Eat well.

For those who feel terrible about Japanese eating whale, try to watch this British program.

Could you eat an elephant?

You will learn so many creatures are eaten in several countries.


All look terrible to those who aren't in the culture, including myself in, oaky, the famous whale eating country. However, people who actually live there have certain reasons of eating those things. If you watch it, you wouldn't even think about making some noise on those issues.
What I learned from this program is that:

Too much impact can blow away our common sense or justice or anything.

It's like:

"Oooookay, you eat them, and I don't."

That's pretty much it.


What I liked the program is that they showed local people's comments of why they eat cobra, maggots in cheese, mashed jewelry beetle, elephant and more more more... Each of them don't look like they feel guilty or they are against anything. Well balanced. It may be a food channel program, but I think it's made journalistically.


I haven't eaten whale before, but I think if it's eaten for many years, we don't have to feel guilty about our culture.

But Japanese are too passive against any criticism even against those who unjounalistically poked them to make little money out of it.


This is my simple opinion:

French people eat rabbit.

Rabbit is cute enough and close enough as a pet to me.

But my reaction is the same as above.

Okay, you eat them and I don't.


That's it.

I wonder...

I read this article.

40 years later, a proper graduation


If you haven't read the article, have a look. Especially, take a look at the photo. Folks who finally got a proper graduation ceremony after 40 years all throw up peace signs.

I wonder if they remember what their signs are all about.
I wonder if they remember why their real graduation in 1970 were called of.

I wonder how many of folks have thought about OKINAWA lately...

Takeshi Kitano's message to Europe

Takeshi Kitano, one of famous filmmaker in Japan, is in Paris. I just watched a TV news and learned it. The TV news reported mainly about his award from France government (sorry, at this moment, I don't have time to check what the name is or other detail). But what impressed me the most is his exhibition in Paris.

The news said his main mission in Paris is this exhibition.

The TV news I watched only showed its brief scenery of the exhibition, but I definitely noticed his very strong message to Europeans who are about to set the rule of Tuna-fishing ban.

I cannot go there to see the exhibit, but I want whoever read this blog (I am not sure if there's any....) to know the message is not offensive, but the straight and honest feeling of us, Japanese. Okay, we love Tuna. Therefore, we don't eat them often. Japanese fishermen keeps the regulation. Someone who don't really follow the history, tradition or love we have over centuries, are the ones who break international rule. I was so worried about the CITES meeting and how Japan's reaction would go through.

I honestly cannot imagine if any of Japanese representatives can at least send our true and sincere messages to other countries at the meeting.

But we still have a hope. Takeshi's exhibition would definitely send a message to more people. I really hope his message will reach them without any twisted mind.


Well, I have no time to check my English or my writings' clearness. But let me anyway upload it.


My strong message to Europe is this: "how about rabbit? We keep rabbit as a cute pet and we don't consider them as a food at all.

AND

Have we ever said anything about that to you?"