Monday May 28, 2012

CHAMADE's past comments

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    CHAMADE

    French youngsters, like it or not, happen to love McDonald's - go see for yourselves. It's ironic, too, because from my experience there, the things served at MacDonald's in France are far less tasty than what Mac serves in the US or Japan. But then, good food is not by any means a given in many French restaurants and cafes around that country. I find most French restaurant food around France far inferior to what's served in similar level places in Japan, for example.

    I bet a baguette makes a Mac burger taste better, though. Try French toast made from baguettes - in Japan they taste heavenly that way.

    Posted in: McDonald's looks to lure French with 'McBaguette'

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    CHAMADE

    Chinese money seems risky for the US - enhancing their leverage over American sovereignty seems the very last thing the US needs right now. Beware.

    Posted in: Foreign holdings of U.S. debt hit record high

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    CHAMADE

    This event sounds like yet another junket for travel industry and travel media leeches, of which one notices are in abundance. Many people attend these things to sell their services or promote themselves. And seriously, what gaijin is going to try to promote tourism to that area in Europe or north America anyway? Japan should first promote places like Kyoto or rural Okinawa if they want to seem credible.

    Posted in: Int'l tourism summit opens in Sendai after turbulent 12 months

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    CHAMADE

    National health works for Japan and many rich countries in Europe. Why is the Supreme Court unable to envision the future benefits of such a system in the US? America is beginning to look like it deserves it's current decline; it's citizens appear uneducated and suffer from terminal dreams of entitlement. They consume but fail to produce.

    Posted in: Obama warns Supreme Court not to overturn his health reform law

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    CHAMADE

    I certainly wouldn't call Uniqlo chic, either. Nothing from there lasts very long. I refuse to buy their socks as they tear after just a few wearings. The t shirts fade and seem to stain easily. Their garments don't last long. And you can get warmer long johns and sturdier socks for less at any Workman shop. Uniqlo needs to offer fresh looking merchandise and most of it is not new enough nor of sufficient quality. Uniqlo って終わっている！

    Posted in: Cheap chic Uniqlo booms in deflationary Japan

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    CHAMADE

    Aside from the shrine float and costumes, Japanese o- matsuri seem like little more than pushing and shoving. This may be why people here can endure subway rush hours.

    My favorite is o-bon, with the dancing.

    Posted in: 700th anniversary of Sanja Matsuri celebrated

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    CHAMADE

    ****We need to leave this country. Academics are talking now about a huge quake about to hit Tokyo. Can you imagine the sheer horror? More of what's happened, and worse.

    As Andrea Bocelli says: time to say goodbye.

    Posted in: Areas near nuclear plant may be unlivable forever, gov't says

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    CHAMADE

    What's there to see here other than Kyoto? Most cityscapes here are identical to each other. And usually unattractive. Kumamoto looks far too similar to Mito to have its own draw - and on and on. Tokyo has its contemporary areas but westerners prefer the more traditional faces of Japan. And I think many Japanese feel sweet-sour about an increase in Chinese tourists, not famed for their discrete low key conduct and exemplary manners. Moreover though is the unending nuclear contamination, the absurdly high yen and the poor value in travel expenses. I also detect a general indifference towards foreigners here these days. People are nominally polite but that's it.

    For the money, Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia , the Philippines (Asia's most undiscovered jewel), Malaysia and Taiwan deliver far far more all around. And there's no cesium in the food.

    Posted in: Gov't aims for 18 million tourists a year by 2016

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    CHAMADE

    What in heaven' s name makes these people imagine they will be welcomed, accepted or tolerated by the current IT establishment or American entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley? After decades of observing Japan's strident adversarial trade strategies and protection of their own markets and the damage that can be done through unristricted foreign access to important US industries, do these people think they can just waltz in and "hack" away without being monitored and contained? Their activities must be carefully observed and brought into public attention. Sheesh.

    Posted in: Japanese entrepreneurs aim for Silicon Valley

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    CHAMADE

    Anyone whose seen the hokey travesties those tasteless Hoshino people operate will NOT be charmed by their self-aggrandizing plans for Okinawa!! Keep this ugly family out of Okinawa -they should stay with the fake trad junk and dorky imitation glop they have on the mainland!

    Where is Aman when we need them? They would be the ideal group to create upscale small, elegant and tradition respectful resorts on the outer Okinawan islands. The Terrace group is another possibility.

    Anybody but the repellant Hoshinos and their Enka-goes-On-holiday world.

    Aman! Get going!

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    CHAMADE

    Invite jong un to Disneyland As a state guest. Japan wouldn't like the appeal of such an obviously American attraction but what harm could it do?

    Posted in: N Korea's Kim Jong-Un secretly visited Japan as child

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    CHAMADE

    I always suspected Michelin was in well over its head in Japan . Even their non Japanese food ratings in japan seem bizarre !

    Posted in: Michelin two-star restaurant in Ginza in trouble over fugu poisoning

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    CHAMADE

    Nice try. Very pretty.

    And given that Roppongi often turns into to a thug-infested, sleazy, ugly street scene within seconds, or should I say within steps, of whoosits Mori's assorted Expo-esque attempts to gentrify the area, the place truly needs all the help it can get. Nice to see this non Christian country gets a bit of the message of Christmas, and lucky for them Christianity isn't Islam, as with this kind of blithe, cheeky redeployment featuring fake places of prayer everywhere for commercial gain, were they fake mosques there'd be bombs galore, I suspect.

    The light people who selected the grays and blues along Keiyakizaka also did a nice job making that dully swank street a bit livelier.

    Has anyone noticed that Christmas decor here gets dismantled at midnight on December 25th? A testimony to its lack of deep roots and to the deity of commercialism, as people and businesses get ready for O-shogatsu and couldn't be bothered with anymore Christmas stuff.

    Posted in: Midtown Christmas

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    CHAMADE

    How can the rest of the world contain Pakistan so it supports the defeat of terrorism rather than its spread? Surely not by bombing its innocent civilians. How does NATO and the US get these things so ruinously wrong?

    Posted in: NATO air attack kills 25 Pakistan troops

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    CHAMADE

    Will have a look next time I am up that way. It looks delightful,.

    Posted in: Takahagi Tea House in Ibaraki an excellent way to spend afternoon

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    CHAMADE

    The thought of being at the top of that thing gives me the shivers. In earthquake-prone Japan, and on a subsoil that may not hold up, it's the last place I would like to be during any size tremor. Then there is the sheer height alone. I have vertigo even glancing slightly downward from such heights. I am not afraid of airplanes but high structures give me the creeps. Like the Empire State Building - which is a Taisho Era antique.

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    CHAMADE

    Keiyakizaka in Roppongi is also pretty in gray-blue lights like they do every year. It never feels quite like a real Christmas here but it's festive in a non denominational sort of way.

    Posted in: Twinkle twinkle

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    CHAMADE

    Where then are the best bargains on tickets? I went to Tapiei on an HIS tickt that cost what I felt was a small fortune for a short trip like Haneda Taipei. And HIS service wasn't very fast not complete. Where do we get safe, good, cheap tickets in this day and age in Tokyo??

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    CHAMADE

    Aman has a few resorts - very small ones - here and there in Bhutan, for the affluent Japanese visitors. Aman may be very predictable these days but it is sually comfportable, if outrageously overpriced. Bhutan is a very costly destination anyway, so...take LOTS of money. And go in a good month.

    Posted in: Bhutan royals' visit to Japan boosts interest in travel to their country

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    CHAMADE

    I LIKE the idea of a Korean group looking out over central Shibuya!

    Whoever put this smart collage of business and cultures together might be doing Japan-Korea relations a great and valuable favor in this time of frequent mutual miscommunication and untested distrust. Packaged they may be, but the image of individual Korean kids mixing their world among individual young Japanese and vice versa has to be welcome. This ad will put this in mind. Appare, planners.

    Posted in: Giant poster of Korean group AFTERSCHOOL to appear on Shibuya 109 building

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