Blog#6 Twitter

 I'm Sosuke. I will introduce "Twitter". Twitter is an information service which can contribute the short sentence called "tweet" of less than 140 characters. The head office is located in San Francisco, America. There are about 10 million persons who use the twitter in Japan. And there are about 200 million persons who use the twitter in the world. We can be connected with various friends by twitter. We can also be connected with overseas people and nostalgic friend.

Blog#6: Twitter

 Hi, this is Ramu. I'm going talk about  the Social Networking Service, Twitter. This SNS is to send and read texts that is within 140 short characters, known as "tweets". It is able to know each other's present informations easily. Twitter was founded on March 21, 2006, and now it has 500 million users all over the world. The reason why Twitter was rapidly popularized is, it is easier to read the text than blog because of short characters. In addition, short characters are more memoriable than long in psychological. Twitter is so simple, but it is very useful and easy to use it. So I recommend you to get the account and use it.

This is a URL of Twitter. Let's try it, if you don't have the account as yet.
http://twitter.com/

Blog#6 Facebook

Hi, I am Takumi Takahashi. Today, I will introduce the Facebook:the FB. The FB is SNS. I am the FB user. I remark my present life and ride a photogragh to use the FB.  I can know a present lifes of my friends of  the FB user. Japanese companies can know the present trend to use "iine" function of The FB.

Blog#6 2channel

Hi this is Shiki. I'm going to introduce about 2channel. I haven't used it, but I have heard this name many times. 2channel is a set of several electronic bulletin board. 2channel asvailavle population is 1170000 people. Open is 5/30 1999. It was managed by Singapore enterprises. However it is managed by Japanese now.
http://2ch.net/

2 Channel available population is 11700000 people

Blog#6:Mobage

Hi!! This is Koei Tajima. I introduce mobage which is a social media. It is something like a communication site and used in many ways. For example, you can upload your picture and animation and share it with your friends using mobage. Also, you can play an online game which is made by mobage. Furthermore, you can obtain information of various advertisements. For instance, fashion, entertainment, music, sport, travel, etc. I register mobage and see the conditions of my friends pleasantly every day. You should use this social media but you can't use it except a cellphone. 
                                          ↓This is a commercial of mobage recently.

Blog#7: SAMURAI

Hi, this is Ramu. Today, I'm going to talk about SAMURAI which is  Japanese pop culture as you know.  SAMURAI were the military nobility of preindustrial Japan. They have a topknot and  strange costume with samurai swords that is the status symbol, and such an appearance is the proof of SAMURAI. They also have been known as Bushi who followed a set of rules called Bushido. Their fighting styles are mainly individual, and they call their name each other before fights, because there was a notion that they don't struggle with strange men. Then Samurai swords were the best arm in Japan, so they valued their own swords equally own life as Ieyasu Tokugawa said "One's sword is one". Therefore, surprisingly, they have a spirit of Harakiri that is to kill oneself and are willing to do that, if they violate their spirits. It is unbelievable, but it had been actually practiced then. These spiritual minds are prouds Japanese culture to other countries, and it had been supporting the morals in Japan where religions were hardly prevailed.

Blog#5 Walt Disney Concert Hall

 Hello! I'm Sosuke Shishido. I will indroduce this building, Walt Disney Concert Hall. It was Los Angeles in America and built by Frank Gehry. It was completed in 2003. Lillian Disney who is a wife of Walt Disney decided to build it because she wanted to give people in Los Angeles arts and cultures. We can associate relation with Disneyland because of the name of Walt Disney Concert Hall. But it is just a public hall. When I looked at the picture of this for the first time, I thought it was very amazing and interesting form. I want to see this building if I go to Los Angeles.

Blog #5: Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health

 Hi, this is Ramu. I'll introduce you a building which called the Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health is architected by Frank Gehry. It's completed on May 21, 2010 and cost 100 million dollars. It is located in Las Vegas and is the newest Frank Gehry's building. Gehry decided to design the building because he, like founder Larry Ruvo, has been affected by degenerative brain disease. Gehry's wife was one of having the disease, so the building is tribute to those who lost them.

in the middle of construction

looking down at the building

This is a incredible building and full of Gehry and Larry's feeling is great.

blog#4 Fish Dance

Hi, I am Takumi Takahashi. Today, I will introduce a work of art is this!!!!
This is the Fish Dance which made by Frank Gehry in 1987. The obje of a 21-m-high huge carp built in Meriken Park of the Kobe harbor. It was built in commemoration of opening-of-a-port 120 years.
This is very beautiful and intersting. When I went to Meriken Park in Kobe, I looked at Fish Dance. It seemed to totally live. I want to go Kobe again because I did not know Frank Gehry until I study but I know him now so I look at it again.

Blog#4:Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

This is Koei Tajima. I chose the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao of Frank Gehry's Buildings. This building is located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain and established in 1997. Modern and contemporary works of 20th century is mainly exhibited in this art museum. The museum was built at a cost of $89 million. Also,the outside of this building looks like monster. As a result, tourists suddenly increased. I want to go to the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao because I want to see this building from a close distance.

http://www.guggenheim-bilbao.es/?idioma=en