Comments on: Tv here… http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/ An Aussie girl living in Tokyo with her Japanese husband and 2 kids trying to make sense of her crazy yet funny Japanese life... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:29:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Daizawa http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Daizawa Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:19:07 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/#comment-165 Hi from a fellow Aussie girl also living in Tokyo. I'm all for watching Japanese dramas to improve your language, it's great for listening and gives you a chance to see how Japanese is used in situations you may not necessarily find yourself in (eg. waiting on a bridge every night for your ex-lover to return from overseas like he promised even though it's been 10 years and he hasn't contacted you once). Long Vacation is great but if you like Tsumabuki you should watch "Slow Dance", the story is quite similar to Long Vacation but it's really sweet and fun to watch. Enjoy! Hi from a fellow Aussie girl also living in Tokyo.
I’m all for watching Japanese dramas to improve your language, it’s great for listening and gives you a chance to see how Japanese is used in situations you may not necessarily find yourself in (eg. waiting on a bridge every night for your ex-lover to return from overseas like he promised even though it’s been 10 years and he hasn’t contacted you once). Long Vacation is great but if you like Tsumabuki you should watch “Slow Dance”, the story is quite similar to Long Vacation but it’s really sweet and fun to watch. Enjoy!

]]> By: KutU of the Afro Samurai Order http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/comment-page-1/#comment-164 KutU of the Afro Samurai Order Sun, 17 Sep 2006 22:11:40 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/#comment-164 Lulu, Where are you? It has been many days.... Lulu,

Where are you?
It has been many days….

]]> By: Madame Hooch of the Heath http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Madame Hooch of the Heath Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:47:42 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/#comment-163 *Parp!* *nods at Ye Ennye doth ye olde Penne* *scratches behind ear with pencil, sits, spreads out massive piles of books, paper, notes, and general STUFF, and commences working while waiting for the others* *pauses* *Thinks: should I say hello to our gracious host? * telepathy: Enny, you seem to have hung around here a bit, what do you think? - should I announce our Quest, or or just sit here taking up floor space? *Parp!*

*nods at Ye Ennye doth ye olde Penne*

*scratches behind ear with pencil, sits, spreads out massive piles of books, paper, notes, and general STUFF, and commences working while waiting for the others*

*pauses*

*Thinks: should I say hello to our gracious host? *
telepathy: Enny, you seem to have hung around here a bit, what do you think? – should I announce our Quest, or or just sit here taking up floor space?

]]> By: Zume http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/comment-page-1/#comment-162 Zume Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:03:45 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/#comment-162 Hi Lulu, thanks for your message. Yeah I did learn English here in tokyo.I went to English school for 2 years where I got to meet some nice,kind and cool people who taught me English very well, who are now my friends. I remember when I started studying E I couldnt say anything, like a teacher says ' how are you?' but Im like 'what????' so that really motivated me to study really hard also I paied a lot for school so I felt like I had to as best I could. I realy enjoyed it!! If you want to watch long vacation on dvd, maybe you should go to tsutaya in Shibuya the biggest one right near the bigeest intersection. Kimutaku was very young maybe 26 so which is the same age as me now. i mean I remeber watching the drama as I was thinking that he looked so matured and grown-up but now Im 26, but im not at all....it is so funny that when you are at the age of teens whoever you see,who are older than you,you think they are very cool but.....not. you know what Im saying?? Anyway that guy from ainori,he is super super wierd, dont know why ainori got him on the show but guess he is made up.isnt he? Sushi and I always say that do not believe everything you see on tv or read, we dont know whats real or whtas really going on. Hi Lulu,
thanks for your message.
Yeah I did learn English here in tokyo.I went to English school for 2 years where I got to meet some nice,kind and cool people who taught me English very well, who are now my friends.
I remember when I started studying E I couldnt say anything, like a teacher says ‘ how are you?’ but Im like ‘what????’ so that really motivated me to study really hard also I paied a lot for school so I felt like I had to as best I could. I realy enjoyed it!!

If you want to watch long vacation on dvd, maybe you should go to tsutaya in Shibuya the biggest one right near the bigeest intersection.
Kimutaku was very young maybe 26 so which is the same age as me now. i mean I remeber watching the drama as I was thinking that he looked so matured and grown-up but now Im 26, but im not at all….it is so funny that when you are at the age of teens whoever you see,who are older than you,you think they are very cool but…..not. you know what Im saying??
Anyway that guy from ainori,he is super super wierd, dont know why ainori got him on the show but guess he is made up.isnt he?
Sushi and I always say that do not believe everything you see on tv or read, we dont know whats real or whtas really going on.

]]> By: Lulu http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/comment-page-1/#comment-161 Lulu Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:01:12 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/#comment-161 Hi Zume, WOW,your English is awesome. I am really jealous but impressed! Did you learn English here in Japan? Please teach Shumpei!!! I am not a very good teacher so his English is still not very good but he is getting better and he understands a lot now! When we first met my Japanese was very bad BUT he did not speak any English at all so my Japanese got better. Maybe he will become fluent like you one day! I have not seen long vacation but I have heard it is very good. BUT at the TSUTAYA it only has the videos and we don't have a video player only the computer which we play DVD's on. So when we get video player I will rent it! Kimura Takuya must have been really young? Ask Sushi about reality shows in Australia. They are all set up too but still sometimes funny. I like ainori because i understand the Japanese!!! :-) But they are very good actors...the new shy boy (san-chan?) is a little bit strange though don't you think>? Say hi to Sushi, I love the blog that you guys have also. I loved the photos from Europe but haven't had time to look at the other ones on flickr yet... Have a good weekend Hi Zume,
WOW,your English is awesome. I am really jealous but impressed! Did you learn English here in Japan? Please teach Shumpei!!! I am not a very good teacher so his English is still not very good but he is getting better and he understands a lot now! When we first met my Japanese was very bad BUT he did not speak any English at all so my Japanese got better. Maybe he will become fluent like you one day!

I have not seen long vacation but I have heard it is very good. BUT at the TSUTAYA it only has the videos and we don’t have a video player only the computer which we play DVD’s on. So when we get video player I will rent it! Kimura Takuya must have been really young?

Ask Sushi about reality shows in Australia. They are all set up too but still sometimes funny. I like ainori because i understand the Japanese!!! :-) But they are very good actors…the new shy boy (san-chan?) is a little bit strange though don’t you think>?

Say hi to Sushi, I love the blog that you guys have also. I loved the photos from Europe but haven’t had time to look at the other ones on flickr yet…

Have a good weekend

]]> By: Zume http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Zume Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:18:16 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/#comment-160 hi, I tried to leave my comment but not sure if this works....I read your blog yesterday for the first time and I really like it. I havent watched Japanese dramas for almost 5 years.i just dont want to be on time or tape them. but there is one i really like is called 'long vacation' aired 10 years ago that Takuya Kimura played.its one of those love stories but for some reason,I got hooked on it and have watched over 20 times which doesnt mean Im a big fun of him. Speaking of Ainori, dont know why people love that show...to be honest I watch it but dont like it at all,because it is all set up.Im sooo impressed with how they act, they are really good at it. Dont you think?? hi, I tried to leave my comment but not sure if this works….I read your blog yesterday for the first time and I really like it.
I havent watched Japanese dramas for almost 5 years.i just dont want to be on time or tape them.
but there is one i really like is called ‘long vacation’ aired 10 years ago that Takuya Kimura played.its one of those love stories but for some reason,I got hooked on it and have watched over 20 times which doesnt mean Im a big fun of him.
Speaking of Ainori, dont know why people love that show…to be honest I watch it but dont like it at all,because it is all set up.Im sooo impressed with how they act, they are really good at it.
Dont you think??

]]> By: Lulu http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/comment-page-1/#comment-159 Lulu Thu, 14 Sep 2006 14:09:28 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/#comment-159 Adam- There are a lot of skit shows here. I am not sure of the one you mean but I will look out for it!! Does sound wacky! Last night I watched a strange show in which everyone had stockings on their head...and stuck stuff to their faces and tried to drink through the stocking etc....It was on very late at night...I was tired...so I have NO idea what it was actually about. Jen- I like his curls too, but I am pretty sure he perms his hair and then just straightens it if ne needs to...or his stylist does ;-) I never knew this until i came here but a lot of Japanese people chemically straighten their hair...Even if it is already straight...haven't figured out why yet. Adam- There are a lot of skit shows here. I am not sure of the one you mean but I will look out for it!! Does sound wacky! Last night I watched a strange show in which everyone had stockings on their head…and stuck stuff to their faces and tried to drink through the stocking etc….It was on very late at night…I was tired…so I have NO idea what it was actually about.

Jen- I like his curls too, but I am pretty sure he perms his hair and then just straightens it if ne needs to…or his stylist does ;-) I never knew this until i came here but a lot of Japanese people chemically straighten their hair…Even if it is already straight…haven’t figured out why yet.

]]> By: Jen http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/comment-page-1/#comment-158 Jen Wed, 13 Sep 2006 21:19:20 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/#comment-158 Gat su beee, Gat su beee!! I know what's going to be stuck in my head for the rest of my life! I love his curls, that product seems to be pretty awesome if it gets his presumably straight, thick asian hair to get curly. I'm v impressed :) Gat su beee, Gat su beee!! I know what’s going to be stuck in my head for the rest of my life!

I love his curls, that product seems to be pretty awesome if it gets his presumably straight, thick asian hair to get curly. I’m v impressed :)

]]> By: Adam http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/comment-page-1/#comment-157 Adam Wed, 13 Sep 2006 20:21:34 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/#comment-157 We saw the best show in the whole world in Japan.... I just don't know if I can explain it at all. It was a competition of sorts where people kind of acted out a small scene but dressed up in crazy costumes. Like there was about 40 people in one, and they were all dressed in blue and moved around so they looked like waves, and then they had a paper mache whales tail flick up and a whale blowhole and whatnot. Or another one was they were acting out a scene, but doing it upside down with the camera also upside. It was wacky, it was awesome!! I loved it and pine for it most days.... (except I forgot about it until now). We saw the best show in the whole world in Japan…. I just don’t know if I can explain it at all. It was a competition of sorts where people kind of acted out a small scene but dressed up in crazy costumes. Like there was about 40 people in one, and they were all dressed in blue and moved around so they looked like waves, and then they had a paper mache whales tail flick up and a whale blowhole and whatnot. Or another one was they were acting out a scene, but doing it upside down with the camera also upside. It was wacky, it was awesome!! I loved it and pine for it most days…. (except I forgot about it until now).

]]> By: Lulu http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/comment-page-1/#comment-156 Lulu Wed, 13 Sep 2006 04:40:01 +0000 http://www.cherryblossomadventures.com/2006/09/12/tv-here/#comment-156 Sushi- I most certainly do not pay my NHK bill although they never come and ask for money. Shumpei and I have discussed it and have said we won't pay it. Do you pay it? What is with that show with the foreign women?? I have seen it a couple times and I am yet to understand what the point of that is either. They are funny though! The changing point in my Japanese drama watching life was when I saw Orange Days with Tsumabuki Satoshi...So i understand your crush on Kimura during Pride! Nicole- Yes I was discussing how long SMAP have been around with Shun recently. It is amazing really and I wonder with the success of Kat-tun recently if it they will end up the same? Maybe I am way off though. Sushi- I most certainly do not pay my NHK bill although they never come and ask for money. Shumpei and I have discussed it and have said we won’t pay it. Do you pay it? What is with that show with the foreign women?? I have seen it a couple times and I am yet to understand what the point of that is either. They are funny though! The changing point in my Japanese drama watching life was when I saw Orange Days with Tsumabuki Satoshi…So i understand your crush on Kimura during Pride!

Nicole- Yes I was discussing how long SMAP have been around with Shun recently. It is amazing really and I wonder with the success of Kat-tun recently if it they will end up the same? Maybe I am way off though.

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