pilgrimage to the world of Studio Ghibli in Kochi

"Ocean Waves" (in japanese, 海が聞こえる umi-ga-kikoeru) is one of the least known animation movie that the Studio Ghibli produced in 1993. its about a love-story between a high-school boy from Kochi and a girl from Tokyo living in Kochi.

in the end of september, i could make a kind of business trip to Kochi (although it wasn't, because a. its really not a business, and b. it was canceled due to typhoon attack lol). as i had plenty of time to spend there (as, again, the event i was supposed to participate in was canceled) yet it was not really the best time to enjoy sightseeings (because of typhoon), what i, as a huge Ghibli fan, could come up with was naturally to pilgrimage to the world of "Ocean Waves."

i thought the plan was better than perfect, shinier than diamond. however, there was the slightest but a huge problem about the plan, which is that I DIDNT REMEMBER NEXT TO NOTHING ABOUT THE MOVIE!!! this fact made it really difficult to accomplish my plan. SO, i ended up heading to only the high-school.

if i got another chance to visit Kochi, i will definitely try some role-plays there. 

how we prevent possible conflicts with the neighbours

the tension between japan and china and japan and korea has been rising dramatically recently due to some islands I've never been to or I've never even cared about. these islands must be quite important from resources' point of view, but i really can't imagine myself being affected by their owner. 

regardless of my lack of imagination and my indifference, many people in china seemed to get pissed off and some japanese firms there were burned and destroyed. however, apparently china cannot reach its fangs to our soil. Why? 

the answer is simple. because our land is protected by GUNDAM! (as i posted before)

but there is a slightest possibility that the other neighboring koreans are looking for an opportunity to attack us as well while our national hero is busy fighting against china. but there is no worry about it. WHY???

the answer is again super simple. we have another hero residing in Kobe, TETSUJIN the 28th! 

look how brutally offensive he looks, although nothing is attacking us (except radiation leaks, sigh). 

while GUNDAM is mainly protecting eastern side of japan by residing tokyo, TETSUJIN the 28th keeps peace and order in the west. 

these two national heroes are the main ones to protect our peace, but they are not the only ones. i will introduce more some other times in the near future.