8/01/2009

Ohisasi buri ne~

I went to see a Gundam!
Kakkoiiiiiiiiii!!!

Gundam

7/01/2009

YOKOSO! JAPAN


This video is the one made by the sightseeing bureau of Japan.
It is very beautiful!
I thought, "I live in surprisingly a very beautiful country".
This video have "Cool JAPAN" version too.


Sightseeing bureau, IIYO IIYO!

6/24/2009

身毒丸 SHIN-TOKU-MARU

I went to the theater last week.
This stage's title is "HOSHI NO DAICHI NI FURU NAMIDA" of "CHIKYU GORGEOUS".
In English is "Eyewater falling in the star's earth".
Nnnn...
Is it correct?
I do not have confidence...

HOSHI NO DAICHI NI FURU NAMIDA

"CHIKYU GORGEOUS" is theater group of KISHITANI GORO and TERAWAKI YASUFUMI.
They are taking charge of the scenario and staging too.
This stage's main cast is HARUMA MIURA, TAKUMA OSHIO, and YOSHINO KIMURA, further to KISHITANI and TERAWAKI.
My impression is... not so hot.

I like stage.
I think the best stage is "SHIN-TOKU-MARU" in my life.

身毒丸

This staging is YUKIO NINAGAWA.
And player is TATSUYA FUJIWARA.
TATSUYA FUJIWARA is movie's "Death Note" cast.
He is stage actor.
And he's debut stage is this "SHIN-TOKU-MARU".
He was sixteen years old.
He has never acted before that.
However, he was found by Ninagawa.
And, he impulsively debuted in the theater in London.
I think he is brilliant mind.

TATSUYA FUJIWARA

"SHIN-TOKU-MARU" is unique title.
It's posthumous Buddhist name.
And it's KANJI is unique too.
"SHIN" is "身" in KANJI.
"身" is meaning body.
"TOKU" is "毒" in KANJI.
This meaning is poison.
"MARU" is "丸" in KANJI.
This shows that the name is boy's posthumous buddhist name.

身毒丸

This is forbidden love's story of boy and stepmother.
This stage is overflowing of aesthetic.
And very erotic.
However, it's artistic and very beautiful.

6/17/2009

DAICHI MIURA

I'm addicted to the DAICHI MIURA!
He is not too popular.
He is no good-looking...
However, I love him!
I think that his song and the dance are soooooo coooool!
KAKKOII!!



And, I'm his fan from his nine years old.



Pleasant voice!
Genius!
KAWAII!



6/16/2009

Anime that I saw recently - WOLF'S RAIN

WOLF'S RAIN

WOLF'S RAIN

[ Story ]
According to an old legend, when the end of the world comes, Paradise will appear; however, only wolves will know how to find it.
Although wolves are believed to have been hunted to extinction nearly two hundred years ago, they still exist, surviving by taking human form.
Freeze City is a northern human city in a world where the majority of people live in poverty and hardship.
Kiba, an injured lone white wolf, goes to Freeze City following the scent of the Lunar Flower, which is the key to opening Paradise.
There he encounters Tsume, Hige, and Toboe, three other wolves who were drawn to Freeze City by the scent of the Lunar Flower and are now living in the city.

[ My evaluation ]
StarStarStarStarStar
Deep theme.
What is the paradise ?
The world is not easily saved.
The purpose was achieved.
However, it is a cruel ending.

[ Moving image ]
All episode (ENGLISH) - [ Youtube (playlist) ]

01 - City Of Howls - [ Veoh ]
02 - Toboe, Who Doesn't Howl - [ Veoh ]
03 - Bad Fellow - [ Veoh ]
04 - Scars In The Wasteland - [ Veoh ]
05 - Fallen Wolves - [ Veoh ]
06 - The Successors - [ Veoh ]
07 - The Flower Maiden - [ Veoh ]
08 - Song Of Sleep - [ Veoh ]
09 - Missgivings - [ Veoh ]
10 - Moons Doom - [ Veoh ]
11 - The Vanishing Point - [ Veoh ]
12 - Don't Make Me Blue - [ Veoh ]
13 - Men's Lament - [ Veoh ]
14 - The Fallen Keep - [ Veoh ]
15 - Grey Wolf - [ Veoh ]
16 - Dream Journey - [ Veoh ]
17 - Scent Of A Flower, Blood Of A Wolf - [ Veoh ]
18 - Men, Wolves, and the Book of the Moon - [ Veoh ]
19 - A Dream of an Oasis - [ Veoh ]
20 - CONSCIOUSLY - [ Veoh ]
21 - Battle's Red Glare - [ Veoh ]
22 - Pieces of a Shooting Star - [ Veoh ]
23 - Heartbeat of the Black City - [ Veoh ]
24 - Scent of a Trap - [ Veoh ]
25 - False Memories - [ Veoh ]
26 - Moonlight Crucible - [ Veoh ]
27 - Where the Soul Goes - [ Veoh ]
28 - Gunshot of Remorse - [ Veoh ]
29 - High Tide, High Time - [ Veoh ]
30 - Wolf's Rain - [ Veoh ]


6/13/2009

Anime that I saw recently - Mononoke

Mononoke

Mononoke ( モノノ怪 )

[ Story ]
Mononoke is a spin-off of the Bakeneko story arc of Ayakashi - Japanese Classic Horror.
It follows the Medicine Seller as he deals with various spirits or "Mononoke" in feudal Japan.
Just like in the Bakeneko story, he combats with a series of tools and his vast knowledge of the supernatural on his side, but can only slay the Mononoke when he uncovers its form (Katachi), the truth behind its appearance (Makoto) and the reason for its unusual behavior (Kotowari).

[ My evaluation ]
StarStarStarStarStar
Overflowing color !
Experimental representation !
It's Japanese Classic Horror !

[ Moving image ]
Ayakashi ep 01 - Bake-neko (part the first) - [ Veoh ]
Ayakashi ep 02 - Bake-neko (part the second) - [ Veoh ]
Ayakashi ep 03 - Bake-neko (part the third) - [ Veoh ]
Mononoke ep 01 - Zashiki-warashi (Part the first) - [ Veoh ]
Mononoke ep 02 - Zashiki-warashi (part the second) - [ Veoh ]
Mononoke ep 03 - Umi-bouzu (Part the first) - [ Veoh ]
Mononoke ep 04 - Umi-bouzu (Part the second) - [ Veoh ]
Mononoke ep 05 - Umi-bouzu (Part the third) - [ Veoh ]
Mononoke ep 06 - Noppera-bou (Part the first) - [ Veoh ]
Mononoke ep 07 - Noppera-bou (Part the second) - [ Veoh ]
Mononoke ep 08 - Nue (Part the first) - [ Veoh ]
Mononoke ep 09 - Nue (Part the second) - [ Veoh ]
Mononoke ep 10 - Bake-neko (Part the first) - [ Veoh ]
Mononoke ep 11 - Bake-neko (Part the second) - [ Veoh ]
Mononoke ep 11 - Bake-neko (Part the third) - [ Veoh ]

6/10/2009

Gundam Rising!

Finally, Gundam stood in the Odaiba!
Gundam

People take photos of 18-meter (59 feet)-tall "Gundam" that appears in a park in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, June 9, 2009.
The full-size model of the popular TV animation series character has been built, marking the 30th anniversary of the start of its TV broadcasting in 1979.

Manufacturing process.
It is a spectacle like putting together plastic models.
Foot
Foot.

Body
Body.

Hip
Hip.

Arm?
Arm?

Completed
Completed!

It can be seen free of charge until August 31.
I want to go to Odaiba!
Night view

6/08/2009

baby swallow

Nest with a baby swallow in it.
a baby swallow
It summers will be here soon!

6/02/2009

Hot Japanese men

Who is a popular Japanese entertainer in foreign countries?
After all, in Asia, is Johnny 's stars popular?

This is a ranking asked the woman in Japan, "Most beautiful man entertainer".

1 - Hiro Mizushima
2 - Gackt
3 - Masaharu Fukuyama
4 - Takuya Kimura
5 - HYDE
6 - Hiroshi Tamaki
7 - Junichi Okada
8 - Kouichi Doumoto
9 - Hideaki Takizawa
10 - Shousuke Tanihara

It's true that Hiro Mizushima is bery beautiful!

Hiro Mizusawa

He is appear on drama "BECK".
This original piece is Manga.
His role is the extraordinary guitarist.

Anyway, Johnny's stars is popular in Japan too.
Kimura, Doumoto, and Takizawa is Johnny's stars.
Johnny's is entertainment agency in Japan.

I think most beautiful man is Hiroshi Tamaki.

Hiroshi Tamaki

Gyabooo!
Chiaki senpaaai!
Haha!^_^
Do you know?

5/28/2009

Tengu in Takao mountain.

I went to Takao mountain May 4.
Takao is near from Tokyo, and a lot of nature exists.
It's popular leisure venue.
Takao mountain is approximately 600 meter elevation.

Mountaintop

A number of Shinto shrines exist on the way.
There was a Tengu in the Shinto shrine.

Tengu

Tengu is monster or god or apparition.
The definition of those is vague in Japan.
Because about eight million gods exist in Japan.
I have no means of knowing all gods.
A big old tree is a god in a lot of cases.
They are "Goshin-boku" in Japanese.

Goshin-boku

It can be seen in nationwide various places.

The gods is not acute existence to Japanese people.
The god in Japan doesn't punish us.
They only exists.
However, they are existence that is more naturally nearer than human.

Tengu is an impression between the god and the monster.
The existence between the god and the monster is called an Youkai in Japanese.
I feel comfortable to classification of Tengu into Youkai.

There is a theory that the origin of Tnegu is Caucasian who drifted Japan.
The reason is that body is large and the nose is high.
Tengu's body is red.
Tengu got a tan?
Furthermore, there is a legend that the daughter in the village married Tengu.
The truth has not been clarified.

5/19/2009

Nakano MANDARAKE

Long time no see.
I'm ZIPPO.

I went to Nakano MANDARAKE last year.

Used manga shop
Used manga shop in MANDARAKE.

Nakano MANDARAKE is OTAKU shopping mall.
That is consist principally of OTAKU junk shop.
Used mangas, figures, games, dressing-up clothes, cards, celluloid pictures, and cosplay cafe.

Card game shop
Card game shop.

Celluloid picture shop
Celluloid picture shop.

Figure shop
Figure shop.

This is my war trophy!

War trophy

This left manga is "THE TOP SECRET" of Reiko Shimizu.
This right manga is perfect selection series of Moto Hagio.
Moto Hagio is my god!
Great!
Post card in near side is "CONAN, THE BOY IN FUTURE".
This backward is figures.
Zaku MS-06S(Gundam), Nurikabe(Kitaro), and Tachikoma(GHOST IN THE SHELL).




5/14/2009

STRING

I introduce some songs that I believe very good.
First song is ‘ITO’, which means STRING in English, song by Bank Band (Vo : Kazutoshi SAKURAI (Mr.children)), music and lyrics by Miyuki NAKAJIMA.



A few weeks ago, my friend sung for his bride as the groom at the wedding party.
I love this song's lyrics!
Tears fall.

‘STRING’
‘ITO’

We know nothing why we come across each other.
Naze meguriau no ka wo watashi tachi wa nani mo shiranai.
We don't always know when we come across each other.
Itu meguriau no ka wo watashi tachi wa itsumo shiranai.

Where were you? And were you alive?
Doko ni itano. Ikite kita no.
Faraway under the sky. The two story.
Tooi sora no shita. Hutatsu no monogatari.

A vertical string is you. A horizontal string is me.
Tate no ito wa anata. Yoko no ito wa watashi.
Some day the textile might let someone warm.
Orinasu nuno wa itsuka dareka wo atatame uru kamo shirenai.


A fraying of the vestige of the day when I wonder why to live.
Naze ikite iku no kawo mayotta hi no ato no sasakure.
A fraying of the vestige of the day when I chase a dream.
Yume oikake hashiitte koronda hi no ato no sasakure.

What good will such a string be?
Konna ito ga nanni naruno.
Feeling anxious I trembled in the wind.
Kokoro motonakute hurueteta kaze no naka.

A vertical string is you. A horizontal string is me.
Tate no ito wa anata. Yoko no ito wa watashi.
Some day the textile might heal someone’s hurt.
Orinasu nuno wa ituka dareka no kizu wo kabau kamo shirenai.


A vertical string is you. A horizontal string is me.
Tate no ito wa anata. Yoko no ito wa watashi.
Coming across the other string for you is called basking.
Au beki hito ni deaeru koto wo hito wa shiawase to yobimasu.



5/13/2009

His name is Kiyoshiro Imawano.

Great rock singer died on May 2.
His name is Kiyoshiro Imawano.
He was popular in a peculiar voice, an outrageous make-up, and music not conventional.
But cancer deprived him of the life.
He was 58 years old.
It was an untimely passing.
A lot of Japanese laments the passing of him.
I'm very sad...
Very very...
I did not want either to think Kiyoshiro died.
Come back! Kiyoshiro!



The English translation(?).
Zippo worked hard.
Do you understand?

Slow Ballad

I slept in the car yesterday.
Kinou wa kuruma no naka de neta.
I was tying to the hand her.
Anoko to te wo tunaide.
It was in the municipal ground parking lot.
Shiei ground no chuushajoo.
We wrap oneself in a blanket.
Futari de moufu ni kurumatte.

A slow ballade flowed from the car radio.
Car radio kara slow ballade.
Night dew infold the window.
Yotsuyu ga mado wo tutunde.
I do not have a bad presentiment at all.
Warui yokan no kakera mo naisa.
I heard her talk in sleep.
Anoko no negoto kiitayo.
It is true. I certainly heard it.
Hontosa. Tashika ni kiitanda.

A slow ballade flowed from the car radio.
Car radio kara slow ballade.
Night dew infold the window.
Yotsuyu ga mado wo tutunde.
I do not have a bad presentiment at all.
Warui yokan no kakera mo naisa.
We had the dream.
Bokura yume wo mitanosa.
The dream looked like very well.
Tottemo yoku nita yume wo.

5/11/2009

Sushi

May 8 was my husband's birthday.
We ate sushi in Kichijoji.

Sushi(Maguro 3kan set & Aburi set)

Sushi(colorful set)

This shop is not high class.
However, it is delicious enough.
It eats two people a full stomach, and the price is about 50 dollars.
However, please note it.
Japanese "full stomach" and Europe and America people's "full stomach" is different.

It is necessary to go to Hokkaido if you want to eat a really delicious sushi.
I want to go to Hokkaido!!
Sushiiiiii!

5/09/2009

Reinbow in Tokyo.

Reinbow in Ginza, Tokyo.

Reinbow

5/08/2009

Tango-no-sekku

Hi! I'm ZIPPO!
I can't speak English.
Be nice to me!

May 5 is holiday called "Tango-no-sekku" in Japan.
"Tango-no-sekku" is children's day.
It is a day to promote well-being of children.
May 5 is principally boy's day.
Girl's day is March 3, that is "Hina-matsuri".
It is necessary to decorate with the flying carp or the "May doll" on May 5 if there is a boy in your house.

The fly carp streamers outdoors because the carp is a symbol of a successful career.

the flying carp

"May doll" is warrior dolls.
This is principally miniature armor.

armor

Those dolls reflect the wish of parents "Children grow up strong and healthy".

And Kernel Sanders put on armor in Japan on this day.

Kentucky

5/02/2009

Hanami

Hi! I'm ZIPPO!
I can't speak English.
Be nice to me!

We Japanese love cherry blossoms.
Cherry blossoms are very beautiful and enbody Japanese spring.
They burst open, and about only one week after, they burst out.
This short period makes us love cherry blossoms, I think.

"Hanami" is a party under cherry blossoms with drinking.
Its literal meaning is "viewing flowers", though.

I was not able to do "Hanami" this year.
However, I went to the nearby park to see cherry blossoms with the husband at night.
We bought the rice ball in a convenience store on the way.
And, I ate the rice ball under the cherry blossoms tree.
Cherry blossoms at night are "Yozakura" in Japanese.
"Yozakura" is very wonderful.
The moon and "Yozakura" were very beautiful.

Yozakura

If you come to Japan someday, I think it good for you to come in the cherry blossom season.

5/01/2009

Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit

Hi! I'm ZIPPO!
I can't speak English.
Be nice to me!

Recently, I am crazy about this book.
An English translation of this book was published last year.

 

Of course, I read the book written in Japanese.
The atmosphere of the cover is considerably different.



"moribito" is a meaning of "Guardian".
Japanese title is "Seirei no moribito".
Kanji is "精霊の守り人".
精霊 = Seirei
の = no
守り人 = moribito
"Seirei" is a meaning of "sprite" or "spirit".
So "精霊の守り人" is a meaning of "Guardian of the Spirit".

Moreover, this work became an animated cartoon.



It is a wonderful make.
Because this is work of "Project IG".




There is a Manga and DVD, too.