Archive for 3月, 2010
BALUTO ( Baruto ) became Ozeki of SUMO today
There is a SUMO wrestler from Republic of Estonia, and his Sumo Name is Baluto. Maybe this is not right spelling because the Japanese pronunciation is hard in Alphabet. Maybe his sumo name, Baluto ( or Baruto, Balto, Balt..anything like them is OK) comes from the Baltic Sea. Anyway, he bacame OZEKI rank today. Ozeki is the second [...]
Death Penalty to be executed ? Amnesty tries to stop it
An old Japanese prisoner who got death penalty in China seems to be executed soon, news reported today. This is a hard topic, so I'm not sure if I could write about it here. Some years ago, I heard about this Japanese person who got jailed in China because of the penalty of smuggling drugs in to China. First of all, I need to say that all the [...]
Mr. Donut is the best Donut Shop
I used to think Mr. Donut is an American Brand Donut shop. That's because the taste is perfect. I like it, everyone likes it, and there is no fault in the taste of Mr. Donut. When I first traveled in the USA, I tried to find Mr. Donut shop in LA or San Francisco, but I couldn't even though I paid my attention to the street signboards [...]
Antonio Inoki joins Hall of Fame
There is a very very popular professional wrestler called Antonio Inoki in Japan. Some wrestling fans may know this name because he is known to the world as a man who had a match with Muhammad Ali ( see photo). That was an irregular match between wrestling and boxing. The result was DRAW, so many got disappointed with it at the end. But apart [...]
Norwegian Wood / Beatles
I love the Beatles. If it were not for them, my life would have totally been different. First of all I didn't learn English like this much. It was already 40 years ago when I first heard of them, and still the sound of them freshly catches my soul. Maybe many of the people in the world feel like me. One of the reasons Beatles never [...]
SUMO is a tribute to God
If you try to remember a Japanese sport, what would it be ? Baseball or football are recently popular but I'm sure some of you remember SUMO wrestling first of all. Probably Sumo is too strange for other countries people. For us Japanese, it's really hard to answer what SUMO really is. When we are born in Japan, Sumo is regularly held 4 [...]
Ramen Travelers ??
Many of foreigners try Japanese ramen noodle when they are in Japan. Maybe they will be at a loss which to choose because there are too many types of Ramen. If I needed to tell about all the difference of Japanese ramen noodles in their types, maybe it takes much time and very hard to tell correctly. Try them first, this is the best way to [...]
PropagandaBuster, Texas Daddy Tony will be published in Japan
There is a popular YOUTUBE site called PropagandaBuster. This site is run by a Gentleman called Tony and he is getting a little popular in Japan now, it' s maybe because he often talks about problems concerned with Japan and it often goes for Japan. The speech he makes is really interesting in the sense that we can know how one of the [...]
Laputa Song 4ever / Kimiwo Nosete, Carrying You
I'm a huge fan of Hayao Miyazaki. For many reasons, there are many of his works that don't leave from my heart for a long time. Among them, the music is also splendid. Most of the songs of Miyazaki movies are composed by Joe Hisaishi. He is a nationally beloved musician in Japan, and we all are moved by his works. We can't tell exactly [...]
Mao Asada & Daisuke Takahashi got Gold medal at ISU World Figure Skating Championships
In Italy, ISU World Figure Skating Championships was held by 27 of March, 2010. Japanese people are really glad now because both male and female skaters got Gold medals for the first time at a comepetition. Mao Asada won in the female one, and Daisuke Takahashi did it in the male competition. Both of them had very hard life before and after [...]
