watashi to tokyo

I am back

I am back from Seattle. That was great trip and I 've start to think of moving to Seattle or Vancounver!! Anyway today I have no time to write blog, but I need to pick this news tonight! Some said Nagi Noda died because of traffic accident. I am not sure it is true or not yet, but some blog wrote about it. If so, her last work is the LG wash machine.....I will make sure.

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Wow cute photo. That AHEAD of Shell panel match to this situation.

This is interesting site : "Word Magazine's World: Album Covers". You can check the spots where iconic album cover photographs were taken. In Japan, there is a spot of Cheap Trick

wow. this is nice site that picks up nice Asian nostalgy. In Japan, Yakuza movie and porn movie posters have good sense alway.

Sorry for short post, I will leave Tokyo soon and go to Seattle now. Since I bring my Note to the U.S, I may update my blog and tell what I see and feel in the U.S. and Canada. This time I am looking forwart to try many kind of foods! especially ethnics. In Japan ethnic foods are arranged for Japanese, but in the U.S and Canada, I can try original taste, I guess.

sumo is messed up

Ahhhh! Cute Katamari Damacy costume play with dad and his son. In 2005, I picked often about the game, though after the release for X360 in 2007, we don't hear about Katamari recently. I hope they will release the third version soon.

Japan sumo chief resigns over marijuana scandal today. Japanese sumo is messed up just right now. We had sometimes fixed game scandals before, but this is the first time about drugs. We will see what they will do.

I really laughed at this post 'Japanese foods you DON'T like'. The best comment to me is 'I never liked Ika (squid) in my school kyuushoku (school lunch). It tastes like a chewy eraser!!! ' Ha ha ha even Japanese may feel like that when we eat a bad one.

There are many many fakes of the worldwide famous mouse. But I guess this would be the worst. It seems to be a local festival in Japan. Hmm, grotesque.

Pingmag is a nice English site that picks Japanese art and culture. Especially Pingmag make is a great site that focuses on Japanese craftmen's work. Such a nice site, Pingmag has just started their online shop. There are not so many items yet, but we can look forward to their choice.

 

Project aiko and Strange and Unusual Japanese Gums

This is funny news. In Shizuoka prefecture, the police received an emergency call "I found a body". Then police began a search and prepared a press release. But when they did an autopsy, they found it was just a doll. The police said it had 30kg weight and elastic, we had to misunderstand. Hmm They don't open the cover when they picked it first? Anyway, it guess the doll would be this one. A Canadian guy made serious page "project Aiko" about his Japanese dall Aiko, check it out.

The Top Ten Strange and Unusual Japanese Chewing Gums. I can tell those girls are not Japanese and no6 ninja gum is not Japanese one. But others are all Japanese we can buy everywhere. Here is a nice Japanese gum collection blog. My American friend say Japanese gum is much tasty and better than American one.

I like this type of post "give me a photo that makes me hungry". The first photo is typical lunch box food. Those would put into the box after that like this. And you will think there are a few raw egg, Japanese love to eat raw egg. We eat sukiyaki dipping into raw egg..　Some pick Kabayaki (eel) and (rice with soup). I will pick this one mentaiko and rice. (what is mentaiko?) I would be interesting to compare each countries similar posts. I would love to see Korean one, I love Korean food and they would make me hungry!

The manner posters in Tokyo

Did you read this? 'Sudden death after arrest may be new syndrome.' < /a> In Japan, I read a different type of story. A few weeks ago, a truck driver died at a police station. He was caught drinking and driving and was interrogated, but he jumped from the 4th floor duri ng a tabacco break. On another day, a groper tried to run away from train stuff and was hit by the train. They would be in panic, they might think nothing was d earer than life itself later.
Tokyo Metro makes unique manners posters every month. Here i s the achive.

This month is 'please do it on the mountai n'.
please do it at the beach
please d o it at home: headphone version
please do it at home: phone v ersion
please do it at home: make up version
please do it at home: relax without manners version
Actually I agree w ith those completely. Some said they don't care about watching eating and ma king up in the train, but I don't like it and I don't do it. What do you think?
Talking about manners posters, the JT (Japan tabacco) one is well known for it s good and funny sense. We can see archives in this page. I like this mo st 'I tossed away my cigarette butt into the drain. In effect, I was making sure it wouldn't be picked up.' I really got pissed off to s ee someone try to hide his butt in a drain. This is funny too, 'Don& #39;t smoke in a crowd. Coats are expensive and it is sad but it is true 'As long as you don't look around your feet, the seas of Japan are beautiful'

"I am different from you" T-shirt

Sumo world in turmoil after wrestlers test positive for marijuana. Now Japanese sumo has really big trouble.

Just two days ago, Fukuda announces resignation and yesterday I picked his 'I am diffrent from you' as hot now. Then this T-shirt shop has started to sell 'I am diffrent from you' T-shirts already. Hm, I don't need this. That design comes from this ascii art 'Agent Fukuda'. (I like agent Smith!) That Fukuda is cool, but originally Fukuda's nickname is Nobita kun of Doraemon. By the way, TV Tokyo aired special news like other channels, it's unusual.

Talking about T-shirts, I missed buying this cool T-shirt 'Mr.P' of UNIQLO. We have the image that UNIQLO is just a reasonable clothes shop, but their T-shirt designs are very cool. Actually they have 'T-shirt design awards every year'. Here is the result of 2005. The theme of the grand prize one is 'family quarrel',   a son punched his father and the father said 'do you feel better now?'  The shape of the T-shirt gives punch to the manga that square paper can't make it. This is the result of 2006. It's very cool, isn't it? T-shirt in T-shirt. This is the result of 2007. The Design of the hem is very cute! Then this is the result of this year. Since the prize is 3million yen, you can try it. By the way, I found UNIQLO sells some anime T-shirts in other countries too, this is GOLGO 13 of US, this is TOUCH one of UK UNIQLO. Do you like it?

I am different from you

Ahhh cute is this! "Lego sushi" .

I enjoyed to watch this interviews with Noel and Liam Gallagher in Japan. Theyv asked how you can release your stress and did you regret for something in the past?

I said Japanese prime minister Fukuda resigns. He had a press conferences last night and the words what he said was hot in Japanese internet. The words are "I may have sounded distant in the past but I am able to view myself objectively and that is my strength, I am different from you." . Then the last part "I am different from you" is already enjoy in this country.　What an arrogant excuase!!! I prefer Yuriko Koike to anime Aso. It will be interesting to have female priminister in Japan.. By the way, I really think Japanese politic is third class. I always think Toyota should control this country for a while. :-)

ohisashiburi!

Japanese Prime Minister Fukuda will resign, who is next? Otaku Aso I guess.

The monkey found in Shibuya is still running away at the center of Tokyo. Today someone found him in the Kanda area.

This is a flash Olympic game, the quality is pretty good. Try it!
Woman called Yoda blocked from Facebook. Yes, Yoda is a common name in Japan, their last name would be 与田　or 依田 or such.

I picked the Japan Times article '1920s proletarian novel strikes chord with young underemployed'. I found this site wrote more detail: 'Kanikosen: a proletarian literature classic comes back to life'. The novel is 'Factory Ship' written by Takiji Kobayashi and it is having good sales still now. Then I read this interesting news 'Japanese Communist Party increases by about 10000 members, it will be because the boom of the Factory Ship'. (web translation) . Hmm interesting. It will mean a groundswell of people's discontent.

Kaiyodo will release figures of 'Fist of the North Star'. One is Kenshiro and one is a member of zeed. Funny part is A member of zeed can be burst like this. We Japanese call this scene 'Abeshi' (he screamed 'Abeshi' when he died). Crazy figure...This type was released a few years ago, you can buy an old type at online shop now.