Takoyaki USB Memory Stick
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers, Food, Gadgets, Osaka on 20. Dec, 2009 | 1 Comment
What better gift for a Japan-loving Osaka-friendly Kansai-dreaming friend of yours than a Takoyaki USB Memory Stick? Afterall, the best gifts are the things that no one in their right mind would ever go out and buy on their own… but on the other hand would be happy to receive! Yummy.
Takoyaki USB Memory Stick (1GB)
For [...]
Kansai Dialect phrase seyana explained by That Japanese Girl
Posted by harvey in Culture, Language, Osaka on 19. Dec, 2009 | 3 Comments
That Japanese Girl teaches us some Kansai-ben
That Japanese Girl teaches us some Kansai-ben in the following video. Check it out!
For more Kansai-ben language tips, check out our Kansai-ben language lessons here.
You can also try our Kansai-ben iPhone application as well! Other variations of せやな are included in the App. For example, せやけど、and せやせや。It’s a very [...]
Kansai-ben Speaking Vending Machine
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers, Language, Osaka on 07. Jun, 2009 | 9 Comments
Here is a kooky video of a vending machine in Japan that speaks to its customers in Kansai-ben.
It says “maido!” (まいど！) When a customer inserts their money, which is the Kansai greeting used like “irasshai!” (いらっしゃい！Welcome!) when people enter your store. Once the user makes their selection it says, “Ookini!” which is Kansai-ben for [...]
iPhone Kansai Dialect App Now Available!
Posted by harvey in About, Language, Osaka on 31. May, 2009 | 3 Comments
Hey Everyone!
Our iPhone and iPhone Touch Kansai-ben application is finally available in the iTunes Store! The full application name is “Japanese 101: Kansai Dialect.” You can read more about the application here, and also in the iTunes Store. The direct link to the App in the iTunes Store via iTunes is here, careful, this [...]
Kansai-ben Speaking Car-Navi
Posted by harvey in Crazy Consumers, Gadgets, Language, Osaka on 15. May, 2009 | 5 Comments
This car navigation system speaks in Kansai dialect! You love Kansai-ben. Right? I do.
ほんでから１キロぐらい先を
honde kara ichi kiro gurai saki wo
しゅっと斜め左やからね
shutto naname hidari yakara ne
高速の出口やで
kousoku no deguchi ya de
Okay so it’s a straight shot off on the left diagonal direction coming up here in about 1 kilometer okay? It’s the highway exit ramp.
ほんでから、５００mくらい先をしゅっと斜め左やからね
hondekara, gohyaku meetoru kurai [...]
Shopping Boogie by Kasagi Shizuko (買い物ブギ)
Posted by harvey in About, Culture, Media, Music, Osaka on 02. May, 2009 | 5 Comments
I want to introduce you to Shizuko Kasagi (1914 – 1985) and this great song called Kaimono Bugi (買い物ブギ, “Shopping Boogie”), recorded in 1950, way back during the post-war American Occupation of Japan.
Shizuko Kasagi was known as the “Queen of Boogie” 「ブギの女王」 in postwar Japan. She was born in Kanagawa but moved to Osaka [...]
Speak proper Kansai-ben with IKOKA and Nakama Yukie
Posted by harvey in Language, Osaka on 07. Mar, 2009 | 4 Comments
Intonation matters when speaking Japanese sometimes. In this video the mascot for ICOCA teaches Yukie Nakama how to properly say “ICOCA de ikouka” in Kansai dialect.
ICOCA Mascot: ICOCAで行こか
EN: “Shall we go using ICOCA?”
Nakama Yukie: ICOCAで行こうか
EN: “Shall we go using ICOCA?”
ちゃうちゃう、ICOCAで行こかや。
EN: “No-no-no, it’s, ’shall we go using ICOCA?’”
Nakama Yukie: ICOCAで行こうか
EN: “Shall we go using ICOCA?”
ICOCA Mascot: [...]
Doddodo Touring Europe
Posted by harvey in Music, Osaka on 10. Dec, 2008 | 2 Comments
Doddodo ドッドド from Franck Stofer on Vimeo.
Read her bio and listen to clips of her album over on HearJapan.
Doddodo is a musician from Osaka. Her story is pretty amazing. She works completely alone, and has been so successful that she is currently touring Europe. Her music style is quite extreme, break beats with all kinds [...]
