Archive for 1月, 2012
Hatsune Miku, Megurine Luka, and more in the concerts as Vocaloid
Hatsune Miku is already a well known anime character in Japan and in the world of anime fans. It's natural for anime fans that characters should have reality and fans often think as if the characters are alive in this real world. That desire is already realized in the concerts. Some many know it but for anime beginners it could be a hard [...]
Yoshiki, the Leader of X JAPAN composed theme song for Golden Globe Award of America
Yoshiki of X JAPAN did it again. This time Yoshiki composed the theme song for Golden Globe Award of the United States for the first time in the history of Golden Globe Award. Yoshiki says that it's such an honor to do that, and he added that he never dreamed this kind of event over himself when he started X JAPAN. Yoshiki is already [...]
Baruto (Balt) ,Kaido Höövelson, got the champion on SUMO
Today a Sumo wrestler, Baruto ( Balt) got the victory in the 1st season of Sumo series in Japan. It's the first championship for Baruto, also for Sumo wrestler from Estonia. It's still in the middle of the champion battle race, as today is the 13th day of 15 day competition, he won championship with no loss without waiting for the final day [...]
TONKASTU is popular among foreign travelers
Many of my guests from overseas try the TONKATSU, the Japanese dish. And they all come to like it. Tonkatsu is a simple deep fried pork dish. But the quality of pork is really tender and juicy when you eat it at Tonkatsu restaurants ( I don't recommend you eat at ones with variety of menu, you should choose Tonkatsu only restaurats [...]
Sushi Chef, Jiro, becomes a documentary film by American Director, David Gelb
Some months ago, a new unique film reached my attention. That was a film making story about a famous Japanese Sushi Chef, called JIRO. He runs a small sushi restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo, the name of it is Sukiyabashi Jiro. But the Sushi restaurant is always full of sushi lovers who made reservations for dinner some [...]
Darvish reached the contract with Texas Rangers today
News says that a Japanese baseball pitcher, Yu Darvish, finally had an agreement on the contract with Texas Rangers with 60 million dollars for 6 years. Japanese fans seem very glad to know this news, although some of his fans would miss him as they can't see his pitching live in Japanese stadiums. Many Japanese players went across the [...]
Japan is not a popular travel destination ?
Inbound travelers to Japan is not so many compared to other countries. Japan has 7 million travelers from other countries, but for instance, France, Italy, or the USA has over 20 million travelers from outside. Also China has the large number of foreign travelers among Asia. It means Japan is not that popular travel destination judging from [...]
Nada Sou Sou covered by Terresa Bright, Kealii Reichel, and Hayley Westenra
A song of Okinawa by Rimi Natsukawa is one of my favorites among Japanese songs. This is really good in original version, however, it's also nice to hear in covered version by some foreign artists. Firstly, Okinawa is small islands situated in the south part of Japan being far from the main island. It's a tropical weather place just like [...]
SORA AOI 蒼井そら A popular Japanese girl in China
To be honest, I didn't know until recent days about Sora Aoi. Recently she often appears on international news on internet and she seems to be very famous ( or popular ) especially in China. I don't often watch TV in Japan, so she might be on Japanese TV programs sometimes but as far as I know, I've never seen her on TV. A news says [...]
Next Tour ?
I'm wondering where I would visit for mu next trip. I have several countries in my interest now. Not yet decided. I've been to 10 or more countries or areas in my life, some of them are still interesting through, maybe I should explore more other countries than those I've visited. In Asia, if I need to choose, some of those I've never [...]
