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AT (1676 KP) rated After the Quake in Books
Jul 13, 2019
This is a fictional book of short stories. Each story focuses on a character and his or her life in a period of time after the earthquake in Kobe, Japan in 1995. I think the book was probably better than I think it was. Honestly, I think I'm thinking too deeply about a couple of the stories, and I'm missing the simplicity. The stories were all interesting on a personal level, though.
Dean (6921 KP) rated Lost In Translation (2003) in Movies
Aug 13, 2017
Two great lead characters (1 more)
Great footage of Tokyo and Japan
A study in relationships
A film most seem to love or hate. I'm right down the middle. It is a good film, well made and the scenes in and around Tokyo are well shot. It's basically about a friendship between unlikely people in an unlikely place. A bit slow for some, but if you like films about human character and different personalities you will like this.
Hendrik vanger (6 KP) rated Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life in Books
Feb 2, 2019
This is one of the must have books.
Ikigai is a way of seeing life in a different light and finding what makes life worth living. After reading this book you will see life in a different and better way. On top the book is full of helpful advise from Japan about food or exercises for example.
This is one of the books you buy, keep it and you will read it over and over again ❤️❤️❤️
Ikigai is a way of seeing life in a different light and finding what makes life worth living. After reading this book you will see life in a different and better way. On top the book is full of helpful advise from Japan about food or exercises for example.
This is one of the books you buy, keep it and you will read it over and over again ❤️❤️❤️
Ross (3282 KP) rated At Budokan by Cheap Trick in Music
May 7, 2020
Rolling Stone's 426th greatest album of all time
An incredibly atmospheric live album (Cheap Trick really seem to have been massive in Japan, like Beatlemania level), including "I Want You to Want Me" and a number of other foot-stomping rock and roll songs. One nice little Easter Egg was discovering that the speaking at the end of "I Want You to Want Me" was sampled to introduce "Jimmy James" by the Beastie Boys on Check Your Head.
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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated Men Without Women: Stories in Books
Jul 24, 2017
Modern day Hemingway without the tangential narratives
Taking the title from the original Ernest Hemingway novel, Haruki Murakami has updated it for a modern audience in different parts of the world, primarily Japan.
It is a series of portraits of men who have chosen the path of loneliness away from women and the void that it creates when running away from intimacy. Beautiful, simplistic with a wonderful flow, Murakami has a spectacular way of building characters and their anecdotal narratives.
It is a series of portraits of men who have chosen the path of loneliness away from women and the void that it creates when running away from intimacy. Beautiful, simplistic with a wonderful flow, Murakami has a spectacular way of building characters and their anecdotal narratives.
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David McK (3207 KP) rated Reaping Wind: A Montague and Strong Detective Novel in Books
Oct 7, 2019
Book number 9 (already) in the Montague and Strong series, that sees the titular immortal detective Simon Strong and his Mage partner-in-crime Tristran Montague (and Peaches the hellhound) travelling to Japan to track down the leader of New York's Dark Council (and Simon's on-again off-again) vampire girlfriend Michiko, while she is also being stalked (is that the right word?) by a fanatical group of vampire hunters the Blood Hunters.
And, for once, they manage to leave the surroundings (mostly) intact!
And, for once, they manage to leave the surroundings (mostly) intact!