Two Japanese films just one Academy Awards. Banzai!
One is called Okuribito (the person who waves good-bye). The title is Departures in English.
The other is a short animation: Tsumiki-no-ie (house made of children's blocks), or House of Small Cubes in English.
Everyone needs some good news once in a while. Even though we have--I mean had-- apparently the world's goofiest joke of a finance minister, it's nice to know we still do some things really well.
Okinawa Looks Like This
Peaceful: a beautiful place for a walk
自己紹介
- Chura
- Born and raised in the USA (NJ), I’ve spent most of my adult life in Japan. One of my favorite places in Japan is Okinawa. To me, Okinawa is a land of stories and an island of music, magic and mystery. The music is shima-uta, songs sung to the rhythm of a three-stringed lute called a sanshin. The magic is in the colors of land, sea and sky. The mystery? Mystery begins where the line between legend and verifiable human memories begins to blur. I am a member of the Archaeological Institute of America, chapter chief of a sanshin study society, and a founding member of the Marine Culture Research Association of Okinawa.