Tokyo Disney Land

Tokyo Disney Land is consist of 7 areas which are World bazaar, Tomorrow land, Toontown, Fantasy land, Critter Country, Western land, and Adventure land.

World bazaar is imaged as Marceline, Missouri where was Walt Disney’s hometown. There produces good old days of U.S.

Tomorrow land is imaged as the future world. So there are many attractions that are relate to the future such as star wars.

Toontown is a town where Mickey Mouse and other Mickey Mouse’s friends live in. There are Mickey Mouse’s house, Minnie Mouse’s house,Chip 'n Dale's Treehouse, Donald's boat, and Goofy’s house.

In Fantasy land, there are “It’s a small world”, “Pooh's Hunny Hunt”, “Alice’s tea party” and etc.
And this is my favorite place.

Critter Country is imaged as animal’s country by the river. So there is “Splash Mountain” which is modeled a disney movie “Song of the South”

In Western land, there is “Big Thunder Mountain” Western land is imaged as America when is in  pioneer days.

Finally, Adventure land is imaged as spirit of romantic adventure. So their attractions are adventure such as jungle Cruise.

How do you feel like about TDL?
While I was wiring this, I really miss Japan and TDL.

Tokyo Disney Resort

 

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Tokyo Disney Resort is the most popular and famous theme park in Japan.
It is located on Chiba even thought the name is “TOKYO” Disney resort.
There are 2 theme parks which are Tokyo Disney land (TDL)and Tokyo Disney sea(TDS).

Let’s start with TDL!
There is Cinderella Castle, and it is a land mark of TDL!

Every year and every season it has different decoration.
This is Christmas version of Cinderella Castle.
 

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This is Halloween version

 

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And NOW there is NEW show that is held on Cinderella Castle!

 It is call "Once Upon A Time" 

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It uses Projection Mapping, and it becomes a huge picture book!

It tells you Disney stories with  Disney's Song!!

This is my favorite show in Tokyo Disney Land

You can see it on youtude!

It is very fantastic and you will impress.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41LqdoCn_P0 

I love Disney since I saw for the first time and I go to TDR least once a year.

There are many places that my favorite.

Next week I will talk more about TDR and TDS!

See you Next week!

Japanese language variations

In Japanese, there are the two types of language variations.

First about regional difference, each Japanese area has its own different dialect. Some dialects are completely different from what we know as the standard Japanese.

Even though Japan is a small nation unlike English speaking countries, many Japanese people do not understand the dialect if they are from different prefectures.  Additionally, there existed gender variation since Japanese has begun to infiltrate to Japanese people.

In ancient time, they use different types of written words between men and women.

Currently, the difference between men and women are the change at suffix of the sentence.

There is another gender difference which is using variations of the first person such as men for “ Boku(僕)” and  women for “ Watashi(私)”

Meanwhile, linguistic variation within the individual in Japanese consists of three kinds of respectful language, which are honorific, humble, and polite.

They have to change the language depending on who they are talking to and to be aware of the surroundings.

Use of the honorific is for talking to people who are older than them, superior people, or to customers. The humble form is used to describe themselves to people who are older then you, superior people, or to customers.

Last, the polite language is the most familiar and the easiest to use and familiar with. Furthermore, there are some kinds of forms of address that change depending on person and what kind of relations you have.

ARASHI

Hi there!

I am Aeri!

I will write about Japanese culture in this blog.

Today, I want to tell you about Arashi who is one of my favorite boy's bands. I am their Fan Club member since 2006.

Arashi consists of 5 members, who are Satoshi Ono, Sho Sakurai, Masaki Aiba, Kazunari Ninomiya, and Jun Matsumoto. They are very popular in Japan and other countries.

Their activities are not only singing, but also, acting, and they have some their own TV programs. When you watch Japanese TV, you will see them almost every day on TV.

Hawaii is a significant place for them because they were formed in Hawaii 15 years ago, and few weeks ago, they had a concert at Kapolei for 2days! Of cause, I went to the concert both days.

My favorite Arashi’s songs are Tomadoi nagara (とまどいながら), Carnival night part 2, oh! Yeah, Jam, and so on. If you get interested in, check it out!