Voice Play in Kobe 7th and 8th
Posted by harvey in Culture on 28. Jun, 2007 | 1 Comment
Anyone in Kobe looking for something to do on the 7th or 8th, listen up!
The Voice, a play group in Kobe is doing their annual summer gig on the 7th, and 8th. Ticket are only 2000 yen for an adult and the money goes to charity.
I went to their act a few years ago during [...]
Gaijin interview with gyaru
Posted by harvey in Culture, Society, Tokyo on 27. Jun, 2007 | 1 Comment
Well. Gyaru theme. Here is a gaijin interview with some high-powered gyaru called, “Harajuku High School Girls Gone Bad“. Maybe you could even call them ganguro. They’re not really “bad” though.
The guy can speak Japanese, props! Though I don’t think he should have introduced the girls names using「これは」。Ah well :-)
The commentary is all overly dramatic, [...]
Japanese Talents: Gyaru Sone
Posted by harvey in Humor on 26. Jun, 2007 | 2 Comments
I don’t follow many Japanese talents… But one that caught my eye a while ago was ギャル曽根さん (gyaru sone-san). Her full name is Natsuko Sone.
She’s famous because she can eat a ton. In fact. She’s pro.
6kg of curry in 23 minutes.
That’s what I’m talkin’ about.
Go Sone go!
Check out Gyaru Sone-san’s wiki in English, Japanese, [...]
Yokohama Ramen Ichirokuya
Posted by harvey in Food on 25. Jun, 2007 | 2 Comments
There are as many styles of ramen in Japan as there are pizza in the US.
Speaking of pizza, I really miss US “Taco Pizza”, not octopus tako, I mean Americanized-Mexican taco. Anyone here know the Godfathers Pizza chain? Their taco pizza has these Dorrito-esque chips on top, piled high… Yummy soft thick crust… I love [...]
Yokohama Yoshimuraya Ramen
Posted by harvey in Food on 24. Jun, 2007 | 3 Comments
It’s ramen time again!
I finally got a chance to check out Yoshimuraya in Yokohama. I ride my bike past this place on my way to and from school, and at night it seems to always have a long line in front.
That means it must be good right? (JapanThink)
You pick what kind of ramen you want [...]
Comfort Women Deniers take out Ads
Posted by harvey in Society on 21. Jun, 2007 | 9 Comments
Fearing that there may be Americans who are still unclear on the “historical facts”, Japan (Actually it seems to be paid for by 5 prominent right-wingers) placed an advertisement in the Washington Post on Thursday, making it clear that the issue of Comfort Women did not really occur as reported by… well… everyone else.
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Rape of Nanking
Posted by harvey in Books on 20. Jun, 2007 | 15 Comments
I finally got around to reading The Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang.
One of the points that Chang stresses in this book is that knowledge of the events that occurred in 1937 in Nanking is terribly lacking amongst Americans. Personally, I had a general knowledge of the Nanking Massacre before moving to Japan, but only [...]
Wings of Defeat
Posted by harvey in Media on 20. Jun, 2007 | 3 Comments
A documentary that includes interviews of actual Kamikaze attack pilot survivors has been released. The film is called Wings of Defeat and some info, including a trailer is available on that website. I would love to see this…
- Harvey
