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Flatwheels
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Registration Date: 07.31.11
Location: Japan
Posts: 27

quote:
Originally posted by husky51
I know what you mean about kids in front of me at the movies... Only the ones I seem to have to deal with the most are the teens that can't leave their cellphones off.
remember the pictures that you posted of Japan, way back when... Any chance for more, besides the t-shirt... (growls)

Also, a question if I may. Do you remember a statue of Totoro being situated near a bus stop in Japan? I don't know why, but I seem to think that you might know of it. We had one recently from the UK and I am trying to see if my memory is still ok, getting old sucks, as I've said before, lol

Husky51!

When still living in the Netherlands I just gave the cinema life there. People have no idea how to behave when watching a movie at their movie theater. Now that I am in Japan going to movies is fun again. This is probaly because most of the times if I go to see a western movie there's not much people there. Maybe 3 or 4 or in some cases ..only me!

Feels like my private home theater lol.

The Totoro-statue..I think that is the one in Nagasaki. A bit far away from Tokyo. Are you sure it's in Tokyo? I did a google-search but could only found that statue in Nagasaki. There's one more..in Oita-ken..that's the one that Miyazaki was inspired by.

As for the pictures ..sure!! What would you like to see?

08.02.2013, 09:47 AM

Flatwheels
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Registration Date: 07.31.11
Location: Japan
Posts: 27

quote:
Originally posted by Kazegami
I signed up to Japanesepod101 and went through the first few lessons. It's pretty fun!

Heh, I was just playing on a Japanese website I go to and noticed a couple of people talking about seeing Kaze Tachinu. Didn't understand the conversation well, obviously, but got bits of it, which was nice. I use the site because the English version of it was shut down a while ago, and since it was somewhere I spent time on every day, I missed it. Now it's added motivation - the more I learn, the easier it'll be to navigate the place...

Oh that's cool!! Good luck with the lessons! I work for that company and am responsible for the Dutchpod101 series. Good to hear you like it!

08.01.2013, 08:01 AM

Flatwheels
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Registration Date: 07.31.11
Location: Japan
Posts: 27

Wow, good to be back! Has been way to long since I posted something here

Went to movie theater last monday, FINALLY!!!! a new Ghibli! and from the master him self. I really enjoyed a lot and i voted 8/10 on IMDB. The music, the characters, the colors ..ah heck it has everything that one expects from a Ghibli movie.

Unfortunately there was family in front of me with their two sons. Around 3 and 4 years of age...that didn't really work out since it's not really a movie for kids. Long dialogues and zero fluffy totoro-like -characters in it so not really interesting for the youngsters They became bored and started to walk around after 30 minutes...
Ah well, what can you do? Just gambaru ..

Hope for those who are not living in Japan you will have a chance to see it as soon as possible. You'll like it very much. Actually there is funny little detail..the main character, Jiro Horikoshi, is from Gunma, Fujioka and that is where we have a shop! Fujioka people are really happy with all the attention now and it attracts a lot of people lately. They even brought out a special limited t-shirt ..will post a pic of it later.

Enjoy Kaze Tachinu!

08.01.2013, 07:58 AM

Flatwheels
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Registration Date: 07.31.11
Location: Japan
Posts: 27

Thanks for the pics Husky! Really like the looks of you in a uniform As for the tattoos, why not use a bit of colour? Thinking about getting another one as well but there is so much to choose from haha. I might do `janken`and let faith decide lol.

Awesome navy-pics as well..reminds of my old airforce pics..lol. dont even recognize myself anymore.

09.23.2011, 06:45 PM

Flatwheels
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Location: Japan
Posts: 27

quote:
Originally posted by husky51
As I've said before, Ithnk we.ve got the prettiest girls here in the Tavern...

I was just reading an old magazine about Arizona just a few minutes ago. And guess what? It had a picture gallery of the Grand Canyon... lol

BTW, I got relatives living in Mesa...

==========================
Renske, Welkommen. Which I think is Dutch or maybe German,

a-n-y-w-a-y...

Welcome to the Tavern... Flatwheels likes to think he's Dutch, but I suspect that he is actually Japanese, y'know... lol

(jus' funnin' wit' ya, Flats....)

He's really a mispl... uh. DISplaced... uh. Oh heck, he ain't where he's supposed to be... Dutchman...

are you mixing up languages now Husky?

90% Dutch and 10% Japanese.. You are photo still around here?

Welkom Renske!

09.22.2011, 06:18 PM

Flatwheels
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quote:
Originally posted by Renske
I love bellydance
..and Anime

http://orientaalsdansen.nl/vrijgezellenfeest-in-de-postwagen!,48.html

Yeeees! another Dutch!

09.21.2011, 05:25 PM

Flatwheels
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I gave fellow dutchman Rutger Hauer and Anthony Hopkins a chance in The Rite. It was..watchable

08.06.2011, 06:56 PM

Flatwheels
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I am okay with it..

We have this girl..eh...boy...now she looks 100% girl...was born as boy eh.. WELLLLLLL!!! I just wish she/he sometimes wears a shirt that says " I AM ACTUALLY A BOY" cause she/he has me fooled any times. I think the first time i saw her on tv (quite a common guest here on jap tv) I thinking "kawaiii!", when asking my wife about who she is, she told me that it`s Ai Haruna. Born male..now women.

http://my-favorite-girls.blogspot.com/2008/09/ai-haruna.html

08.06.2011, 06:51 PM

Flatwheels
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Location: Japan
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HL : The firework display in Kawagoe!

LL : Massive sunburn I got while cleaning the car

08.06.2011, 06:38 PM

Flatwheels
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Registration Date: 07.31.11
Location: Japan
Posts: 27

quote:
Originally posted by husky51
HL:
got to spend some good time with two grandsons and then an hour in the pool.

LL:
Some kids blew it there today, tho... I am probably the most easy going guy around these kids, but today some of them were out of control.

Some of the older boys/girls club kids were as usual being rowdy and had been spoken to more than once by the lifeguards, who they generally ignored. However, at one point they were crowding in around me, chasing some younger kid and I mean a whole mass of kids surged after this kid and I heard and watched as some said "go ahead and punch him, no one will hit you back, we'll back you up" and I said "Hey, boys, cool it" which they ignored.

The old lion (or I should say, Husky) roared!
"THAT IS ENOUGH!!! Stop coming around and trying to start fights... Back off and break it up, NOW!!!"

All of this in a loud, strong voice. They split up,"we didn't do nothing' 'we didn't say to hit anyone" and various other denials. Afterwards, i got a thumbs up from the two lifeguards closest to me and one later said the main guys were within a hairs breadth of being kicked out for the rest of the summer.

hahaha, wsn't funny at the time, but you should have seen the 8 to 10 troublemakers scatter, lol...

Well done...the world needs more people like you

08.06.2011, 06:36 PM

Flatwheels
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relaxing with the dog on the sofa while preparing for the nihongo club. Group of volunteers, mainly japanese folks in there 50`s willing to teach japanese in their sparet time to foreigners.

08.06.2011, 06:32 PM

Flatwheels
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Registration Date: 07.31.11
Location: Japan
Posts: 27

quote:
Originally posted by fenkashi
Haha, Kiki you make a great Tonks. ^^

And Flatwheels, welcome!

Thanks Fenkashi!

08.06.2011, 06:28 PM

Flatwheels
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Registration Date: 07.31.11
Location: Japan
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Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi will always be special to me. It was the first ever Ghibli production that I saw. The whole movie was an amazing adventure and after that I was hooked

08.04.2011, 03:37 AM

Flatwheels
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Registration Date: 07.31.11
Location: Japan
Posts: 27

quote:
Originally posted by husky51
hahaha
@Flatwheels...

Man, I haven't heard that tune in ages. It was a hit here in the States, way back when. I had learned it, prety much phonetically back then.

Also, I love the dish, sukiyaki, hardly any place serves it here.

Catchy tune ne? Will give it a shot at karaoke next time haha. Ah that is really a great dish , i like it as well. Can`t find it there? Good thing it`s easy to make yourself.

08.04.2011, 03:33 AM

Flatwheels
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Registration Date: 07.31.11
Location: Japan
Posts: 27

quote:
Originally posted by husky51
I must say that the bars that I went to when in Yokosuka were in the Honcho-cho area of Yokosuka, basically places like the Black Rose, the ****kickers Bar and the Brassrail to name a few, that catered to the Fleet. And remember, this was in 66-67.

I knew enough Japanese that I would get on a train and travel to someplace I'd never been before and get off and walk around, usually ending up in a little local bar. I had a lot of fun meeting people that spoke little English and had many an uproarious conversation where we barely understood what the heck we were saying to one another.

A young man I met on a train home from work one day came to the house with me and we became friends. I lost track of him shortly after we moved back to the States. His family invited my family for the weekend at their rice farm about 25 klicks outside of Tokyo. We climbed Mt Tskubasan (sic) while there. (Mitio and I)
Mitio Takahashi was his name.

Yokosuka will always have a special place in my heart and will move back there when I have the chance. Your experiences are great and reminds of some I have had here. THe encounters with the locals are just great. Specially where we live now..outside Tokyo and nothing but ricefields and local people who never spoke english, let alone seen a foreigner in real life lol. Amazing how they have an interest for you , although some are shy or just not interested in a gajin.

That`s too bad you lost contact, isn`t there a way to find him? You still have an adress or something?

08.01.2011, 11:00 PM

Flatwheels
Kodama

Registration Date: 07.31.11
Location: Japan
Posts: 27

quote:
Originally posted by husky51
great looking calendar book. Using the Japanese method of month designation... numbers, no names.

goes off looking for a Teto plushie...

Happy hunting! Can you find Ghibli stuff there where you live? If you need some help with stuff on this side of the planet , just let me know

08.01.2011, 10:54 PM

Flatwheels
Kodama

Registration Date: 07.31.11
Location: Japan
Posts: 27

quote:
Originally posted by husky51
I figured out the wife pic, but wasn't sure which was the dog....

hahaha, funning with ya, Flatwheels....

When we lived in Yokosuka we had a JKC Dachshund named 'Miss Emma of Opamesao" which is as near as I can get to spelling it properly. I was on the same ship as my stepdad during the mid-sixties and we were homeported in Yokosuka. We lived at the Yokohama Naval Housing complex and later in Hayama-Kokusai, a suburb of Yokosuka.

No worries lol..always in for a laugh. But dude! How cool is that?! I lived in Yokosuka when I came to Japan. My wife was working in Yokohama (travelex) and had an apartment in Yokosuka. Shin-Otsu station..Did you go to Morrigans ( irish bar?)

08.01.2011, 09:09 PM

Flatwheels
Kodama

Registration Date: 07.31.11
Location: Japan
Posts: 27

Element Hunters and Gundam ZZ

08.01.2011, 07:30 PM

Flatwheels
Kodama

Registration Date: 07.31.11
Location: Japan
Posts: 27

I am using a Ghilbli schedule book for ever year and it`s just great! Getting nice reactions from fellow japanese teachers as well students. Used the one from Kiki last year, this I am running around with the Laputa version. Here are some pics.

08.01.2011, 07:26 PM

Flatwheels
Kodama

Registration Date: 07.31.11
Location: Japan
Posts: 27

quote:
Originally posted by Kemi
I have absolutely no idea if there are more Dutch or Belgian members around here, but this website is also a good merchandise seller of Ghibli and other anime stuff. I've ordered my Totoro and Jiji pluches from there;

www.spaceoddity.nl

Just thought I'd mention this one. Unfortunately they have not much and don't ship outside the Netherlands. So..sorry if this is completely useless *blush*

Dutch here..

08.01.2011, 07:09 PM

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