My new apartment in Obihiro is adjacent to a stream. It is covered with a lot of weeds and the water stream cannot be seen from my window. It looks like just a weed field except for the sound of water stream. The sound is better than I had expected. I'm now enjoying a very pleasant life in my room from morning to night surrounded with the relaxing water sound. It is loud enough to drown out the city noise such as car and the campaign vehicle of the national election, but it is not so loud as to prevent me from listening to music in my room. It is really a great natural background sound. I remember that I visited a laboratory related to my work decades ago, where I had experienced the world of no sound; the room was located under the ground and was covered with thick, soundproofing materials. I had a very strange feeling in there and realized that we need a noise to some degrees. The windows view from my room is not so good, but in terms of the noise, I think it is almost perfect.
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