film flyer - Zidane
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Sorry, it's blurred, but I posted it because something is very funny here. (See the Note, and if you don't get it, go and read this.)
Zidane, un portrait du 21e siècle flyer.
21 August 2006
film flyer - Zidane
film flyer - Zidane
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
film flyers
film flyers
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Film flyers in Cine Switch Ginza.
From top left:
New York Dolls movie, A movie from Asia (I don't remember the title!), The Old Crocodile, Dust to Glory, Midnight Movies, Layer Cake, Rokkasho-mura Rhapsody, Hello, Goodbye (in Korean: sorry I can't type the letters), and one more.
film flyers
film flyers
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Film flyers at Cine Switch Ginza.
Aunts' Soldiers (a domumentary about a former Japanese solder whose boss didn't tell him about the end of the war but told to keep fighting, when he was in China. Thus, he has been recognised as a "volunteer" in the Chinese civil war.)
The Sun (directed by a Russian directer, Aleksandr Sokurov, this film was said not to be shown in Japan, but finally, yes. This film portlays Emperor Hirohito as a constant gardener.)
20 August 2006
ticket office
ticket office
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Advance tickets of the films/movies around the world - British, French, American, Chinese, Korean, Japanese...
Cine Switch Ginza
Cine Switch Ginza
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
So I went to see the film "Breakfast on Pluto" on the 14th July, which was the last day, and I couldn't take pictures of the great sign, a overwhelmingly pink still photo of Patricia "Kitten" Braden.
My review of the film is in my blog (in Japanese). The director, Neil Jordan, said in an inverview that Voltair's Candide was in his mind, and I could see it, though Voltaire was 100% sarcastic when he wrote the novel!
Two signs
Two signs
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Nissan (automobile), Sapporo (beer) and Vodafone (mobile). Sapporo Breweries Ltd is one of the top three breweries in Japan, and they import Guinness (a global brand).
There was a small group of tourist from North America (according to their accent) next to me, who were also taking pictures. And I felt like I was a visitor too, though I live in Tokyo.
The flying news
The flying news
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
You can see a lot of these "text news board" in Tokyo. The text moves slow enough to read, but in the case of night photograpy, it just gets like this. The news was about baseball, if I remember correctly. (Totally unreadable even though I am a native Japanese speaker.)
ECC - dark
ECC - dark
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
bluuuuuur...
ECC is an established language school in Japan for Japanese people: E for Education, C for Communication, and C for Community, according to this page... Ummm, I believed it was English Conversation Classes!
ECC - white
ECC - white
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
ECC is an established language school in Japan for Japanese people: E for Education, C for Communication, and C for Community, according to this page... Ummm, I believed it was English Conversation Classes!
25 July 2006
The Truth
The Truth
Originally uploaded by The Terry-Thomas Appreciation Society.
THIS IS NOT MY PHOTO. I borrowed it from The Terry-Thomas Appreciation Society for my blog.
http://nofrills.seesaa.net/article/21596732.html
Bombed church-Lebanon
Bombed church-Lebanon
Originally uploaded by Gail Orenstein.
THIS IS NOT MY PHOTO. I borrowed it from Gail Orenstein for my blog.
http://nofrills.seesaa.net/article/21596732.html
Bombed flats-Lebanon
Bombed flats-Lebanon
Originally uploaded by Gail Orenstein.
THIS IS NOT MY PHOTO. I borrowed it from Gail Orenstein for my blog.
http://nofrills.seesaa.net/article/21596732.html
Vukovar-War torn Slavonia, Croatia
Vukovar-War torn Slavonia, Croatia
Originally uploaded by Gail Orenstein.
THIS IS NOT MY PHOTO. I borrowed it from Gail Orenstein for my blog.
http://nofrills.seesaa.net/article/21596732.html
Bombed train station-Vukovar,
Bombed train station-Vukovar,
Originally uploaded by Gail Orenstein.
THIS IS NOT MY PHOTO. I borrowed it from Gail Orenstein for my blog.
http://nofrills.seesaa.net/article/21596732.html
20 July 2006
book
book
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
My book (revised editon) has been finished.
If you read Japanese, visit my weblog to find out what this is all about.
日本語でいける方はわたしのブログへどうぞおいでください。
London Underground and the heat
London Underground and the heat
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Here I wrote about the summer heat on the Underground. Most of Japan's overground and underground trains are fully air-conditioned and the travel guidebooks are using oldish data about the temperature, like "22 degrees celcius in July", so basically Japanese people aren't prepared for what it is like to be on the tube on a hot summer day.
If you read Japanese, visit my weblog to find out what this is all about.
日本語でいける方はわたしのブログへどうぞおいでください。
My book
My book
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
My book (revised); proof-reading... It was me who decided this font size five years ago when it was first published, and now, I kind of regret my decision... So small that proof-reading is like hell!
If you read Japanese, visit my weblog to find out what this is all about.
日本語でいける方はわたしのブログへどうぞおいでください。
working on it
working on it
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
My book (revised); proof-reading... It was me who decided this font size five years ago when it was first published, and now, I kind of regret my decision... So small that proof-reading is like hell!
If you read Japanese, visit my weblog to find out what this is all about.
日本語でいける方はわたしのブログへどうぞおいでください。
9 July 2006
Henry et C Ronaldo post match
Henry et C Ronaldo post match
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Thierry Henri talks to Cristiano Ronaldo on the pitch after the semi final match (France 1 - 0 Portugal). From the Japanese broadcast.
I heard that this scene was not seen on the BBC.
Henry et C Ronaldo post match
Henry et C Ronaldo post match
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Thierry Henri talks to Cristiano Ronaldo on the pitch after the semi final match (France 1 - 0 Portugal). From the Japanese broadcast.
I heard that this scene was not seen on the BBC.
And the BBC has been telling Japan's Hidetoshi Nakata has retired from "international football", which is simply wrong. He has retired from football at the age of 29. No longer will he play as a professional football player.
25 June 2006
Live from Germany to Japan
Live from Germany to Japan
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Live broadcast from Germany to Japan, with a Frenchman who is a London club's coach. (BTW he used to be Nagoya's coach, and the club had Gary Lineker for one year.)
A BBC photo gallery:
Arsene Wenger's decade at Arsenal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/a/arsenal/5380998.stm
Live from Germany to Japan
Live from Germany to Japan
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Live broadcast from Germany to Japan, with a Frenchman who is a London club's coach. (BTW he used to be Nagoya's coach, and the club had Gary Lineker for one year.)
Live from Germany to Japan
Live from Germany to Japan
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Live broadcast from Germany to Japan, with a Frenchman who is a London club's coach. (BTW he used to be Nagoya's coach, and the club had Gary Lineker for one year.)
The end of the show
The end of the show
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
At the end of the show, they were talking a bit about the Brazil - Japan match, starting in three hours.
Full-time Football Coach, Part-time Football Pundit
Full-time Football Coach, Part-time Football Pundit
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger in Germany appears as a part-time football pundit on Japan's Fuji TV Network (22 June, 2006; Czech Republic - Italy match).
After the match, when asked which team would be throught to the final, and who would get the Golden Boots, Mr Wenger said with a smile that he was not a prophet but a coach, but that Brazil versus Germany match on 9 July would be highly possible, and that Fernando Torres and Miroslav Close would score many more goals.
Next to the Arsenal coach is Mr Kabira, a famous sport news guy who does not need a translator (bilingual).
Look who's talking...
Look who's talking...
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Arsenal coach Arsene Wenger in Germany appears as a part-time football pundit on Japan's Fuji TV Network (22 June, 2006; Czech Republic - Italy match).
After the match, when asked which team would be throught to the final, and who would get the Golden Boots, Mr Wenger said with a smile that he was not a prophet but a coach, but that Brazil versus Germany match on 9 July would be highly possible, and that Fernando Torres and Miroslav Close would score many more goals.
19 June 2006
meow
meow
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A sister cat of the other one, I believe. They are very often together, and contrary to her sister, this one seems to think of me as her good neighbour. She often talks to me when I'm passing by.
18 June 2006
Wall, pipe and mailbox
Wall, pipe and mailbox
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A house that is probably 40 years old. A Tokyo scene (typical). But one thing that is not very typical is that the owner of this house painted the outside wall white. People very usually concrete block walls as they are.
11 June 2006
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