It's been much too long since my last post. Here is a listing of some of the most beautiful Japanese songs in existence:
1. Raiya no Uta
It's one of the songs from Jungle Taitei. I owned the 45 RPM back in the 70s and lost it. I was fortunate to find it on YouTube recently. Hearing it again after 30 years, I think it is THE most beautiful Japanese song ever recorded. I believe Raiya is known to the West as Kitty. I watched the entirety of Jungle Taitei in Japan in Japanese in B&W.
2. Midori no Hidamari
This is the shudaika from Yamanezumi Rocky Chuck. I never saw the series but loved the song.
3. Kikoerukashira
From Akage no Anne.
4. Hot Stuff
From Cat's Eye. I'm not sure if this song belongs on this list since it's entirely in English.
Monday, December 21, 2009
Saturday, February 14, 2009
100 Things About Me
1. I’ve always loved the Thunderbirds TV series.
2. I have a bad case of acid reflux.
3. I think I saw, or rather felt, a ghost once.
4. The 7 years that I lived in Okinawa were the best of my life.
5. I’ve always thought it was a mistake to come to Hawaii.
6. I like to collect wooden tikis.
7. People usually don’t give coffee to children, but my mother used to make me coffee (with a lot of cream and sugar) from when I was about 4.
8. When I was small I saw Japanese ghost movies that were so scary I still recall the frightening bits.
9. When I was small, I had sunburn so terrible you can still see the scars on my shoulders.
10. I was always lactose intolerant, but my mother never believed me and fed me milk anyway.
11. For about the last 16 months I’ve been surviving on 4 hours or less sleep each night. I have no idea how I’m still alive.
12. I weigh about the same as in high school
13. I think I’m stronger than in high school. I was not much for exercise back then.
14. I was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan in 1954.
15. When I met a girl and saw her social security number, I was convinced that we were destined to be together. The last 4 digits of her SSN number was the same as the last 4 digits of our telephone in Okinawa.
16. I remember seeing the torch runner for the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. He ran through our little town of Sugita in Yokohama.
2. I have a bad case of acid reflux.
3. I think I saw, or rather felt, a ghost once.
4. The 7 years that I lived in Okinawa were the best of my life.
5. I’ve always thought it was a mistake to come to Hawaii.
6. I like to collect wooden tikis.
7. People usually don’t give coffee to children, but my mother used to make me coffee (with a lot of cream and sugar) from when I was about 4.
8. When I was small I saw Japanese ghost movies that were so scary I still recall the frightening bits.
9. When I was small, I had sunburn so terrible you can still see the scars on my shoulders.
10. I was always lactose intolerant, but my mother never believed me and fed me milk anyway.
11. For about the last 16 months I’ve been surviving on 4 hours or less sleep each night. I have no idea how I’m still alive.
12. I weigh about the same as in high school
13. I think I’m stronger than in high school. I was not much for exercise back then.
14. I was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan in 1954.
15. When I met a girl and saw her social security number, I was convinced that we were destined to be together. The last 4 digits of her SSN number was the same as the last 4 digits of our telephone in Okinawa.
16. I remember seeing the torch runner for the Tokyo Olympics in 1964. He ran through our little town of Sugita in Yokohama.
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