JAPAN NEWS AND DISCUSSION
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- Assistant Language Teacher - TOKYO - late-March start
- Interac, Tokyo
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥230,000 ~ ¥255,000 / Month
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- Part Time Assistant Language Teacher - Kanagawa Prefecture - late-March start
- Interac, Kanagawa
- Salary: ¥9,000 / Day per 4 class shift
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kweto
asiantourist, always get a kick out of your oddly memorable, English-like comments/ad-blurbs. Glad to see you chiming in even on this risque topic! Thanks.
Posted in: Bra wars
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kweto
Erina, played by Inoue, is the abducted child, who in this movie is now grown-up and has also become a mistress herself. Moriguchi plays Erina's birth-mother/cheated-on wife. Nagasaku plays the abductress/mistress. And Koike plays a reporter who becomes close to Erina.
Not particularly interested in this film (well, other than Koike-san). Just distracting my mind off a programming problem I'm working on... lateral thinking?
To learn even more, the movie's Japanese website is at youkame.com.
Posted in: Identity crisis
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kweto
Speaking of German cakes...
Does nyone know of a place in Tokyo or elsewhere in Japan that makes or sells ****well-made**** applestrudel? German-style, Austrian-style, Hungarian-style -- any type at all!
Apart from the problem of making proper dough, I imagine the apples would have to be imported?
Thanks!
Posted in: How sweet
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kweto
Seems to be called a "shawl" ショール or "fur" ファー -- as in "fox-shawl" フォックスショール of "fox-fur" フォックスファー.
Posted in: Coming-of-Age
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kweto
I don't see any overcoats. Just the furisode (the topmost and colorful layer, with the long sleeves), some layers under that, a faux-fur stole over the shoulders, tabi socks, zouri sandals, and the obi belt (not to mention, unnecessary hair-dye).
Posted in: Coming-of-Age
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kweto
And it's free to anyone who can wolf it down in under 15 mins! Gross!!
Posted in: So many choices
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kweto
Can't argue with this. Soon as there's a version with built-in camera, it'll be a gift to my folks back home so we can video-call -- which happens now, but tech problems (too!) often come up at their end.
Posted in: The iPad is a good tool for the elderly because it’s very forgiving of mistakes, something the seniors fear when dealing with computers. Unlike the PC, it doesn’t require prior knowledge.
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kweto
Geenie, those two poses, especially the little guy -- primitive! Nice quick eye!
Posted in: Summer fun
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kweto
I don't think so either. Perhaps that EZ Glide synthetic surface JT had a pic of last year too?
Posted in: Skating at the Hills
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kweto
This struck me too. So, not being up to score on Scandal Japan, I asked the wife. She pointed out that the bride-to-be's father had himself been notoriously involved in an affair scandal, and thus this might be a bit of daughter's revenge on dad.
Posted in: Junichi Ishida’s golf green proposal finishes with bogey
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kweto
More specifically, it's at the Twin Ring Motegi race circuit.
Posted in: Eco-cars
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kweto
Nobu who? The article's missing a reference, isn't it?
Posted in: The state of Washington
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kweto
(Sorry. That should read "having recently been obliged to take in....")
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kweto
ebisen, if you've also seen Cirque du Soleil in Tokyo, how would you compare the two groups? Blue Man has had me curious for a while but now, having recently been recently to take in Cirque's Tokyo show (it was ok but...), I'm hesitant. Spectacles just aren't my thing. TIA.
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kweto
Not much into cars (a Hijet kei-truck is my ideal!) but this one caught my interest after a client let me try his out (2nd-car, for his wife). It's definitely petite, but the car-body felt strong and secure, with plenty of interior space both front and back. At 190 cm tall, climbing inside felt like entering the Tardis! Perhaps for after the kids are all grown up and the wife and I have retired...
Posted in: Toyota banks on tiny, green but pricier iQ model
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kweto
"... its ENGLISH name"? Heck! why not instead your country's (official?) name, Mr. Grigol Vashadze -- Sakartvelo?
And if we're talking word-association confusion for Japanese, well, rather than Ray Charles's favorite state, wouldn't it be Norika Fujiwara, Stevie Wonder and now The Blue Suit Man's favorite brand of canned coffee that first pops into people's minds here?
Posted in: A change of name could mean it becomes confused with the U.S. state of Georgia, but it's a serious complaint and we'll give positive consideration to the matter.
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kweto
I think it's yourself. Cause I weekly watch just about an hour and a half of commercial tv programming (always watch Sazaesan) and, still, his face from the pic above was almost immediately recognizable. He's that guy who, as a comical-closer, either makes his face very angry or very teary.
Now the wife-to-be, her I don't seem to have seen or heard of before.
Posted in: Popular comedian Gekidan Hitori, TV personality Osawa tie knot
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kweto
An interesting viewpoint is at
http://ampontan.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/the-collapse-of-journalism-in-japan/
Note: The writer is generally dissatisfied with mass-media regardless of its nation of origin.
Posted in: The Japanese mainstream media do not have a well-developed 'watchman' ethic, because it colludes closely with those whom it should be watching and holding accountable. As a result, it is in no hurry to enable bloggers -- who in the U.S. have both 'watchman' and 'watching the watchmen' ethics -- by providing free content.