Japanese need to change the sense of values

This morning, Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama announced to step down suddenly. Four prime ministers resigned within one year in straight. No leader has existed in Japan. They were just windbreakers. The Upper House election is coming in July. The people of Japan recognize that the resignation was taken place in purpose for the preparation of the election.

Since the Japanese economy came to the peak in the early 90's, the sense of values changed dramatically. "Money" and "Power" is the most valuable thing in life. As the economy declines, good images including fake ones and looks comes to the top five of values.

What is there inside of them? There are more important thing such as practical abilities, common senses, sincerity, long-term visions, and so on. I feel that many people believe short-sighted values and profits in Japan now. The people need to change their way to find values again.

I want the people not to deceived by appearances or money in sight any more.

Kusatsu Hot Spring Photos

There are the pictures of Kusatsu Hot Spring.

This area is called "Yubatake" that means "hot spring farmland" in a direct transration.

Yubatake is the symbol of Kusatsu Hot Spring for tourists. And people enjoy themselves around the so-called hot spring farmland.

Kusatsu Hot Spring

I yesterday went to one of the most famous hot spiring in Japan. Kusatsu is located in the north-west of Guman Prefecture to which it takes about 4 hours to drive from Tokyo. The characteristics of the hot spring is a acid hot water measured ph2. The hot spring peels off bad substances on the surface of shins and revive skins themselves just by taking a bath. As you can imagine, I was refreshed and relaxed after all.

The fame or reputation of a place brings people to the area. Although it was not a vacation season, a lot of people were walking on streets in Kusatsu. Of course, Kusatsu has a long history in which a lot of famous novelists and politicians were attracted. However, people in Kusatsu, I assume, have not let success go to their heads. They must have made a great deal of efforts to make it more attractive to people as a tourist spot.

Far East

South Korea accuses North Korea of attacking vessel in official report.

Since I live in Japan, it is not a story far from my daily life. Nobody in Far East is happy about how North Korea behaves in recent years. In order to endure the political power of Kim Jong-il by himself, how many people need to suffer from real loss and fears even inside his country. There should be smarter solutions if he can sacrifice a little bit of his power or has mercy on his people.

Power struggles in Far East get more intense since 1953. Every country in this region claim to territorial water louder than ever. Japan is not exceptional and also has to hold more diplomatic dialogs and negotiations with South Korea and China before things get worse. I hope in the next decade that arms and forces become the way to solve any problems around the area.

I've been too lazy to write...

I've completely ignored to write since the beginning of this year. I didn't make a commitment to write everyday, but I was supposed to do once a while. The purpose of writing articles is to practice English. A long time ago, I went to the University in the United States and studied English Literature. I have not touched with that filed since then. It is almost like a artifact in my life. I now try to excavate forgotten field that was covered with layered soils. Anyway, I wrote something today. I made the first step move forward.

Happy New Year 2010

Happy New Year!

I haven't written it for a long time. My excuse is that I was too busy to do so. In fact, I was just lazy. Year 2010 has started with a good weather in Tokyo. I went to a shrine to pray for the new year next day.

I think that Year 2010 would be the year of wind-of-change in the world. I believe that we are moving toward somewhere we haven't walked in. I also believe to become the year of a break-through personally.

I wish you have a great year!

I Haven't Written Anything for a Week...

I was a kind of lazy to keep writing in English. My purpose to write is to maintain skills to make use of English language. It took over 13 years since I left the United States. I have few opportunities to speak the language with native speakers.

Recently, I have no chance to speak English with even non-native speakers. I just murmur something in English. A method to maintain the skills is;

1, Listen to English broadcasts or watch movies
2, Read English books and speak out words
3, Write something in English
4, Try to think in English

I believe that the world would someday need me and this skills.