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¿Cuál es la marca que fabrica los mejores coches del Mundo? ¡Ojo! No digo ni los más lujosos ni los más potentes ni siquiera los más caros. Me refiero a los coches con mejor calidad. He probado a hacer esta pregunta y la marca que más veces me han respondido es Lexus. Y la pregunta es, ¿de verdad son los mejores? Voy a decir sí o no en la conclusión que será “la hora de la verdad”, pero antes vale la pena repasar la historia de esta joven marca… porque será importante cuando os conteste esta pregunta, ya lo veréis. Habrá anécdota final. Y de paso, a lo largo del vídeo, os enseñaré un poco de japonés… ¡que siempre viene bien! Mi padre, cuando era niño y adolescente, años 60 y 70, me decía que los mejores coches del Mundo eran los Rolls Royce. Cuando ya cumplí unos añitos y me dediqué a esto, Mercedes-Benz era sin duda la marca de referencia, como contamos en el vídeo titulado “Cuando los Mercedes eran auténticos Mercedes” … en 1989 todo cambio. Eiji Toyoda sobrino del fundador de Toyota quiso crear una marca Premium para Toyota, como lo habían intentado, con éxito dispar, Honda al crear Acura y Nissan al crear Infiniti. Aspiraba a crear una marca con personalidad propia y, sobre todo, con el mejor nivel de calidad del Mundo. Sí, porque pensaba a lo grande: No quería hacer coches que estuviesen entre los mejores, quería hacer “los mejores”, los coches con mejor calidad del Mundo. Y a mediados de los años 80 la primera pregunta que surgió ante este desafío fue: ¿Es capaz Toyota de fabricar los mejores coches del Mundo? ¿Podemos hacerlo? E hizo esta pregunta nada menos que a 1.400 ingenieros y 2.300 técnicos de la marca… y muchos, no todos, dijeron que sí, ¡sí podemos! Y nació el proyecto F1… “Flagship One”, la semilla de Lexus. A primeros de los 80, EE.UU. de Norteamérica era el principal cliente de las marcas japonesas de coches. Y todavía la industria americana del motor era líder por volumen de producción. Siempre se dice, sobre todo se decía, que los japoneses eran los mejores copiando y consiguiendo que la copia superase al original. Así que el espabilado de Eiji Toyoda mandó al ingeniero Taiichi Ohno a los USA, sencillamente, a espiar y a copiar. Al poco de llegar este señor llegó a un supermercado enorme y alucinó por cómo trabajan sin stock… justo lo contrario que hacían los fabricantes de coches. Pero es que puedes almacenar ruedas, motores o tornillos el tiempo que quieras, pero no carne, pescado o fruta. Y desarrolló el sistema “Just-In-Time” o “Justo a tiempo” … El sistema denominado TPS o “Sistema de producción Toyota” se exportó a muchas marcas. En algunos países se llama “Sistema de producción Lean” y por ahí he leído y oído que se puede denominar “Just-In-Time” lo cual es un error, porque el “Just-In-Time”, es parte de este sistema, pero no “el todo” … Junto con el TPS para su nueva marca Eiji Toyoda implantó el sistema, más bien filosofía de trabajo, denominada “Jidoka”, que consiste en detectar problemas y corregir errores en tiempo récords. Y también implantó la filosofía “Heijunka” que básicamente consiste en no sobrecargar a los trabajadores… esto, en Europa suena raro, pero no en un país donde las huelgas consisten en trabajar más… hay que “forzar” a los trabajadores a descansar para evitar fallos en los procesos de fabricación. Y finalmente la filosofía Kaizen que no la inventó ni Eiji ni Toyota, es milenaria y se podría resumir en una frase: “¡Hoy mejor que ayer, mañana mejor que hoy!”. En resumen, que siempre es posible hacer mejor las cosas. Para la nueva fábrica que iba a hacer Toyota para fabricar en exclusiva los nuevos Lexus, no querían a cualquier empleado. Y sobre todo, se necesitaban guardianes de la calidad, los llamados… maestros “Takumi”. Para ser un maestro Takumi (Artesano) para comenzar necesitas tener al menos 25 años de experiencia como trabajador en la fabricación de coches. Se puede decir que la marca independiente LEXUS nace en 1989, que es cuando se presenta el primer Lexus, el LS400 en el Salón de Detroit y se comienza a vender sus coches en los USA. Como os decía antes, en el desarrollo de esta marca y estos modelos, el objetivo principal eran los EE.UU. de Norteamérica, hasta el punto que su nombre proviene de ahí, pues LEXUS es el acrónimo de “Luxury EXport United Estates”. En 1993 todo esto que os he contado lo había leído, me había informado y me despertaba enorme curiosidad. Siempre digo que un periodista debe ser exceptivo y a mí este objetivo me parecía exagerado: Superar a Mercedes, que era el referente, a la primera. ¡Y por fin llegó el LEXUS LS400 a España! Y nos lo dejaron para probar… ventajas de ser el jefe, desde el comienzo dije que ese coche lo iba a probar yo. Recuerdo que cuando llegó el redactor que lo trajo le pregunté: “¿Qué te ha parecido?” Y el tío me respondió: “Como un Mercedes, pero feo”. Cierto que el LS400 no era el coche más bonito del Mundo, aunque feo no era. Pero que me dijese que era como un Mercedes… me pareció un buen principio. Me subí al coche y tuve tres primeras impresiones “impresionantes”: La primera, ver el interior y subir al coche, porque me pareció de una calidad para mí nunca vista. La segunda, cerrar la puerta… ese sonido no lo había oído nunca, ni en un Mercedes ni en un Jaguar ni en un BMW… nunca. Era algo especial y seductor. Luego me enteré que uno de los motivos por el que los “Maestros Takumi” echan coches “para atrás” es por el sonido de cierre de la puertas. La tercera impresión, cuando arranqué el motor V8 de 4.0 litros, 32 válvulas y 250 CV… tuve que mirar el cuenta vueltas para comprobar que estaba arrancado. Arranqué y no lo voy a hacer largo: Me pareció en cuanto a calidad el mejor coche que había probado nunca. Tanto es así que un amigo me pregunto que cuál era el mejor coche del mercado… le dije que éste y… ¡llega el momento de responder a la pregunta inicial!: ¿Son los LEXUS los mejores coches del Mundo? La respuesta es, sencillamente… ¡SÍ!

During the 2024 Toronto Japanese Film Festival, filmmaker and author Uchida Eiji 内田英治, joined me to chat a bit about his mystery MATCHED (マッチング), starring #TsuchiyaTao as a wedding planner who makes a dangerous match on a dating app.Based on his Novel "Matching", the film had its North American Premiere at the festival and stars Sakuma Daisuke #SnowMan Kaneko Nobuaki, Sugumoto Tetta, and Katayama Moemi.#Carolyn Talks #JapaneseFilm #TJFF #AsianCinema #FilmFestival #FilmCriticVisit https://www.youtube.com/JCCCToronto for more information on the festival.Find me on Twitter and Instagram at: @CarrieCnh12To contribute to my work donations can be given at paypal.com/paypalme/carolynhinds0525My Social Media hashtags are: #CarolynTalks #DramasWithCarrie #SaturdayNightSciFi #SHWH #KCrushVisit Authory.com/CarolynHinds to find links to all of my published film festival coverage, writing, YouTube and other podcasts So Here's What Happened!, and Beyond The Romance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

NPB: Ex-Hiroshima, Kintetsu Pitcher Eiji Kiyokawa Dies of Cancer at 62

How to Start a Movement with Eiji Morishita Eiji Morishita is the Founder of Movement Makers whose vision is to unite all leaders to solve the world's greatest challenges. Eiji catalyzes movements & provides expert guidance for changemakers. He played a role in the rise in the popularity of sushi across North America and the beginning of the Hug It Forward Movement which led to over 130 bottle schools being built in Guatemala. Since 2014, Eiji has been advising and mentoring entrepreneurs and professionals to start and grow their movements. Eiji serves as a member of the Association of Transformational Leaders. He is a genius at building profitable speaking training coaching businesses training & mentoring thousands of coaches in his career after realizing that many changemakers needed sustainable income & time freedom first to make their greatest impact in the world. Eiji is passionate about embodied leadership and bringing a trauma informed approach to leadership & training. Links to Freebies: Get Free Access to Our Next 5 Day Challenge http://challenge.movementmakers.org For more information go to… https://www.rebeccaelizabethwhitman.com/ Https://linktr.ee/rebeccaewhitman #EijiMorishita #Leadership #GlobalChallenges #SocialImpact #CommunityBuilding #Collaboration #Innovation #Empowerment #Inspiration #ChangeMakers #Sustainability #Entrepreneurship #Motivation #LeadershipDevelopment #ImpactingChange #GetInvolved #Positivity #Unity #SolutionSeekers #MakingADifference

How to Start a Movement with Eiji Morishita Eiji Morishita is the Founder of Movement Makers whose vision is to unite all leaders to solve the world's greatest challenges. Eiji catalyzes movements & provides expert guidance for changemakers. He played a role in the rise in the popularity of sushi across North America and the beginning of the Hug It Forward Movement which led to over 130 bottle schools being built in Guatemala. Since 2014, Eiji has been advising and mentoring entrepreneurs and professionals to start and grow their movements. Eiji serves as a member of the Association of Transformational Leaders. He is a genius at building profitable speaking training coaching businesses training & mentoring thousands of coaches in his career after realizing that many changemakers needed sustainable income & time freedom first to make their greatest impact in the world. Eiji is passionate about embodied leadership and bringing a trauma informed approach to leadership & training. Links to Freebies: Get Free Access to Our Next 5 Day Challenge http://challenge.movementmakers.org For more information go to… https://www.rebeccaelizabethwhitman.com/ Https://linktr.ee/rebeccaewhitman #EijiMorishita #Leadership #GlobalChallenges #SocialImpact #CommunityBuilding #Collaboration #Innovation #Empowerment #Inspiration #ChangeMakers #Sustainability #Entrepreneurship #Motivation #LeadershipDevelopment #ImpactingChange #GetInvolved #Positivity #Unity #SolutionSeekers #MakingADifference

We followed Eiji Okada to 1973's Lady Snowblood! Holy shit!

Eiji Morishita is the Founder of Movement Makers whose vision is to unite all leaders to solve the world's greatest challenges.  Eiji catalyzes movements & provides expert guidance for changemakers.He played a role in the rise in the popularity of sushi across North America and the beginning of the Hug It Forward Movement which led to over 130 bottle schools being built in Guatemala.  Since 2014, Eiji has been advising and mentoring entrepreneurs and professionals to start and grow their movements.Eiji serves as a member of the Association of Transformational Leaders. He is a genius at building profitable speaking training coaching businesses training & mentoring thousands of coaches in his career after realizing that many changemakers needed sustainable income & time freedom first to make their greatest impact in the world. Eiji is passionate about embodied leadership and bringing a trauma informed approach to leadership & training.Links to Freebies:Get Free Access to Our Next 5 Day Challengehttp://challenge.movementmakers.org For more information go to…https://www.rebeccaelizabethwhitman.com/Https://linktr.ee/rebeccaewhitman

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This episode we will finish up with many of the smaller episodes in the reign of Kashikiya Hime, aka Suiko Tenno.  Most of these are mentions of various public works projects, omens, expansion of the realm, and a couple of other stories, some more believable than others. As usual, more information can be found at https://sengokudaimyo.com/podcast/episode-101 Rough Transcript Welcome to Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.  My name is Joshua, and this is Episode 101: Ponds, Peaches, and Thunder-gods. First off, a big thanks to Red and Ryan for helping to support the site and our show.  If you would like to join them, we'll have more information at the end of the episode, or check out our website at sengokudaimyo.com. When we last left off, we were going through some of the more random events that happened in the reign of Kashikiya Hime, aka Suiko Tennou. and we're going to continue with that this episode, touching on some of the things that happened in the latter part of her reign, starting in about 613 and going from there—and some of this is more exciting than others.  I'll try to hit the high points, but some of this will be familiar if you've been listening along. For example, one of the THRILLING things we'll start with (at least if you are a frog) is the building of ponds.  In the winter of 613, we are told that the ponds of Waki no Kami, Unebi, and Wani were constructed.  We've seen the construction of ponds since at least the time of Mimaki Iribiko, aka Sujin Tennou, the purported “first” sovereign, from around the probable time of Queen Himiko.  The exact nature of these ponds doesn't seem to be known, but one theory is that they are for irrigation of rice paddies in places where the water wasn't consistently sufficient for everyone's needs—a pond would allow for water to be gathered up throughout the year and then released when it was needed for the rice paddies.  More ponds may have indicated the opening of more fields, indicating continued growth.Ponds also had other uses, however, including breeding fish, and they were a habitat for birds, so this would also help encourage hunting and fishing.  Finally, the ponds were public utilities, and part of the way the Court flexed their power as they raised levies for the ponds' construction.  We might also say something about the way they indicated a certain amount of control over the land – but of course, most of these ponds are in the Nara basin and Kawachi regions, and so it doesn't tell us a whole lot more than what we already know about the centralized control there.  They were important enough, however, that by the 8th century the creation of these ponds was still being tracked and attributed to specific rulers. If you're wondering what it might have been like to travel around in this period of Japan, you might be more interested in the fact that in the same line about the ponds, we are also told that a Highway was built from Asuka to Naniwa.  This is believed to be the path of the ancient Takeuchi Kaidou in Kawachi, which some of the literature  claims is the “oldest official road” in Japan.  This road  connects to the Yoko-ohoji in Nara, which links the modern city of Sakai, near Ohosaka, with the city of Katsuraki, and presumably it then connected with other paths down to Asuka.    I suspect that the “official” qualifier is in there is because we have evidence of when it was made, whereas other roads and highways, such as the old highway along the foot of the mountains on the eastern edge of the Nara Basin, are perhaps even more ancient, but are simply mentioned, without evidence of how or when they were created—they may have been more organic footpaths that came to be heavily traveled, or just created with no record of who and when. This new highway was notable for connecting the port at Naniwa to the current capital and to the newly built temples in the Asuka area, as well. These temples were new institutions, but they were also fairly permanent structures, unlike even the palace buildings, which were still expected to be rebuilt each reign.  Of course, they could be moved—and were, in later periods—but it was going to take some doing.  That said, there were other permanent structures and religious sites—heck, many of the kami were associated with mountains, and you couldn't exactly move those, though they did have the ability to build sacred spaces elsewhere and bring the kami to them, so you weren't exactly tied to the physical geography.  And there were the giant kofun, but I'm not sure how often people were going to the kofun to worship the ancient kings and other elites, other than perhaps family members paying their respects.  The building of a highway to the capital alone would probably be an interesting flex, since the next sovereign could move somewhere else entirely.  But the temples were intended to be relatively permanent institutions, as far as I can tell, so even if the capital did move, the fact that there was a road there was probably going to be a big boon to the area. Of course it probably didn't hurt that this area was also a Soga stronghold, and so at least the Soga family would continue to benefit, which may have gone into *some* of the political calculus, there. It was also going to help with envoys to and from the continent.  And that leads us along to the next item of note about Kashikiya-hime's reign: sure enough, in the sixth month of the following year, Inugami no Kimi no Mitasuki and Yatabe no Miyatsuko were sent on a new embassy to the Sui court.  By the way, quick note on these two.  Inugami no Mitatsuki is given the kabane of “kimi”.  If you recall, the sovereign is “Oho-kimi”, or “Great Kimi”, and so “Kimi” is thought to be an important title, possibly referring to a high-ranking family that held sway outside of the immediate lands of Yamato, and Yatabe is given to us as “Miyatsuko”, also generally referring to one of the higher ranks of nobility under the kabane system—though not necessarily the inner court families of the Omi and the Muraji.  It is unclear whether those kabane were in use at the time, but it does indicate that the families were important.  An ancestor of the Inugami first shows up in the reign of Okinaga Tarashi Hime, aka Jingu Kougou, which is interesting as there are some who claim that the stories of that reign really solidified around the time of Kashikiya Hime, which is to say the current reign.  We'll get more into that in a future episode, but for now we can note that the Inugami family doesn't really seem to show up after that until this reign, and from here on out we see them as one of the regular interlocutors with the continent, whether the Sui, Tang, or on the Korean peninsula. The Yatabe are much more enigmatic.  Other than this entry, we don't have a lot.  There is an ancestor, Takemorosumi, mentioned in the reign of Mimaki Iribiko, aka Sujin Tennou, and there is some reasonable thought that they may have been set up for the maintenance of Princess Yata, the wife of Ohosazaki no Mikoto, aka Nintoku Tennou, but I don't see any clear indication one way or the other.  They aren't really mentioned again except as a family during the late 7th century. These two, Inugami no Mitatsuki and the unnamed envoy of the Yatabe family, would return a year later, bringing with them an envoy from Baekje.  Later in the year they would throw the envoy an elaborate feast.  We aren't given much else, but seems like relations were good. Shortly after the feast for the Baekje envoy, however, the monk Hyeja—or Eiji, in the Japanese reading—returned to his home in Goguryeo.  Hyeja had been one of the teachers of none other than Prince Umayado, aka Shotoku Taishi himself, and the two are said to have shared a special bond.  Shotoku Taishi eventually became Hyeja's equal, and it is said that they both discussed Buddhist teachings and philosophy together, with Hyeja appreciating Shotoku Taishi's unique insights.  When Prince Umayado eventually passed at an all too early age, the news reached Hyeja on the peninsula and he held a special feast in his student-turned-peer's honor.  They say that he then predicted his own death, one year later, on the anniversary of Shotoku Taishi's own passing. But that was still to come.  For now, you could say that everything was peachy—and so they did… sort of, in the next item of note.  What they actually said was that in the first month of 616, at the beginning of Spring, the Peach and Plum trees bore fruit, which may seem an odd thing to comment on.  However, Peach and Plum tress flowering or fruiting would be something that the Chroniclers commented on for at least the next two reigns, as well as in the reign of Oho-ama, aka Temmu Tennou, in the 7th century. It is possible that they were commenting on how they were fruiting out of season—the peach, or momo, in Japanese, blossoms between late March and mid-April.  This is around the same time as the plum, in this case the Sumomo, rather than the “ume” plum, sometimes called a Japanese apricot.  Momo and Sumomo would blossom towards the start of spring, and so it might be possible for them to blossom around the first month of the New Year, especially if that was a little later than it might be today, but highly unlikely that they would be fruiting.  Assuming they were talking about the blossoms—and some later accounts explicitly call out the flowers instead—it may have indicated a particularly warm winter or early spring season that year.  It is also possible that the Chroniclers were off on the dates at times, and so may have made some mistakes. It is also possible that they were recounting an odd event—having the peach trees and plum trees fruit or blossom at the obviously wrong time would likely have generated some concern, and thus be worthy of noting down as an omen.  It is also possible that this is part of a stock phrase that was used to indicate something else, like the start of Spring or a good or bad omen.  Peaches were thought to keep away evil spirits and it was said that they were the fruit of immortality in the western paradise of the Queen Mother of the West.  Peaches are often common decorations on Buddhist temples, as well—going back to the same stories about warding off evil and longevity. Whatever the reason, the blooming and fruiting of peach and plum trees was particularly important to the Chroniclers for this period—for whatever reason. Beyond the talk of peaches, in 616 there was something else, something fairly simple, but apparently important:  Men from the island of Yaku arrived as immigrants. This is the first mention of Yaku Island, and if you haven't heard of it I wouldn't blame you.  It is an island south of modern Kagoshima, off the southern tip of Kyuushuu, and just west of another famous island, that of Tanegashima.  Yakushima, today, is known for its status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site—so classified for its incredible natural beauty.  It is the home to some truly ancient cedars, with some thought to date back as far as 2300 years ago, well into the Yayoi era.  It is mentioned in the Nihon Shoki as well as Sui dynasty records, and in numerous other travel accounts since. We have evidence of human activity going back at least 17,000 years ago, so before even the Jomon era, though the earliest evidence of habitation on the island is more like 6,000 years ago—about 500 to a thousand years after the famous Akahoya eruption, which devastated Kyushu and which we discussed back in episode 4.  Yakushima would also have been devastated, situated as it is just south of the Kikai caldera, and it was likely devastated by pyroclastic flows along with its neighboring islands.  Since then, it was populated by people that were now, in the 7th century, making contact with the people of Yamato—perhaps indicating that Yamato had even further expanded its reach. Over the course of the year 616 the Chronicles note several groups of immigrants from Yaku Shima.  First was a group of three men who came as immigrants in the third month.  Then seven more arrived two months later.  Two months after that, you had a group of twenty show up.  They were all settled together in a place called Eno'i.  It isn't exactly clear where this is.  Some sources suggest that they came to the Dazaifu in Kyushuu, and so were settled somewhere on Kyuushuu, possibly in the south of the island.  There is also a connection with the name “Enoi” coming out of Mino, in the form of the Enoi family, which the Sendai Kuji Hongi says was an offshoot of the Mononobe family. Wherever they ended up, they stayed there for the rest of their lives. We aren't done with Yaku Island, though.  Four years later, we are told that two men of Yaku were “cast away”—which I suspect means banished—to the island of Izu, Izu-no-shima.  Once again, we are left wondering exactly where that is, though it may refer not to an island, at least not entirely, but to Izu no Kuni, the land of Izu, on the Izu Peninsula.  Aston suggests that perhaps at this time “shima” didn't mean just an island, but any place that was mostly surrounded by water, including a peninsula like Izu.  It could also mean one of the nearby islands, such as Ooshima, the largest of the islands to the east of the Izu peninsula. Nine years later, in the reign of the succeeding sovereign, Yamato sent an envoy, Tanabe no Muraji, to the island of Yaku.  I suspect that this was part of making the island an official part of the country. Records of the island fall off for a bit, but it does get mentioned, along with neighboring Tanegashima, in the reign of Temmu Tennou, in the latter part of the 7th century.  To be fair, the Nihon Shoki only continues until 696, but we continue to see them in the Shoku Nihongi, the continuation of the court historical records.  Sure, Yakushima was probably never going to be a huge story from a political perspective, but it does give us some insight into just how far Yamato's influence reached at this point. Going back to the record, we have another fruit related account.  This time it is about an enormous gourd coming out of Izumo—one as big as a, well… we aren't exactly sure.  The character they use is read “kan”, and today often refers to aluminum cans and the like, but that is a relatively recent meaning, if you'd believe it.  In the 7th and 8th century it was probably something more like “pou” and may have meant an earthenware pot for storing alcohol, like the Greek amphorae, or it may have been in reference to a kind of musical instrument.  Either way, we are talking a pretty good sized gourd.  Not sure if it would take a ribbon in some of today's largest pumpkin contests, but still, impressive for the time. Moving beyond the State Fair category of entries, we come to one of my favorite events.  It takes place, we are told, in 618, when Kawabe no Omi was sent to the land of Aki to build ships.  He went with his crews up into the mountains to fell timber when he met with something extraordinary, which was still being depicted in paintings centuries later, although most people probably haven't heard the story. Now the name Kawabe first shows up as the location of one of the Miyake, or royal granaries and administrative centers set up in the land of Ki, south of Yamato on the peninsula, in 535.  The first record of a person by the name, however, is less than auspicious:  It was the assistant general Kawabe no Nihi, who is panned by the Chroniclers for his actions during the reign of Amekunioshi.  As we discussed in Episode 82, Kawabe snatched defeat from the jaws of victory due to his lack of military expertise. This next mention of a Kawabe family member is coming a good many years later, but the family does seem to have recovered somewhat.  Kawabe no Omi no Nezu would be appointed a general several years later—and that could be the same Kawabe no Omi from this story, as there was only about seven or so years between events.  Furthermore, members of the family would find themselves in the middle of some of the most impactful events of the court, indicating their high status.  Multiple family members would be remembered and memorialized in the histories over the rest of the century, whether for better or for ill.  Which makes it a little interesting to me that the story of this Kawabe family ship builder does not give us a personal name of any kind. Now, later interpretations of this particular story would say that this Kawabe no Omi was out building ships on the orders of Prince Shotoku Taishi himself, though the Nihon Shoki would seem to indicate that he was out there, instead, at the behest of the sovereign herself, Kashikiya Hime.  Of course, given what the Nihon Shoki has to say about Shotoku Taishi's contributions to running the government, it could be either one.  Regardless, he had a job to do.  He searched through the forest and he found suitable trees for the timber he needed:  in all likelihood he was looking for large, straight trees, which would have a good grain and not so many knots to cause problems.  I suspect that older trees were likely preferable for the task.  Having found what he was looking for he marked it and they began to chop down the marked trees. Suddenly a man appeared—a stranger, or perhaps just a local coming to see what all the fuss was about.  He warned Kawabe no Omi and his men that the tree they had marked was a “thunder tree” and it shouldn't be cut.  To this Kawabe no Omi asked: “Shall even the thunder-god disobey the royal commands?”  However, he didn't just barrel on with the task.  Instead, he and his men started by offering mitegura, offerings of cloth.  This was likely done to appease any spirits before the crew got started, and I wonder if this was something exceptional, or perhaps something that people regularly did, especially when you were taking large, older trees.  It isn't clear, but an 8th century crowd no doubt understood the significance.  Once they had finished providing recompense to the kami, they went about their task. Suddenly, out of nowhere, it began to rain.  As the water poured down from the sky, thunder and lightning came crashing down.  Apparently the offering had *not* been accepted, and the kami was now quite angry.  While his men sought shelter, Kawabe no Omi drew out his iron sword and held it aloft, crying out to the angry kami:  “O Kami of Thunder, do not harm these men!  I am the one that you want!”  So saying, sword held aloft in the midst of this unexpected thunderstorm, he stood there, watching the roiling clouds, and waiting.  Ten times the lightning flashed and crashed around them, the thunder rolling each time.  One can only imagine the sight as Kawabe no Omi stood there, wind whipping his hair and clothes as he challenged the storm.  And yet, try as it might, the thunderous lightning did not strike Kawabe no Omi.  Finally, the lightning stopped, and Kawabe no Omi was still unharmed. As the men came out of hiding, they noticed a disturbance.  Above them, there was movement, and the men saw the strangest thing:  Up in the branches of the tree was a small fish.  Near as anyone could reckon, the god had turned visible, taking the form of a fish, and so Kawabe no Omi caught the fish and burnt it.  After that, they were able to safely harvest the rest of the timber and build the ships. While we may have some doubts as to the veracity of the story, or may even wonder if a particularly violent storm hadn't picked up fish from a nearby water source, an event that has been known to happen, it still holds some clues about how the people of the time thought and how they believed the world worked.  Even today, older trees and even rocks are thought to house spirits.  In some cases, shrines are built up, and people will worship the spirit of a particular tree or rock, so it isn't so far fetched to think that they were harvesting ancient trees that were believed by locals to contain some kind of spirit, which, if aroused, could bring serious harm to Kawabe no Omi and his men.  This is probably why they made their offering in the first place, hoping that would be enough to placate the spirit. At the same time, we see them drawing on the power of the sovereign, who isn't even present.  Kawabe no Omi's protection is in that he is following the sovereign's commands, and that alone is his shield.  Heck, he even goes so far as to raise up his sword.  I know we are still an eon from Ben Franklin and his kite, but I'm pretty sure that people had figured out certain things about lightning, beyond just “don't be out in it”, namely “don't wave around pointy metal things in the middle of a storm”. As for the symbolism of the kami turning into a fish, well, who knows just how kami think about these things?  They don't always do things that make sense.  For instance, there is one story where a man prayed for a boat, and the kami gave him one, but put it on top of a nearby mountain.  Maybe they just weren't that accurate, or maybe they didn't quite get how the visible world works, sometimes.  It is also possible that the kami turned itself into a helpless fish on purpose, as a sign that it was giving up, since it clearly had not been able to best Kawabe no Omi, and the burning of the fish may have also had some significance. Whatever the reason, the boats were built and not even the kami could defy the will of the sovereign. Now there were a few other things that happened the following year—more strange and bizarre happenstances.  The first was the on the fourth day of the fourth month, when there came a report of a creature shaped like a man in the Kamo river in Afumi.  Who knows what it was?  Perhaps it was some kind of kappa or other river spirit.  Or perhaps it was some stranger skinny-dipping and he just really put everyone off.  Or it was just a weird log viewed from the wrong angle.  Whatever the reason, the people were put off, and Aston notes that this was probably considered an inauspicious omen. Then, in the 7th month, a fisherman from the land of Settsu caught something in one of the manmade canals, or horie, in the area of modern Osaka.  The creature he caught was part fish and part man—perhaps that same creature that had been seen three months earlier further upriver, like some kind of ancient Yamato mermaid.  What exactly did it mean, though?  Certainly it seems a strange occurrence, but was it considered a good or bad omen?  Or was it just weird and strange? The following year, there was a shape in the sky.  The Chroniclers say it was red, shaped like a rooster tail, and over a rod—about ten feet or so—in length.  Perhaps this was a rogue cloud, being kissed by the red light of the rising or setting sun.  Or perhaps it was something else entirely.  These were the kinds of things that were likely seen as omens, though whether a good or bad omen, who could say?  A fishman in the rivers?  A red glowing light in the sky?  Often it wouldn't be until later that such things would be pieced together. In this case, the omens were likely pretty dire, as in that same year we are told that none other than Prince Umayado—Shotoku Taishi himself—grew ill, and passed away.  The whole of the realm mourned their collective loss.  The Crown Prince of the Upper Palace, heir to the throne of Yamato, was dead.  So yeah, I would say those were some pretty bad omens. Umayado's death would leave a real void.  Where there had once been certainty of succession, the land was back in the chaos of wondering what would happen when Kashikiya Hime finally passed away.  Would they be returned to a state of civil war for the throne?  Who could say?  And there was more.  The continent was also in a state of uncertainty, as only recently, the Sui dynasty had been overthrown, and now the new Tang was in its place.  In addition, a resurgent Silla on the Korean peninsula was getting ever more bold and sure of its own power.  There were many things to be concerned about. But let's not leave it on such a note.  We can cover all of that in future episodes—we really don't have time to go over all of it here.  But there is one other story I'd like to leave you with this episode. You see, a little earlier that year—the same year that Umayado passed away—the Yamato court had finished covering the tomb of Hinokuma with pebbles.  Although the kofun, today, are often overgrown, and seem as much like wooded hills as anything else, back in the day there would have been no mistaking their manmade origins.  The ground was cleared and tamped down into place.  The sides rose in distinct terraces, and the surface was covered in stones.  Around it would be the clay and wood haniwa.  Families were employed to keep the kofun, and likely refreshed them from time to time.  In the case of Hinokuma, recall that earlier in the reign Kitashi Hime, Kashikiya Hime's mother, had been re-interred with her husband.  This was likely further ceremonies for her, perhaps the culmination of years of work on the tomb.  We are also told that earth was piled up onto a hill, and each family erected a wooden pillar.  One official, Yamato no Aya no Sakanoue no Atahe, decided to go all out.  Maybe he didn't get the memo.  Or maybe he thought he would make a name for himself.  Either way, brought in the largest pillar—larger than any other of the family heads that were present. And, well, he did make a name for himself, though perhaps not the name he wanted.  That name was Ohohashira no Atahe, or the Atahe of the Giant Pillar.  Probably not exactly what he was going for, but there you have it.  By the way, if you recognize that name, Sakanoue, then you may have noticed that yes, this is likely an ancestor of the famous Sakanoue no Tamuramaro, a famous warrior of the late Nara and early Heian period, and the second person ever to carry the title of Sei-i Taishogun—but that is still over a century and a half away. For now, in the coming episodes, we'll finish up the reign of Kashikiya Hime, perhaps touch briefly on what was happening on the continent, and continue on as we make our way through the latter part of the seventh century. Until then, thank you for listening and for all of your support. If you like what we are doing, tell your friends and feel free to rate us wherever you listen to podcasts.  If you feel the need to do more, and want to help us keep this going, we have information about how you can donate on Patreon or through our KoFi site, ko-fi.com/sengokudaimyo, or find the links over at our main website, SengokuDaimyo.com/Podcast, where we will have some more discussion on topics from this episode. Also, feel free to Tweet at us at @SengokuPodcast, or reach out to our Sengoku Daimyo Facebook page.  You can also email us at the.sengoku.daimyo@gmail.com.  Thank you, also, to Ellen for her work editing the podcast. And that's all for now.  Thank you again, and I'll see you next episode on Sengoku Daimyo's Chronicles of Japan.

Steve and Andre finish off their anime extravanganza as well as 2023 with one last direct-to-video classic: Battle Arena Toshinden! Eiji and Kayin have tender moments on a mountaintop, Sofia takes a shower, Duke rides in on a horse, and I guess they fight a bunch too. But was it good, or was it "good"? Well... Twitter: @FineTimePodcast Andre on Bluesky: @pizzadinosaur.fineti.me Steve on Bluesky: @monotonegent.fineti.me

This week on Kaizoku Uncharted, Jakia and Justin pick up where they left off with the fall season of shows. Jakia shares that she's still into Spy Family Season 2, whereas Justin thinks it's been more of a softer and calmer season and doesn't have as much impact as other shows this season. It escalated quickly in Migi & Dali and Jakia was right about the connection between the twins and Eiji. In Jujutsu Kaisen, Jakia isn't ready to put Mahito into the book, because everything he's doing is in alignment with his character. But Justin and Jakia both got hyped when they saw Todo start to clap! Jakia is smug in One Piece, highlighting that Luffy did have intentions of Yamato joining the Strawhats. There's a mini discussion on Blackbeard and what he's been up to and more! Tune in to hear their most anticipated for the winter season. All this and more in this week's episode of Kaizoku Uncharted!

Bird watcher and engineer Eiji Nakatsu sped up and made Japan's bullet trains quieter by studying the kingfisher's beak. Shawn and Mark stick their noses into how a business might use this story to encourage innovation through biomimicry. The post 195 – Bullet train kingfisher nose – Eiji Nakatsu appeared first on Anecdote.

This week we get explosive with Oppenheimer, the original Japanese Gojira, and then explore the history of the Bomb Pop!  Careful…we are not entirely sure what is going to happen when we press the red record button on this one…  #oppenheimer #barbenheimer #gojira #godzilla #cillianmurphy #christophernolan #bombpop #inshirohonda

In the fourth and final Pride episode, Rachael and Ruth discuss Banana Fish, the acclaimed thriller about Ash and Eiji, starcrossed lovers on the mean streets of New York.

Eccoci con un nuovo episodio della rubrica "Pillole di letteratura giapponese"! Oggi la nostra Paola Scrolavezza ci parlerà di "Midnight Swan" di Uchida Eiji, tradotto e curato da Asuka Ozumi, pubblicato da Atmosphere Libri nel 2022. La particolarità di questo romanzo è che si tratta di un esempio di novelization, cioè rappresenta la traduzione in formato romanzo della sceneggiatura del film che Uchida Eiji, autore e regista, ha diretto nel 2020 e che ha ottenuto un grandissimo successo sia in Giappone che all'estero. Midnight Swan tratta di problematiche molto delicate: ci mostra delle figure che in qualche modo si trovano ai margini della società e che fanno fatica a trovare un riconoscimento ancora oggi nella società giapponese. Tematiche principali sono dunque la violenza ma anche le questioni di genere, che possono portare discriminazione all'interno della società giapponese. ----------------------------------- SEGUICI SU: - Web Page: https://www.nippop.it - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nippopbologna - Twitter: https://twitter.com/NipPopOfficial - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nippopofficial - YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/nippopbologna

On this episode of We Effed Up, Theresa and Cody discuss how a Karen's need for her tea-set led to one of the biggest intelligence coups of the 20th century.Podcast to recommend: Historium (https://historium.buzzsprout.com/)SourcesDuffy, James P. Hitler's Secret Pirate Fleet: The Deadliest Ships of World War II. Lincoln, NE: U. of Nebraska Press, 2005.Robinson, Stephen. False Flags: Disguised German Raiders of World War II. Chatswood, Australia: Exisle Publishing, 2016.Seki, Eiji. Mrs. Ferguson's Tea-Set and the Second World War: The Global Consequences Following Germany's Sinking of the SS Automedon in 1940. London, UK: Global Oriental, 2006.Slavic, Joseph P. The Cruise of the German Raider Atlantis. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2003. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Inspired by the WBC; Sean takes the mound again and delivers the story of Eiji Sawamura. A teenage pitching phenom who got the opportunity to face the best of the best at the young age of 17. Sawamura's career and life would be cut short but he made such an impact that the yearly award for the best pitcher in Japan still bears his name to this day.  

The Sengoku Period, or Warring States Era, of Japan began in 1467 with the Onin War. Feudal Japan was characterized by violence between warring states, where kinsmen cut each other down in bids for territorial superiority. Independent warlords among the domains unleashed their samurai and fighting men on each other in anarchic attempts to gain dominance. Rivalries ebbed and flowed. Alliances formed and were shattered. Allegiance among warlords was only to self, cooperation existed only when it benefitted the warlords. For the peasant class life was hell, which resulted in regular instances of ikki, or peasant class uprisings. Power began to consolidate in the mid-16th century when a group of warlords had singled themselves out as primary dominators in their regions, having bested their rivals. These “great power” warlords boasted superior militant groups, greater territorial expansion, and grew their base through the exploitation of their weaker neighbors. But when great powers exist, great conflict arises. From the conflicts of these superior warlords came the unification campaigns of Sengoku Japan. Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and Tokugawa Ieyasu were the three great warlords at the center of Japan's unification. Nobunaga died in 1582 before Japan could be truly unified and the rogue warlords brought to heel. His successor Hideyoshi accomplished unification in 1590, though resistance had not been entirely eradicated. It was Tokugawa Ieyasu, after Hideyoshi's death in 1598, that made Japan whole in 1600 after the Battle of Sekigahara. A battle which brought about Japan's final Shogunate, and in which this episode's subject participated at the age of only sixteen. Miyamoto Musashi, born Miyamoto Bennosuke, met with difficulty at a young age and some details of the legendary swordsman remain unclear. However, one defining theme is evident even in his earliest years: that Miyamoto's life was to be one characterized by violence. The Book of Five Rings: Link You can find the Hardtack socials, website, and Patreon via ⁠linktree⁠. If you have any feedback on Hardtack episodes or suggestions for future episodes, please send an email to hardtackpod@gmail.com Don't forget to rate and subscribe! Make your Own Hardtack! Hardtack Recipe (Survival Bread) - ⁠Bread Dad  Sources: BRINKLEY, Frank, and Dairoku KIKUCHI. A History of the Japanese People from the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era ... By Capt. F. Brinkley ... with the Collaboration of Baron Kikuchi ... With 150 Illustrations ... and Maps. New York & London, 1915. Miyamoto, Musashi, and William Scott Wilson. The Book of Five Rings. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2012. Miyamoto, Musashi, Lawrence A. Kane, and Kris Wilder. Musashis Dokkodo (The Way of Walking Alone): Half Crazy, Half Genius, Finding Modern Meaning in the Sword Saints Last Words. Burien, WA: Stickman Publications, 2015. TC 2-91.4 Intelligence Support to Urban Operations, TC 2-91.4 Intelligence Support to Urban Operations § (2015). https://armypubs.army.mil/epubs/DR_pubs/DR_a/pdf/web/tc2_91x4 FINAL.pdf. Wilson, William Scott. The Lone Samurai: the Life of Miyamoto Musashi. Boston: Shambhala, 2013. Yoshikawa, Eiji, Charles S. Terry, Edwin O. Reischauer, and Eiji Yoshikawa. Musashi. New York: Kodansha, 2012. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hardtackpod/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hardtackpod/support

This week on Krewe of Japan Podcast... 約束の通り、日本アカデミー最優秀作品賞受賞監督の内田英治さんと日本語版のインタービューです。このボーナスエピソードは日本語と英語で放送します。内田英治監督の生活とキャリアについて話を楽しんでください！将来にもっと日本語版のゲストインタービューが出てきますので、ソーシャルメディアで是非フォローしてください。As promised in Episode 18, here is the Japanese version of our interview with the Japanese Academy Award-Winning Director Eiji Uchida from January 2022. This bonus episode contains both full Japanese and English dialogue between Eiji Uchida, Doug, & our translator Yumi. Please enjoy this fun episode about Eiji Uchida's life and career! And stay tuned for more Japanese language interviews in upcoming seasons of Krewe of Japan Podcast!(Interpretation provided by Yumi Mano) ------ About the Krewe ------The Krewe of Japan Podcast is a weekly episodic podcast sponsored by the Japan Society of New Orleans. Check them out every Friday afternoon around noon CST on Apple, Google, Spotify, Amazon, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.  Want to share your experiences with the Krewe? Or perhaps you have ideas for episodes, feedback, comments, or questions? Let the Krewe know by e-mail at kreweofjapanpodcast@gmail.com or on social media (Twitter: @kreweofjapan, Instagram: @kreweofjapanpodcast, Facebook: Krewe of Japan Podcast Page, TikTok: @kreweofjapanpodcast, the Krewe of Japan Youtube Channel), & join us on Discord.  More on our Krewe of Japan Podcast LinkTree! Until next time, enjoy!------ More Info on Eiji Uchida ------Eiji Uchida's IMDb PageEiji Uchida on TwitterMidnight Swan on IMDb

Japan Goalkeeper Eiji Kawashima Voices Intention to Retire from National Team

For this episode, Jane and LeEan talk about Banana Fish (not a BL!!), LeEan committing the most heinous crime of watching in 1.75x speed, Ash's dad advising him to get his bag, blaming Ash for running into people and getting stabbed, Ash and Eiji being each other's catcher in the rye, and one of LeEan's teachers reading her by telling her to read. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/isle-of-anime/support

This week on Krewe of Japan Podcast...the Krewe sits down for an exclusive interview with Eiji Uchida, the director of Netflix's The Naked Director & 2020 Japanese Academy Award Winner for Best Film...  Midnight Swan. In this in chat, Uchida-san discusses his career in the Japanese independent film industry, how diversity is important in movies, how internationalization via streaming platforms changed his approach to directing, Japanese biker gangs, and so much more!(Interpretation provided by Yumi Mano) ------ About the Krewe ------The Krewe of Japan Podcast is a weekly episodic podcast sponsored by the Japan Society of New Orleans. Check them out every Friday afternoon around noon CST on Apple, Google, Spotify, Amazon, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts.  Want to share your experiences with the Krewe? Or perhaps you have ideas for episodes, feedback, comments, or questions? Let the Krewe know by e-mail at kreweofjapanpodcast@gmail.com or on social media (Twitter: @kreweofjapan, Instagram: @kreweofjapanpodcast, Facebook: Krewe of Japan Podcast Page, TikTok: @kreweofjapanpodcast, & the Krewe of Japan Youtube Channel). Until next time, enjoy!------ More Info on Eiji Uchida ------Eiji Uchida's IMDb PageEiji Uchida on TwitterMidnight Swan on IMDb

After my conversations with Keith Allen Dennis and Recluse of the Farm podcast, I keep thinking how it's the second-string fascists, the Nazi and Japanese imperial collaborators of Ukraine and Korea, who go on to be the absolute MVPs of the Cold War–era fascist international. Operating from the American puppet ROK and the Ukranian diaspora, this passionate minority within each country worked tirelessly to advance the fascist cause and sabotage socialist construction in their own homelands and around the world. The Moon organization, for example, can be directly tied to the drug and weapons trading and other logistics in support of fascist death squads in Latin America (see The Farm's magisterial WACL series). Today we explore the heart of the collaborator through two Korean short stories. First, we have a semi-autobiographical maudlin fantasy depicting the immense frustration of a Korean settler in China, who despite his obsessive determination to be a model minority and live out his devotion to all things Japanese, has failed as a professional intellectual largely due to ethnic discrimination and, on his way to become a colonist on the Manchurian frontier, sacrifices himself in a suicide attack on the Korean People's Army to save a Japanese travelling companion—despite experiencing nothing but discrimination even from him. Second, we have a satirical portrait of the changing of the guard from Japanese collaborators to Yankee collaborators, one set of imperial middlemen merely replacing another, after the thoroughly sabotaged “liberation” of Korea in 1945. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

「Vol.131 「日本の芸能界を変えてやる！」と行動するEIJI LEON LEE氏インタビュー前編[東京Petit-Cine協会]」　このコラムを始めた当初から言い続けてきたことは、日本映画の世界を変えていこうというものだった。そのためには、クリエイター、配給会社、マスコミ、映画館などが一度に変わらなければならないと主張したものだった。

Welcome to episode 49 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this episode, I'll be wrapping up my discussion about Eiji Kitamura and his Christmas music, with his fantastic 2001 album, “Santa Clarinet.” While Akira Ishikawa's “Drum Christmas Drum” kicked off my interest in Japanese Christmas music, the Jazz, Group Sounds and Mood Kayo albums of the 1960s really cemented my obsession, while the City Pop Christmas music from the 1980s broadened my collecting horizons and led to me finding an even wider variety of music. One of the things I love about Eiji Kitamura is that he serves as a bridge from the earliest days of Japanese Pop music to today. He got his start around the same time Hibari Misora's “Hitoribocchi no Christmas” gave birth to Japanese Christmas Pop, so he has been an eyewitness to the genre as it's evolved. That's part of why I'd love to see him do an album where he covers all the big Japanese Christmas songs, from Kai Band's “Anna,” to Yumi Matsutoya's “Koibito ga Santa Claus,” Keisuke Kuwata's “Merry X'mas In Summer” and “White Lovers,” and, of course, Tatsuro Yamashita's “Christmas Eve.” I have a couple Jazz albums with covers of a lot of those songs, but having one from Eiji Kitamura would be something special, considering his long history in the industry. I hope you've enjoyed learning about Eiji Kitamura. Join me back here next month for my special 50th episode, where I'll be talking about the 1977 compilation, “Merry Christmas (Bouquet of Hearts Present Series),” from King Records. It's a great album in its own right with an interesting history, but it's also an instrumental album for me personally, not just in the way it helped me improve my research and collecting strategy, but in the long-standing connection it's given me with a like-minded collector in Japan. It's a double LP and will take a lot of work to prepare, so at this point I'm not sure what else I'll cover next month, but I'm sure I'll figure something out. As always, any feedback on this episode would be appreciated. If have any suggestions, or if you'd like to recommend a song or album for a future episode, drop me a line and let me know. Remember, I've added a button to my Ko-fi page. If you'd like to support me one cup of coffee at a time, a donation is only $3. I've also opened a Redbubble store. I only have a couple designs up, but keep an eye on it as I'll be trying to add more. Half of any proceeds or donations received will be donated to support the people of Ukraine, while the rest will be used to purchase new Japanese Christmas music to review for future episodes. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. And if you get a chance, leave me a review on iTunes. Thanks!

Welcome to episode 48 of Holly Jolly X'masu! In this first of two episodes about legendary clarinetist Eiji Kitamura, I'll be discussing his 1965 EP, “Dancing Christmas,” and his 1988 album, “Golden Christmas Songs.” As I mentioned in this episode, Eiji Kitamura's music is some of the earliest Japanese Christmas music I came across. While my attempts to get all three of his albums were frustrating at times, I was thrilled to finally own them all. It was just as enjoyable learning about him and finding that, at 93 years old, he's still performing and recording. One of the most delightful surprises I've had while collecting was finding that he played on Tatsuo Otsuka's “Christmas Serenade.” I first saw the cover for the album in early 2020, and it took well over a year to finally get a copy. As with Eiji Kitamura's albums, it was worth the wait. I have to apologize for how late I am releasing this episode. The past month has been a string of hassles and crises. While I didn't have as much time to work on my podcast as I'd have liked, I was able to make some headway on the huge backlog of music I've been needing to digitize and prepare for future episodes. Until a few days ago, I was nearly done, but a new bundle of records put me a little further behind. I can't complain, though, as several of the records I've gotten recently are real holy grails. I've managed to remove several of the biggest items from my wishlist of albums, and I can't wait to cover them at some point. I hope you've enjoyed this introduction to Eiji Kitamura. Join me back here later this month as I finish discussing his career and his Christmas music. As always, any feedback on this episode would be appreciated. If have any suggestions, or if you'd like to recommend a song or album for a future episode, drop me a line and let me know. Remember, I've added a button to my Ko-fi page. If you'd like to support me one cup of coffee at a time, a donation is only $3. I've also opened a Redbubble store. I only have a couple designs up, but keep an eye on it as I'll be trying to add more. Half of any proceeds or donations received will be donated to support the people of Ukraine, while the rest will be used to purchase new Japanese Christmas music to review for future episodes. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. And if you get a chance, leave me a review on iTunes. Thanks!

Short Hops & Tall Tales — Brandon & Noah are back, and baseball is hot on their heels! They gear up for the upcoming season with a dive into more Japanese baseball history with the story of one of the greatest pitchers of all time— Eiji Sawamura. Then, they dive back into the pickle jar for more fun baseball slang, before a segment on rules: the new, the old, and the fun that could be. Listen now!   Timestamps: (01:28) Pickoff Trivia: Catching No-Hitters! (04:39) Player Profile: Eiji Sawamura (21:25) The Pickle Jar: "Fell Off the Table" (23:04) Fun with Rules! We Promise! Get PL+ and join our community!: https://pitcherlist.com/plus

Short Hops & Tall Tales — Brandon & Noah are back, and baseball is hot on their heels! They gear up for the upcoming season with a dive into more Japanese baseball history with the story of one of the greatest pitchers of all time— Eiji Sawamura. Then, they dive back into the pickle jar for more fun baseball slang, before a segment on rules: the new, the old, and the fun that could be. Listen now!   Timestamps: (01:28) Pickoff Trivia: Catching No-Hitters! (04:39) Player Profile: Eiji Sawamura (21:25) The Pickle Jar: "Fell Off the Table" (23:04) Fun with Rules! We Promise!

Ichi and Lane reunite in person in time for Eiji and Ankh to reunite in the OOO 10 Year Anniversary movie! But first, we revel in Olteca's death, and the continued and unexplainable chaos that is Donbrothers and their onigiri episode.   Casters Present:  Blue Gray Orange  Show Notes: https://www.patreon.com/posts/64609917 Required Viewing: Kamen Rider Revice 28,  Avataro Sentai Donbrothers 4,  Kamen Rider OOO 10th - The Core Medals of Resurrection  YouTube Version: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYSalUzq-ew]   Feed the Castrangers and get $5 off your first order with SkipTheDishes! https://www.skipthedishes.com/r/6YaJc65HKg

Imagine The Kids Next Door's Bizzare Adventure   We and our guest streamer and creator of Let's Plays slowbeef discuss Yuuj Kimura's Shonen Jump manga U19.    Show Notes: You can reach us at Twitter @shonenflopcast or email us shonenflop@gmail.com You can find our guest @slowbeef, on Twitch: Twitch.tv/slowbeef and Youtube: youtube.com/slowbeef Help keep the show running by joining the Shonen Flop Patreon at patreon.com/shonenflop. Get perks like early access to content, bonus episodes, and polls for what we cover next Get Shonen Flop merch, including this episode's cover art, on a shirt, mug, print, or whatever else might catch your eye https://www.teepublic.com/stores/shonen-flop?ref_id=22733 Become a member of our community by joining our Discord. You can hang out with us, play games, and even join our comic book discussion club! Find it at https://discord.com/invite/4hC3SqRw8r   Credits: Shonen Flop is hosted by David Weinberger and Jordan Forbes Additional editing assistance by Dylan Crider you can find his podcast, Anime Out of Context at animeoutofcontext.com Episode art by Merliel (IG: mer_liel) Cover art funded by our generous art benefactor Nigel Francis Our community producer is Luke Episode transcriptions by The Ghostwriters: Travis “T” Root, OzyRat, and TrafalagarWolfwood   Shoutouts: The Daily Drunk Mag: https://dailydrunkmag.com MAL Description: In the year 2036, Japan is under the adult party power and make children's life miserable. But for "rebellious-edgy-teenager" Kudou Eiji, It doesn't matter because he has his childhood friend Akari to cheer up his everyday life. But then, one day, the adult party takes and transfers Akari to another school. It emotionally stress Eiji out...but little did he know, this awakened some power inside him...

これまでソロでライブハウスやフェス、ストリートでうたってきたローホー。２年前のJIROKICHI45周年スペシャルライブ月間のトップバッターにて、一夜限りの特別編成のバンドで超満員のお客さんを沸かせまくりだったそのバンドは正式に「NEKOSOGI」として結成・始動。1stアルバムのリリースや、これから初夏にかけて仕掛けていくビッグニュースな話も。そして今回はカウンターのメグちゃん参加にてふたりの出身である大阪、アメ村～河内音頭などの話題で盛り上がり、ローホーが今考えている新たな展望にトキメク賑やかな収録となりました。「ジロキチナウ」のコーナーでは、JIROKICHI副店長のぐんじより最新のジロキチニュースをお届け。 ㅤ ㅤ 【ローホー -RowHoo Man-】 https://twitter.com/RowHooMan ㅤ 【NEKOSOGI -ネコソギ-】 https://cocalero.jp/nekosogi/ ㅤ 【Youtubeチャンネル -RowHoo Man-】 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_Mv33ivEGn36abhFc2kEqg ㅤ 【ANTENNA magによるアルバムとライブのレビュー】 https://antenna-mag.com/post-57694/ ㅤ ㅤ ★On-Air tracks★ㅤ ㅤ ●NEKOSOGI「RESIDENTS」「Dry fruits」 ローホーg,vo EIJI(b) 三根星太郎g skmoke(dr) 金子巧key 次回の配信（3/6）は、サックスプレイヤーの山本一（はじめ）さんをお迎えいたします。札幌に移住し十数年、北海道を拠点に、様々なライブやレコーディング活動を続けていらっしゃいます。このたび北海道在住のミュージシャン古舘賢治さん、齊藤桃子さんと３人で組んだユニット「spaciotemporal」にて、北海道の冬の情景をテーマに作られたという、初めてのアルバムが完成。そして3/3にはスタンプラリーズのスペシャルゲストとして久々にJIROKICHIに御登場。こちらは来場予約は受付け終了していますので、ぜひ配信をお楽しみください！http://jirokichi.net/2022/02/11/19414/ ぜひみなさんから、山本一さんへの質問やメッセージなどなど、お待ちしています。Radio House JIROKICHIのLINEアカウント（@ 359fobpt）や JIROKICHI HP/SNSなどからボイス、メッセージをお送りください。※2/28（月）23時締切 ㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ 番組への応援チャージ♪はJIROKICHIオンラインショップ で受け付けています。御礼にJIROKICHIで使えるドリンクチケットを配送させていただきます。どうぞよろしくお願いします！ https://jirokichi.official.ec/ ㅤ --------------------- Radio House JIROKICHI Official web www.jirokichi-radio.com/ ㅤ Opening theme : Elena Kato Ending theme : Mitsuhide Tatsumi ㅤ Mixing & Mastering Engineer：Ai Isshiki ㅤ Production support : goen sessions/ フロントポーチ /neuron / アンテナㅤ www.jirokichi.net

This series dares to envision a world run by adults (shocking - I know).   David and Jordan give their first thoughts on the Shonen Jump manga U19. Listen in as they give an overview of the first chapter, where they think it will go from there, and ultimately their “power word” to describe the series so far. They also dive into some listener questions.   Episode art by Shannon (IG: illuminyatea) If you're enjoying Shonen Flop and want to support us or even just access exclusive content like bonus eps, warmup audio, or deleted scenes consider becoming a Patron patreon.com/shonenflop. Your support is extremely appreciated! Our merch store has new designs! Get Shonen Flop art, including this episode's cover art, on a shirt, mug, print, or whatever else might catch your eye teepublic.com/t-shirts?ref_id=22733 Become a member of our community by joining our Discord. You can hang out with us, play games, and even join our comic book discussion club! Find it at discord.gg/4hC3SqRw8r  MAL Description: In the year 2036, Japan is under the adult party power and make children's life miserable. But for "rebellious-edgy-teenager" Kudou Eiji, It doesn't matter because he has his childhood friend Akari to cheer up his everyday life. But then, one-day adult party takes and transfers Akari to another school. It emotionally stress Eiji out...but little did he know, this awakened some power inside him...

La responsabilidad de cuidar un legado es una carga muy pesada para cualquier par de hombros. Eiji es el segundo hijo de una súper leyenda del box; él tiene la habilidad, los recursos, las oportunidades y el apoyo para seguir los pasos de su padre, pero ¿será ese un deber que un rebelde adolescente amante del punk-rock podrá cumplir? Este es un acercamiento a uno de los proyectos originales de Hisashi Eguchi como autor, quien es más conocido en el mundo del anime y el manga por su trabajo en el diseño e ilustración de personajes femeninos. FUENTES: OVA COMPLETA 1990 - SUB ESP: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUMxrhd7Nv4&list=PLIbu6CrefzMaMzRqlcS_XaJv8hsp-Ie39 Instrumental de fondo por Dayz Musiq https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWYYEIjZH2KsoNX9_RtOWjw ¡SÍGUEME Y SÉ PARTE DEL CLUB! TWITTER: https://twitter.com/saboc_ / https://twitter.com/club_ova ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ

We've got a special Seamus selection Twiple Dip this week! We're reading the second volumes of Dai Dark, Even Though We're Adults, and The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service! Also Darfox talks about the new Mamoru Hosoda film Belle, Morgana reads Akiko Higashimura's webtoon A Fake Affair, and dakazu loves learning about manga artists in Mangaka Sainyumon!!! Send us emails! mangamachinations@gmail.com  Follow us on Twitter! @mangamacpodcast Check out our website! https://mangamachinations.com Check out our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/mangamactv Timestamps: 00:00:00 - Intro Song: “Are You Ready For Me Baby” by Funky Giraffe, Opening, Introductions 00:01:10 - Listener Mail: Our favorite anthropomorphic characters 00:11:01 - Whatchu Been Reading: Transition Song: “Funkymania” by The Original Orchestra, Darfox saw Mamoru Hosoda's latest film Belle 00:24:11 - Morgana has predictions about Akiko Higashimura's webtoon A Fake Affair 00:31:17 - Mangaka Sainyumon follows gag manga artist Isami Nakagawa as he interviews Katsuhiro Otomo, Taiyo Matsumomo, Junji Ito, Akiko Higashimura, and other mangaka to learn how to make story manga 00:40:04 - dakazu thought Nana to Kaoru - Kokosei no SM gokko was a fitting end to the series 00:43:11 - dakazu watched Taisho Otome Fairy Tale with his wife and was relieved that the anime did not follow the ending from the manga 00:50:18 - Next Episode Preview and Rundown: Check our Twitter account for an update on the next episode 00:50:40 - Main Segment Twiple Dip: Even Though We're Adults/The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service/Dai Dark, Transition Song: “It's Over” by Generation Lost, We revisit a previous Triple Dip selection and read the next volume for discussion and to see if we'd continue reading it before picking our favorite of the three, Including: 00:51:17 - Even Though We're Adults by Takako Shimura 01:10:31 - The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service by Eiji Otsuka & Housui Yamazaki 01:30:35 - Dai Dark by Q Hayashida 01:52:21 - We picks our favorite out of the three manga 01:53:39 - Next Week's Topic: TBA, Social Media Rundown, Sign Off Song: “Crazy for Your Love” by Orkas

Es el aniversario del anime de Banana Fish y por motivo del cumpleaños de Mari Jojo's (ahora entendemos de donde viene su gusto por la tragedia) ella ha elegido ponernos sad y compartirnos una de sus historias favoritas. Mafia, pandillas y una realidad muy cruda, es un poco de lo que Akimi Yoshida nos muestra en esta historia desarrollada en Estados Unidos, donde un joven llamado Ash que vive en un mundo devastador, se encontrará con Eiji, un japonés que no sabe en qué lío se ha involucrado cuando conoce a Ash y lo que persigue: alguien o algo llamado "Banana Fish". ¿Qué hay detrás de la historia? Descúbrelo en nuestro episodio y ¡Ya métete al Podcast!Si eres fan de esta serie, coméntanos por qué te gusta. Recuerda que nos apoyas mucho compartiendo este episodio y siguiendo nuestras redes sociales:https://linktr.ee/yametetekudasai------Estas son las opiniones y gustos por el Cringe de Alex, Lucy_a y Jojos --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/yamtete-kudasai/message

俞阿公名言「某錢娶大餅換的，有什麼稀罕？」但這世人不曾對女人動粗過。 本週公投＋打女人壞壞集，聲援高嘉瑜！從八零年代俞阿公相信豬肉販「阿綢」的消息，去買地下賭盤六合彩最後輸個精光還去偷阿珠私房錢的故事，聊到本次四大公投裡面一些荒誕提案和社會輿論。當個講幹話的智者，而非講官話的智障，安內卡係水氣！ Highlight: 02:55 渣男迷幻與臭作 07:40 回覆竹科阿宅之公投 09:55 當個陽光怪咖 12:55 拯救東歐女孩 15:30 大安區核廢料都更戰術 19:55 土條拜託不要JoJo立 24:25 護藻礁不如少吃磷蝦油 28:50 下港若北送支持北電北送 32:40 政策是延續的別打臉自己 37:05 一群人就是頭殼歹歹 40:00 萊豬好可怕農藥好可怕 42:55 公投綁大選的詭異BUG 45:20 你家的立委錢燒乾了嗎 47:20 加拿大豬比美國豬便宜 52:40 反萊豬反到統計學被當 57:45 萊克多巴胺曾經是氣喘用藥 60:25 漫畫「間諜家家酒」與漫畫「感應少年EIJI」 65:20 Elbow《Powder Blue》與王識賢《愛到無命不知驚》 -- 本日俗語1：美醜沒得比，愛到卡慘死。 本日俗語2：天頂天公，地下母舅公。 視覺圖：JoJo粉瞬間被社會降了一級。

Eiji Itoi, MD, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Tohoku University School of Medicine, joins Dr. Reider to discuss the most unanswered questions in shoulder surgery, his experience with cultural differences moving from Japan to Minnesota, playing the organ at the Vatican, and more. 

On this episode, Han returns after a long hiatus to join Dennis, Kate, and Ed for Megazone 23 Part 3. New characters with Eiji Takanaka, Ryo Narahara, and the mysterious characters of Sion, Jacob Halm, and Won Dai, plus the real Eve Tokimatsuri and not her digital persona. We have to get the Akira comparisons out of the way, along Eiji's current favorite game, Hard On II, just to get through this wild plot of a sequel. Did they succeed in adding to the story that seemed complete from Part 2? What of Shogo and his friends? Why can't E=X and Orange Amusement share network coverage? And is everyone just cool with Garland tech now? Quarter up because you got next on Hard On II, and listen in before you cycle out. Let's see what's up with Megazone 23 Part 3. Support the show by either donating to our Ko-Fi link below, or purchasing something through a previous episode affiliate link, as Megazone 23 Blu-ray and DVD sets are currently out of print. Dennis: @ichnob | Ed: @ippennokuinashi | Kate: @TaikoChan  Website | Email | Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | RSS | Ko-Fi

Hark! Who goes there? Long live the king…of Manga. There's something rotten in the state of manga. It seems we have two volumes and nay a reviewer in sight. Unless thereupon the horizon, there are two figures approaching. They seem to be bearing two volumes which may sate our desire for reviews. Tim revisits My Dearest Self with Malice Aforethought. Eiji is struggling with the gang and them noticing their missing funds. He's also approached by the Lolita dressed classmate who's the only one who noticed his personality shift. She blackmails him into going with her to interview the murdered girls' friend. Apparently Wednesday Watanabe was friends with the dead girl and wants some answers. … Continue reading "Manga Pulse 455: Dearest Remina"

Fenix exchanges his Gift of the Gods Championship for a Lucha Underground Championship Match; the Trios Titles are defended. This episode was dedicated to Eiji "Hayabusa" Ezaki. @SocialSuplex @GC_Cast @iamCalebB @XMauserratteSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/social-suplex-podcast-network/donationsAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On this week's episode of Story 'n Things, Yajaira and Cheli discuss the anime Banana Fish.  Join them as they discuss Ash Lynx, Eiji and the violent mind controlling drug named Banana Fish. 

Legendary Stephen Talkhouse Barman Eiji Shiga comes on the podcast to give us some insights and tells us some great stories from his time behind the bar. Discussions on the local scene, weed, fatherhood and more... this is an episode you don't want to miss!

Eiji Han Shimizu is a purpose driven filmmaker and creative entrepreneur who discovered the many different ways we find happiness by making the movie Happy. During this conversation we find out about his pursuit of happiness and how he got greedy for it. Having ticked off all the different paths to happiness the last one on his bucket list was to find meaning. He says that we all have different elements to our lives that seem like a set of senseless dots but when you're able to connect them that's when we find meaning and purpose and achieve the focus to make the impossible happen. His latest movie is True North, a manga style animation about the plight of political prisoners in North Korean concentration camps. Animated movies are expensive to make and having been unsuccessful in finding a backer he had to bootstrap its production. While the budget required was still beyond his savings he found a way. It was his calling and it helped him “make sense of his silly life”. He shares many pearls of wisdom during this episode one of them being that when things get hard the secret to keeping going is to play the theme tune to the Indiana Jones movie in your head. That's the soundtrack to success.

Esta vez se me salen más groserías de lo usual y creo que me estaba por dar algo a medio episodio, espero te guste porque charlamos de un manga shojo de 1994 que tiene más violencia de lo usual y que si lo hacían tantito más gráfico eso era un seinnen puro y duro. Crítica social, conspiraciones gubernamentales, violaciones, pederastia, etc, etc... JA, SHOJO!!! Pero bien, Ash y Eiji tienen lo suyo como almas gemelas. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fujoshisenpai/message --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/gavi-figueroa/message

Eiji's motorcycle will bring out the best in you.

Eiji Morishita is the Founder of the Movement Makers whose mission is empower leaders to start a movement that impact millions of lives.  His purpose is to ignite souls to step into their calling & share their wisdom without apology. Eiji has been part of several movements including the spread of the Sushi Movement in North America and building schools in Guatemala.   He is a genius in creating practical & tactical solutions to create a fun, easy, & profitable Speaking Training Coaching Empire.

In this episode, Dr. Eiji Okawa (University of Victoria) documents how the Meiji Restoration impacted the epistemology of history in Japan and Japanese overseas migration in the late 19th-early 20th centuries.  We discuss ideas of "Japanese-ness" in premodern Japan and find continuities with conceptualizations of identity, language, and group among Japanese diasporic communities in British Columbia in the face of systemic racism and violence.

THE FAN ETIQUETTE EPISODE! Best practices to not come off like an asshole wrestling fan. VRTLMIXTAPE DEDICATED TO THE ONE & ONLY EIJI EZAKI (HAYABUSA). WE MISS YOU MANG. AKIYAMA, MISAWA, GREAT SASUKE DOCUMENTARY REVIEW & MORE! Plus, you ever meet Dave Meltzer in real life?