Tokyo

In the article, “Letter from Tokyo” journalist Michael A. Lev shares his complications in Japan.. Lev has had many difficulties because he is not used to the changes in culture’s. Lev had a realization in the beginning that made him realize that his attitude could affect the way he writes since people in Tokyo do not have such a temper as New Yorkers. Also, while at lunch with his Japanese interpreter, Naoko Nishiwaki, Lev had a fallout with the server. When Lev received his order of a…

I can clearly remember the warm weather on a crisp fall morning. It was mostly sunny with just a few clouds in the sky. I was excited to go to work. Now, I know what you are thinking. “Who is excited to go to work??” I was a young ingénue full of energy and excited to be working the attractions in my favorite location. If you know anything about me, then you’ve probably guessed that I was in Florida working as a Cast Member for Walt Disney World. Not many people get the experience to help…

Bodies piled with casualties added up, wounded and dead. To this day, we still cannot grasp an exact number of the people lost within the fires. According to an article tilted, “FIREBOMBS OVER TOKYO,” written by Jonathan Rauch, Rauch offers the following analysis for the number of death casualties within the three bombings in the following: “The dead from that one night's bombing numbered 80,000 to 100,000 -- more than later died in Nagasaki (70…

COMPLICATED, yet eloquent. Breath-taking, yet unique. This is how I describe Super- Frog Saves Tokyo, a peculiar story which was written by Murakami Haruki and was translated by Jay Rubin. In connection with this, this story of Murakami proves his different and astonishing style of writing fiction stories. Moreover, this fiction story of him proves his expertise in depicting imaginary people in imaginary situation. On the other hand, there are hardworking people who are not acknowledged. There…

Tokyo Ghoul: Unravel My Soul Chapter One: In Every Nothing Lights from the stage flashed throughout the bar, blinding the crowd as they screamed and danced. Lights in purple, blue, red and yellow circled around them and upon the walls of the massive dance floor. There was a bar to the left, lit by black lights. On the right stood a metal clad staircase that led to an area where people could sit and enjoy their drinks. The singer was a young girl, with a short build. Her voice was rough, and…

emotional understanding of the characters and the effects the play have on said characters. I am curious about how the theories of Boal and Brecht apply to Tokyo Fish Story which was written by Kimber Lee and directed by Kristen Brandt. Through this paper, I will be discussing how I believe Boal and Brecht would both view the production of Tokyo Fish Story and its various performance elements. Boal and Brecht would have strong opinions about the Mr. Koji’s monologues. Koji has multiple…

my son filled my head as I continued my train ride to a local hospital. If someone had asked me how my day at school was or what I did, I am sure I could not remember anything. I only knew I had to know what was wrong with me. I was heading to Tokyo University, the largest and most famous hospital in Japan. I changed trains twice to get to the hospital as my mind began to feel like a meandering river. So many thoughts seemed to attack me from all sides of my head and it was like I was…

Little Tokyo: a relatively small 67 acres of land, rich with cultural and social history, a hotspot for tourists and Los Angeles natives alike, a landmark of Japanese American society right in the center of downtown Los Angeles. With its roots tracing as far back as the 1880’s, even to this day it continues to bring in and entertain tourists daily, with its small town charm and many interesting and exciting attractions. Little Tokyo serves as a hub for Japanese culture and tradition, new and old…

Book Review Quiet Diplomacy from Cairo to Tokyo in The Twilight of Imperialism is an autobiography of the Armin Meyer who served the U.S. for thirty years as a Foreign Service officer and an ambassador. As he was born in Indiana and grew up in Illinois and schooled in Ohio, he said, he was much influenced by the Midwest culture. Fort Wayne, Indian is his birth place, and he lived there for nine years. He was sent to live with his Aunts when his mother passed away. Lincoln, Illinois became…

Richard Layard has done a great job in constituting what is exactly happiness. “Happiness come from without and within (Layard 55).” Some may ask why we aren’t happy all the time. The answer is relied on the Big Seven. The big seven are family relationships, financial situations, work, community and friends, health, personal freedom, and personal values. I think that happiness relies on these main factors. They make up our lives on this earth, and they make us happy or not. If Happiness is…