I will go to Tokyo

I wrote Zenkoji refused to host the Olympic torch relay and there are some threats on the Internet for Zenkoji, but Zenkoji said they won't resort to legal action now as sad joke. I am glad to read such comments of Zenkoji. They don't upset so easily.

Ora Tokyo Sa Ikuda (I will go to Tokyo) was released over 20 years ago. It is hot on Youtube again as a Japanese first RAP in Aomori dialect . Its lyrics are funny, he is such a country boy and wants to go to Tokyo. But we have a lot of such country country country areas still now (maybe they have TV already though) in Japan. It will be nice to visit such a place, you will know the real Japan.

I am not sure what you call this insect (if you don't like insects, don't open) in English. I guess it will be Bathynomus doederleini. We say 'Daio Gusoku Mushi', Nifty Portal Z made its stuffed animal. Look at this. Cute???

'What does moe mean?' is an English lesson book in which Japanese explain about moe culture in Akihabara. The situation is a Japanese person visits Akihabara with his foreign friend and explains everything in English. But it will be good as a moe culture book for foreign people too. I will find it in the book store and report about it :-)

Comments

[brain]

That one is specifically called a "Giant Isopod."

The little ones are kind of cute; some live in fish mouths. One time we caught a perch in California, we took the fish home and cooked and ate it. When we were about to throw the heads and guts away, we looked at the garbage bag, and this little white isopod was sitting there, still alive, angry that we ate his home.

[mari]

iso come from isos in Greek! Thank you Chris.

[Chris Kuan]

Ah, no Mari...

The "iso" in "isopod" comes from Greek word "isos" which means "equal".

Just co-incidence that this animal lives in the sea and also "iso" is the Japanese sea shore...

[mari]

isopod! iso means sea shore in Japanese. related to that???

[Heidi]

Isopod? I have always called them "pill bugs" becasue they roll up in a ball when you touch them and they look like little pills. They are absolutely harmless, here in MN anyway. They live in basements mostly. The basement centipedes (hirjiri?) are relatively harmless here too, but if I ever see a mugade, I'll climb the wall to escape it! Totemo kowaii to abunai!(@-@)

Ora Tokyo sa ikuda - I have a friend from Aomori! Thanks for the link, mari-san! I will send it to her, and when I see her on Saturday, I will say "ora tokyo sa ikuda" just to see the look on her face! ;)

[Brian]

It's called an isopod.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isopod

I saw some in Chiba on the Boso peninsula before. Of course, they were only about 3cm long.