Saturday, January 5, 2013

Amazing Music Video

I didn't know about this MV of Muse, UK rock band. The song is Exogenesis: Symphony Part 3 (Redemption)

This animation was created by a Japanese comedian, Tekken. It is amazing !

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

明けましておめでとうございます!

Akemashite Omedeto Gozaimasu 明けましておめでとうございます。

 This is Japanese New Years a greeting. When we meet someone at first time new year, we say this phrase.

And we say next, "Kotoshimo Yorosiku Onegai shimasu" 今年もよろしくおねがいします。 This means "Please treat me this year as well as you did last year."

How did you spend this new year ? Kotoshimo Yoroshiku Onegai shimasu.  

Sunday, December 30, 2012

Change my handle name

I change my handle name. Please call me Ricky and continue reading my blog ! 

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

ありがとう 2012

How do you spend Xmas season ! A few days for this year. I appreciate you read my blog. Thank you is Arigato ありがとう in Japanese. I'm happy to be able to have some great experiences for me. I want to say "Thank you" for all of things.

Please continue to read my post next year !  I introduce my favorite Japanese song ありがとう by いきものがかり Ikimonogakari. The female vocal has fantastic voice and I love her voice! This song was sold a lot last year. It was a theme song of TV drama series.  

I hope you enjoy this Xmas and happy new year ! Thank you ! ありがとう!!!

Saturday, December 8, 2012

任侠ヘルパー(Ninkyo Helper) - Beautiful World

I saw a Japanese movie 任侠ヘルパー (ninkyo helper). A member of  Smap, very famous J-pop group, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi appears in this movie. It was made a TV drama into a movie. He is very famous and speaks Korean fluently.

His role is a gang (yakuza) who belong to a violence group and he is ordered to manage a geriatric health services facility. However, the situation in it is worse. Only one home help cares all of old people. We call home help "Helper" The rooms are dirty and old people just sleep in narrow space.  He try to better the situation.

The issue of nursing is one of problem in Japan. Especially it is severe for poor people. It is difficult to placing facility and cost is expensive. The number of facilities isn't enough. Old people who live alone is increasing now.Nursing in home is so stressful. 
The story in this movie is exaggerated as an entertainment, but I thought about our future in Japan.


I liked a song of ending in it. It is "Beautiful World" of Love Psychedelico, J-pop band. It is one of my favorite bands. 

Beautiful World by Love Psychedelico.    

Thursday, September 27, 2012

Recent Japanese Film

I saw two Japanese films recently. They are both very interesting and if you have a chance to see, you can enjoy them.

One is 夢売るふたり and another is 鍵泥棒のメソッド. I'm sorry there has no English title yet. They are now showing in Japan.

The director of 夢売るふたり is female, Miwa Nishikawa. I have recommended in my blog, "Dear Doctor" is her film. A couple lost their own Japanese-style bar by by fire. They commit marriage fraud for saving the money to run their new bar. Many women are deceived by the husband and they can save the money. However, the relationship of the couple is worse little by little... The performance of two lead characters, Sadao Abe and Takako Matsu are excellent.  

鍵泥棒のメソッド is comedy and the storyline is perfect.
A poor man who want to be famous actor, a hit man and a female editor of magazine are main characters. The hit man lose his memory by an accident in public bath. Since he looks rich, the poor man changes his locker key for the key of hit man and pretend to the hit man. The hit man can remember nothing and becomes poor actor. And many problems occurs around two men... 
I laughed a lot in the theater. Two actor, Masato Sakai and Teruyuki Kagawa are so well-known and great actors in Japan. Another character, Ryoko Hirosue is very cute and popular in Japan. She appeared in Japanese film, "Departures" おくりびと and French film, "Wasabi" by Luc Besson. So if you are a Japanese movie fun, you see them in many Japanese films.    
 

Thursday, August 23, 2012

Natsubate 夏ばて

It has been hot in Japan. We say Supper hot summer "mousho" 猛暑 This summer is "mousho".

We sometimes ask my friends in summer. "Natsubate 夏ばて shiteru ?" Natsubate means weariness from the heat in summer. And Losting our appetite because of the summer heat and "natsubate"is often used as same meaning.

When we have lost our appetite in summer, we eat light meal or foods that supply energy for us.
Representative light meal is cold Japanese noodle,  Soba or Somen. It is so simple to eat. It is eaten with "Mentsuyu" 麺つゆJapanese soup base. 
Eel (Unagi  うなぎ)  is representative food that supplys energy in summer.  I like both. 
I have good appetite anytime. However, I sometimes lost my appetite in hot summer like this year. 

I have necessary foods in hot summer. They are Edamame 枝豆 (boiled green soy-beans) and Suika すいか(watermelon) And it is important to supply water and salt content in order to suffer heatstroke. 

What do you eat to keep our energy and prevent natsubate in your countries?