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 :-)
I agree with you. In it something is. Now all became clear, I thank for the help and I hope to see more such articles.
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Posted by: Air Conditioning in South Florida | Friday, January 28, 2011 at 06:56 AM
What a lucky guy!
By the way, The issue which is related to Tokyo that has called my attention the most, was about a guy who took eleven years to take shots of Tokyo's solitary streets, which is completely unusual in such a overcrowded city.
Posted by: Generic Viagra | Saturday, November 13, 2010 at 05:25 AM
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.
Posted by: brain | Tuesday, May 06, 2008 at 04:50 AM
iso come from isos in Greek! Thank you Chris.
Posted by: mari | Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 10:25 AM
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...
Posted by: Chris Kuan | Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 03:54 AM
isopod! iso means sea shore in Japanese. related to that???
Posted by: mari | Friday, April 25, 2008 at 10:27 AM
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! ;)
Posted by: Heidi | Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 09:52 AM
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.
Posted by: Brian | Wednesday, April 23, 2008 at 10:27 AM