Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Monday, July 24, 2006
The hottest day of the summer

Japanese people have unique custom to eat eels on the hottest day of the summer, in Japanese "Doyo-no-ushi-no-hi."
Probably, Japanese eat more than 90% of the world eel productions. Most household eat eels in sashimi with wasabi soy sauce, and foreign visitors can enjoy sashimi eels in most sushi restaurants in towns and cities.
Foreign travellers sometimes mistake "kabayaki" is boiled eel. No, that's a propaganda of Benihana. Kabayaki is a boiled snake in truth. Snakes are mostly Mamushi snake, a Japan original viper. You must go to a licensed Kabayaki restaurants to enjoy. Otherwise, you might end up with in a hospital for poison treatment.
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
The best hotels in Tokyo <2nd in my rank>

This "Ramada-Inn" like hotel, Nishi-Shinjuku Hotel has a very special service so-called "International Dating Service," arranging Japanese male or female for YOU to date and spend nights with you while you're in Tokyo. It would be a wonderful setting for the Nerds like you. You just make a reservation, and wait for the arrangement.
Have a fun.
You can get a further information by calling 81-3-3281-4303.
The best hotels in Tokyo <3rd in my rank>

ANA Hotel Tokyo is ranked at 3rd in the same reason for the 4th place hotel, Excel Tokyu Hotel. This hotel is located the right next to the US Embassy, very beautiful night views out of the windows. You cannot take anyone in from the two front doors on 1st floor and 2nd floor, but you can easily bring in extra person(s) from its parking level so easily. So, take a rent-a-car, get a woman, and drive in. You can even take guest room elevators from the parking levels. If you are trying to hire so-called Hote-toru-jo woman, a call girl directly delivered to your hotel room, please make sure the girl being delivered from the parking level.
The best hotels in Tokyo <4th in my rank>

Excel Hotel Tokyu is located in Akasaka, just in front of Akasaka-Mitsuke Station. This hotel is very famous for "tsurekomi-OK," meaning you can bring in street women to your room without telling so to the hotel. The management of the hotel never agree, but this old hotel, used to be one of the Hiltons, is built in that way so that high rank officials and politicians could enter to own rooms with 100% privacy. Behind the hotel is the Perliament and many government buildings are located. Many Koreans and Chinese knew the structure of the hotel, and they enjoyed the function too much, so nowadays the hotel don't take reservations from certain Korean and Chinese travel agencies.
The best hotels in Tokyo <5th in my rank>

Located in the heart of Asakusa, Ryokan Shigetsu (http://shigetsu.com/e/) offers you a reasonable price, free internet service, Japanese style bath, and reasonable Japanese food in just $68 (depends on exchange rates). Close to a geisha place, Shigetsu could be yout paradise to enjoy your heartful stay in Tokyo. English speaking clerk is also available to support your daytime and night time entertainment. Asakusa is the center of old custom entertainment in Tokyo, also close to Yoshiwara, a place for exotic bath where naked woman will wash you up both external and internal needs ($10 or less via taxi). If you are a single male person, this will be your best suite while you're in Tokyo.
Monday, February 27, 2006
What is so good about robotics?

Japanese love robots because they do things as they are supposed to do, never complain, and never demand salary but just electric feeds. No demands of smoking breaks, never tired, and even no sleep. Simple jobs like security, reception, and cheep entertainment, and risky business like fire fightings and national security are most fields we apply robotics than hiring, educating and training human.
In near future, the Defence Agency will release units of coast patrol robot to arrest illegal border jumpers, and any hostile actions from foreign countries such as North Korea and China. The units work in 24 hours, and 365 days.
For simple tasks like receptionalists, companies have ALREADY set robots in office entrances to show ways for visitors. They are equiped with guns to shoot to unwanted visitors like venture capital consultants.
Thursday, February 23, 2006
Is robotics so popular in Japan?


Yes, they are everywhere.
The three small robots in the right are JR (Japan Railway) Crowd Control unit, shooting laser guns and small rokets to jumpers who try to jump into trains when trains ring to depart. You can see those shootings every morning in Tokyo train stations.
Left is a photo of "Housewife 2005" a new model for your daily life care from Honda. It can do almost everything what your wife can do, and it does those without complaints. If you are sick and tired of your wife, you can buy one of them and get rid of your hunny.
Where is the best place to live in Tokyo?

It depends on how much you earn.
1) Annual income is more than $300,000.
You can live high-end condo around Azabu. Roppongi Hills Residence (right) and similars will cost you from $6K to $30K a month. That famous convict Horiemon was also living here (he is temporarily moving to a prison for what he has done.)
2) Annual income is around $100,000.
In that case, you may like to live around Meguro, Setagaya area.
Not too expensive, but still somewhat high-end locations are available.
3) If you earn less than $80,000 in a year, you might give up living in Tokyo, and find a place somewhere beyond rivers.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
What is the common view of the Japanese regarding China?

China is a rapidly growing country economically and in scale. Populations are too huge, and so most Japanese think the Mao-Communism must have been such a boring society so sex must have been the only recreational activity for most Chinese. In politics, most of the Japanese think the government is taking advantage of the history of Japan invasion to control out burst of people's anger. In daily life, growing rate of Chinese crimes in Japan is getting a big issue.
What is the common view of the Japanese regarding USA?

Politically and economically, the United States is the most known and close partner of Japan, but the most Japanese think Americans are not very smart because Americans are eating BSE polluted beef everyday and never signed for the Kyoto Agreement for international CO-gas reduction policies. Also, American leaders claims for nuclear weapons in the third world countries while they have tons of such in their own land. Most Japanese think those American ideas funny and arrogant.
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
What is a Konyoku bath?


There is no prohibition for foreigners to enter konyoku bath as long as you're fully naked. If you wish to wear some swim suits, konyoku masters may halt you entering the bath.
Unfortunately, there is no English site that explain more about konyoku bath, but please feel free to ask any questions about it to your Japanese friends. It is a common term for most of the Japanese.
What is the most popular sightseeing in Tokyo?

There are many places in Tokyo for foreigners to visit. You can use taxi and subways to visit those places, but there are sightseeing transportations around Tokyo Station (JR). One is Hato-kago, a traditional samurai transportation service as you see in the left.
If you don't like to be shaken up and down by hato-kago, you might try Metro-jinriki services, as you see in the right. You can find them also near Tokyo Station.
Could I spend time with Geisha-san in Tokyo?

Yes, you can spend time with them, of course, not only in Tokyo, but anywhere in Japan, if you have enough money.
Unlike Maiko-san in Kyoto, they are living human being in the most cases. This picture might tell you she could be a machine, a daughter of Lt. Commander Data, but she is living, indeed. So, you need to speak some phrases at least in Japanese to enjoy time that you pay for.
A Geisha house is everywhere, but the recommended is here.
Why do the US Fleet come in Yokosuka?

Those American ships are in trouble going back. They have been found floating around Japan, and those crew don't remember where they came from and how they can come home. So the Japanese Government opened Yokosuka Missing Navy Ship Re-Education Center in 1976, educating and training them to learn how to go home. Civil volunteers outside the center, usually having big red flags, are shouting at those ships and the crew, helping them to understand this is not their home. The center has successfully made ships and crews returning home so far, and over 300 Navy command ships and boats successfully returned to San Diego. However, even big ships like carriers are still arriving to the center against our effort. The Japanese government thinks it would be almost impossible to decrease the number of lost ships.
What are the words useful in a party in Japan?
1) Onemaki-itadakimashite, Arigatogozaimasu.
Meaning, "Thank you for inviting me to the party."
2) Anatano-sorewa, katsura-desuka?
Meaning, "Is it your hat? (Beautiful.)" "Anatano-sorewa, ........-desuka" is a useful phrase you can use in a formal party. If you put "icchora", you might mean "How nice your suits is?"
3) Anatano-kaowa, totemo-hendesu.
Meaning, "you are very unique." Pointing uniqueness is the thing Japanese people think the best admirable description among the most Japanese think themselves ordinal. So, if you tell someone this, he or she will receive it as if you admire him or her.
Please try those to make more friends in Japan.
What is Maiko-san?

Maiko-san is a robot which can dance, smile, pour sake and calculate charges you spend in a second.
You can see those robots in Kyoto, Japan, and rent one in a traditional restaurant in the old town, called Okiya. It doesn't speak much, but making you very happy. Since the rent fee is mighty expensive, you might ask your visiting company in Kyoto like Nintendo, and Kyocera to call the maiko robot when they offer you a settai.
Nankyoku 1-go was the proto-type of Maiko 2000.