Archive for 11月, 2009
Good bye New Zealand
I have lived in New Zealand for some years. But soon I will leave this country. I came here on business and the intended stay was about 2 years, but it became longer than expected. In NZ, what I remember most of all is the SLOW TIME, or SLOW LIFE. I moved living address 4 times while my stay in NZ, and each time, I had to wait for a long [...]
Why Hawaii ?
This is not about Japanese travel but my favourite islands, Hawaii. Please skip this article if you search for Japanese domestic travel information. I love Hawaii just like I love Japan. This is not simple meaning because I really feel like Hawaii is my home town or birth place although I was born and raised in a small country city of [...]
MOMOE YAMAGUCHI & TOMOKAZU MIURA
Recently there was a popular married couple vote in Japan. It asked the Japanese " who do you think the best married couple is ?" The result was MOMOE TAMAGUCHI & TOMOKAZU MIURA. Maybe even overseas Japanese specialists don't know well this couple because they got married about 30 years ago. Momoe Yamaguchi became popular [...]
YUKIE NAKAMA steadying with TETSUSHI TANAKA
Today's news says that Japanese actress YUKIE TANAKA seems to be steadying with an actor, TETSUSHI TANAKA. They both are acting on a same TV drama, "Untouchable Jikenbo" , and before that they also worked together on the drama called JOSHIDEKA ( Detective Girl ) which seems to be their first encounter. YUKIE TANAKA seems not to be denying the [...]
HIDEKI MATSUI will be Stamp Model
HIDEKI MATSI is not yet decided if he would stay in NY Yankees. Today, Japanese news said that Matsui's memorial stamp would be published soon. This is because he got the MVP all through the Major league baseball's world series. I also agree that he is a hero of recent Japan, actually when he was a member of Yomiuri Giants or Tokyo [...]
KOBE BEEF of JAPAN
Kobe Beef is a name of food stuff. The meat taken from cows of Kobe city is called KOBE BEEF. It's not a name of a dish. If we say Yakitori or beef stew, they mean the dish cooked by chef. Yakitori is a grilled Kebab Chicken and beef stew needs no explanation. Why do I have to comment about the meat ? Not for the dish ? It's because I [...]
World No.1 Gourmet City, TOKYO by Michelin Tokyo 2010
Michelin Japan today held a press conference in Tokyo about the Michelin Guide of Tokyo 2010. according the the news, Tokyo again stayed on the NO.1 status of the world Gourmet Cities judging from the 3 star restaurant number ( 11 restaurants ) and the total star numbers of restaurants shown in the guidebook. It's not fair to decide the NO.1 [...]
Outdoor Hot Springs- Roten Buro Onsen
Furo means Bath, and Roten means nearly Outdoor. Exactly translating, Ro means Exposed and Ten means Sky or Heaven, so maybe no roof or open-exposed is the correct direct translation of ROTEN. Anyway, Roten Buro means Outdoor bath. Why Buro, not Furo ? Japanese pronunciation often changes in obedience to the combination of words to [...]
Beatles FUKUBUKURO
In Japan, we celebrate new years day more than Xmas in mind although Xmas party time is really noisy around us everywhere. In recent years we take 3 to 5 day when a new year starts. I remember, when we were children, the new year holiday was just one day, the New Years Day January 1st. Anywhere in Japan, after the new year's holiday, [...]
Will Tuna Sushi disappear ??
When we were very young, we didn't want to eat Tuna Sushi not because we didn't like it but because we had it so many times. Now Tuna Sushi or Tuna is too expensive and we don't eat it so often. More than 30 years ago, my mother often bought Tuna sashimi for our dinner. I would think " no more tuna, please ! Next time, sashimi or Sushi [...]
