Watch Japanese TV on the Internet.

I got sudden desire to watch Japanese TV show on the other day, and found the way to watch foreign TV show on the Internet. I can watch Japanese TV programs on cable TV but I have to make a contract for TV Japan Chanel and most of shows on TV Japan are from NHK which is a TV channel broadcasted by the government, so most of then are very educational. That's also good though, The shows I want to watch are not on the channel.

I found I can watch Japanese TV with TV Ants. It sounds like made in China. This P2P tool is very stable compare to others once you get the connection but sometimes it takes a while to connect and sometimes you just can't connect. You can watch not only Japanese TV. You can search on the channel list witch appears after you launch TV Ants. It sounds like there are secret channels that not on the searching list. I am asking a Chinese friend to let me know if she finds any on Chinese websites.

I am very happy I can watch Japanese TV on real time for free in Canada! Even though 17 hour time difference doesn't let me watch night-shows, I am enjoying afternoon-shows for house wives!



Official Web site (Chinese)
http://www.tvants.com/
It takes for a while to download it from this site, unbelievably heavy. You may download it more easily from flowing link.

TV Ants Down Load
http://tvants.en.softonic.com/



Here are japanese TV chanel URLs for people interested in TV shows in Japan.

Fuji TV
tvants://list.tvants.com/tvants/?k=b8169561515263ca67a79bd632ed8816
Ashahi TV
tvants://list.tvants.com/tvants/?k=fea37fa6c59646560c25687c2d2f4df7
Tokyo TV (lots of anime shows)
tvants://list.tvants.com/tvants/?k=12e45cca4a0c491872b49d47c499a251
TBS
tvants://list.tvants.com/tvants/?k=37d2e6d9f142b55c596ecc4f839b9fdf

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Go for run with KDDI cell phone for green seeds!

Au by KDDI which is one of Japanese cell phone companies has a unique campaign lately. I just saw the news on the Internet says that it is working so well.

The campaign called "Green Road Project" is the phone company collects money to buy seeds by phone usres jogging.

You go running or walking with the cellphone and leave "Run & Walk application" run on the cell to measure how far you go. You can give 1 Japanese Yen (about 1 U.S dollar) by 1 km jogging.

They also make their official website wider and now they are trying to set Guinness book of world record for the widest website.

Green Road Project Official Website.
http://au-ss.jp/pc/index.html

TV cm

(She is runing in a foreign country, the cell must be out of service area! That is weird)

The company collects money until the end of March and at their stores, they start handing out the seeds they buy with the money. So people have to plant the seeds. I wonder how many people actually seed them...why doesn't the phone company just donate the money to an environment protection organization? Well, it's still good to have such movement and it is cool the cell phone can measure the distance you have jogged!

Thay have collectd about 2,500,000 Japanese Yen so far.

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regrets at the party

There was a party on last Thursday with My all friends from the school where I am volunteering. The school is TESOL (Teaching English program) school, so there are some nationalities though, the school is very small. There are Korean, French, Belgium, Mexican and some immigrants originally from China, Iraq and America. I am only Japanese.

Whenever I have chance to talk to people from any other country, I feel so glad about I have been studying English and I can enjoy talking.

We have some times had a party together since we met this year at the school. I always have great time and I did this time too.



Yes, in fact, I had lot of fun at the party, but..I just feel regret about what I told one of my friends. He is from USA. He is such a fair guy. I never felt a barrier between us that I sometimes feel when I talk to western people. He is also such a entertainer and definitely a one of mood-makers in the school. So he is pretty much nice guy but not really acting for his age. For example, he never stop calling me "JAP" which I hate to hear. I got to know this is not a racist word. but I used to think so and many Japanese still take this word bad way. So I have asked him no to use the word before but he just doesn't take it serious. I wanna say..READ PEOPLE please! calling me "JAP" is not funny at all!! don't to try kidding me with the word.

I probably have had bad impression about him and I was pretty drunk at the time. When I saw third times him and his Japanese friend talking closely each other, sitting a small couch and he was holding her shoulders, I felt anger.

"Why this guy is talking so close to the girl? He has a long-tarm japanese girl friend and he is always saying I love her so much, I hate people cheating stuff. I never ever cheat on her! She is my only one. and now he is just flirting with a different japanse girl?!"

So I semply told him this.

He seemed mad and rushed back to her and came up to me, said "ASK her!!! she never meant to flirt with me!!!"

Of curse, Girls never admit such thing. "Yes, I meant to flirt with this guy who has a girl friend", especially Japanese girls! I know about Japanese girls, I am one of them. and she IS a Japanese! That's the point. If she ware not, I would not be care so much, I would think that could be culture difference. but when Japanese girl attitude like this toward a guy, it means something. I don't know about the Japanese girl and actually no matter there is actually the intention or not If I were his girl friend, I would be just jealous. That is the point.

That is what I thought at the party...but I now feel so regret I told him such a nosy thing. I probably give him apology next time I meet him..

That is totally him and her business. I used the ward of "flirt" which may be too Strong for I meant. "flirt" means they kissing or something? not only talking closely? maybe..I don't know. I would hate to see my boyfriend doing this anyways, even without kissing.

My idea is too square to some people but if you have a japanese girlfriend. maybe you should be carefull. I am pretty sure many girls in my country agree with my opinion.

mmmm...

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Atteding a wedding for the frist time

Last weekend, Paul and me went to his hometown, Kelowna. I have gone there with him 3 times but this time was for his friend's wedding and this was my first time attending a Western style wedding :)

The wedding was very casual. The Ceremony and the party took place in a community hall. no dinner. I still liked the style but I would like to join a regular one some day.

The couple gave us a baby pine as a present at the wedding. I was going to plant it in our yard and told by Paul "Pine trees grow meters!!". Well, I never planted any...

On the way to the wedding, I could see beautiful scenery! It is colder in Kelowna then Vancouver we live and there was still some snow on the ground. Fortunately it was nice weather on the weekends :) I believe I am a sunny maker! hehe =)

This was also fist time in my entire life! I went on a frozen lake. Paul and me were kind of scared. We didn't know its dangerous to step on it or not, though, seemed fine and it was very exciting moment for me who grew in a city where rarely snow!

The good thing was that Paul seemed to have started being aware of our marriage. We talked about our wedding would be very international, and lets put all different nationalities on each table together! I know it will happen at least in 2 years though X(

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Japan received 2 Academy Awards.

2 Japanese films won awards at the 81st Academy Award. I never heard of both of them though.

LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES / つみきのいえ(tu mi ki no ie) received The award for Animated short film. This is first time Japanese got this award.

[In a world gradually flooding with water, an old man adapts to changing circumstances and looks back on his life.]

Refer to The Official Academy Awards web site (LA MAISON EN PETITS CUBES)

つみきのいえ Means "building block house". Here is the amimation film from Youtube. It takes only 20 mins, no speaking in the movie but I was moved! Why don't you take only some time to watch this?






DEPARTURES / おくりびと(o ku ri bi to) received The award for foreign language film.

[When cellist Daigo Kobayashi finds himself unemployed, he returns with his wife to his hometown and answers an ad he believes has been placed by a travel agency. The available position, however, turns out to be with a company that prepares corpses for cremation--an elaborate ritual for which the stunned Daigo proves to have a surprising aptitude.]

Refer to The Official Academy Awards web site (DEPARTURES)

Japanese funeral is rather unique. You may be find interests in the idea about death based on Buddhism in japan. But sounds like the move has not been trunslated into English yet. I found the Trailer with English subtitle.

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Japanese comedy

I think each nationality has own sense of humor. My boyfriend, Paul and me mostly have the same sense of humor but sometimes not.

I can't really find American comedy funny sometimes. Some are too cruel or too violent to me. like south park. Family guy and Friends are funny for sure and also liked by international students maybe because those TV shows are easy to understand and on TV always.

I don't like When we watch Japanese TV-show with English subtitle and I laught so much but he doesn't laught at all. I feel our culture difference.

But this show made him laugh :) This guy is a popular comedian who named Jinnai Tomonori. His skit is always only himself in it.





I will post more movies that maybe funny to everyone.

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A drunk Japanese minister at G7

A Japanese Financial minister fell asleep at G7 Conference who named Syouichi Nakagawa. He made excuses for that after the conference was just too weak and he seemed actually just drunk. I found he resigned yesterday after all. This news is big in Japan lately.



Even though, He has been already know as a drinker, People don't like their delegate to act like an idiot of course. Besides, this news was brought to the world by the media. The criticize is mostly like this "this is shameful", "he is embarrassing us", "He is not aware how important his position is".

A famous comedian said about him. "If he would have done great job, people would less criticize him with this." I don't really know what he has done before as the position. The problem is he showed he is incapable enough to screw covering up his mistakes. The comedian also said "He should have showed more extream shameful behavior, like sleeping during the interview or fell down from chair many times so that people would think this guy is just different from anyone else ordinary!" Japan is luck of people capable to lead others. When I heard American president Obama's speech I just felt jealous. If there is such a guy who has power and skill to attract people, be able to make people proud their country, Japan doesn't need to change the prime minister every year...

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