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Film: 007 ”On Her Majesty's Secret Service”...
I learnt the queen is called "Her majesty" by this film. Just like Emperor is called "His majesty." The story is just as unrealistic as other films in the series. James Bond went to Switzerland to search for a bad guy who tried to spread poisonous chemical all over the world. While the search, ... Read more ...
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Dinner at LA TOUR D'ARGENT reminds me of what's...
Year of 2014 started. On one of new year's days I was invited to the dinner at Tokyo's most expensive French cuisine restaurant, LA TOUR D'ARGENT. It is located in The Hotel New Otani Tokyo, one of Japan's high class hotel chain. The below photo is me in kimono at the wait... Read more ...
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Entertained by a male Geisha
Did you know there are male Geishas in Japan? Geisha usually means female escorts in kimono. But there is male version of it. Men in kimono entertain guests in the tea houses or Japanese style restaurants. They are called "Taikomochi" or "Hokan" in Japanese. Last month I went to the ... Read more ...
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Entertained by Geisha girls
That was first time in my life. I saw them on TV or films but never met actual ones until that time. I went to one of tea houses in Mukojima, Tokyo, famous Geisha town. I joined lunch party course set up by tour agency, which cost around 100 US $. It was great. The meal was delicio... Read more ...
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Real Patriots MUST oppose nuclear energy
2 year on after 311 Fukushima nuclear disastor along with the earthquake and tsunami. In Tokyo, on 10 of March Sunday, tens of thousands of people gathered in Hibiya Park located near the parliament and government buildings and then marched on streets calling for halt of re-operation of any... Read more ...
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Learning Japanese heritage from a Canadian
I went to Kyoto last weekend holidays. The main purpose of the trip was to meet a foreign instructor of Japanese Sado. Do you know what Sado is? Sa means tea, Do means way, meaning "Way of tea." You can learn how to serve tea and sweets to guests and how to be served as guests. Some p... Read more ...
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Men in Kimono
Aren't they sexy? They are really Japanese men saving Japan's heritage. A tall man in the middle is Mr. Hayasaka Iori, who is a male kimono producer. A man in blue kimono next to him is a president of English learning school, CEL English Solutions. The pair held the kimono party in Tokyo on ... Read more ...
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Visited Miyako wearing Kimono
Last weekend I went to Kyoto city which was called Miyako in famous Hollywood Geisha film " Memoirs of a Geisha ." I visited there a few times in the past. But this time was kind of new experience because I wore kimono all the time during my trip. Do you know what kimono literaly means in J... Read more ...
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