Archive for 10月, 2009
Haruki Murakami, the popularity structure
Haruki Murakami seems to be the most popular or well known Japanese story writer at this generation. He used to be a popular writer among Japanese college students 20 to 30 years ago. It's a kind of mystery why he became such a popular author in the world after that. Many read his book, Norwegian Wood when it's published in Japan and [...]
Akira Kurosawa again !
Akira Kurosawa was the most renowned Japanese film director ever. When I grew up and got interested in films, he was already old man. My first encounter with Akira Kurosawa was Rashomon, but the time I saw Rashomon, the new film, Dream, was about to be released in the theaters of Japan. In that sense, Kurosawa movies were appearing all [...]
Joe Hisaishi’s Howls Moving Castle Music
Joe Hisaishi is getting famous in the world. He is already a kind of national treasure of Japan. Many of us are raised by his music through the movies of Hayao Miyazaki and Takeshi Kitano. I aslo love his music. It's a godsent talent. This video is a concert held in Japan some years ago. He plays Howl's Moving Castle Theme song here. Not [...]
Music from Laputa, Castle in the Sky by Joe Hisaishi
Well, this movie by Hayao Miyazaki is my best fav among the master film maker, Hayao Miyazaki works. He became famous in the USA when Spirited away was released because it took Academy award then. Indeed that's a real masterpiece and I can't deny that quality and story line. That's really beautiful story and wonderous experience in the movie [...]
For Sushi lovers in the world !
As all of you know, sushi is already an international food. It's very glad because we Japanese can have our original food wherever we go. Years ago, we could not eat any Japanese food even in San Francisco or in London. However, there is one point I need to comment about it. Most of the sushi restaurats in the world are run by [...]
Ramen, Japanese Popular Noodle
Ramen is not well known yet in the world. Of course, the noodle is famous in any parts of the world but probably noodle is more like a Chinese food than Japanese image. Actually Ramen is one of the noodles. It's imported from China to Japan in the history and Japanese people arranged the taste and style into Japanese form. After that, it [...]
Spirited Away / Itsumo Nandodemo
When I first listened to this song at the end of the fantastic movie by Hayao Miyazaki, Spirited Away, I felt like I was melting into the memory of my childhood. Spirited Away is an Academy Award wining movie, that's why this became the most famous anime movie in the USA. Some American firends asked me about this song. They say this [...]
Typhoon hit Japan
Typhoon Melor brings strong winds and heavy rain as it hits mainland Japan, killing two people, injuring 44 people and disrupting rail and airline schedules. --By Japan times We haven't had typhoon for a long time although some came closer many times. This time, the typhoon landed on the main land of Japan. As I suspected, many tried to [...]
