Peace Boat Voyage Continues
Posted by harvey in Travel on 30. Jul, 2008 | 1 Comment
The Japan-based NGO Peace Boat left Tampa at 12 AM on Tuesday after receiving repairs to damage discovered when they made a scheduled stop in New York after leaving Greenland.
A five-foot by six-foot section of the hull was repaired while the ship was dry docked in Tampa. Other repairs included replacing safety equipment. The passengers [...]
Omodaka
Posted by harvey in Media, Music on 30. Jul, 2008 | 4 Comments
Just listening to some new electronic Japanese music by a group called Omodaka that I got from HearJapan. HearJapan featured them as their July artist and has a very informtive write up of the group and their music, including lots of embedded music videos.
You must see the “glitch dance” video from the song “kyoteizinc”.
Very [...]
Personality like split bamboo
Posted by harvey in Culture, Language on 25. Jul, 2008 | 6 Comments
竹を割ったような性格
“take wo watta youna seikaku”
Literal translation: Personality like a split bamboo.
Another fun phrase encountered during my translation adventures…
This actually refers to someone who is frank, straightforward, and open-hearted.
Just like a split bamboo.
I don’t know exactly where this phrase comes from, but my guess is that when you split bamboo with a sword, (or less dramatically [...]
Miyazawa Kenji – The Restaurant with Many Orders
Posted by harvey in Books, Language, Media on 22. Jul, 2008 | 2 Comments
The TheJapanShop.com now has one of Miyazawa Kenji’s most famous stories, 「注文の多い料理店」The Restaurant with Many Orders, available as a 5-dollar downloadable package that includes the story text, and an accompanying audio file with a native speaker reading the text.
In addition, the furigana for every Kanji is provided, and you also get a definition for every [...]
Peace Boat Update
Posted by harvey in About, Travel on 21. Jul, 2008 | 31 Comments
In South Tampa news…
Japanese Peace Cruise To Pause In Tampa For Repairs
By NEIL JOHNSON | The Tampa Tribune
Published: July 21, 2008
Updated: 12:54 pm
TAMPA – A cruise ship chartered by a Japan-based organization that promotes peace will arrive in Tampa today and disgorge about 900 passengers as the ship undergoes repairs to its hull.
The ship, Clipper [...]
Semba Curry
Posted by harvey in Food, Osaka on 21. Jul, 2008 | 5 Comments
One of my favorite places to grab lunch during the work week was Semba Curry in Osaka.
The curry at Semba Curry doesn’t look like much, but it tastes really good. Most curry has a brown colored roux, but the roux at Semba Curry is a deeper darker brown that kind of looks like old leather.
Mmm…. [...]
Japanese Guitarist T-cophony
Posted by harvey in Media, Music on 19. Jul, 2008 | 1 Comment
Those who know me know that I play guitar from time to time…
I can’t play like this though! Check out this youtube video of T-cophony doing this thing.
Nuts.
His other videos are here on youtube, and his new album is available to sample and purchase on HearJapan so check it out!
HearJapan Album Link
HearJapan Artist link
I’m not [...]
Peace Boat Stuck in New York
Posted by harvey in About, Travel on 17. Jul, 2008 | 19 Comments
Remember the drama when I went through the interpretation exam to become a Peace Boat volunteer? If you remember, my wife ended up joining the around-the-world tour as a volunteer translator, and I ended up leaving Japan ahead of her to get ready to start graduate school. Peace Boat recently made a stop in New [...]
