I will go to the Medicom Toy Exhibition 07 reception party tonight. They give a special item for guest. Last time it was a Kubrick of Darth Vader limited version. I will tell you what I get today later.
The title of Biohazard 3 is "Residenta Evil". You can see the trailer on Japanese site.
Next Tuesday 26th June was the day that the U.S. returned the occupied Iwo Jima to Japan in 1968. You may read the news "Japan changes name of Iwo Jima" and I know it is a hot topic in the U.S too. Since I called it Iwo Jima always, I couldn't understand why they had to change the name. They said the original inhabitants called it "Iwo To" and when it was returned in 1968, the name was returned to "Iwo To" in the official Japan map, but when Geographical Survey Institute reversed the map, it was written "Iwo Jima" again. Original inhabitants sent a claimed to thr Geographical Survey Institute after that, then GIS accepted it. By the way, even the original inhabitants still can't go to Iwo Jima now. There are countless duds and remains of the war dead, American and Japanese. Without recovery, that island kept our history there.
The rainy season has started already. Today we have rain though we have less rain this year. It will be a big problem in August. This season, the AJISAI (Hydrangea) are in bloom everywhere. Have you ever seen this flower? Its color is white at first, then changes to blue or pink and gets to be purple in the end. The flower's color depends on the pH of the soil. One tree even has pink and blue flowers sometimes. There are some temples called AJISAI temples because of their beautiful gardens. In the Kanto area, Meigetsuin in Kamakura is the most famous one. You can walk to the entrance going through a wall of AJISAI. Meigetsu has a chic round window and it is nice to see the changing of seasons on scenery from the window: spring, autumn and winter.
Thanks for your comments. I will visit Ajisai temple in this weekend.
Posted by: Mari | Friday, June 29, 2007 at 01:16 PM
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Posted by: Mark Vane | Monday, June 25, 2007 at 06:04 PM
Good post Mari. With all due respect my familiarity with the right wing conservatives that run most of the LDP, I believe that changing Iwo Jima back to Iwa Jo is just another way to disenfranchise the Japanese public from the truth of history.
I love the hydrangas in Kamakura. Kamakura is one of my most favorite places in Japan. I have been there 3 or 4 times. Did you know that the the PH of the soil will determine whether the color of hydrangas are blue or pink/red?
Posted by: Peter | Monday, June 25, 2007 at 01:19 PM
That wall of flowers in Kamakura is great!
It reminds me of this scene from Sen to Chihiro no Kamikuakushi :-)
Posted by: Chris | Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 01:16 AM