Archive for 11月, 2009
Japanese Food Overseas
Today I had Ramen at a Japanese restaurant in Christchurch, New Zealand. That restaurant was very small in spite of the location in the city, but the taste was good. Today I went there after a long time travel, so I expected the same. But what I saw was totally different exterior of the restaurant, it became a large size restaurant. Maybe [...]
Emotion the Best Be Forever Yamato (Yamato yo Eien ni)
Yamato Space Battle Ship, Be forever, Emotional Best Space battle Ship Yamato was an extreme mega hit animation in the history of anime of Japan. It's still popular among maniac fans and also still increasing fan numbers. It's certain that this animation is one of the monumental works of the anime world. Yamato's 5 theather versions are [...]
Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack [Limited Edition]
![Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack [Limited Edition]](http://www.japanpress.info/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/final-F-150x150.jpg "Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack [Limited Edition]")
Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack Final Fantasy is already a maniac item of world game fans. This is the pre-order CD of original sound track of the newest Final Fantasy series, Final Fantasy XIII Original Soundtrack . 4 music CDs are included, plus 1 drama CD of voice actors is also included as a bonus CD, FINAL FANTASY XIII [...]
Howl’s Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki
Howl's Moving Castle Animation HOWL'S MOVING CASTLE is one of the representing works of master animator, Hayao Miyazaki. This film still has the 2nd highest grossing record of Japanese whole movie history, as a reference, NO.1 movie is also by Hayao Miyazai, it's Spirited Away. And If I say more, NO.3 is again by the same director, Hayao [...]
AYUMI HAMASAKI NEW CD, You were, Ballad, etc. keeps NO.1 sales
AYUMI HAMASAKI's new release is taking big reservation orders through online sales site, CD JAPAN. AYUMI HAMASAKI already has permanent fans. It's no surprise to get the big pre-order on each release. For the first limited release, her songs' video clips are also included. Fans can't miss the first issue. Personally I don't listen to her [...]
Mexico-Japan friendship 400th anniversary
This year is 400th anniversary of Japan-Mexico friendship. It means Japan and Mexico have been in friendship since 1609. It's such a long time ! I still remember that Japanese football team won the bronzemedal in Mexico Olympic and a weight-lifting player of Japan, Yoshinobu Miyake got a gold medal then. Just recently, I met with an [...]
Director TAKESHI KITANO at Meiji University Tokyo
Takeshi Kitano is one of the top movie directors in Japan. He seems to have come back to his school,Meiji University, yesterday and made a long speech about his recent workds and his history. Takeshi Kitano dropped out Meiji University before graduation. But he got honored graduate degree about 10 years ago from Meiji University, it's because [...]
Japan in Deflation
Now at this serious recession or remaining financial crisis time, some say US dollar will fall drastically in the 2 or 3 years and America will experience crazy hyper inflation then. If it really happens, not only world economy but also world order will have to be reset, no matter if it's better or worse. On the contrary, now Japan is [...]
Good Mileage Car, Honda
HONDA seems to have been selected again as good mileage car of the USA by EPA in America. Certainly still we think that Honda's fuel efficiency is ranked on the top and when we choose a car, this cost performance is very important in decision. Honda will sure to keep this company policy in the future without which, Honda will lose their market [...]
14 year old pianist, AIMI KOBAYASHI contracts
AIMI KOBAYASHI is truly a genius pianist born in Japan. She seems to be making a recording contract with EMI classic label. For her international music future, this would be a good starting. I've watched her for several recent years. For the first time I saw her on YouTube, I was really amazed by the unbelievable music flavor by such a young [...]
