http://www.sakuragate.com/news/ en Copyright 2008 Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:01:31 +0900 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sometimes they have to break through an audition, but it is not that difficult to be Event Companion than to be a model. Wear showy costume, smile and be friendly---that is the one and only task. If you are to be at Tokyo Motor Show or Tokyo Game Show, one such a big exhibition in Japan, you can see hundreds of these Event Companion girls at almost all the booths. For TMS/TGS, a special feature also made in the popular site such as yahoo and goo. -->http://motorshow.yahoo.co.jp/girl_gallery/ -->http://autos.goo.ne.jp/tms2007/gallery/companion/index.html These girls like to wear cute costume and take picture. With advance of cellphone's camera efficiency and popularization of blog, you can find off-shots of girls taking picture at the backstage of the show. But it might be hard for you to find such girls pictures because of disadvantage of language. So, now comes Rena here! I'll introduce many cute Japanese chicks wearing costumes in this series. Maybe you can find me myself in, too...since I am one of "Event Companion" as well ;) Anyways...here are my favorite friends. pic>>event001-005 ...please don't ever ask me why all girls are taking similar pose ;p Wanna see more girls?? Well, see you next time then! xoxo * Rena]]> http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2008/01/eventbackstage.php http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2008/01/eventbackstage.php Wed, 09 Jan 2008 17:01:31 +0900 > http://acqua.co.jp/ In average, Japanese young women go to beauty salon every 1-2 months, with budget of around $80 to $120 at once. What is more, hair style trends changes every seasons. People refer to specially featured in hair style magazines and website information prior to go. Trend hairstyle, as a matter of course, tends to be those of stars (shown below) and such. When wearing kimono, hairstyle becomes in a deluxe one; Of course, Japanese men also favor to go to salon. Trends are such; It may be a good idea to go to hairsalon in Japan when visiting. (Kamina)]]> http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/trendabout_japa.php http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/trendabout_japa.php Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:03:36 +0900 http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc/tetsudomokei/ TOMYTEC, “Streets collection” http://www.tomytec.co.jp/hobby/machi/index.html ]]> http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/hobbyeternally.php http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/hobbyeternally.php Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:00:27 +0900 ↓It is free to arrange your ramen with toppings on the table. You can find more here...introducing worldwide ramens. http://www.worldramen.net/]]> http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/gourmet_001japa.php http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/gourmet_001japa.php Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:23:20 +0900 Current Japan embraces hundreds of “maniac” cultures; “anime” (animation), “manga” (comics), games, costume-plays, to mention just a few. Besides those, middle-aged and elderly Japanese are particularly addicted in railroad models. You might imagine popular gage 00 (1/76, gage width 16.5mm) or gage HO (1/80, gage width 16.5mm), smallest gage Z (1/220, gage width 6.5mm) when you talk about railroad models, but the most favored size in Japan is gage N (1/148-160, gage width 9mm). Why is this? There might be variety of reasons, even so the largest reason is its size of gage N. It wouldn’t bother you much if you are only to have a few gage O train models (1/48, gage width 29.9mm) as an interior. However, once you start imagining about laying lines for your trains to run around and reviving familiar sceneries around those lines, the space you need for your world would become boundless. Not to mention people in the world with great gardens and huge rooms, hardly any lucky Japanese could realize their fantasy in this tiny little country. ＜Metabo Shogun (General Metabolic Syndrome)＞ References Kodansha, “Making Showa period’s railroad model” (Weekly magazine) http://shop.kodansha.jp/bc/tetsudomokei/ TOMYTEC, “Streets collection” http://www.tomytec.co.jp/hobby/machi/index.html ]]> http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/hobby_001eterna.php http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/hobby_001eterna.php Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:14:36 +0900 Does anybody know the true meaning of a "Christmas"? IT DOESN'T MATTER. No one knows why but almost all Japanese people are immersed into the situation, and participate in every kinds of what is so called a Christmas Event. By the way, most people spend December 24th-25th as... -Parent gifts children a toy. (this year's hottest item is the Belt of a Masked Rider Den-Oh) -Eat Christmas dinner with family. -Party around at the clubs such as Roppongi etc. -Men splurged on a ring for lovely girlfriend . -Couple stays a night together...rich ones are to high ranked hotels, poor ones are to somewhere else. -Single stay at home, watching TV comedies, bearing from loneliness. And shortly, in the morning of 26th, all christmas decorations transform to "happy new year" ones. A city remodel herself from advanced western mode to classical Japanese looks. Dressses are to Kimonos...wine to sake...chicken to New Year Dishplates, and so on. You know what new year dishplate look like?? Aren't they delicate and cute?? -->> （Kamina）]]> http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/how_japane.php http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/how_japane.php Tue, 18 Dec 2007 17:06:59 +0900 Shingo Katori), (Masahiro Matsuoka) Food：Vegetable Hero Anime：Slayers Comment: Wish all of you enjoy being here with us!]]> http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/profilerena.php http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/profilerena.php Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:38:34 +0900 Mamiko Noto） （Yui Horie） Food：Curry Hero Anime：Jigoku Syoujo(Hell Girl), Keroro Gunso(Sergeant Frog) Comment：You determine the rest of your life. Picture：]]> http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/profiletsune.php http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/profiletsune.php Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:36:28 +0900 Shoko Nakagawa）,（Makoto Kawamoto） Food：Everything contained in a can Hero Anime： （Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion） （NANA） （Kochikame） （Oishinbo） （Sazae-san） （Kariage-Kun） （ONE PIECE） (Hime-chan no Ribbon) Comment: Reading comics, playing Nintendo...now I am no-use middle aged man without noticing. Recently I've got a strained back (cannot bear being old), but my heart always shines like of teenagers.]]> http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/namemetab.php http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/namemetab.php Tue, 18 Dec 2007 16:16:31 +0900 Yuri Ebihara） Loving Food：Soba with tempura Hero Anime：Gurren-Lagann Comment：Come and visit Tokyo!!]]> http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/profilekamina.php http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/profilekamina.php Tue, 18 Dec 2007 12:43:52 +0900 Hello to everyone in the world! We proudly announce that the "SakuraGate" is now pre-opened. This will be your gateway to Japan, reporting every kind of COOL culture and information. We welcome you to the country of... -manga and anime -samurai and ninja -tempura and sushi -otaku and hentai -judo, karate, and kendo ...and glorious cherry blossoms!! Japan is fulfilled with amazingly appealing things. We wish you to discover more about Japan through this site, and to communicate each other with Japanese lovers. Thank you very much for checking out our site. Keep in touch and support us!! with love, from SakuraGate staffs (^^/ ]]> http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/hello_to_everyo.php http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/12/hello_to_everyo.php Sat, 01 Dec 2007 12:34:06 +0900 On the first day of high school a beautiful girl named Haruhi Suzumiya introduces herself as having "no interest in ordinary humans". She asks for any aliens, time travelers, sliders or espers to join her. Watching her weird behaviour is Kyon who sits in front of Haruhi and is the only person who talks to her. When Kyon comments about Haruhi's joining every club in school and then quitting he unwittingly gives Haruhi an idea to start her own after school club. Thereafter Kyon and several others find themselves dragged, literally, into the Save our world by Overloading it with fun Suzumiya Haruhi's Brigade (the S.O.S. Brigade for short). http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/10/the_melancholy.php http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/10/the_melancholy.php Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:14:40 +0900 The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (涼宮ハルヒの憂鬱, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yūutsu?) is the name of the 2006 television anime about a girl who, unbeknownst to her, possesses the power to change reality. The story is based on the series of novels, the first of which bears the same name. The anime adaptation, directed by Tatsuya Ishihara and produced by Kyoto Animation, shares the first novel's plotline, interspersed in six self-contained episodes. Intermixed between them were seven episodes based on chapters from third, fifth and sixth novels. The ninth episode, "Someday in the Rain", was a new story written specifically for the anime by Nagaru Tanigawa. The fourteen episode series premiered in Japan on April 2, 2006 and aired until July 2, 2006. Notably, these episodes were not originally broadcast in chronological order.[2] Soon after the show aired, Kadokawa Shoten received various offers from companies in regards to licensing the anime, manga, and novels.[3] On December 22, 2006, the website asosbrigade.com revealed that the anime version of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya was licensed for North American distribution by Kadokawa Pictures USA, who sublicensed production and distribution to Bandai Entertainment.[4][5] The first and second DVDs were released on May 29, 2007 and July 3, 2007, respectively. The second season of the anime series was first announced in a full-page advertisement of Asahi Shimbun on July 7, 2007 in Japan[6]. Promotional videos for the second season included a live action sequence inspired by the Bamboo Leaf Rhapsody chapter from the third novel which depicts Haruhi and Kyon breaking into school grounds with the footage taken from surveillance cameras. http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/10/the_melanc.php http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/10/the_melanc.php Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:09:10 +0900 In the booth of Bandai NAMCO games of "Tokyo game show 2007" at Makuhari Messe (Mihama-ku, Chiba-shi) held, size of life figure skating of chief character / HARUHI of the popular light Novell "cool air shrine HARUHI" series (there is it, hemorrhoids image of minding it a Tanikawa style product) is an appearance. The fan who took "the two-shot" with HARUH with a mobile telephone was a series of extreme popularity. http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/10/game_show_07f_lifesized_figure.php http://www.sakuragate.com/news/2007/10/game_show_07f_lifesized_figure.php Mon, 29 Oct 2007 15:55:57 +0900