technology

 

word of the day: otaku

even if you are not but you are interested in last technological inventions:

www.akihabaranews.com 

Digital World Tokyo 

Wireless Watch Tokyo

automatic translator…

thank you for exhisting. If it is a bad day and you do not feel like working just go to any automatic translator and try it out. Many interesting things might come up, this was today’s best:

読売を見てご飯もそこそこにだんなと走ってきた
“that rice ran with the master there there to see Yomiuri”

If any japanese reads this page, please send me a correct translation (or another funny one)
ありがとう。

word creator

i came across this web site that helps creating words.

try it. 

Kigensetsu

Originally Kigensetsu. In 1872 (Meiji 5), the Meiji Government acknowledge February 11th, 660 BC, as the coronation day of the first Emperor Jinmu, a legendary emperor. This holiday was one of the four major holidays in Japan. People were expected to show their patriotism by raising the Japanese flag at their gates, singing patriotic songs, etc.After World War II, Japan abolished the Shinto calendar along with Kigensetsu. In 1966, this holiday was reinstalled as “Kenkoku-Kinen-bi“( literally, “commemoration of the founding of the nation”). Although it is no longer tied to the Imperial Family, you may see more Japanese flags than usual.

Starting from this a small set of postcard:

jenglish

or japanese english.  using phonetic alphabet instead of ideograms for words indicating goods which came from abroad might be something that makes life easier. but the result is not so:  purinta printer, piiraa peeler…

-30%

quite interesting. local supermarket after 8-9 pm start a 30-40% discount on prepared food that would not be sold the following day. result: all not-so-rich foreigners  wait to have dinner at spanish time.

chikatestu

japanese name to indicate the subway. tokyo’s subway map looks similar to a picture of cooked spaghetti. what is interesting is that there are many companies, each one with its own ticket, fare… the result is dramatic: two stops with two different companies , therefore changking train can cost 2€.

onigiri

a rice food-ball that comes also in other different shapes. relatively cheap (less than 1€ and 2 can fill you up for a whole afternoon), ideal as a take away food. problems might rise when you try to understand what is inside but somehow your poor kanji knoledge is not helping that much. luckily the flavour are not so different ranging from fish to salty plum.