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Mt. Fuji (2) -Temperature-

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 02:19:00 +0000

Photo from the Mt. Fuji (altitude 2800m)

The opening of the Mt. Fuji is July to August, summer season in Japan, but Mt. Fuji is very cold as if it’s like almost winter.

The average temperature of the summit in 2006 was 5.2℃(41.36゜F) in July, 6.9℃(44.42゜F) in August. Also you should know that the lowest temperature in recorded history was –4.3℃(24.25゜F). The average wind velocity of the summit is 7.3m in August. Regularly, it is said that by 1m wind speed, the feeling temperature fells 1℃(33.79゜F). Hence, take the average temperature record in August 2006 for example, the feeling temperature at the summit of Mt. Fuji becomes –0.4℃(24.25゜F).

If you want to see the sunrize(A.M.4:00~5:00) from the top, it means that the temperature becomes colder. Therefore, you need to bring a fleece jacket or down jacket which protect you from cold winds.

data from Japan Meteorological Agency see all data?(1932~2009)

Crayon Shin-chan, Live or Dead

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:23:00 +0000

Crayon Shin-chan is one of the national popular anime which was originally cartoon serial started in 1990. Since broadcasting started in 1992, Shin-chan has become very popular with his weird jokes. (But his jokes was in PTA’s bad books.) In proof of its popularity, Crayon Chin-chan is still broadcasted and entertain TV viewers. However, we don’t know we can see Shin-chan any more.

Amazingly, the author of Crayon Shin-chan, Yoshito Usui(51) passed away. His body was found at tha bottom of the cliffs of Mt. Arafune (Gunma prefecture) on 19th September. The news poses quite a shock to all Japanese.
Detail of the cause of Usui’s death has not been revealed. Usui told his family that he would climb Mt. Arafune and leaved his house on the morning of 11th September. However, he didn’t come back, so his worried family asked the police to search for Usui. What we now know is his remain was found at the bottom of the cliffs of Mt. Arafune, Along trail up the mountain, there is a precipitous cliff and it seems that Usui felled down the cliff.

The concerned parties of its anime stressed that they don’t want to end the contents because Crayon Shin-chan is big earner. Now Crayon Chin-chan is extensively used for character goods, stationeries, foods and TV commercial.
Shin-chan’s anime on air bring one-fifth of Usui’s original piece and the other four-fifth plot is created by anime production company. Hence it is possible to continue Shin-chan.
But anyway, at this moment, TV-asahi, one of the main Japanese TV station broadcasting Crayon Shin-chan, announces that continuance or not is decided by conference with concerned parties of Shin-chan
In Japan, a few very popular national anime, such as Sazae-san and Doraemon, has been broadcasted even after the author has been dead. Concerning the popularity of Shin-chan all over the world, now Shin-chan plays a role as a private diplomat. I wish Crayon Shin-chan would last.

Preparation: Climbing Mt. Fuji (1)

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:20:00 +0000

Mt. Fuji- Still I cannot see the top of the mountain!!

Not only for Japanese but also tourists from abroad, climbing Mt. Fuji is very attractive. Mt. Fuji is famous as symbol of Japan and the highest mountain (3776m/12,388 ft) in Japan. Climbing Mt. Fuji has been more popular these days, and it seems pleasant in term of regional vitalization and tourism. However, there is negative side. Some people think that climbing Mt. Fuji is easy and do not collect information. As a result, light-armed climbers with lack of preparation climb Mt. Fuji and are affected by altitude disease or upset their health.

Why did I decide to write an article about Preparation for climbing Mt. Fuji? I am neither experienced climber nor amateur climber. Beside, I haven’t climbed Mt. Fuji every year. I just only once climbed Mt. Fuji. Of course, there is no qualification for me to tell you my information about Mt. Fuji. However, when I climbed Mt. Fuji, I saw some climbers from abroad were all too light-armed. Half sleeve, short pants, vinyl raincoat (anyway not for climbing,) denim skirt with spats, shoulder bag, flat pumps, small back pack etc…

This was what I found in Mt.Fuji. And I imagined that those tourists from abroad might not have much information about climbing Mt. Fuji with their understandable language.

As one Japanese, hoping many people from abroad to enjoy their wonderful trip in Japan, I would like to be your little advisor for your safe visit in Japan.
I hope my lists will help you.

to be continue

Soooo modern! Ink painting

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:18:00 +0000

Pine Trees by Tohaku Hasegawa

It's really cool folding screen, isn't it!?
I would never forget the moment when I first saw this great masterpiece of Tohaku Hasegawa , Shorin-zu byoubu, or Pine Tree, drawn in late 16th or early 17th century. That was the time of my Japanese art history class.
Look this daring needle leaves of pine tree and boldness of the composition! There would be no one who could draw the object like this at that era. Some would say, "This is because vanishing point had not established yet."That can be one answer. But I believe that this shows the excellence of Japanese aesthetics, especially in term of creating empty space.
This kind of emptiness had not been in many case of western painting until 20th century. Some artists who was influenced by Zen Buddhism idea came to create empty space in their painting.If seeing about this point, what a modern man Tohaku was!!
Oh, plz don't misunderstand that I look down on western painting. Just I'm so fan of this painting.
Actually, I got a chance to face this great masterpiece this summer. Once I stood in front of this painting, the air surrounding me was suddenly change. I felt as if humid air was coming from this painting and I was standing in the pine forests in the morning mist.
If you visit Japan, I recommend you to see this painiting. But I don't know when this painting will be exhibited next time. We need to wait a little bit...
What's your favorite painting in your own countries?
■byoubu...a folding screen consisting of multiple, joined panels. (English)
■Tohaku Hasegawa 長谷川等伯 (English) (French) (Spanish)

Welcome!

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 11:16:00 +0000

Hey thanks for coming my weblog!!

Name: Ema I'm university student in Tokyo and major in Japanese Art history.I used to keep writing this weblog and introduce about Japan. And now, I restart! (Of course to report you from Japanese pop culture to traditional one... maybe)
Though I'm Japanese, there are so many thing that I still don't know about Japan. Or, you will know more about Japan than me under the development of the Internet. But, I'd like to keep posting articles to communicate with big Japan fans!!
There would be many grammatical mistakes or incomprehensible sentences but plz forgive me.

Ema

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Wed, 22 Mar 2006 05:36:00 +0000

hey! long time no see guys!

you know, I've been to Spain for 8 days and spend woundful time there. Spain is amazing country. I felt as if I were in the musium. Especially, I loved Sagrada Familia and Alhambra palace. Spain itself was infuluensed by Islam and of course Islam culture so alchitecture, and designed threr were filled with originality. I wanted to show pictures I took but my photo-post equipment was something wrong and I couldn't post them. I'll try again, but I don't know when it will be.

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Sun, 12 Mar 2006 12:46:00 +0000

At last, the day comes!! To trip to Spain!!
I'm on my way (’U’)/　see-ya!

Graduation

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Wed, 01 Mar 2006 14:30:00 +0000

On March 1, I graduated my high school. I enjoyed my all high school life with good friends, teachers and environment. I never disliked my friends; in come cases, I looked one with dislike, but soon, I found one’s much better point than the bad point.

My high school is girl’s school and seemed as if I were in green house, so leave high school was really sad. But, for my good friends are to attend same college, move to near my hometown and live in my hometown, I’m not so sad at that point.

Anyway, now is the time to change my mind to the next step at university.

Ema's spring holiday

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Mon, 27 Feb 2006 15:18:00 +0000

March seems to be really good month. There were no better months than this March.
From March 13 to 20, I plan to visit Spain for sight seeing with my friends, and Kyoto from 27 ro29. I’ll be talk about it later!

say, Kuriimu and Earade, your mother languages are Spanish, aren’t you?? Why don’t you tell me some easy Spanish?

P.S I’m happy to visit your home country (not exactly but…). Earade!!

Surprise medal!! Well done Shizuka!

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:24:00 +0000

Shizuka with Gold medal!!

Shizuka Alakawa

Hey, did you see the Ladies' Figure Skating conpetition??
Japanese three beautiful women, Humie Suguri, Miki Ando and Shizuka Alakawa,did really well!! Especially, Shizuka!! She won the first prize!! I can't believe that Japanese woman won the gold medal at Olynpic.

I was really happy Shizuka's wining and wanna say to all of three,"Thanks for showing such a excellent performance."

I need your help!

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Sun, 19 Feb 2006 09:54:00 +0000

From the movie, LEON

Man1: Yeah what?
Tanto: It’s Tanto…downstairs.
There’s a guy wants to talk to you.
Man1: What’s he look like?
Tanto: Serious.
Man1: Tell ’im I’m coming up.
Tanto: He’s coming up.

I can’t recognize what is the meaning of “I’m coming up”.

Is this the meaning just approaching the people until they are standing close to him?
Is this the meaning that he goes up?

In Japanese script, it says that he goes up, but do you remember? Tanto says “It’s Tanto…downstairs.” and there, at downstairs, is a guest for him whereas, Man1 says “I’m coming up”.

In my guess, the meaning of “I’m (he’s) coming up” is “I don’t wanna see you”, for there is a contradiction, up and down.

Or is there any other meaning in it? I mean that two guys who is buying and selling drugs, not usual men but a kind of mafia held this conversation. So I wonder whether it is slang or not.

What's cold call?

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 11:29:00 +0000

I never thought you guys don't understand what I meant, telephone apointment.

In fact there are a lot of Japanese-English (The words that seem to come from English, but actually, it isn't.) , like Fight!. In Japan,"fight" is used when we cheer people doing a game.

Anyway, I explain telephone appointment (Japanese English),cold call ←I used dictionary.
There are so many kind of cold call. What I did is that I telephoned people randamly for canvass to change their telephone company, NTT to KDDI.
Oh, NTT and KDDI are Japanese Telephone companies.
Like , salesman, you know.

So I had to not only call people but also contract with them.
But, contract is really difficult. Most people never listen my words; they pretended they were busy now. I know their feeling, because whenever I take cold call, Ido the same thing.
This experience is a little bit shockking news, but I never mind, haha:)

job

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 06:43:00 +0000

Hey what's new!? then what's new for me?? I was fired two weeks ago. In fact, that was my first time to do part time job, and I was enjoying it.
The job is a kind　of cold call (telephone appointment テレアポ）. There were no norm, but if I couldn't get any appointment in office hours, staff said "Zero means there was no mean that you were in here"
My score "zero" continued 4 time and, at last, the staff said "please find the job that suite to you"
hummm that was a bad start as my job career

I loved it!!

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Wed, 11 Jan 2006 12:20:00 +0000

Asako

Asako, one of my school friends, gave a pumpkin & cheese cake and biscotti to me. Once, I introduced her cake that was, of course, made by her. Did you remember? Anyway, her cake is always delicious!
Actually I can’t cook; precisely, just I don’t. (But I love eating! haha)If I see the cooking book or recipe, I will make it. However, I think it’s really bad for me not to cook at all because I’m not a child. I become a University student in this April. I should try to make something, not so difficult. Practice some recipes; I’ll prepare a lunch box at university. It’s my dream, little dream.

Today, I’ll introduce one site that has a lot of recipes and appetizing photos.
→Ellen's Recipe Blog

Horst Janssen

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Sun, 08 Jan 2006 14:25:00 +0000

-Lamme-Horst Janssen

I went to see Hoeston Janssen A Look Up To Hokusai at Yume musium. Actually I had known nothing about him, but when I saw the poster of the exhibition, I thought I'd have liked to see it. However, all the thing I can say now is that I can understanf his spetial talents and tequnics, but can't understand his arts itself. It was too abstract!

A girl in the street can't understand works of genious.

Ummm...

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 08:29:00 +0000

What I thought about English is that how difficult it is. If your mother languages are English, you will soon find my English is not written in comfortable way. You know, I don’t care about grammar; Microsoft “Word” has my spelling corrected. Surely, there are no problems if I use English only on my web log because there are a few people who come to see me (and everybody are kind). BUT, I’m about to be a University student, and use English as an official language at there. Wrong English is no more accepted on the reports. Especially, I hate preposition and right word usages Dammmn! If I could learn English more seriously!

How did you spend your new year’s holiday?

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Tue, 03 Jan 2006 08:47:00 +0000

12/31 I saw Kouhaku Uta Gassen (紅白歌合戦), annual NHK sponsored year-end men versus women singing contest.
1/1 I went to my paternal grandmother’s house.
1/2 I went to my maternal grandmother’s house. At there, I met my cousin, aunt and uncle. I hadn’t met them since I met them last new years, so I was really looking forward to see tem.

This holiday was nothing spatial, I think, but I could be relax and spend good holiday.

A HAPPY NEW YEAR

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Sun, 01 Jan 2006 04:44:00 +0000

Best wishes for a happy new year.

EMA

From EMA

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Sat, 31 Dec 2005 04:28:00 +0000

How’ve you been every one!! Good to see you again.
I finally finished my entrance exam at the beginning of December; now I have enough rest; I decided to resume my web log again.
One thing that I want to tell you is that I decided to go to Japanese University.
I often mentioned about my dream, study abroad, and stressed how wonderful it is. However, because of my personal trouble, I had to change my course. I can’t go abroad so long time. In the future, I may go to study abroad for a long duration, but there is no secure. Anyway, though I had to give up one of my dream, I select a University that have almost same environment as if I were in the U.S (precisely, a faculty) The faculty was originally accepting descendents of official on the embassy staffs and stationing troops in Japan since ending world war 2. So, all classes are conducted in English and there are a few 100% pure Japanese. 30% of the students are international students and other students living in Japan are returnees, mother or father is non- Japanese or both of them are non-Japanese or those who have ever studied abroad.
I believe that this environment is what I really want. I’ll spend wonderful 4 years at there!!
See ya!!

To Everyone

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 14:02:00 +0000

Hi there!! It's been a while . Though I haven't updated since August, there are few friends who keep visiting Jerichoema's room, and I'm really happy to found it. The reason why I couldn't update is that my entrance examination is coming soon. I'll resume this blog after all of my work ends. See-ya!!

CELL BLOCK TANGO

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:35:00 +0000

I’ll show you one part of my favorite song form CHICAGO.
This song is much better in Movies version than original Broadway version. But any way, this lyric is really funny. I think Rob MARSHALL, director and choreographer of the movie version, is a great person because this song was a little part of the Broadway version. But in the movie, this song is really cool.
In this scene, the six merry murderesses of the Cook County Jail song “Why I am here”. The reasons why they are in the Jail are ridiculous.

Liz.
You know how people have these little habits that get you down.
Like Bernie. Bernie liked to chew gum.
No, not chew. Pop.
So, I came home this one day and I am really irritated,
and I’m looking for a little sympathy
and there’s Bernie layin’ on the couch,
drinkin’ a beer and chowin’. No, not chewin’, Poppin’.
So I said to him, I said, “youpop that gum one more time…”
and he did.
So I took the shotgun off the wall and
I fired two warning shots……into his head.

Oh no, just he popped gum!!

At Sony music site, you can hear and see CHICAGO’s sound track!!
Click soon!!→
Music From The Miramax Motion Picture Chicago

CHICAGO

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Fri, 19 Aug 2005 11:38:00 +0000

chicago

This year, CHICAGO, Broadway version, came again. This is the third time to play the musical in Japan. The last time was when movie version won the Academy award. At that time, I wanted to see it because the movie was really cool, but I couldn’t find the day I could go. So when I heard that “CHICAGO comes to Japan again” in March, I checked the schedule and decided to go.
At the day, I decided to be all black clothes to enjoy the musical more. I was really excited because I could see the funny story, songs and sexy costume and dance.
The show started at last with the sound of “ALL THAT JAZZ”. Jazz playing member were in the center of the stage (to make more mood of Jazz and 1920’s). Dancers wearing black clinging see-through fabric came out one after another. Do you imagine? Women’s costume is almost under wear; they were really sexy.
I’ll write again.

BLAST!

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Thu, 18 Aug 2005 01:42:00 +0000

from sites of Blast!

On August 17, I went to see a BLAST! , 100% entertainment show. The show was a combination of Music (brass instrument and percussion) and Dance performance. The show got Tonny award and Emmy award

When I saw it first time was two years ago in music class in high school. Teacher showed us BLAST’s DVD. I was really amazing! Though I saw through Braun tub, I was excited. Because when I was a junior high school student I belonged to the Brass Band Club and play the Horn, I understood how difficult things they make it. I think it’s a kind of Marching Band, but I don’t want to bring out them; it gets beyond the Marching Band.

The show was really good. Music was of course appeal strongly with plot, dances were beautiful and dynamic and audiences gathered greatly stream. Moreover, members came to audience seats in the show. During recess, percussion’s members went to the lobby and did performances, so people rushed to the lobby when the recess started. Encore was much more great! All members pass through the pathway and reached the lobby (of course all audiences followed along) and Encore was done at the lobby. At there, I could shake a hand with two members.
I was so excited that I made up mind to be a repeater. I will go to see BLAST! next year, again!!

Practice for writing #4

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 08:37:00 +0000

Topic: It has been said, “Not everything that is learned is contained in books.” Compare and contrast knowledge gained from experience with knowledge gained from books. In your opinion, which source is more important? Why?

In my opinion, Books can give more knowledge than experience can do and I think Books is more important than experience.
First, let’s think about experience. Experience is important part of humans’ lives because we can be gained knowledge through talking people and watching their actions or watching nature. For example, when I was child, I often saw the sunset and thought “The sun set different places through the year.” However, knowledge gained from experience is limited. We can learn it only through our experience, but we can’t gain it from what I can’t experience.
On the other hands, books teach me everything that I want to know. From them, we can learn not only the knowledge in usual life in novels but also historical and academic knowledge. Can we get knowledge about Queen Elizabeth Ⅰthrough the experience? Can we go to the universe and learn something? I think both of them are impossible. However, books have a magical power to meet Queen Elizabeth Ⅰor lead us and make us possible to see so many stars in the universe.
From that point, I think that books make us possible to know whatever we want to know, and are able to gain knowledge.

My favorite

noreply@blogger.com (ema) — Mon, 18 Jul 2005 05:09:00 +0000

PINK POO
I bought this today, So cute!!