Comments on: Tofugu’s Japan Week in Review 2: Origami in Space, Expensive Fish, (To)Fugu Death

By: max191

max191 — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 12:47:24 +0000

I was just going to relax and read this morning then in the meantime I got your blog to read. Really good one.
regards
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By: noni123

noni123 — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 01:28:10 +0000

I read somewhere that fugu is so dangerous that the emperor is forbidden to eat it. Dunno if it’s true though.

By: Eevee

Eevee — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 01:34:27 +0000

hum.. that much money? First, I’d buy everything I’ve wanted in the past couple years, then I’d save the rest for college/future expenses… then later on in life I’d be like, “so much for that fish!”
Honestly, way better ways to spend your money. Although… if that’s what the guy’s dream was, buy a fish for a ridiculous amount of money, I say go ahead!
The origami? I seriously have no idea of the ramifications of entering the earth’s atmosphere, even at a slow speed, so I cannot say. Don’t you think that after they send it out of the shuttle that after awhile it’ll just start floating around up there? o.o I mean, it’s got to have some kind of propulsion system to keep going… they going to attach a tiny rocket or something?
No, Water Horse, bad. I’m already scared of Ogo Pogo and the Lock Ness Monster! Why would I torture myself further?
hm, just the thought of eating something called “blowfish” turns me off.
Plus, spiky…
I’m not a big fan of seafood in the first place. Maybe one time for fun. Never again, unless I somehow became addicted.

By: MaverickMeg

MaverickMeg — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 03:04:35 +0000

Would ever pay $55,000 for a fish? Any kind of fish?

Only if it was a magic fish, that also sang and granted wishes.

First wish, to have my 55,000 back. Hah, now I have a FREE magic fish.

By: Jesse

Jesse — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 20:50:37 +0000

Would ever pay $55,000 for a fish? Any kind of fish?
Only if it was a shark I could control with my mind.

Will the origami airplane ever make it to Earth?
I'm intrested in whether or not it is even heavy enough to fall back into Earth's orbit, let alone fall through the atmosphere.

Have you seen that Water Horse movie?
No I haven't, but I hope they leave that the hologram there as a tourist attraction. It would be a great part of the Tokyo night life.

Would you ever try fugu? Would it be a one time thing or would you constantly eat it without fear of death?
Sure even though I hate seafood. I force myself to try seafood all the time I just can't adjust to the taste. But you only live once, and I'm open to trying new things. I have confidence that it would be prepared properly.

By: Elsa

Elsa — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 22:51:53 +0000

Here’s info on “water screen” technology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Projection_screen#...

And I have seen Water Horse. It’s basically Pan’s Labyrinth without the violence–i.e., child dealing with magical realism in a war setting, “war is bad,” etc. The baby monster is pretty cute though.

By: diojenisu

diojenisu — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 13:40:17 +0000

Thanks. It’s odd but i don’t see it being pointed out as often as l&r.

By: Tofugu_Erin

Tofugu_Erin — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:51:02 +0000

Yeah, “v” is pronounced “b” in Japan. It is very much like l&r.

By: diojenisu

diojenisu — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 14:44:38 +0000

I have a question that is by no means related to any of the topics… The japanese pronunciation of the letter -V-.Now i know that in hiragana and katakana it is represented as -b- but whenever i hear it being pronounced i get buffled. I’ ve almost come to think that it is similar to the l – r phoneme. Am i right?

By: aliene

aliene — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 06:52:37 +0000

Would ever pay $55,000 for a fish? Any kind of fish?
>>>Nope! No way!

Will the origami airplane ever make it to Earth?
>>>How would anyone even know when it arrives? It's so tiny?

Have you seen that Water Horse movie?
>>>I only know about sea horses O_O

Would you ever try fugu? Would it be a one time thing or would you constantly eat it without fear of death?
>>I just had a full fugu meal in December in Tokyo. All 3 of us survived, yes, even after fugu testicle sashimi.