Kigurumi

Do you know Japanese kigurumi?


Kigurumi is full-body suit that looks a character or an animal.


In Japan, there's no custom to celebrate Halloween.

But, people enjoy kigurumi all year round as "Cosplay".


There're many kigurumi such as them.

Please tell me what costumes you wear in Halloween in your country.

Kusama Yayoi

Do you know Kusama Yayoi?


Kusama Yayoi is one of the most famous contemporary painter in Japan.


Her works are peculiar to "dot"and "pumpkin".

It's like that.

In September, some collaboration items of Kusama Yayoi and Louis Vuitton.

Louis Vuitton shop in Ginza Matsuya (one of the most famous department store in Japan, from 1919) launch initial sales of these items.


Ginza Matsuya

A big pumpkin whose height is 2 meter appears in the shop.

Mm...very cool!

NAMCO NAMJATOWN

I went to NAMCO NAMJATOWN yesterday, for the first time.


NAMCO NAMJATOWN is an entertainment park by Namco.

It's in Ikebukuro (a city in Tokyo).


There're many amusement attraction, or food mall.


For example, attraction of being spy, defusing a bomb, bringing up a special pet, and so on...



Especially, there're collaboration attraction or food mall of Naruto or Kuro No Basuke in this summer.

http://www.namja.jp/news/kurobas/menu.html



I played an attraction of Kuroko No Basuke (a simple Basketball attraction).

And  I get 2 stickers of Kuroko No Basuke.


If you are a fan of Kuroko No Basuke, please let me know and I will present it for you.



Anyway, NAMCO NAMJATOWN is very enjoyable.

If you visit Ikebukuro, I recommend to go there.

Playing drums

Do you play musical instrument?


I play drums and performed a concert on the day before yesterday.

It's a copy band of L'Arc-en-Ciel !


(I had some movie of my playing on youtube, but I don't say here because it's shamefulness for me.

Please email me if you want to see...)


In Japan, there's not much land and we can't practice very much.

I've heard in a country that has much land, people practice drums liberally in the house or garage aren't they?


Please let me know how is it in your country!

Acchan

Do you know what is today in Japan?


Today, Maeda Atsuko (called Acchan) graduate from AKB48!


Recently, I wrote about Acchan's final act in Music station.

http://ghr-japan.blogspot.jp/2012/08/tearful-graduation.html


Today is Acchan's final act in AKB48 theater in Akihabara.


Too many people visit Akihabara today...

A parade of graduation after the final act was planned.

But, Japan police think it's dangerous because of many many people, and stop it.

It's very sad...



Yesterday, AKB48 acts in Tokyo dome.

This is Acchan's pictures.

Anyway, let's celebrate her graduation, today.


Congratulations, Acchan!

Udon

Do you eat Japanese udon?


Udon is noodles made of wheat flour and loved all people in Japan.

(I have never heard a person who dislike udon.)


In college days, I go to "Hanamaru Udon" (a chain restaurant of udon) in lunch break, 5 days a week!


The most popular udon in Hanamaru Udon.

A new udon in Hanamaru Udon, "Chicken, soy milk, sesame udon".

A brand of udon like Hanamaru Udon is from Kagawa prefecture.

(Kagawa is the smallest prefecture in Japan.)


Udon that has the brand is called "Sanuki Udon".



Enjoy your udon life!

Inside the pocket of Doraemon...

Yesterday, I write about Japanese character.


Doraemon is children's most popular character!



Doraemon has many many wonderful futural goods in his pocket.

Today, I introduce them.



Take copter

It means bamboo helicopter. Take means bamboo.


We can fly by putting on our head.

Dokodemo door

It's a door, but not usual door.


If you go through this door, you can arrive at where you want to go.

It may be your friends' house, Tokyo, Hawaii, Rio de Janeiro, or Mars.





Moshimo box

If you call with this phone, you can change this world to new world you hope.


For example, you can delete sound in this world, you can eat favorite foods infinitely...and so on.

It's very horrible!




Doraemon has many goods such as them.

He is absolutely the "dream" of Japanese Children!