Wrinkle, spot and dark circles under eyes. They are the great enemies for women.
In Japan, it is now said that to remove the cause of the enemies, invisible dirt on skin, cleaning with fine foam is effective.
As a soap which has fine foam with great adsorption, this green tea soap called “Cha no Shizuku” by Yuuka Co., Ltd. has gained excellent review by women’s word of mouth.
green tea soap called “Cha no Shizuku” posted by (C)ちろまま
It is made from chemical-free tea, so it is kind to delicate facial skin.
The form is so elastic and fine that it can catches the fine dirt in pores and wrinkles.
Not only did “Cha no Shizuku” ranked top in various Cosmetic Awards of major women’s magazines such as “InRed”, “Oggi”and “Biteki”in 2009, it also the best selling facial soap in 2008, according to a survey.
The set of the 60g soap with a foaming net is 1,980 yen (US$22).
It is not cheap as a regular soap but women of wide age range love this soap.
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“Forgiving is Life Itself”
Today’s storyteller is a famous Japanese water color painter Mitsumasa AnnoW.
He is best known as an author of children’s books.
The story is about “black cat and life”.
It’s a strange combination but they are somehow related each other for him.
It must have happened to anyone but when he accidentally spotted his painting with a drop of black ink, he calmly paints something over it such as a black tree or a black cat passing.
Although when he covered a spot with a black cat, he gets anxious about it next day, contrary to his intention to ignore it.
First he thought “I did it well” and later, he starts regretting having painted a black cat, and ends in failure.
Also he makes another critical mistake, which is that when he engraves his seal (as a signature), he accidentally stamps upside down.
After all the hard work, it’s simple but critical mistake at the very end.
There are some works stamped upside down, so he asked a Chinese engraver how they handle it.
According to the engraver, the moment the artist engraves is “the only once in lifetime”, and Anno interprets the word that “failure is also a frame of the process”.
Anno’s words
“One can’t live if failure is never allowed. ‘Forgiving’ is life after all. As many things are so, painting is also life.”
The NIKKEI May/7/2009 by Mitsumasa Anno (water color painter)
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Yesterday, I went to an garage kits event called Wonder Festival 2010.
Professional and amateur modelers bring the kits that they put all their skills into, and display and sell for the purpose of showing their abilities of modeling.
The host is the most known figurines company, Kaiyodo Co. Ltd..
What attracts the visitors the most is that there are the garage kits of existing characters that are sold only that day, and one-off or limited kits are lined up (especially amateurs’ works are in very small quantities, so if a buyer misses getting one on the day, he/she’ won’t get it forever).
In the site, there are a great number of garage kits, plastic models, dolls and costumes, which is interesting because many of which are not found at usual stores.
Let me talk about it in order. First of all, I got this admission ticket but it’s actually a “guide book”.
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The Valentine’s Day is coming right around the corner.
For the romantic night, these three night views are perfect!
First view is from Mt. Hakodate in Hakodate, HokkaidoW.
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“Don’t ask right away. Find on your own first.”
Today’s story is a prominent voice actor, Nachi NozawaW.
He is famous for dubbing Bruce Willis, Al Pacino and Alain Delon’s voices.
The story was about when he just started the career.
He went to the audition for the voice of Illya Kuryakin from “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.”, an American TV drama series, and he first met a director Teruo Takiyama, who gave a great influence on Nozawa’s life.
After that, they started working together but Takizawa was really hard on him.
Even when Nozawa asked him to retake a scene, he just said “feel humiliated when it’s aired” and never accepted to his request.
Not understanding Takiyama’s intention, Nozawa got really stressed out and jumped out from the studio three times.
Although Nozawa didn’t have good impression of him, later he found that Takiyama diligently checked TV guide to find the programs that Nozawa in and watched them.
Nozawa explains the feeling to know the fact.
“That went to my heart. All the time he seemed like as if he pushed me off, but he had sincerely been watching me grow as an actor.”
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Time went by; Nozawa founded a voice actor’s school and teaches the students everyday.
What he consider when he communicate with the students is that they easily asks him “What does this line mean?”
Knowing that how an actor says the line tells if the actor observes “human” enough, Nozawa tells the student who continuously asks such question,
“Don’t ask others. Humiliate yourself.”
In that word, there is Nozawa’s strong intention to take over the Takiyama’s sharp teaching towards (voice) actors.
The NIKKEI Apr/30/2009 by Nachi Nozawa (voice actor)
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Many of you may be able to play some sort of musical instrument, is there a violinist?
I read a unique blog article about the violin family.
This blogger was at a music store and noticed something interesting.
Look at the picture first.
Aren’t these contrabasses cute? The two holes next to the strings (F-holes) look like drooping eyes.
But when you look at it from a different angle…
The part holding the stings called “bridge” looks like face again!
This looks like skeleton or lion dance or devil. Anyway it has scary face.
These lined up ones look cute though (^_^)
Reference: Daily Portal Z
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“Don’t be hasty! Don’t compare! Don’t give up!”
Today’s story teller is a member of a female vocal/dance group SPEED, Eriko ImaiW.
Working as solo, she released the 3rd album “Utagoe” in April 2009, and there was her interview article in Tokyo Head Line, a Kanto district limited free paper.
Utagoe means “singing voice” in Japanese.
“May my Utagoe reach to the listeners.” That is her wish she put into the album.
To the question “what do you want to tell your fans through the album?” she answered,
“Hope. I love these three words ‘Don’t be hasty. Don’t compare. Don’t give up.’ Humans are greedy and envy others, but I am myself but no one else. So, I want to deliver the three words to everyone who listens to my songs, and tell them don’t give up your dreams.”
TOKYO HEAD LINE Apr/27/2009 by Eriko Imai (singer)
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An interesting tour is going to be held, where the tourists can experience Buddhist monk’s life for three days in Fukuroi, Shizuoka PrefectureW.
The three-day monks can tour five temples in the area and experience zazen (meditation), shakei (transcribing a sutra), takigyo (waterfall ascetic), monk’s diet (vegetarian) and so on.
After the tour, the participants are given certificates.
The tour will be held twice in February and the price starts from 21,000 yen (about US$235).
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The picture is just an image, and it is not directly related to the tour.
To see a part of the brochure, click HERE.
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