This year, 2008, is said to be the 1,000th anniversary 源氏物語 (Genji Monogatari, or Tale of Genji) was written.
紫式部 (Murasaki Shikibu) wrote it in Heian Period.
(Heian Period is around 794-1192.)
A lot of versions of interpretation were published until now.
There are not only other-language books but also mordern Japanese translations, because the original books were written in archaic Japanese.
It's one of the Japanese classics.
I found an English version on the UNESCO website.
And an anime adaptation will start next month in Japan.
Tuesday 30 December 2008
Wednesday 5 November 2008
A Change of the Nation
Mr. Obama was elected President!!!
He will be the 1st African-American leader of the United States.
I'm so excited about the news!
I was watching ABC News on TV (live broadcast through NHK), checking the websites of BBC, CNN and Al Jazeera English.
I watched his speech of winning the race.
He encouraged the audience, quoting President Lincoln's famous phrase "government of the people, by the people, for the people".
Mr. McCain was graceful and cool, too.
I just checked the Nishinippon Shimbun's evening paper.
It also says "Obama has won the US presidential election". (1:50 pm in Japan)
He will be the 1st African-American leader of the United States.
I'm so excited about the news!
I was watching ABC News on TV (live broadcast through NHK), checking the websites of BBC, CNN and Al Jazeera English.
I watched his speech of winning the race.
He encouraged the audience, quoting President Lincoln's famous phrase "government of the people, by the people, for the people".
Mr. McCain was graceful and cool, too.
I just checked the Nishinippon Shimbun's evening paper.
It also says "Obama has won the US presidential election". (1:50 pm in Japan)
Friday 26 September 2008
Hello! Animals: Darwin's Encyclopaedia of Animals
I love a TV programme about animals these days.
The programme is ダーウィンの動物大図鑑 はろ～!あにまる (Hello! Animals: Darwin's Encyclopaedia of Animals).
It is broadcast at 6:45 on Monday-Friday on NHK BS2.
In 10 minutes it tells about 1 animal everytime.
It is a kind of healing, and I feel the animals are so cute.
Try it!
The programme is ダーウィンの動物大図鑑 はろ～!あにまる (Hello! Animals: Darwin's Encyclopaedia of Animals).
It is broadcast at 6:45 on Monday-Friday on NHK BS2.
In 10 minutes it tells about 1 animal everytime.
It is a kind of healing, and I feel the animals are so cute.
Try it!
Hello!
Hello!
I started 2 new blogs today.
One is this blog in English and the other is in Japanese.
I found a fan site of Vampire Knight, manga and anime series in Japan.
Its owner shows a lot of illustrations and novels in Japanese and English!
She says it's because writing novels in English is a good way to study (or improve) it.
It was amazing for me, because her stories were so beautiful.
I write some essays and papers for study at university, but I cannot write novels in English yet.
So I'm going to try to write 2 blogs, in Japanese and in English.
I started 2 new blogs today.
One is this blog in English and the other is in Japanese.
I found a fan site of Vampire Knight, manga and anime series in Japan.
Its owner shows a lot of illustrations and novels in Japanese and English!
She says it's because writing novels in English is a good way to study (or improve) it.
It was amazing for me, because her stories were so beautiful.
I write some essays and papers for study at university, but I cannot write novels in English yet.
So I'm going to try to write 2 blogs, in Japanese and in English.
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