mitsuru's Blogs

• What is J-POP?

  by mitsuru September 15, 2008
  As a fan of Japanese music, I have heard various genres such as J-POPs and Enkas. Representative singers for Enka include Hibari Misora and Saburo Kitajima. Enka is about the Japanese spirit, blues and passion. So, what is J-POP? When I asked foreign friends what they know about J-POP, they answered “Japanese popular music." Well, this c...

• Overcome a Complex - SHOWTA.

  by mitsuru June 22, 2008
  "Express Yourself" is a Madonna song released in 1989. In the US, I feel that expressing one's opinions is almost necessary in order to live there. It can be fun to express positive things to other people, but how about something negative? Is it possible to turn something negative into something positive? In Japan, there are many people...

• What’s that? - BOOCS Diet

  by mitsuru May 19, 2008
  Have you ever heard the proverb “Health is better than Wealth?” This proverb basically says that people should care about their health and try to keep healthy as much as possible. Japanese people are famous for longevity, and their diet is famous for healthy foods. In fact, I have no idea how the Japanese diet is healthy, but I sure a...

• What’s That? - Foxit PDF reader

  by mitsuru April 15, 2008
  When you search on the Internet, have you sometimes mistakenly clicked a result for a PDF file and had to wait for it to open? Otherwise, has your instructor or friend sent or ordered you to read directions or a syllabus on the Internet which is PDF file? At the time, the first choice, which you might think the only choice, is Adobe PDF reader. How...

• What’s That? - Firefox

  by mitsuru February 16, 2008
  A few days ago, the newest mammalian animal, Rhynochocyon udzungwensis, a shrew-like creature related to the aardvark, was found in the Central African Republic. It is interesting that there are various other things we have never seen or known about, even though we have probably lived with them for a long time.Moreover, in this era of technology, p...

• Power of Music – Roma Tanaka

  by mitsuru January 17, 2008
  Since being born in 1982 and becoming aware of the pleasures of music, I became a fan of Akina Nakamori (中森明菜), who is a famous Japanese Pop singer who debuted in 1982. After I came to the U.S. in 2005 as an international student, I somehow began to listen to Korean music. Those favorite Korean singers are mainly Hip Hop...

• The Latest Answer Songs

  by mitsuru December 30, 2007
  I believe songs always have emotional effects for listeners, and those effects belong to either specific or abstract themes that stay in our hearts for a long time. That is why we love music. For example, messages in each song sometimes give us important questions to think about in our lives. It is then often interesting for us to find out others&r...