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Friday, 17 August 2007

Tokyo photos

Dear Amy, All the readers,

Good evening! I am finally done for this week and weekend has come! :) woo!
Amy, I am sorry that I will do the homework tommorrow as I have to wake up early. I did find so many mistakes AFTER I posted. Sometimes I had no time to correct so I just left(*1) them! I apologize to you for it.. Could you do me a favor(*2)? I would like to ask 3 questions for this time.
*1 Is 'left' correct in this sentence? I'm always confused by 'leave'.
*2 Can I say 'Could you do me some favors?' ?? Also, could you tell me other expressions when I would like to ask something to the people?
*3 Is 'distribute' correct? I thought I should have chosen another word, but I had no idea.
Thank you so much for your kindness. If you find mistakes, please let me know.

Dear Readers, thank you for the kind comment to me! I will reply in this weekend so that we can communicate again-:)

As I do not have much time now, I would like to show my photos I took recently. Please have a look!!


This is Akihabara, which is famous for its Anime/Manga culture. I went there last week as I needed to go to the branch here.


Have you heard of 'Maid Cafe'? There are quite a few coffee shops and the girls who wear the maid clothes will serve you. She is distributing(*2) the ads of the 'Maid Cafe'.


I found small shrine near the branch in Akihabara. On the street, you might find these small shrine, which enshrine local god. I felt as if I were in the different place. Akihabara is really unique for its Anime culture and electricity shops which usually offer the cheapest price in Japan. I could say it is scordid. However I found this small shrine and felt very opposite.


Lastly, let me show my sisters. Yukari, Yuriko, and Yumiko!:)

Comments

Hi Yumy! I found the pictures really great. The Akihabara seems to be a nice place to have lots of fun:-). Enjoy your weekend, Ana Paula.

Wow Yumi, your sisters are beauty too. I like Yukari's smile. I suppose that families with three daughters are not common in Japan, are they? Greetings to you and your sisters, specially Yukari.

again, Hi Yumiko, I would like to ask you some question about your friday's blog. you say; "I am finally done for this week and.." am/is/are verb3 passive structure as you see. in this sentence, 'I' sounds as an active structure , doesn't it?. so, you are "active" not passive. sorry I am confused. could you please clear it for me? thanks in advance. sevinc

Hi Yumi! I've liked the photos very much. Thanks a lot. Have a nice weekend!

I find your sister Yukari very sympathic !!

Hi Yumi, nice pictures. Could you please explain to me about the manga culture. Are you referring to those manga magazines which we have to read differently from right to left instead of left to right side like in western reading?

If the manga you have mentioned here is what I am thinking, I want to say that the guys here are so crazy for those mangas that many are learning japanese and curious about the japanese culture by the influence of the mangas.

Hi Yukari, Yuriko, and Yumiko, all of you look marvellous ! I can't guess your ages. yua are very sweet. I would like to ask a few questions; do you get on well with sisters, and what is it like to have two sisters?. are you jealous of each other?... anyway that must be wonderful thing to have sisters... I am jealous of you!.... sevinas

again, Hi Yumiko, I would like to ask you some question about your friday's blog. you say; "I am finally done for this week and.." am/is/are verb3 passive structure as you see. in this sentence, 'I' sounds as an active structure , doesn't it?. so, you are "active" not passive. sorry I am confused. could you please clear it for me? thanks in advance. sevinç

Hi Yumiko, What a great pictures you have there. Despite of your busy schedules you still managed to give time on this. What does "anime/manga" culture means? My understanding of Anime is japanese cartoons which is very famous here in the Philippines. Take care.

Dear Yumi,I've read some of your blog.I like it.it reminds me of those days when I was in Japan. If I am not mistaken, I visited Akihabara too.It was a long time ago. Could we become friends? I've lost contact with my friends,some of them live in near Osaka.Thank You Yumi.

Thanks for your kind information. I like Japanese and their great culture and honesty. People of my country have a lot of respect and pleasure for Japanese . I personally visited Tokeyo, Keyto and Hiroshima . The people are so nice and kind especially my host family .

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