Sushi - The Etiquette Guide
Hilarious in a dry way.
A video instruction on how visiting a sushi restaurant in Japan.
Created by Japanese comedians, its a satire on not only sushi
restaurants but the meticulous procedures and practices in Japanese
business.
八分のビデオで長いですが、日本人だからこそ笑えるところも多いですよ。
Hilarious in a dry way.
A video instruction on how visiting a sushi restaurant in Japan.
Created by Japanese comedians, its a satire on not only sushi
restaurants but the meticulous procedures and practices in Japanese
business.
八分のビデオで長いですが、日本人だからこそ笑えるところも多いですよ。
I actually learned to appreciate shouchu at Gochi.
Apparently, Gochi has plans to make the storage area
behind the counter into an open kitchen.
I will have to comeback to visit!
Apparently, Gochi has plans to make the storage area
behind the counter into an open kitchen.
I will have to comeback to visit!
As I work in numbers, one of my mentors used to tell me:
"always carry a good solid and reliable calculator that
does not require batteries and has a nice big key pad
to avoid mistakes. not one of those scientific calculators."
Plus, this is my very 2nd pic with my first digital camera.
Again, aiming for the "artsy" result.
ちょっとオシャレな写真でしょう？
"always carry a good solid and reliable calculator that
does not require batteries and has a nice big key pad
to avoid mistakes. not one of those scientific calculators."
Plus, this is my very 2nd pic with my first digital camera.
Again, aiming for the "artsy" result.
ちょっとオシャレな写真でしょう？
Costco: Not exactly what I would call "my favorite" but a good place for volume discount purchases. Toilet paper, gum, detergent, etc...
コストコ Japan: 最近日本でも出来たみたいですね。
コストコ Japan: 最近日本でも出来たみたいですね。
Fresh variety of greens and veggies topped with scrumptious seafood
(salmon roe, sea urchin, slices of sashimi).
One of the chef's specialties and very popular at Gochi.
魚色々サラダ。文句なし、皆好きですね。
(salmon roe, sea urchin, slices of sashimi).
One of the chef's specialties and very popular at Gochi.
魚色々サラダ。文句なし、皆好きですね。
Sun worries? Let your bikini do the talking
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the bikini turns 60, it's entering the electronic age with a new model featuring a built-in alarm to warn wearers to get out of the sun -- and ease concerns that the scanty swimsuits damage the health.
The American Cancer Society advises that the best way to lower the risk of skin cancer, the most common form of the disease in humans, is to avoid too much exposure to the sun and other sources of ultraviolet light.
So Canadian company Solestrom has come up with a new bikini that goes on sale next month with a UV meter built into its belt and an alarm that beeps to tell wearers when to head to the shade.
...read the full article: HERE
ＵＶメーターつき水着…外に出なきゃいいのでは！？
腰にＵＶメーターのついた水着が登場です。ちーっと格好悪いし、紫外線がいやなら外にでなきゃいいと思うんですが…。女性の心理はなかなか奥が深いものなのです。（ロイター）
ZAKZAK 2006/07/28
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
X-25: Now this is the type of technological advancement I'm all for!
おへそはプチOutyが大好きで～す。
NEW YORK (Reuters) - As the bikini turns 60, it's entering the electronic age with a new model featuring a built-in alarm to warn wearers to get out of the sun -- and ease concerns that the scanty swimsuits damage the health.
The American Cancer Society advises that the best way to lower the risk of skin cancer, the most common form of the disease in humans, is to avoid too much exposure to the sun and other sources of ultraviolet light.
So Canadian company Solestrom has come up with a new bikini that goes on sale next month with a UV meter built into its belt and an alarm that beeps to tell wearers when to head to the shade.
...read the full article: HERE
ＵＶメーターつき水着…外に出なきゃいいのでは！？
腰にＵＶメーターのついた水着が登場です。ちーっと格好悪いし、紫外線がいやなら外にでなきゃいいと思うんですが…。女性の心理はなかなか奥が深いものなのです。（ロイター）
ZAKZAK 2006/07/28
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
X-25: Now this is the type of technological advancement I'm all for!
おへそはプチOutyが大好きで～す。
Different Kind Of Hot Dog Contest
Japanese show has a young actress lick various condiments off of a very long hot dog as part of a contest.
Condiments includes:
-ketchup
-chocolate
-whipped cream
-mayonnaise
-tarter sause
Japanese show has a young actress lick various condiments off of a very long hot dog as part of a contest.
Condiments includes:
-ketchup
-chocolate
-whipped cream
-mayonnaise
-tarter sause
In the heart of Beijing, the restaurant that invented Peking Duck!
Crispy and full of flavor. Much less greasy then in the US.
It was so good, I went back again the next day!
アメリカで食べる北京ダックよりあっさりで美味ですよ～
Crispy and full of flavor. Much less greasy then in the US.
It was so good, I went back again the next day!
アメリカで食べる北京ダックよりあっさりで美味ですよ～
“Baby, if you’re feeling good
and baby, if you’re feeling nice,
you know YOUR MAN is working hard,
he’s worth a DEUCE!”
KISS live at Chumash Casino
San Ynez, California
Friday July 28th, 2006 8:00PM
Paul Stanley / Gene Simmons / Eric Singer / Tommy Thayer
PICTURE:
Top Row Autograph
- Doc McGhee (manager)
- Melissa Madden (McGhee Entertainment)
- Keith Leroux (KISS online webmaster)
- Tommy Thayer
Bottom Row Autograph
- Hab Haddad (road manager)
- Paul Stanley
- Tim Sullivan (Detroit Rock City movie associate producer)
First, let me thank the two beautiful ladies that made this blessed event possible for me, Doc McGhee for offering to get me in to the show, Keith Leroux for being the nicest guy in the whole house, but most especially to Hab Haddad for his generosity and courtesy. They made this one of the most memorable “KISS” nights in my 31 years as a fan.
After a four hour drive down from San Jose, I arrived at the Chumash casino resort an hour and a half from show time and collected my ticket and backstage pass (colored wristband) at will call. Armed with my first ever backstage pass, I entered the auditorium before the doors were open to the general ticket holders.
Chumash, being a brand new complex, the arena was very clean and resembled a very large meeting hall at a top hotel. The place appeared to hold around 2,000 seats with the farther half gradually sloping higher. Truly, every seat in the place was a great seat.
With only a handful of people in the room, I was able to get a good look at the stage. While obviously smaller than the stage they set up for the Japan tour the week before, it was still a pretty good size. At center stage, in front of Eric’s kit, were 6 speaker cabinets. Eric’s kit was on a raised platform (no levitation) with a single lighted KISS sign behind him. On both sides of the stage had twenty two cabinets each stacked up as high as four levels. The stage had the now customary (for KISS), two center mic stands with another two on both far left and far right of the stage on a slightly raised platform. I was also surprised to see pyro wired through out and a set of confetti blasters in such a small venue. It was a clean but very impressive “little” stage. Hell, this scaled down KISS stage would be far more exciting than most other band’s set up for a stadium gig.
Although the backstage pass was meant for after the show, Hab (road manager) gave me a quick tour of backstage as well as up onto the stage showing me where the guitars were stored and the locations of the pyro. Very very cool. Actually, I was so excited and on cloud nine that the whole thing became a blur. It was as if I was dreaming.
Now, finally it’s show time. After the lights went dark, I could make out Gene’s silhouette as the band climbed up to the stage from the rear and took center stage. There was no customary introduction, “You wanted the best…”, but instead, Paul spoke to the crowd challenging them to be as wild as last Wednesday’s Chumash crowd. Don’t worry Paul, we would not disappoint.
Okay, below is the set list:
01 Detroit Rock City
02 Makin' Love
03 Watchin' You
04 King of the Night Time World
05 Deuce
06 Christine Sixteen
07 Firehouse (Gene breathes fire)
08 Got To Choose
09 Strutter
10 Take Me (unscheduled)
11 Heaven's on Fire
12 I Love It Loud
13 Love Gun
14 God of Thunder (Gene spits blood)
15 Do You Love Me?
16 100,000 Years (unscheduled)
17 Shout It Out Loud
18 Black Diamond
19 Let Me Go, Rock and Roll
encore:
20 C'mon And Love Me (unscheduled)
21 God Gave Rock And Roll To You II
22 Rock And Roll All Nite
I had a peek at the set list before the concert so the above three “unscheduled” songs were really last minute additions during the performance.
The band sounded tight. Paul is the master at working the crowd and his voice was never better. I have always admired his stage charisma & prancing moves and can not believe he had hip replacement surgery. Eric was solid yet seemed to have a lot of fun as he often embellished his drumming on certain spots. He is the true rock of KISS. Tommy was brilliant. This is my third time seeing Tommy in KISS and I have been a fan since day one. Gene was Gene; bombastic, mighty, and pompous. And the crowd loved the bat lizard.
I had read online from reports from the Wednesday show but was still surprised at the extent of the pyro used at such a small indoor venue. This was only small scale in terms of size of the crowd, not the performance.
After the close to two-hour set, I was exhausted. Not so much from the long drive but from the energy expended at a KISS concert: singing word for word each song, dancing and moving to the energy, and just plain screaming my head off. But boy did it feel good.
I spotted Doc in the audience and thanked him for his kindness then slowly worked my way backstage.
Backstage at Chumash is small: a hallway leading from the stage area to the back loading dock, several rooms the band used for wardrobe and eating area, and a large room that probably housed the power for the stage. There were two large trailers out in the back loading dock that the band used for as their dressing rooms.
For the next two hours, I mingled with the twenty or so crowd that hung backstage. Hab & Doc were very busy checking on the both the band as well as the dismantling of the stage. Tim Sullivan, the associate producer for the KISS movie Detroit Rock City was hanging backstage with his friends. I got to meet and talk a bit with Keith Leroux, the KISS online webmaster. Not only do I enjoy the changes he’s made to KISS’ official website but have always been a big fan of KISS Asylum fan website. I also met Melissa Madden from McGhee Entertainment. While I was waiting for the band to make their appearance, to my surprise, Tommy had already taken his makeup off and was hanging out with the fans and answering all questions. He was gladly signing autographs and posing for pictures, a truly nice guy. He told me how much he loved Japan and enjoyed every visit. Boys, his wife Amber is gorgeous! Eric (also unmasked) also mingled with the crowd as he kept going back and forth between his dressing room and the inside wardrobe room collection his stuff. I offered my condolences regarding the recent passing of his father and he looked me straight in the eye and thanked me. Paul (again unmasked) also took a lot of time to mingle and sign autographs. I was pinching myself when Paul and Tommy were talking about tonight’s performance and how it compared to the other night. What a dream conversation to overhear! There was a signed Paul Stanley custom Washburn guitar with the fractured mirror face. It was the new prize possession of a musician visiting from Japan, Hiro. I got to talk to two lovely ladies from Signatures Network (merchandise), Karen and Emily, while we hung around in hopes of getting a peek at Gene but later found out that he had quickly left right after the concert still in his make up.
Then, it was another four-hour drive back to San Jose. I was exhausted but with memories that will stay with me forever.
Thanks for reading.
OTHER PICTURES:
- Signed picture
- Schedule & business cards (Doc & Keith)
- Wardrobe sign, ticket, and backstage pass wristband
- Concert T shirt
and baby, if you’re feeling nice,
you know YOUR MAN is working hard,
he’s worth a DEUCE!”
KISS live at Chumash Casino
San Ynez, California
Friday July 28th, 2006 8:00PM
Paul Stanley / Gene Simmons / Eric Singer / Tommy Thayer
PICTURE:
Top Row Autograph
- Doc McGhee (manager)
- Melissa Madden (McGhee Entertainment)
- Keith Leroux (KISS online webmaster)
- Tommy Thayer
Bottom Row Autograph
- Hab Haddad (road manager)
- Paul Stanley
- Tim Sullivan (Detroit Rock City movie associate producer)
First, let me thank the two beautiful ladies that made this blessed event possible for me, Doc McGhee for offering to get me in to the show, Keith Leroux for being the nicest guy in the whole house, but most especially to Hab Haddad for his generosity and courtesy. They made this one of the most memorable “KISS” nights in my 31 years as a fan.
After a four hour drive down from San Jose, I arrived at the Chumash casino resort an hour and a half from show time and collected my ticket and backstage pass (colored wristband) at will call. Armed with my first ever backstage pass, I entered the auditorium before the doors were open to the general ticket holders.
Chumash, being a brand new complex, the arena was very clean and resembled a very large meeting hall at a top hotel. The place appeared to hold around 2,000 seats with the farther half gradually sloping higher. Truly, every seat in the place was a great seat.
With only a handful of people in the room, I was able to get a good look at the stage. While obviously smaller than the stage they set up for the Japan tour the week before, it was still a pretty good size. At center stage, in front of Eric’s kit, were 6 speaker cabinets. Eric’s kit was on a raised platform (no levitation) with a single lighted KISS sign behind him. On both sides of the stage had twenty two cabinets each stacked up as high as four levels. The stage had the now customary (for KISS), two center mic stands with another two on both far left and far right of the stage on a slightly raised platform. I was also surprised to see pyro wired through out and a set of confetti blasters in such a small venue. It was a clean but very impressive “little” stage. Hell, this scaled down KISS stage would be far more exciting than most other band’s set up for a stadium gig.
Although the backstage pass was meant for after the show, Hab (road manager) gave me a quick tour of backstage as well as up onto the stage showing me where the guitars were stored and the locations of the pyro. Very very cool. Actually, I was so excited and on cloud nine that the whole thing became a blur. It was as if I was dreaming.
Now, finally it’s show time. After the lights went dark, I could make out Gene’s silhouette as the band climbed up to the stage from the rear and took center stage. There was no customary introduction, “You wanted the best…”, but instead, Paul spoke to the crowd challenging them to be as wild as last Wednesday’s Chumash crowd. Don’t worry Paul, we would not disappoint.
Okay, below is the set list:
01 Detroit Rock City
02 Makin' Love
03 Watchin' You
04 King of the Night Time World
05 Deuce
06 Christine Sixteen
07 Firehouse (Gene breathes fire)
08 Got To Choose
09 Strutter
10 Take Me (unscheduled)
11 Heaven's on Fire
12 I Love It Loud
13 Love Gun
14 God of Thunder (Gene spits blood)
15 Do You Love Me?
16 100,000 Years (unscheduled)
17 Shout It Out Loud
18 Black Diamond
19 Let Me Go, Rock and Roll
encore:
20 C'mon And Love Me (unscheduled)
21 God Gave Rock And Roll To You II
22 Rock And Roll All Nite
I had a peek at the set list before the concert so the above three “unscheduled” songs were really last minute additions during the performance.
The band sounded tight. Paul is the master at working the crowd and his voice was never better. I have always admired his stage charisma & prancing moves and can not believe he had hip replacement surgery. Eric was solid yet seemed to have a lot of fun as he often embellished his drumming on certain spots. He is the true rock of KISS. Tommy was brilliant. This is my third time seeing Tommy in KISS and I have been a fan since day one. Gene was Gene; bombastic, mighty, and pompous. And the crowd loved the bat lizard.
I had read online from reports from the Wednesday show but was still surprised at the extent of the pyro used at such a small indoor venue. This was only small scale in terms of size of the crowd, not the performance.
After the close to two-hour set, I was exhausted. Not so much from the long drive but from the energy expended at a KISS concert: singing word for word each song, dancing and moving to the energy, and just plain screaming my head off. But boy did it feel good.
I spotted Doc in the audience and thanked him for his kindness then slowly worked my way backstage.
Backstage at Chumash is small: a hallway leading from the stage area to the back loading dock, several rooms the band used for wardrobe and eating area, and a large room that probably housed the power for the stage. There were two large trailers out in the back loading dock that the band used for as their dressing rooms.
For the next two hours, I mingled with the twenty or so crowd that hung backstage. Hab & Doc were very busy checking on the both the band as well as the dismantling of the stage. Tim Sullivan, the associate producer for the KISS movie Detroit Rock City was hanging backstage with his friends. I got to meet and talk a bit with Keith Leroux, the KISS online webmaster. Not only do I enjoy the changes he’s made to KISS’ official website but have always been a big fan of KISS Asylum fan website. I also met Melissa Madden from McGhee Entertainment. While I was waiting for the band to make their appearance, to my surprise, Tommy had already taken his makeup off and was hanging out with the fans and answering all questions. He was gladly signing autographs and posing for pictures, a truly nice guy. He told me how much he loved Japan and enjoyed every visit. Boys, his wife Amber is gorgeous! Eric (also unmasked) also mingled with the crowd as he kept going back and forth between his dressing room and the inside wardrobe room collection his stuff. I offered my condolences regarding the recent passing of his father and he looked me straight in the eye and thanked me. Paul (again unmasked) also took a lot of time to mingle and sign autographs. I was pinching myself when Paul and Tommy were talking about tonight’s performance and how it compared to the other night. What a dream conversation to overhear! There was a signed Paul Stanley custom Washburn guitar with the fractured mirror face. It was the new prize possession of a musician visiting from Japan, Hiro. I got to talk to two lovely ladies from Signatures Network (merchandise), Karen and Emily, while we hung around in hopes of getting a peek at Gene but later found out that he had quickly left right after the concert still in his make up.
Then, it was another four-hour drive back to San Jose. I was exhausted but with memories that will stay with me forever.
Thanks for reading.
OTHER PICTURES:
- Signed picture
- Schedule & business cards (Doc & Keith)
- Wardrobe sign, ticket, and backstage pass wristband
- Concert T shirt