As a line of duty, (hehe) I had a chance to visit the Tokyo Motor Show. This is one of the three worldwide motor show (Frankfurt, Detroit), and the state-of-the-art technologies come togather from all over the world.
This was second time I've ever been to the show, I realized that there is only few general guests come to see internatinal car ostentations, and the others are auto business people OR "geeks" taking photos of booth bunnies with formidable camera set. Well, I really wonder what they do with those photos of smiling uniformed girls. Enjoy looking at photos alone? Sell salacious shots at internet auction? That's really beyond my understandings. Well, however,,, I took one photo of those. Let me explain, hey, the attendants at Volkswagen booth are ravishingly beautiful. (this is not personal views, people going with me all agree with that!!)
Back to cars, Toyota's future-oriented mobility car for single use moved amazingly, it pointedly proposed future lifestyles with the car. As for our booth, well, cars were OK. They are one of the most neo-futuristic cars throughout the hall. Technology might be OK, or say, extremely. But sadly enough, we can't afford to get wider booth (in fact, wealthy enough, just don't try to make big promotion) , and more than that, I think we are lack in sensitivity for more attractive way of performance. On the other side, in Lamborghini booth, people crowds around only two cars displayed, no show, no decorations, nothing else but cars, despite they can't come even closer because of fence around the booth. Probably, the attractiveness of cars are not necessarily in its status, and nowadays great safety & ecology technologies are flourishing in Japan, still, it seems Japanese auto makers are still well behind European traditional car companies in sophistication to be felt behind the brand wherever from it is.
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Tokyo Int'l Film Festival
At Roppongi, where the center of cosmopolitanism in Tokyo, the 18th international film festival were held for one week from October 22. I went to the openeing ceremony and screening not just for paparazzi photos of famous movie stars (of course I looked forward to that), but to welcome Carol, my former boss at Washington DC Independent Film Festival who came to Japan for the festival. I was working for her festival while studying movie business. Since she likes Japanese foods, cultures and many, she has hired Japanese intern every year, and successive interns could make get together again this time.
We enjoyed great reunion eating and drinking traditional Japanese foods, and went to sightseeing around Tokyo. They are curious about everything so that sometimes we can hardly answer their questions. Thanks to that, I reaffirm my recognition of the need for understanding our own history and culture, and over the long run, that leads us to have global consciousness. The weekend reminded me mind of a world citizen.
We enjoyed great reunion eating and drinking traditional Japanese foods, and went to sightseeing around Tokyo. They are curious about everything so that sometimes we can hardly answer their questions. Thanks to that, I reaffirm my recognition of the need for understanding our own history and culture, and over the long run, that leads us to have global consciousness. The weekend reminded me mind of a world citizen.
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Chinese Square
October is rare month that has three-day holiday in my company calendar. The first night of the holiday, I went to Chinese Square in Yokohama with friends to eat nice Chinese! So long, I haven't visited the place and found lots of exciting streets, barkers taking passengers, chinese snack stands crawling with people. We were looking for a famous restaurant, and found it, but entered another one since that was a bit out of our price range. Well, foods are tasty enough to be satisfied.
Anyhow, it's really amazing that everywhere in the world you can find chinese square somewhere in city map. In those area, people preserve their traditions as foods or goods, and keep lifestyles. I can't stop thinking the inimitable power and vitality to keep identity.
Anyhow, it's really amazing that everywhere in the world you can find chinese square somewhere in city map. In those area, people preserve their traditions as foods or goods, and keep lifestyles. I can't stop thinking the inimitable power and vitality to keep identity.
Saturday, October 01, 2005
Shilver Mint?
I don't know why the place called as title, I went to Ginza, mecca of the most luxurious shopping streets in Tokyo, to get a feel for classiness. Ordinally, Japanese mailbox is painted red, but here the cutting edge of sophistication, even mailbox seems to act rich (aside from whether blue means gorgeousness or not).
Jesting apart, the entity which runs postal survice is now facing the first greatest cataclysm of the millenium. As US or several other country, postal services are run by governmental entity since it involves highly public aspects, but in these days it's getting to be pointed out that the inefficient operation especially in finances. "Finances??" you might say. Interesting point is, our postal service agency deals with its original life insurances and even provides us favorable rate saving account. Long ago, when private bankings were not reliable as those in these days, many people did deposit their fortune and bought postal-life-insurance. Problems arose mainly from this banking function of the service, i.e., their almost only way of fund management is investing public projects, most of which is now gasping for shringking number of public works, and that results in massive deficit. People's opinion move to privatization of the postal agency and allowance of free entry to the business. In near future, we might see more colorful mailboxes in streets.
(c.f. post on this photo is colored not because of the privatization things, probably its better fit to city's setting)
Jesting apart, the entity which runs postal survice is now facing the first greatest cataclysm of the millenium. As US or several other country, postal services are run by governmental entity since it involves highly public aspects, but in these days it's getting to be pointed out that the inefficient operation especially in finances. "Finances??" you might say. Interesting point is, our postal service agency deals with its original life insurances and even provides us favorable rate saving account. Long ago, when private bankings were not reliable as those in these days, many people did deposit their fortune and bought postal-life-insurance. Problems arose mainly from this banking function of the service, i.e., their almost only way of fund management is investing public projects, most of which is now gasping for shringking number of public works, and that results in massive deficit. People's opinion move to privatization of the postal agency and allowance of free entry to the business. In near future, we might see more colorful mailboxes in streets.
(c.f. post on this photo is colored not because of the privatization things, probably its better fit to city's setting)
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