close to a movie theater.

If I take the back roads, it's about a 15 minute drive to get there.

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In the past, "going to the movies" was a big event, and a celebration.

It was like a card that could be used once or twice a year.

However, my family, with the exception of myself, go to see the late show easily after having dinner .

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The reason for this is the "cinema complex" system of movie theaters.

In a cinema complex, the number of seats in each screen is differentiated, so that films that are expected to attract a large number of viewers can be shown on the screen with the largest number of seats, and films that have been released for a long time or have lost their ability to attract viewers can be shown on the screen with the smallest number of seats.

It is attached to a shopping center and a supermarket, and is located in a relatively large station.

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In the past, in order to see a movie, you had to go to the city center and go to Cinerama, a large venue with a big screen, and of course, there were no Internet reservations, so it was not uncommon to wait three to four hours to get into a movie theater.

And, believe it or not, smoking was allowed in the theater. It wasn't even a separate smoking area.

The sight of cigarette smoke reflected in the light of a movie was the "normal" way to watch a movie.

Some of them were taking pictures of the movie screen with their cameras.

Some of them were taking pictures with flashes, and as a child, I thought to myself, "There are some irredeemable idiots in this world.

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With Amazon and NetFlix, new movies are now easily available on your computer or smartphone.

I think this is a big blow to the movie theaters, but for the producers, it means that they can secure enough income to pay for it.

In any case, for me, I would like to keep the event of "going to the cinema to see a movie" as "extraordinary" in my mind.