11 posts tagged “tokyo”
Dear Ladies and Gents.
Dear Mr.Barack Obama.
Sir, I think that you have done it again.
First, I'd like to congratulate your mighty victory over Jonny.
NHK ( I don't think you know, but it's a Japanese national broadcasting station in Shibooya, Tokyo) is reporting that you have won 338 seats, at this very moment. (19:36pm, Tokyo time). Though you have about 20 times more "hair volume" than big Mac, you only doubled what he scored in this general election.
I think you could've done better.
But still, you are going to be the 44th President of the world's strongest military power, which means you are the "Julius Caesar" back 2000 years ago. If possible, I do want to say that you also lead the world's No.1 "economic" power, but unfortunately I cannot say that since your great country is under huge social turmoil, after the "BEAR" drowned in the pond. (Mr.Bear Stearns, that is...)
Investment bank no longer breathes in U.S anymore.
I call Morgan Stanley "Mistubishi Stanley" these days. Lehman brothers also slipped into the pond, but the German soccer national team's Lehman is still doing pretty "gut".
Meryll Lynch might also drown too.
Goldman has become a "commercial bank" now, as you may already know. Btw, talking about "Gold", North Korea's dear leader Mr.Kim Jong Il's surname KIM means gold. Eels may be his favorite dish, just like his name, but still I presume that he is ILL.
When you become the President in January nex't year, pls throw all the baseballs that exists in U.S right into Pyongyang, and force the "dear leader" to free the Japanese and the South Korean abductees. Mr.George W.Bush wasn't good enough on this issue. He was deceived by Mr."Gold", just like he deceived the great American people when he said "Iraq has the WMD's". But infact, Sadaam's dick-bag wasn't big enough to store them.....and instead poor Mr.Hussein had to hide in a small hole like a d-bag, with his beard looking like a Santa claus when an American military general shouted "We got him!"
Yes, he did get him, but I guess the republican government lost the trust of the people, leading to your mighty victory today Barack. Yes, you have done it again.
Btw, Did you call Hillary?
I mean, Hillary Duff, of course. No, no, I mean Monica Lewinsky.....nah nah....Mrs.Clinton. (Gosh, my memory is fading away, just like Mr.Ramsfeld....)
Well, what did Hillary say over the phone? Are you going to make her the secretary of State? or just the secretary of Mr.Biden?
You know Barack, I got to ask you a favor, on behalf of the great Japanese people.
"American economy, recovery".
Yes, that's exactly what we want.
Japanese Yen is about 98 to the dollar at the moment, and it is still just too high. We need a stronger "$".....or else, we won't be able to export TOYOTA cars on your soil. Neither gain profit from selling HONDAS made in U.S.
E.U is burning too.
Yes, the "bed is burning" in U.S and E.U, all through midnight.......with OIL.
Our nex't door neighbour called China is burning oil too, with it's new airforce-jets and tanks inspite of global warming. I strongly urge you not to get too close to Mr.Mao Tse Tung's gigantic portrait in Tianammen, since Beijing is hungry to eat up Taiwan, then head for Tokyo tower.
On the other hand, we the Japanese share the same value as you do Barack.
Hotdogs, ketchup, Democracy, human rights, Beer (not piss water though, Asahi beer), and whale meat. We both love the same things.
Bringing the topic back to the banking crisis today, I guess we the Japanese must forget about the U.S market for the nex't 3 years....needless to mention Europe.
BRICS? U.A.E?.......... do you think we the Japanese can find a way to success in those new markets sir?
Yes, We Can!
P.S ......if you are looking for somebody to paint the Whitehouse "black", you know who to call. I'm very good at it! ^ ^
日本語でも少し書きます。（Voxは、外国人参加者が少なくないので、まずは英語で小浜市ならぬ”小浜氏”に祝福を述べました！）
正直、アメリカ人でもない自分がどうしてここまでバラック・オバマ新大統領の誕生にここまでエキサイトしてしまったのか、わかりません。そもそも、ぼくが彼について知っていることは、彼の誕生日が「箸の日」にあたる８月４日であることだけでした。マイ箸、使っていますか？（松屋のリサイクル精神に、万歳！）
ホワイトハウスは、白人しか入れないから”ホワイト”なんだ。
そんなジョークを聞いたことがある。でも、今回ついにオバマが大勝したので”Black House" と改名するかもしれない。。。。壁も今の真っ白から真っ黒になっちゃったりして....
どうであれ、いくらアメリカ人がビールとホットドッグだけでドーピングした野球選手のように興奮できる国民だとはいえ、今回の大統領選の盛り上がり方は恒常ではなかった。ただ、それもそのはず。３００年前にアフリカから奴隷として連れてこられた人の子孫が、ついにFOXのテレビドラマ「２４」のDavid Palmer と同じく黒人大統領になってしまったのだから！ ちなみにあのドラマにでてくる米国大統領が黒人でばかりあるところを見ると、明らかにメディアというかハリウッドが”史上初の黒人大統領誕生”に向けたイメージづくりを、サブリミナル効果的に着々と行っていたことがぼくには伺えるのだが、どうだろう？
ただ、そした歴史的な側面があるにせよ、やはり今回のアメリカ人の熱狂の根底にあるのは「私たちが私たちのリーダーを選んでいる」という確信以外の何ものでもないだろう。
2005年の郵政選挙のとき、我々は小泉孝太郎のパパに熱狂した。
しかし、そのパパさえも我々国民に選ばれたリーダーではない。自民党員が選んだ総理大臣だった。今の麻生太郎総理大臣
も例外ではない。
日本は立憲君主制の国なので、大統領を抱えることは困難だと人々は言う。
いや、それでも、仮に大統領という名称ではなくても、我らが日本の顔になる人が、日本の国民の手で選ばれる日が来る事をぼくは真摯に夢見ている。その時、日本社会全体に日本人のエネルギーが充満し、国力が上がり、日本の民主主義は本当の意味で成熟し、政権担当政党（自民党にせよ、民主党にせよ）はより真剣に民意に耳を傾けることになろう。
Yes, I have a dream!
Thank you, and a good luck to you.
ps ああ、小浜温泉に行きたい！
Sustainable Development?
My gosh, it's snowing today in Tokyo.
I got up this morning, and found saw that the butterflys were comin' down from heaven.......but I was wrong...
It was snow, that's right, snow maties.....
I look outside from my "secret office", and still the snow is falling from the sky. It reminds me of the north pole, and my great polar bear friends such as Fred and Duncan ( anonymus, i just name 'em).........those polarbears must be riding on snowboards and sleigh, searching for chunky seal meat to feed themselves..
Or aren't they?
Are they still sleeping under the brown smelly soil?
You may have seen the movie "Earth" already. I saw it too, with Professor Rodrigo recently. It's a No.1 hit in Japan at the moment, believe it or not. ( Such an environmental movie would never be No.1 in the past...and No. 2 is Will Smith's movie goddam it! my god! the time has changed....).
Well, in that movie, Fred and Duncan is struggling since the icebergs in north pole have melted away too early due to global warming.
I guess if the world keeps on snowing like it is today in Tokyo for 1 complete year all across the universe, do you think
the globe will "cool down"?
Funny thing in that "Earth" movie is, that after showing all these videoclips of birds and dolphins and elephants and polarbears and flowers and mountains and the nature.......so on, on the endroll it goez something like...
"It's not too late........we, the humans CAN do something to preserve this beautiful planet......"
but I must say that I doubt it.
Unfortunately, I think that we humans have to be extinct in order to sustain those beautiful nature and wildlife that was shown in that movie. I mean, we are emitting more than twice as much CO2's than our tree's and nature's capacity. If humans wanna stay alive, then I guess all our cars ought to be dumped!
The oil prices are soaring to $100 a barell, so I guess OPEC leaders should make it $500, no?! ...'cos then, nobody would burn fossil fuelz, and global warming would no longer be such a great international issue anymore.
Or, if that don't seem possible, I guess the earth needs to snow 1 whole year to "warm down"
Good snow to you, Fred and Duncan...
From Mr.Snowman
In Japan, we have a saying called "Baka wa kaze wo hikanay"...........meaning "If you are stupid, you don't catch cold"
So if you are likely to catch cold or have already caught one, I suggest you become stupid, now.
How can you become stupid?
I guess you are a smart ass my friend............having graduated Stanford or something like it.
Scholar degree of course is not necesarrily equal to being "smart", like you see in Mr.Bush of the United states.
Matsushita Konosukay, the founder of the electronic giant PANASONIC only graduated primary school. In spite of that, look what he's done!
Yep, he must of caught cold many times while he was livin'.........
If you are determined to become stupid, in order to avoid getting cold, you are asking the right man.
1. Get up every morning, and scream "xxxx! I am damn stupid!" 3 times
2. Don't listen to your boss. FEEL him.......(like Bruce Lee)
3. If you think you are fat, eat more
4. If you are scared of heights, climb a ladder 10m high
5. Talk to cats and dogs in your neighbourhood.
I have many many more ways I can advise you, to become stupid. But for now, this is it.
Good luck to you.
From the Stupido
Dear everyone outthere!
Hi. I hope you are doing well.
This weekend, I went to the foot of Mt.Fuji with my secret agent, Mr.James Pond (Mi5) , Sushico (Sushi lover), Sara (from the future) and China girl (from Guangzhou).
Why did we visit there?
The answer is simple......"to shoot a 20min. short eco movie!"
Yep, that's right, a movie in which the theme of it is Global Warming"
I cannot tell u the specific details right now, but it's a story of this superhero coming to rescue the world today, from the future!
Since I was wearing this weird costume, people in the countryside seems to have thought I am an alien......and indeed, I was.
Our hosts, Mr and Mrs. Fujiyamama greeted us with warmheart, and I want to thank them on behalf of all the aliens!
The chicken of Mt.Fuji was great u know......it's damn soft and chunky. Also, the hot spring bath there was great too.
I swam in it like a yellow submarine since the tub was big.
If you happen to visit Japan, u should visit the foot of Mt.Fuji too!
There is a lake called "Yamanacaco", which means "a lake inside a bloody mountain". Not the other way round.
It's only about an hour and half from Tokyo, so take a JR Bus from Tokyo station or Shinjucoo stn, for approx.1700 yen. It's worth it!
But the joke of our trip was...........that we couldn't see Mt.Fuji on this trip, since it was damn foggy !!!
You cannot buy weather, nor somebody's heart...........
Yep, the nature is too great to be bought.......so let's take care of it, baby!
Good Blue sky to u.
Obviously he lost today, but pitched pretty well. It is fascinating to see these Japanese ball players play in Major league.
It makes me want to pitch too.....
Anyways, last night, I was freaked out when I was just net-surfing on You Tube (not Yujiro Tube) and saw this videoclip of this "Asian English Channel".
It was a video broadcasting about Japan's economic sanctions against North Korea's "Dear Leader" since he'd been kidnapping Japanese citizens for over 30 years, and to bloody condemn the Nukes test Kim had done in October 2006.
What amazed me was the TV caption of the man on the photo.
This man is Japan's Chief Cabinet Secretary, Yasuhisa Shiozaki. But this subtitle says "Taro Aso" who is the Foreign minister of our country. I mean, this is nothing but a damn lie ladies and gentlemen..........how on earth could a professional TV station (god I wanna know which TV station this is, do u happen to know somebody? The newscaster sounded Chinese or Singaporean....lah) make this kind of mistake?
This is just ridiculous.
It's like calling Condolezza Rice "Dick Cheney".
Seriously, I mean it.
Name of a politician is like a SOUL of its existence, I think. And it is indespensable to call the person by his or her REAL name, especially when it comes to a man as high rank as Chief Cabinet Secretary.
Unlike Japan, many countries in Asia are yet to have freedom of speech, and unfortunately I must say that they do have "Freedom to lie"...........though I won't mention which country.....
Good lie to you boys and girlz.....
2 days ago, I saw the documentary movie "Inconvenient Truth" by Al Gore with my dude Tomonster @ Roppongi hills virgin cinemas.
"The 10 hottest summer seasons in the U.S history has occurred in the past 14 years......oh my Americans...." sighs Al in the movie.
U.S produces approx.25% of all the CO2 in the world, but nevertheless they have not signed the KYOTO TREATY which restricts carbon dioxide emissions, and I must say that is a big unlaughable MONTY PYTHON joke.
I was surprised to find that Australia also hasn't joined the treaty (Do Aussies imitate the Americans more than we DO? My god...)
Well, the pic on the right was taken by my spy agent, Mr.James Pond (Mi/7) in Tokyo recently.
"Tomato" letters should be red of course, but it has changed to green because of huge pollution from energy consumption by cars....Mr.Pond reports.
Talking about cars, I think out of about 300 people that was in the movie theatre the other day, nearly half had come by CAR. But my friend Al says "Don't ride cars use public transport or bicycle or RUN"......so the joke has already began at this point.
My dad bought TOYOTA Prius last october, and it is damn good for the environment since it runs with electricity now and then, espcially on highways. I actually drove it myself, and was amazed at its silent engine, smoothness and its speed. It runs about 35Km/ Litre ( round trip on Yamanote line!)
When I told this to Tomonster, he said "Oh, my dad's gonna get it too pretty soon"
We the humans have made this planet a very dirty place, since most people in this world wants to live a "CONVENIENT LIFE", let alone Christian missionaries or sisters. I truly admire them, especially those who go and live in middle of nowhere in Africa to help the poor.
The MONKS in Japan are fat like an elephant.
They drink budweiser, they stroll around strip bars and shit and they ride on Mercedes 600 like the "Dear leader" somewhere on the north. (They don't even get TAXED by the government! It's unfair boys and girls!)
Last March, when I visited Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam with my mom, I saw these fat monsters (about 20 of them) having a party badly drunk. They were all skinhead, so I thought they must be monks. I asked one of the girl staffs "who the damn are these sumo wrestlers?" and the cute vietnamese girl answered " They are from Miyagi prefecture, Japan, and they are here for business-intercultural purposes"
My god! Inter-cultural? Eating meat and drinking bottles of vodka though you are a bloody MONK?
Boys and girls, I ought to remind you that the MONKS in Vietnam don't eat meat, and cannot have a wife whetheras, the MONKS in Japan can have anything they want, even NINTENDO Wii.
It is truly a pity.
I'm pretty sure that Bhudda is crying somewhere above the clouds.
And I'm also sure, that there was HUGE emissions of CO2 to bring these FATTY FATTYs over to Vietnam from MIyagi on a jumbo jet, which of course results in Global Warming.
Should I call Al Gore about this? That Japanese monks are enjoying such a "CONVENIENT" life?
Arigato.
イタリアのナポリに住む74才のおばあちゃんは、スーパーでじゃがいもを大量に買った。
するとその中に、なんと硬いゴロゴロしたものが入っているのに気がついた。それはなんと第二次世界大戦時に使われた、手榴弾であった........ と今朝の英国BBCニュースに載っていた。しかも「それはフランスの牧場の方から運ばれてきた」、と意味不明の説明つきで。
Boy, life is so damn unpredictable!
This morning, I saw this article on BBC saying that this 74 year old woman who lives near Naples bought some potatoes, and found that a hand-granade was also mixed inside it! Thank lord it didn't blow her head off! The article said that the hand-granade possibly came from a French FARM during WW2.
世の中、買ってみなければわからないものだらけなのかもしれない。
ボストン・レッドソックスの松坂大輔党首、いや投手のような百億円の豪腕でも例外ではないだろう。Yujiro Tubeは彼の活躍を心底楽しみにしているが、最近一月に中国軍が宇宙にぶっ放したロケットで破壊された宇宙衛星の破片が、いきなり空から降ってきて166キロの直球をイチローに投げ込んだ直後のDice-Kの米神（コメカミ）を直撃する可能性だってある。
そう思うと日本の「福袋」ってのはギャンブルだね。
中にチンパンジーが入っているのか、ゴリラが入っているのかそれとも柳沢厚生大臣が入っているのかわからないのに、人々は一万円も払うのだから！
You know..........what I wanna say is, in this bloody world, there are so many things you will neva understand unless you actually purchase it or have it in your hands. A hand-granade can be anywhere right!?
In Japan today, 3 couples are born in every 2min.9seconds, and out of that, one third is getting divorced.
I guess the biggest cause of this hight divorce rate (though not as much as U.S, of course) is that we Japanese no longer have 忍耐力＝Nintai=Self Discipline, but still I must say that many couples today find "hand-grenade"in their partner after they promise " I will love this guy till I die" at the church infront of their "father".
どうであれ、安倍内閣もある意味じゃがいもだし（厚生大臣＝手榴弾.....防衛大臣＝手榴弾etc)、そうしたものは沢山ある。Yujiro Tube的には、中日がわずか四百万円で購入した”じゃがいも”＝中村ノリ三塁手には、骨董品ではなくて本物の手榴弾になってほしいということ。
そう、爆発して自身の背番号205と同じ数のホームランか、ヒットか盗塁を今シーズンは達成して欲しいね。
そうだ、今日は久しぶりにじゃがいもを食べよう。
すると黒いカラスのような軍団の影を背後に感じた。
そう、「Starbucksのスタッフ」たちであった。緑のエプロンをしている。爽やかなゴリラ風の青年がいたので、話しかけてみた。
「ねえ、なにやってるの？」と聞くと「ゴミのクリーンアップ活動を月に一回しているんです」 とゴリラ。
「へえ、そうか、千駄ヶ谷の本社がすぐそこだもんね」
「ええ」
「でもさ、そんなことするまえに本日のコフィーの価格を260円から280円に一方的にあげないでくれよ、儲かってんだからチミたち」
「申し訳ございません（頭を下げるゴ）、ただ石油価格の上昇、そしてコーヒー豆価格の上昇などの影響がございまして」
「でもTULLYSは価格添えおきだぜ」
「.............」
「ゴミを拾う運動自体は素晴らしいが、そもそもスタバはゴミを出しすぎじゃない？ほら、店内で飲む人間にどうして紙コップとあのヘンなプラスチックカバーが必要なんだ。全部マグカップにしようじゃないか」、とYujiro Tubeはまるで社外取締役の態度。
「え、ええ......」
その数日後、オレは青山一丁目のTULLYSに足を運んだ。Latteを注文するがてら、爽やかなカエル似の男性に聞いた。
「ねえ、TULLYSは素晴らしいね。スタバのように値上げせず、客にサービスを提供している」
すると彼ははちきれんばかりの笑顔でリプライした。
「あの、じつは弊社もいま、値上げを検討中なんです......」
ったく、どこもここも横並び主義だぜニッポンは！ まるで大手銀行の手数料一律105円じゃねえか！
この日を境に、Yujiro Tubeはスタバ＆タリーズのボイコット運動に入った。いまはイタリアのLavazzaという、最高品質で濃いコフィーをセルフサービスしている........君も、今日からlet's boycott! NOW!
English: Ladies and gents, the price of Starfucks coffee has risen from 260 yen to 280 yen despite the fact that they are gaining HUGE profits in Japan! Damn it, I don't understand it.........
As you see in the photo, Starfucks gals are cleaning up the "mess" or "garbage" around JIngoo Stadium in Tokyo(once a month), and that is a good thing of course, but what Yujiro Tube wants to say is........."You people sell $4 latte nowdays (while companies in Ethiopia etc are earning so little profit for producing coffee beanz..)......for god's sake, ya gaining huge profit in every bloody cup ! why do u need to raise the price you moron!!! Moreover, you ppls use too much papaer and plastic for gods sake. Why do the ppl who drink INSIDE need to use paper cup and that meaningless plastic cover on top? If you think a bit about the environment, it should all be a MUG if u drink inside the shop! "
Talk to my "friend", Al Gore, will ya?
Good day!
It is a public bath in Japan. Of course, these days most houses have bathrooms, but it all happened after 1964 Tokyo olympics. Therefore until then, many Japanese used to go to the boiling hot public baths to refresh themselves after a "Hard days night" for a long period of time.
It was said that Ramen(noodle), a cup of coffee and PB(Public Bath) ought to be the same price back in the olden times.
However today, since most people don't go to PB anymore, many of them are shutting down.
And to RESCUE this "Japanese sento culture", Yujiro Tube goes to PB in Omotesando called "Banana Tub"(I just call it that way...)once a week.
The entrance fee is 430 Yen.
These days, Ramen costs approx.700 yen, and a cup of coffee costs 160 yen(Veloce) to 280 yen (Starfucks....btw, why the hell did Starfucks raise the coffee price recently? Since they're so successful, they should bring the price down I think. Let's BOYCOTT Starfucks coffee, now! boyz and girlz!)
Anyways, somehow Ramen's price has boosted, and PB price is between that and coffee.
I guess most of you outside of Japan knows "ONSEN"(hot spring bath), but dunno about SENTO, right?
If you visit Tokyo, and feel like hopping into a really hot comfy bath right away, ask somebody in your hotel , or at the Koban(Poilice stn) "Sento Doco Des ka?"( Where's the PB?)
You will surely enjoy it.
Just remember, as it says on the photo, "Pls wash yourself well before getting into the tub"
If you pay 500 yen (bathing set), PB will lend you a towel, soap and a shampoo too.
Until the end of Edo period (1868), the Japanese men and women used to bath together, not anymore unfortunately!!?
Good Bath tub to u.
