Japanese pop music

If we talk about music, it is the most global field, don't you think?
Wherever you are, you can hear various kinds of music from various countries.

Therefore, It became rather difficult to make a clear line
for genre on music.

Japanese pop music got also influenced by forign countries, it is said especially
from US. that's why many Japanese songs has some taste from foreign music,
Even you won't be able to find easily true Japanese music from pop music
listened by young people. (Of course we have japanese originated music,"which is called "enka" (演歌 in Japanese) which is almost for the old and usually is not
coming to TOP10 popular music chart.

The music which I post today is by "yuzu" that
I can say they are rarely influenced by forign music
and one of the most popular musician among young people.

I don't hesitate to introduce their sounds as a Japanese originated music.
This song is one of the most popular songs by "yuzu" and the music itself
gives you a flavor of summer.

Aquarium in SONY building in Ginza

Ginza is the area so colled "for the rich".
Ginbura is a kind of slung which means
just walking around in Ginza.

On weekend, main street becomes only for walkers
and no car allows to come in.
it is really for "ginbura" condition.

SONY, which is so famous too mention as a one of the
biggest campany in Japan,they have thier own building
in the center of Ginza.

Recently they set an big aguarium in front of the building.
and con you guess what kind of fishes are inside of the aquarium?
they were transferd from Okinawa located far from Tokyo,in the
most sounthern part of Japan.







I was with a friend and we decide to come in a cafe
after seeing the aquarium. what we were surprized at
was the price of cup of coffee.
it was totally "Ginza price".
Maybe the cafe we try to enter was kind of special,
of course not every cafe or restaurant give such a high price,
maybe,,,,maybe not?

Tokyo,it is small area when you check by world map, like
small dots in small Japan, But every area in Tokyo
has different culture and taste,that's interesting.

For example...
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Shibuya-for young
Shinbashi-business man
Aoyama-fashionable
Asakusa-mostly for the old,or foreigner
Akihabara-electronic, Manga
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Another Morchard!

I happened to find that Morchard is a name of town
in Australia.
I really didn't know another Morchard in the world
cause the name of this blog "Morchard" was totally created
by me with personal reason.

I haven't tell you readers why I named my blog "Morchard".
Now is the time to announce it.

First of all my name in Kanji, which is Japanese characterisrtic
letters originagted in China,means
"beautiful tree" in English.

it's easy to feel simpathy with something natural from my name.
And I like fruits not only in terms of eating but also the general concept
about fruits which is "good result after effort". It is written "実を結ぶ"　in japanese.

"Orchard" itself means fruits yard although I don't know exactly for what kind of
fruits.

The reason I put the letter of "M" on the top of "Orchard"
is just because it is initial letter of "Miki".
It's like I'm an owner of Miki's orchard in the blogging world.

I imaged that every posting on this blog were fruits.
The more I post, the larger Morchard will be.

Disney on ice ---princess dream----

It is quite hot these days.

But there was a "cool" event by which you forget
a hot day.

At Yoyogi Taikukan in Tokyo,
lots of people made a line to enter a hall
holding a ticket for "disney on ice -princess dream 2008-".

It is a skating show that actors wearing
costumes of princess,price,and other charactures of Disney.
Personaly,I like Jasmine and Allagin and thier song
A whole new world

It seems the show is held in different contries every year.
and the video I posted here is in English not
in Japanese I saw. but still you see piece of
contents of the show regardless of language.

Imagination

Watch this till the end.It's not so long.
Don't skip.

First business trip in Tohoku area.

It was my first time to have business trip today.


you will find a collored map of Japan here


Green part of the map is Tohoku region where I went today.

The place where I went last Sunday to picking cherry tour was
Nagano prifecture in Koshin-etsu region colloerd by orange.

Mainly Japan are devided into nine parts including Ryukyu island.
Each region has speciallities or sometime, dialogs which even
I Japanese can't understand.

There is a myth from ancient time,it is even before
we were influenced by Budddism from China.

The region on this story is Kyushu region
collored in yellow.

There was a god who control the Sun in the world
She was called "Amaterasu ookami"
Oneday she got angry with something and hide herself
in a rock hole.
To get her out from there, other gods pretended to be
enjoying to sing or dance. They thought Amaterasu
must feel to join it and come outside from rock holes.

when Amaterasu step out,
Other gods catched her not to go back to hole
and finally Sunshine came back to the world.

check the details about Japanese Region.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_regions_in_Japan
sorry,about the Myth, no reference here.....