The links to the CMs I analyzed in the summer vacation assignment (Minori.N)

This is Minori Nagata.
Here is the commercials and the links I analyzed and used in the assignment.

Salonpas : http://www.salonpas.jp/pc/cm/
Vantelin : http://hc.kowa.co.jp/cm/vantelin_s_minipat.php

Summer vacation assignment: Ad comparison project

This is the commercials that I analyzed in the homework assignment.

8×4　http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9lVcC9ZoYo

Ban http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qUrFm5p2QE

Coca Cola vs. Pepsi(Kazu)

Hi, this is Kazu!
These are the TV commercials I used in my papers comparing Coca Cola and Pepsi.


This is Coca Cola's TV commercial

This is Pepsi's TV commercial.

Blog 4 Summer vacation

Hi, everyone! This is Marino Mori.
I had a busy summer this year, especillay at the end of summer vacation.
On September 2nd to 12th, I participated in a university hosting program, visiting Alsace, France to understand the historical, cultural and social aspect of France. It was a great experience for me, so I would like to write about some of my unforgettable memories in France.

Beautiful City of Alsace
Unlike Paris which is the one of the most popular cities for tourists, the countryside of France is more peaceful and quiet. Alsace is located between the boarder of France and Germany, so the atmosphere of city is filled with mixture of German and French culture. Some of the buildings were constructed in German style, and we can also enjoy German food in Alsace.

Historical site in Alsace
We visited the Council of Europe which is a international organization  mainly dealing with European human rights topics. The Council of Europe was built at Alsace for special reasons. During the World War 1 and 2, Alsace was a battle field for France and Germany. Therefore, Alsace repeatedly change its natinonality each time the war ended. In order to understand the  history of Alsace, we also visited the le Linge, the site where a sever war occured during the World War 2. It was very special visit for me becasue it isn't common to go into the place where the battle really happened.

Introduction of CEEJA
The purpose of visiting Alsace is not only for learning about Franch history, but also assisting foreign graduate students who are researching about Japanese histories and cultures. At CEEJA, a seminar will held for two days for the graduate students to present their presentaions Before we came to France, we previously read their reports, and then we exchanged opinions about what the students researched. Even though the content of the reports wasn't easy, we were all impressed how deeply the students were interested in Japanese history and cultures.

All of the memories in France is valuable and i can't explain all of them just in words. I had a wonderful ten 10 days!!

 

The city of Alsace       

 

The Church of Strasbourg

Blog #4 My summer vacation in Germany (Minori N)

This is Minori Nagata. I'd like to talk about my summer vacation.
From 1 August to 9 september I'd been in Germany to pick up German.

So I took international language cource in German University and studied hard.

As a result I learned to speak a lot German and improved my language level. 

Since I would like to live in Germany in the future I'll continue to learn hard Germany as well as English.

 

In addition, I watched football games―Bundesliga and UEFA Champions League―in Germany.

 

 

I was able to touch the enthusiastic football-culture. Needless to say, I'm so glad to see a number of world-wide famous football players and exciting games.

 

In the beginning of September I went on a short trip to Prague. I think Prague is extremely beautiful city and the food tastes absolutely delicious.
 

After that, I went back to Germany and I spent a few days learning German and seeing trainings of a football team.

Since I came back to Japan just three days ago, I've suffered from jet lag.

 

 

                                                                                                                                               

Blog #4 Kazu

     Hi, this is Kazu. The school is already starting tomorrow and it makes me sad to realize my vacation is over, but on the other hand I cannot wait to see my friends everyday for another half an year. During my summer vacation, I had so much fun going to the sea, BBQ, and just hanging out with my circle members. Thus, I do have so much to write about how fun those events were, but I am going to write about something different instead.
     While I played hard during my summer vacation, I also did not quit working part time as a hotel staff. Few days ago, when I was arranged to a conference where most of the customers were foreigners, one man came up and asked me several questions about Japanese language such as "How do you say thank you in Japanese?" "What does Gozaimasu mean?". At this point, I answered his questions with all my best and things did go well. However, after I was done with my work, I came to think that though I name myself a Japanese, I do not know the origins and the real meanings of the Japanese words that I use everyday. Therefore, I searched the origins of Japanese basic greetings after I came back home that day. Thus, I am going to introduce several of them in this blog.
     First of all, "おはよう(Good Morning)" was originally used by Kabuki actors saying "お早いお着きですね(You are here early)” and it gradually changed to "おはようございます". Then, "こんにちは" and "こんばんは" are said that there must have been a sentence after them. For example, "今日(こんにち)は、元気ですか？(How are you today?)" or "今晩(こんばん)は、寒いですね(It is getting colder tonight)". It is said that since there were sentences after, that is the reason why Konnichiwa's and Konbanwa's "わ(wa)" is written as "は(ha)". Lastly, "ありがとう(Thank You)" came from the word "有り難し" which when you look at the Kanji, it means "あるのが難しい(hard to have)".
     Hence, after I searched about each words' origins, I feel more confident to name myself a Japanese and I am sure I would have a better explanation the next time a foreigner asks me about Japanese.

Research Report in Sydney (Ryuko)

Hi, this is Ryuko. I just came back to Tokyo from Sydney.

   

 

      I went National Archives of Australia (NAA), Sydney Office for 11 days to research the collections. Among them, there are records of Japanese companies which were active in the country before the WWII.

     On December 8, 1941, Japan declared war against the Allied. Since that day, the government of the Allied seized properties of Japanese citizens and companies, created and preserved for conducting their affairs. As soon as the war broke out, the Australian government duly started taking over records of Japanese companies.

 

 

     The Japanese Company Records Project was launched in 2003 by Gakushuin University Prof. A by the national scientific research fund. Every year, one of the graduate students of doctoral course in Archival Science can go with him together with other researchers. It was my turn this year. Our duty was cataloging those records.  Working began at 10:00am and closed at 4:45pm every day. The records were contained in the carton boxes but some of them were got dusty and damaged by moisture. Look at the photographs of working place. 

 

 

 

      NAA, Sydney Office locates in the suburbs, as far as 45 minutes by train from the center of Sydney. Getting off the train at Chesterhill Station, we must walk for 20 or 25 minutes on the way up and down sloping road, through the middle-class residential area, carrying a note PC on our back.

     At any rate, Australian government could keep their former enemy’s records in NAA. I was very impressed by their consciousness to keeping records. The office stuffs were all welcome to us. It was hard work but could enjoy working.