Blog Post: Ginza

Ginza is the most popular shopping street in Tokyo and maybe Japan. there is many places in Ginza like, restaurants, brands, and cafes. Ginza is one of the most expensive districts in the world. One square  meter of  land in the districts center worth ten million yen. In Ginza you can see many buildings, and places. There is a Sony building it has everything that Sony produces, they also have restaurants and cafes. When you enter Ginza the first clearly place you see is Ginza Wako, and it's the clock tower of Ginza. You can see it in the northwest corner, and in this building they sell jewelry and Luxury items. In Ginza you can see a lot of brands places everywhere. Ginza is one of the best shopping street in the world.

Blog Post: Ueno Park.

Ueno park is a large public park in central Tokyo. Ueno park is originally part of Kaneiji temple. And Kaneiji temple used to be one of the largest Temple. Kaneiji was destruction during the civil war in 1868  in a battle between the victorious forces and loyalists of the overthrown. After the battle, they make the temple ground to the first Western style parks, and they opened the park to the public in 1873. In Ueno park there is many temples, two of them is, Kaneiji temple and Kiyomizu kannon temple. the Kiyomizu kannon
was built in 1631. In Ueno park there is the Ueno zoo, and it was opened in 1882, and Ueno zoo is the oldest zoo in Japan. The oldest animal in Ueno zoo is the giant panda bears. The zoo temporarily had no pandas after the death of Ling Ling in 2008, but they received baby pandas in 2011. Ueno park has five museums, Tokyo national museum, and its the oldest and largest museum in Japan, and this museum is made up of five buildings, each one is like separate museum, and this museum have the improtant cultural items from the country. National science museum, and this museum is about science and history, and it has collection of mounted animals. Tokyo metropolitan art museum, this museum reopened in April 2012, and it has all types of art some of it is paid and some is free. national museum of western art, and this museum display western art. and Shitamachi museum, Shitamachi is a name of artisan, and this museum have the old part of Tokyo, and this museum shows what life was like in Tokyo from the late Meiji to the early Showa. Ueno park is a park with a lot of temples, museums, and one zoo. And the best time to go there is in the spring, because all the trees is covered with cherry blossoms (Sakura). 

Current Events: GameStop.

             GameStop: Xbox one will be priced less than the Xbox 360

  5-24-2013                                                                 Google News                                                                      

Hard as it may be to believe, GameStop executives believe that both the Microsoft Xbox One as well as the Sony PlayStation 4 will be priced less than their predecessors—and fewer people will buy them, too.

GameStop executives told analysts that their “market model,” based on their own estimates as well as they’ve been told by Microsoft and Sony, call for the next-generation systems to have a “lower opening price point than they did last cycle,” Robert Lloyd, the chief financial officer of  GameStop, told analysts on Thursday. The same model assumes that the adoption rate for both consoles will be between 80 to 85 percent of the past cycle, he said, and that the attach rate for software will be about 80 percent.

That means, Lloyd said, that the retailer expects 2013 sales will decline versus 2012, then pick up in 2013 as the new consoles launches gain traction, Lloyd said. In 2014, they will return to “very healthy growth,” he said.

We believe that the next-gen systems will have a lower opening price point than they did last cycle." —Robert Lloyd, GameStop.

Summarize:

GameStop managers believe that both Microsoft Xbox one and the Sony PlayStation 4 their price will be less than their predecessors. And fewer people will buy them too. And Robert Lloyd, the chief financial officer of GameStop, told analysts on Thursday that the same model assumes that the adoption rate for both consoles will be between 80 to 85 % of the past group. And he said that the retailer expects 2013 sales will be lower in 2012. And they will return very healthy growth.

Vocabulary Words:

1. Executives: managers.

2. Predecessors: a person who gives a position to another in an office.

3. Attach: respect.

4. Estimates: to form an opinion of judge.

5. Financial: cash or information about a company.

Blog Post: Odaiba (Daiba)

This is Odaiba one of the most popular places in Japan and especially Tokyo. Odaiba is a big place for shopping and entertainment and it was opened  at the 1990s when a lot of hotels, shopping malls and the Yurikamome elevated train line were opened, after that Odaiba is the most popular tourist attraction place in Tokyo. There is a lot of places in Odaiba one of them is the Fuji TV building one of Japan private TV stations. And there is the famous bridge and it called the Rainbow Bridge and the Rainbow bridge connects Odaiba to the rest of Tokyo. The Rainbow bridge is so beautiful during the night and so bright with colors and you can see it from far places. In Odaiba there is many shopping malls and the most popular malls is Aqua City, Decks Tokyo Beach, and Diver City. Aqua City mall featuring stores, restaurants, cafes and cinema complex. At the fifth floor there is many restaurants (food theme park) where you can try many different food from all over Japan. Decks Tokyo Beach mall featuring stores, restaurants, multiple indoor theme parks, Joypolis game center, trick art museum, and a Hong Kong food theme park. and this is the only mall in Japan that has Madame Tussaud. Diver City mall the new shopping mall, they have a life sized Gundam status stands in front of the mall. In Odaiba there is some museums like museum of Maritime science and national museum of emerging science And in Odaiba they have a telecom center and its a major hub on the information highway. Odaiba also have a Panasonic center, and Tokyo big sight also known as Tokyo international exhibition. Tokyo big sight is the largest exhibition in Japan. And Odaiba have Leisureland the huge entertainment complex, its a really fun place they have bowling, karaoke, darts, table tennis, sports game, a haunted house, and food court. And there is a ferris wheel a 115 m tall and its one of the world largest ferris wheel. If you live in Japan i recommend you to go to Odaiba.    

Current Events: Jose Mourinho

Jose Mourinho: Real Madrid boss to leave next month                  

                                         

BBC News                                                                                                               5/20/2013     

Mourinho, 50, who has been linked with a return to Chelsea, won the league and Copa del Rey at Madrid.

"We've decided to bring our relationship to an end," said Perez. "Nobody's been sacked, it's a mutual agreement."

Real are currently 13 points behind Barcelona in the league and were beaten by city rivals Atletico in the Spanish Cup final last Friday.

They also lost in the semi-finals of the Champions League in each of their three seasons under Mourinho.

Real Madrid have two games left this season. They are away at Real Sociedad on 26 May, with Mourinho taking charge at the Bernabeu for the final time on 1 June against Osasuna.

"The club and manager agree the timing is right to bring our relationship to an end," Perez added.

On behalf of the board of directors, I would like to thank Jose Mourinho for all his hard work.

"The team has improved in his three years and we wish him all the best."

Real had not won a trophy in the two years preceding Mourinho's appointment.

His deal was scheduled to run until 2016 after he had extension following last season's La Liga success.

An agreement has been made on his exit now though, with fellow former Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti tipped to replace him after he expressed his desire to make the switch to the Bernabeu.

But Perez denied a replacement had been lined up to take over from Mourinho.

"We have no pre-contract signed with any managerial candidate," he said.

"It's something we'll have to look at in the coming days."

 Paris St-Germain head coach Ancelotti, 53, had earlier said: "I've asked to leave and I am waiting for their answer."

Summarize: 

Real Madrid Football club have announced that the head coach Jose Mourinho will leave the club at the end of the season after three years in charge of the Spanish giants. 

Mourinho will leave Madrid and he will go to the English football club Chelsea and they had an agreement that Mourinho will replace with the former Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti. 

Mourinho will take charge for his last two matches on 26 may, and the final match of his career with Real Madrid will be on the first of June. (Goodbye Mourinho).

Vocabulary Words:

1. Mutual agreement: replacing or switching agreement.

2. Directors: managers 

3. Preceding: formar. 

4. Scheduled: a plan of something that will do later.

5. Denied: said no or refuse.

Blog Post: Disney Japan

Disney Land in Japan. Every five years Disneyland celebrate, and Now its been 30 years for Disneyland in Japan, and this year they call it The Happiness Year, and every five years Disneyland being better and better. Disneyland in Japan is a bet big but they have a lot of areas like World Bazaar and its the first place you will see if you enter Disneyland and its for selling Disney stuff like t-shirts hats and a lot of other stuffs. Adventureland it's fun for the teenagers in Adventureland there is a lot of games like, the pirates of the Caribbean. And the games in Adventureland is like you ride a small boat or small car and it moves you to see everything  in side the game. Tomorrowland, maybe it's the best place in Tokyo Disneyland because it's a very fun place they have a lot of fun games like race cars, buzz game, Captain EO game and it's Michael Jackson game. Toontown is a place for children it's really fun for all the children it almost have every kind of games for children like Roger Rabbit's and Jolly Trolley. And then there is Fantasyland, Critter Country, and Westernland. Disneyland Japan is a really fun place to go.

Tokyo Disney Sea. Disney sea is only in Japan. It's a place full with waters, waterfall and fountains.
And Tokyo Disney sea also have a lot of areas like,

Mediterranean Harbor, American Waterfront, Mysterious Island, Mermaid Lagoon, Arabian Coast, Port Discovery, and Lost River Delta. Tokyo Disney Sea is a really good place for people who loves water.

Current Events : Midwest hit with snow.

                Midwest hit with snow, ice, other severe weather
Seattle Pi

4-11-2013

WORTHINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Storms packing snow, ice and dangerous winds knocked out power in communities throughout the Midwest and prompted Minnesota's governor to call out the state National Guard on Wednesday to help residents.

Icy weather left thousands of people in Minnesota in the dark, while another storm threatened to dump several inches of wet snow in the state by Thursday. Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton said the weather was taxing the resources of local and county governments, and he issued an executive order activating the guard.

The town of Worthington was using backup diesel generators to power sections of the city at a time, public utilities manager Scott Hain told Minnesota Public Radio. Roughly a quarter to a third of the city of about 13,000 people was without power at any given time, he said.

"With the generation that we have available, we are conducting rolling blackouts through the community," Hain said. "From what we're hearing from the folks that own the transmission that's down right now, is we expect that we'll be operating under this same scenario at least through the rest of today and possibly into tomorrow as well."

Summarize:

In Worthington Minnesota storms with snow hits the city, the power of the storm was dangerous. And the storm was so bad and dangerous it left thousands of people in dark without electricity.  And the manager Scott Hain said that they well be operating under the same scenario maybe today and possibly tomorrow as well. And they were using backup diesel generators at the time.

Vocabulary words :

1. Prompted : ready to do something.

2. Resources : producing wealth.

3. Executive : someone who manage something.

4. Generators : It's a electric something.

5. Scenario : script for a movie.

Blog post: Sakura.

Sakura tree is the most beautiful tree in the world.

The Sakura tree is a Cherry Blossom and it called the Sakura by the Japanese, and it's a Japanese Cherry blossom. And the Sakura tree bloom in spring. Sakura tree when it comes it start with white color then light pink then pink color like in the picture. And there is a picture of the Sakura Blossom behind the one hundred Yen coin. The Sakura tree is so popular in Japan. And most of the Japanese people love to see the Sakura tree in spring.

Current Events: N.Korea!

BBC News.

4/2/2013

John Kerry the U.S Secretary of State said, at a news conference with his South Korean counterpart, Yoon Byung-C, said,” his country well defend it self and its ally South Korea against North Korean threats”.

Pyongyang was taken action in defiance after the nuclear test in the month of February last year, response to the sanctions by the United Nations against the maneuvers conducted by the United States with its neighbor South Korea.

And Kerry described the recent hints from North Korea without accepting it.

And the U.S department of defense earlier it has publish anti-rocket system in the area,” would respond to any rocket threat against our allies”.

Pyongyang said: that on Tuesday its intention to restart her Yanbian nuclear factory, which Kerry said "dangerous provocative".

And the Secretary General of the United Nations, Ban Ki-Moon said that the problem in Korea, "exceeded the limit" and called for urgent conversation with North Korea.

Vocabulary words:

1- Conference:  It's a place to have a conversation and asking questions to a famous person.

2- Counterpart:  something matches something or something double.

3- Sanctions: Plural of punishment.

4- Maneuvers: maneuvers mean moving things or moving people.

5- Intention: Intent to do something.

Fuji Q highland is a big amusement park and maybe it's the biggest amusement park in Japan.
It has a number of roller coasters and the most famous roller coasters in Fuji Q is:
Fujiyama: 79 m tall, 130 km/h, opened in 1996, and was once the world's tallest roller coaster.
Dodonpa: 52 m tall, 172 km/h, opened in 2001, and was once the world's fastest roller coaster.
Eejanaika: 76 m tall, 126 km/h, opened in 2006.
Takabisha: opened on 16 July 2011.
And there is a haunted hospital the world's second largest haunted game. Fuji Q is the most amazing amusement park in Japan.

Fuji mountain.
The most famous place in Japan.
Fuji mountain is the highest mountain in Japan,   at 3,776.24 m (12,389 ft). Mount Fuji lies about 100 kilometers, south-west of Tokyo

And mount Fuji reflected on Lake Yamanaka.

And there is five lakes Kawaguchiko, Saiko, Yamanaka, Shojiko, and Motosuko. It is one of the best places to view mount Fuji from a good base for climbing the mountain. Fuji mountain is 3776 meters high. The mountain may look more attractive from afar than from close up. 

Nagano is most famous for Zenkō-ji,  the gateway to a variety of sightseeing spots. Nagano was originally a small town in Kamiminochi District built around the hilltop temple, the largest wooden building in eastern Japan, but the city now has locations that were within Sarashina, Hanishina, and Kamitakai districts. Nagano is much better in the winter because its snowing all the time. In the winter there is a nice places for skiing and snowboarding its very fun there. Nagano is my favorite place in Japan for skiing and snowboarding.

This is Nikko. And this is the real nature. Nikko is a small town in Japan. Nikko is full with nature, water, and relaxing hotels. Nikko National Park have a mountainous landscapes, waterfalls, hot springs, lakes, and a lot of wild monkeys. And there is a trip on the lake for maybe half our, or twenty mins, to see the nature and some other stuff. Nikko is a small town and its popular in Japan. If you love nature you should go to Nikko.

Tokyo dome city. Is a general entertainment and amusement park. It was refurbished and reopened in summer of 2011. Tokyo Dome City 

a variety of exciting attractions for both adults and children alike.

And there is the best baseball Stadium in Tokyo its a big and entertainment Stadium, and sometimes it's crowded.

This roller coaster in Yokohama. "Japan". It goes under water and maybe its the best roller coaster in Japan. Yokohama is a popular city in Japan. There is a lot of shopping places and the best amusement park in Japan. In Yokohama amusement park there is many roller coasters, horror games, and fun games. The tower in the picture behind the roller coaster is a Inter Continental Yokohama Grand a five stars hotel. I recommend you to go Yokohama.

Ginza

This photo I toke it in Ginza. Two weeks ago. Ginza from the famous places in Tokyo. I recommend you to go Ginza if you in Japan or if your coming to Japan. This place is Dior, and there is many popular places in Ginza like, Zara, Tiffany, Gap, Armani and a lot of popular places. And there is a sign of the Olympic in Japan at 2020. :)