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Film ”Pride” The oppressed united
I just happened to know this film while participating in Tokyo Pride Parade event. It was British movie. The Japanese title was "Parade e Yokoso (Welcome to the Parade)" The story is based on facts. In 1980's coal miners did strike against Thatcher adminisitration's policy to close down un... Read more ...
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Film”The Butler” Is that a story of Barak Obama?
A story of a man whose father was shot in front of him on the cotton field by a white farmer and later became a house servant of the farmer and then hotel servant and finally was hired by the White House. It is a fiction but it is based on a real butler who served the White House from 1950... Read more ...
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Puff the magic dragon, lived by the sea, in the...
I saw the dragon there, in Henoko, Okinawa prefecture, southernmost chain of the islands in Japan. You might not believe that. This is the proof. Yes, it looked like rainbow. But the sea is known to be sacred place for the dragon. The locals worship it and established a shrine on the... 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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Dear US Ambassador to Japan, Caroline Bouvier...
The following is what I wrote to newly appointed US ambassador to Japan. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My name is Masagata, Japanese man living in Tokyo. I used to study at San Francisco State Univers... Read more ...
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Destroying ”Finding Nemo”s World
Last weekend I visited Okinawa, Southernmost prefecture island. Over there I saw such cute view like Disney's animated film "Finding Nemo." Clown fish over sea anemone with a blue fish. Looks like Marlin and his son, Nemo and their friend, Dolly. I was amazed but felt so sad at the same time... Read more ...
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My comment on NBC News article on Okinawa issue
I posted the below comment on the NBC news article, In Okinawa, the war isn't over: Protests aimed at new US base As a Japanese citizen living in Tokyo, in response to the above comments, I would like to make the below comments. 1. Japan including Okinawa surrendered to th... Read more ...
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Americans as oppressors to Japanese
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Japan's protest against Osprey (MV-22) deployment
Joined demonstration march in Shibuya, most crowded shopping and entertaining district in Tokyo. Estimated around 400 people participated. 12 ospreys were deployed in Okinawa, Southernmost island of Japan. Osprey is a hyprid helicoptor that cause strong noize and probability of a... Read more ...
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Dear Tomodachi, Thanks but No Thanks!
Tomodachi means "friend(s)" in Japanese. The U.S. military in Japan is undergoing "Operation Tomodach" after the earthquake of magnitude 9.0, tsunami and nuclear power plant explosion occurred in our country. Yes, the U.S. has been our greatest and closest friend, especially in a turmoil c... Read more ...