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Takase River Art Exhibit Kyoto
高瀬川京都展覧会Kyoto's Takase River is a narrow canal that runs parallel to Kiyamachi Dori (street) from Nijo-Kiyamachi down to Fushimi, in southern Kyoto. It dates from 1611.
It has willow trees on one side and is quite graceful, no matter how out of hand the nighttime revelry may get on Kiyamachi itself.
In the last couple of years, the canal has also served as a venue for outdoor art exhibits.
Last fall, sculptures suddenly blossomed in the shallow waters. The name of the work, an odd English translation, and the name of the artist were posted on small signs next to each of the many pieces.
Now, once again, the river is growing art.Kiyamachi is one of Kyoto's best known nightlife areas, with bars and restaurants and brothels and boutiques. At night, students and young people and lovers fill the narrow streets.
During the day, though, the the street is quiet. Around noon, delivery trucks arrive with the vegetables and meat, beer and spirits that the bars and pubs will serve that night.
A few salaryman with time on their hands gazed at the works, expressionless.
Come evening, the drunks and college students - perhaps with livelier expressions - pay even less notice.
The works include statuary, abstract art, large insects, and others.
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Tatsuya Ichihashi photoshopped to look like a woman
Fuji TV news puts its graphics team to work altering the photo of fugitive Tatsuya Ichihashi to illustrate just how different he’d look if he wore a wig and make-up:
As it has been reported that Ichihashi may have spent some time in Shinjuku whoring himself out to gay men, the news program speculates that the money he earned from prostitution may have been used to pay for his cosmetic surgery. However, sources familiar with the Shinjuku gay prostitution scene say that his new face is far less attractive than his original appearance, and he’d now have far less success in that field of work. （This report aired before it was discovered that Ichihashi had been working at a construction company in Osaka)
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Funky Monkey Babys in Beijing
Japanese hip hop group Funky Monkey Babys* recently visited Beijing to perform at J-pop in China 2009. Here’s an “Zoom In” news report about their trip:
They performed before a crowd of 1,700 people that was mostly made up of young Chinese people. There were a few older folks there too, including a Japanese salaryman doing business in China who felt inspired by their song.
*[yes - that's how they spell their band name]
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Nani?!?- Matsui Yankee MVP CD!
We all love that Hideki Matsui was MVP of the Yankees’ 27th Pennant, but did you know that there is a CD out in Japan dedicated to rooting for him?
Check out Hilari no Michi and the Kanazawa orchestra belting out your favorite “official rooter song”-- “Take me out to the Ballgame”.
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46 years ago today: a coal mining accident and train wreck kill 600
Wired.com spotlights two tragedies that happened on Nov 9, 1963: industrial accidents that killed more than 600 people in one day.
The first accident occurred at the Miike coal mine between Omuta and Arao. Ten mining carts loaded with coal were being hauled to the surface at around 3:12 in the afternoon. One of the chains linking the carts together severed and sent eight of them careening out of control to the bottom of mine. The carts traveled nearly 400 yards and hit speeds of 73 mph before crashing....As if that weren't enough, several hundred miles away in Yokohama, a deadly three-train railroad crash had occurred.
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Pics of readers wearing TokyoMango Ts
Here are some pics of you good-looking TokyoMango readers wearing the t-shirts that Ben and I made... from top to bottom, Mat, Nami, Derek, and Ruby & Malcolm.
A Little Perspective on Swine Flu
via www.eatliver.com
Most people are twenty times as likely to die driving to work or crossing the street as from swine flu, so if you're really that worried about your health, stay inside and avoid cars. Wash your hands after using the bathroom, don't cough on people, and chill the heck out.
Mikogami Trilogy: Slaughter in the Snow
This is the final bloody installment of the famed "Mikogami" Trilogy.
Jokichi's success at getting revenge has resulted in a hefty price being put on his head, and it's only a matter of time before he runs into Kobunji, the master of the throwing knife, who while he really likes Jokichi, has his professional reputation to uphold. But just because you have to kill a guy doesn't mean you can't enjoy getting to know him first and do a little male bonding by offing some villains. But in the end, there can only be one... nothing personal, mind you, it's just business.
I didn't post about the second installment of this trilogy but this post pretty much covers the last one as well (you can read a brief description of #2 here). A lot of spraying blood in these movies. A lot of Jokichi walking from here to there. Actually half these movies seem to be Jukichi walking. The fight scenes were kinda entertaining but like the previous installments, the fighters also tend to stumble around a lot. In the last movie, much of the fighting took place in rocky stream beds and in the water and so the fighters were stumbling around and falling over the rocks and stumbling in the water. Kinda silly. In this one, they were stumbling around and falling over in the snow. Kinda silly. But for what it was, the Mikogami trilogy was still entertaining. What do ya expect with a standard chanbara flick. It's amazing how much blood sprays even from just a shoulder wound. But that is what you should see in a good chanbara. And that's what you get here, a lot of spraying blood.
Jokichi's success at getting revenge has resulted in a hefty price being put on his head, and it's only a matter of time before he runs into Kobunji, the master of the throwing knife, who while he really likes Jokichi, has his professional reputation to uphold. But just because you have to kill a guy doesn't mean you can't enjoy getting to know him first and do a little male bonding by offing some villains. But in the end, there can only be one... nothing personal, mind you, it's just business.
I didn't post about the second installment of this trilogy but this post pretty much covers the last one as well (you can read a brief description of #2 here). A lot of spraying blood in these movies. A lot of Jokichi walking from here to there. Actually half these movies seem to be Jukichi walking. The fight scenes were kinda entertaining but like the previous installments, the fighters also tend to stumble around a lot. In the last movie, much of the fighting took place in rocky stream beds and in the water and so the fighters were stumbling around and falling over the rocks and stumbling in the water. Kinda silly. In this one, they were stumbling around and falling over in the snow. Kinda silly. But for what it was, the Mikogami trilogy was still entertaining. What do ya expect with a standard chanbara flick. It's amazing how much blood sprays even from just a shoulder wound. But that is what you should see in a good chanbara. And that's what you get here, a lot of spraying blood.
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