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http://www.youtube.com/
ハイイロネコの撮影に成功
野生ネコの世界
http://www.news.janjan.jp/world/0712/0711300509/1.php
http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~nekohaku/coveryasei.htm
ペット風水
http://fortune-matsukusa.a-thera.jp/
asahi.com(朝日新聞社):米作家・サリンジャー氏死去 「ライ麦畑でつかまえて」 - おくやみ・訃報
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/29/books/29salinger.html
http://www.asahi.com/obituaries/update/0129/TKY201001290001.html
http://mainichi.jp/select/today/news/20100129k0000e030003000c.html
http://d.hatena.ne.jp/miyabi-tale/20100129/1264735227
asahi.com(朝日新聞社):小瀬選手転落死「事件性なし」 警察、オリックスに説明 - 社会
http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0208/OSK201002080002.html
いよいよ明日五輪ですね!
フィギュアの面々大丈夫かな。
メンバーとしてはどの国よりも最強のはずですが。
テレビ朝日の安藤、モロゾフお2人さんの報道。
いやはや、知ってるのですよね…?
見ていてドキドキしたけど。
まあ、豆腐の角に頭ぶつけられたくはないので、あ、痛くないか。
馬に蹴られたくはないので。
恋愛も芸のこやし、ということで良いほうに向かってるから良いのでしょうね。
プルシェンコ選手。
競技者としてはヤグディン選手のほうが好きではあったが。
でも流暢な英語といい、アメリカ寄りなヤグよりもサンクトペテルブルグにこだわるプルのほうがロシアの伝統を守るという点で正統派なのか。
出てきたころは宇宙人!と思ったけど。
そして、4回転飛ばなくても優勝できる男子競技会に渇!、その姿勢もいい。
これが女子だと、アクセル飛んでもなにか反感買ってる?ような気が…
ジャネット・リン選手。
今の基準ですと点数も出ないのでしょうが、今の選手にないものをお持ちですね。
巫女さんとヒップホップガールの対比
St. Valentine’s Day in Japan
日本のバレンタインデー(英文)について、以前書いて見た文章です、もうこんなエネルギーないかな〜
In Japan, St. Valentine’s Day is quite different from western countries.
We think that it is the day for the couple or the day for “obligation”, but in the States, they think it is the day for the couple and the day for the family. American consider that the married couple is still “lover”, it is very different from Japan.
If a girl like a boy and she wants to say “ I love you” when they were not dating yet, we think that it is the day she can confess how she loves that boy.
Or we think it is the day only the women give chocolates to the boys.
Of course they do not have such definition for St. Valentine’s Day in the States.
The origin of St. Valentine’s Day also goes back to the 3rd century.
For farmers in Rome , the wolves were their natural enemies because the wolves killed and ate the resources of their “income”, such as cows and sheep.
They worshipped the God “ Luperas”, who protected domestic animals from wolves.
On Feb. 14th, they held the festival for worshipping Luperas.
Then, the influence of the Christianity dominated and was spread throughout Rome , so, the festivals for Luperas were designated as the day for respecting St. Valentine.
In Medieval times, since this season was also the birds were looking for their “spouse”, the custom which made the people think of the factor of the “romance” occurred amongst the people.
In England, giving love letters each other amongst the couple had become in common and traditionally for hundreds years.
Then, giving the Valentine’s cards became the symbol of the St. Valentine’s Day. So, it has caused the commercialism.
They say the reason why the custom of St. Valentine was spread because Ester, a daughter of a stationary store in Wister town, Massachusetts , she imported the Valentine’s cards from England in 1830’s, which had already been popular amongst people there. So, Wister Valentine cards became so popular that she earned the record-breaking sales.
They say the custom of St. Valentine’ s Day in Japanhas been spread after Korean War ( 1950).
According to a chronological table of Japanin 1950, the government dissolved the regulation for the price of the sweets.
Also some sugar-manufacturing companies such as “Dainippon Seito (sugar-manufacture)”, “ Nisshin seito” were established in 1950.
Fuji Seiyu (oil-manufacture) company was also established, so, these companies contributed not only to promote the margarine and chocolates but also sweets industries.
122 sweets companies joined “ Nippon Chocolates Technical AssociateUnion” in 1950.
Two of the biggest sweets companies such as Meiji and Morinaga, cooperated with NCTAU and established “ Materials of Chocolates Counter-planning ManagementConference” to promote the import of cacao beans. Because of the Barter Trade between South America and Japan, cacao beans were imported in 1950, it passed for 10 years since the Japanese government had stopped importing them because of the World WarU.
Considering these factors, the rumor, or we should say, “conspiracy of sweets industries” spread out the custom of St. Valentines Day in Japanmaybe true.
The Japanese have enthusiastically imported the custom from western countries, such as Christmas and St. Valentine’s Day even though our society is not based on Christianity. Then, we have changed them into “domestic” version.
About St. Valentine’s Day, the Japanese have “Giri choko( obligatory chocolates)” and “White Day”.
Some boys are not given any chocolates from girls. Some of those boy’s mothers feel so sorry that they give chocolates instead of girls. How merciful mothers in Japan are !
News sources: yukinet.com, weekender. co.jp
Translated by wakatakatakako/ Supervised by S M
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