I was thinking to do my project on OTAKU!
Now OTAKU is one of a big Japanese culture. Otaku's holy place AKIHABARA is near my house. I have to take Sobu-Line from my Nearest JR station and Akihabara is 3 stops away from there.
Otaku means kind of people who addicted to something. In Akihabara there are a lot of Animation Otaku.
As I told you guys in class today, Otaku... they all look same! wear glasses, wear shirt and tuck in their shirt into pants, have big bagpack on the back, and always have paper bags. If you go to Akihabara it is easy to find Otaku.
Otaku, most of them like to stay at home, doing internet, watching animatuions, reading comicbooks etc... they don't like to communicate. But in Otaku community, they communicate a lot on internet.
Otaku, likes to go to Akihabara, because there are many shops of animations. They love girls in animations. They addicted to girls in animation. Thay cannot see real world. One of their favorite place is MAID CAFE. Girls wear maid costume and call customers "GOSHUJIN-SAMA" (means master) . It is like normal cafe, but maid do everything for customers. If they order coffee, they out milk and suger for them. If they order Pasta, they mix pasta and oasta source infront of them. I think most of Otaku don't have any relationship with real girls, so spending time with maid girls is precious time for them.
Between Otaku, they use Otaku Language. "MOE" is one of the mot famous Otaku word. It means cute. There are many Otaku words.
I think it will be very interesting to see Otaku culture. I will do some research on internet about Akihabara and Otaku.
Of course I am going to Akihabara to shooting. I am not sure Otaku will let me to do interviews... but I will try.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Study Question #2
Definition of Labyrinth
1.
an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit.
2.
a maze of paths bordered by high hedges, as in a park or garden, for the amusement of those who search for a way out.
3.
a complicated or tortuous arrangement, as of streets or buildings.
4.
any confusingly intricate state of things or events; a bewildering complex.
5.
(initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. a vast maze built in Crete by Daedalus, at the command of King Minos, to house the Minotaur.
6.
Anatomy.
a.
the internal ear, consisting of a bony portion (bony labyrinth) and a membranous portion (membranous labyrinth).
b.
the aggregate of air chambers in the ethmoid bone, between the eye and the upper part of the nose.
7.
a mazelike pattern inlaid in the pavement of a church.
8.
a loudspeaker enclosure with air chambers at the rear for absorbing sound waves radiating in one direction so as to prevent their interference with waves radiated in another direction.
[Origin: 1540–50; < L labyrinthus < Gk labýrinthos; r. earlier laborynt < ML laborintus, L, as above]
This is what I found on dictionary.
For this one word... we have a lot of definitions.
For me Tokyo is Labyrinth. Tokyo is not a large city compare to other cities, but it seems like it is the biggest city in Japan. If I see Tokyo on map, ovbiously it is not a big city.
I feel Tokyo is Labyrinth, because of tons of people all over the place, complicate transportations, tons of buildings, and traffics.... Tokyo is like a maze.
I am not originally from Tokyo and when I start live in Tokyo, I got lost all the time.
Past 10 years, cellphone technology had been changed a lot. Japanese cellphone company release many new cellphones and they develop functions better and better. In now days, I think 90% of people have cellphone. (Even my Grandmother and grandfather, they have it!) People cannot live without cellphone. Of course I cannot live without cellphone. It is impossible to live without cellphone. I need this small machine to contact with my family and friends. Some cellphone has GPS. Even we get lost in Labylinth Tokyo, it will be ok if we have GPS cellphone. Also we can search directions on cellphone. Also if we get lost on the way to see friends, we just have to call and ask friends where I should go and they will lgive us right directions. Cellphone is a very useful tool in our life now.
Of course we have bad points of cellphone. In now days, we don't write letters. That's a one thing which deleted by cellphone. Also people don't see scenes around them when they are waiting someone. Most of people look into cellphone when they wait someone. The most bad thing about this technology is more crime happened in past. Popular crime of cellphone is buy cellphone using some others name. Also Some bad companies demand fictional payment, say like "you used this website...please pay this amount of money until next Friday. If you don't pay you will caught by police" , and tried to get money from someone who are innocent at all. Well, everything has good and bad points...
I think more new technology will be appear in the future. I cannot imagine how Labylinth Tokyo will look like after 50 years....
1.
an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit.
2.
a maze of paths bordered by high hedges, as in a park or garden, for the amusement of those who search for a way out.
3.
a complicated or tortuous arrangement, as of streets or buildings.
4.
any confusingly intricate state of things or events; a bewildering complex.
5.
(initial capital letter) Classical Mythology. a vast maze built in Crete by Daedalus, at the command of King Minos, to house the Minotaur.
6.
Anatomy.
a.
the internal ear, consisting of a bony portion (bony labyrinth) and a membranous portion (membranous labyrinth).
b.
the aggregate of air chambers in the ethmoid bone, between the eye and the upper part of the nose.
7.
a mazelike pattern inlaid in the pavement of a church.
8.
a loudspeaker enclosure with air chambers at the rear for absorbing sound waves radiating in one direction so as to prevent their interference with waves radiated in another direction.
[Origin: 1540–50; < L labyrinthus < Gk labýrinthos; r. earlier laborynt < ML laborintus, L, as above]
This is what I found on dictionary.
For this one word... we have a lot of definitions.
For me Tokyo is Labyrinth. Tokyo is not a large city compare to other cities, but it seems like it is the biggest city in Japan. If I see Tokyo on map, ovbiously it is not a big city.
I feel Tokyo is Labyrinth, because of tons of people all over the place, complicate transportations, tons of buildings, and traffics.... Tokyo is like a maze.
I am not originally from Tokyo and when I start live in Tokyo, I got lost all the time.
Past 10 years, cellphone technology had been changed a lot. Japanese cellphone company release many new cellphones and they develop functions better and better. In now days, I think 90% of people have cellphone. (Even my Grandmother and grandfather, they have it!) People cannot live without cellphone. Of course I cannot live without cellphone. It is impossible to live without cellphone. I need this small machine to contact with my family and friends. Some cellphone has GPS. Even we get lost in Labylinth Tokyo, it will be ok if we have GPS cellphone. Also we can search directions on cellphone. Also if we get lost on the way to see friends, we just have to call and ask friends where I should go and they will lgive us right directions. Cellphone is a very useful tool in our life now.
Of course we have bad points of cellphone. In now days, we don't write letters. That's a one thing which deleted by cellphone. Also people don't see scenes around them when they are waiting someone. Most of people look into cellphone when they wait someone. The most bad thing about this technology is more crime happened in past. Popular crime of cellphone is buy cellphone using some others name. Also Some bad companies demand fictional payment, say like "you used this website...please pay this amount of money until next Friday. If you don't pay you will caught by police" , and tried to get money from someone who are innocent at all. Well, everything has good and bad points...
I think more new technology will be appear in the future. I cannot imagine how Labylinth Tokyo will look like after 50 years....
Wednesday, February 7, 2007
Study Question #1
I'm originally from North Japan "Fukushima". It is country side. It's cold at winter and hot at summer. Compare the Layout of Tokyo and my own city, Fukushima and Tokyo is very different. First, size of Fukushima and Tokyo is different. Fukushima is much bigger than Tokyo, but the population is less than Tokyo. Everything is different. Most of people use train or bas to go to their work and school, but in Fukushima most of people use bike, car, or walk, because we just have few train in an hour. At the day time nobody use train, so they just have one train for per hour. Most of people use car to go whereever they want, beucause everything is far from eacg place. Also houses are much bigger than Tokyo, because lands are much cheaper than Tokyo. Of cause apartments are cheaper than Tokyo. If we pay 100000yen, we can rent a big apartment for family. I thing living situation is the biggest different layout of Tokyo and my city. Fukushima is very country side, but people are friendly. When I came to Tokyo first time, I felt people in Tokyo, they are not friendly. I still feel the same way. I think people in Tokyo, they are too busy. That is why they cannot care about other people.
I agree with Donald Richie about "impermanence" in Japanese architecture and Tokyo. I live in Tokyo for four years. Even in past four years, Tokyo has been changed. Many old aschitecture has been destroyed and many new architecture has been builded. Tokyo had naver been keeping same view. It changes everyday. There are many constructions everywhere in Tokyo. New buldings attractive for people and many young peole don't attention to old architecture, which are like temple, shirine, etc... I think we can say about "impermanence" to all over the woeld, but especially in Japan, Tokyo. In recent years, Roppongi Hills, Omote sando Hills, and Tokyo Midtown builded. Those buildings changed the view of those places. We cannot see how did that place look in the past. People love to go new places, but I think there are some people who loved that place before the new architedture be built.
Even I can see a lot of negative points of Tokyo, I still love to live in here. I can see a lot of positive points of my home city Fukushima, but I still want to live in Tokyo. I hate crowds, I hate morning train, I harte trafic, I hate unfriendly people...but I prefer to live in Tokyo, more than my home city... because Fukushima is too country and boring!
I agree with Donald Richie about "impermanence" in Japanese architecture and Tokyo. I live in Tokyo for four years. Even in past four years, Tokyo has been changed. Many old aschitecture has been destroyed and many new architecture has been builded. Tokyo had naver been keeping same view. It changes everyday. There are many constructions everywhere in Tokyo. New buldings attractive for people and many young peole don't attention to old architecture, which are like temple, shirine, etc... I think we can say about "impermanence" to all over the woeld, but especially in Japan, Tokyo. In recent years, Roppongi Hills, Omote sando Hills, and Tokyo Midtown builded. Those buildings changed the view of those places. We cannot see how did that place look in the past. People love to go new places, but I think there are some people who loved that place before the new architedture be built.
Even I can see a lot of negative points of Tokyo, I still love to live in here. I can see a lot of positive points of my home city Fukushima, but I still want to live in Tokyo. I hate crowds, I hate morning train, I harte trafic, I hate unfriendly people...but I prefer to live in Tokyo, more than my home city... because Fukushima is too country and boring!
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