![]() | Hydrangea seanon Tama district of Tokyo. Takahata hudo |
![]() | Finding Emo 4...random guy on the streets. Guy outside tattoo shop in the U-District. He does not know about Emo, nor is he bi-curious. |
![]() | Good Timin' - Kyu Sakamoto Kyu Sakamoto sings Good Timin'/Sutekina ga taimingu on japanese television in 1963, Tokyo. The narrator in the beginging is Shincho Kokontei, a famous comedian. He talks about Kyu Sakamoto and here is the translation: Kyu Sakamoto was born in Kawasaki-city (in the Kanagawa district) at the time when the pacific war brook out in 1941. At this time Kyu spent much of his childhood at his grandparents, raised very carefully from parents and the rest of his family. And he never lost his smile under this severe time. Eight years after that the war had ended, Japan started its first state television broadcasting station (NHK), and the television-broadcasting office (NTV) by the private corporation was also born at the next year. He thought that television probably would get popular in the future Japan. Then since he becomes a singer, he began to practice the guitar. Kyu's dream became fruitful several years after. It scouted for him in that time by Danny Iida which is the leader of the rockabilly band "Danny Ida and his Paradise Kings" which was the most popular in Japan. Kyu Sakamoto has been gradually recognized in the entertainment world as a singer when he got the exclusive contract with the Paradise kings in 1957, and he became known widely in the Japanese whole country at last by this song. (One of the reasons was the rapid spread of television sets in ordinary homes.) Now, Please listen to the "Good Timing" which is Kyu's first solo hit! Thank you 60otaku for your translation. http://youtube.com/profile?user=60otaku Translation Oh, you need taimingu' A tick a tick a tick a duru taimingu', taima' taima' taima' taima' kono yo de ichiban kanjin na no ha sutekina taimingu Mena no tama gyoro gyoro hikaru rase ta Kyo shi no me no mae de Kan nin subaya ku yaru no nimo Iru no ha taimingu Oh, you need taimingu' A tick a tick a tick a duru taimingu', taima' taima' taima' taima' kono yo de ichiban kanjin na no ha sutekina taimingu Boku no kawaii fyuan se no Mewo go makashi nagara Kosso ri fuiki wo suru no nimo Iru no ha taimingu Oh, you need taimingu' A tick a tick a tick a duru taimingu', taima' taima' taima' taima' kono yo de ichiban kanjin na no hasu Sutekina taimingu Ganko o ya ji ga kaai garu Hako iruri mu sume wo Kosso ri fuiki wo suru no nimo Iru no ha taimingu Oh, you need taimingu' A tick a tick a tick a duru taimingu', taima' taima' taima' taima' kono yo de ichiban kanjin na no ha Sutekina taimingu |
![]() | Japanese Fireworks Display You see some crazy stuff in Nikotama (Futako Tamakawa district of Tokyo), located right beside Tama River. |