Despite the icy midwinter temperature, Tokyo was gloriously sunny today. Regardless of the day, I try to walk as much as possible. Today’s reward was getting to see a gorgeous model having her photo taken!
あっという間にまた週末が終わった。 今週末、大好きな自転車をほとんど乗れなかった。土曜日の朝で約50キロを走ったが、それっきり、、、:( 今日は都心へ。基本的に和太鼓嫌いが付き合いで見ることになった。最高だった!謙虚にならなきゃ。
After many years of not blogging, a website fix inspired me to get back into it. For several years, I had been keen on photography but let that fall by the wayside, too, mainly because carrying a camera around everywhere is bloody cumbersome and I now cycle a lot, which makes me focus on reducing the volume of stuff I carry. Yesterday, though, I took my camera with me and shot a few pictures for the first time in a long while. I’m really rusty, but liked some of the results.
This sign has been up in the Harajuku district of Tokyo for a long time. This is a tourist area, so it comes as a bit of a surprise. Betcha it won’t be around in 2020.
Well, it’s been quite a while since we posted, but we’re back. It’s unlikely Kangaeroo.com will return to daily updates as had been the case for most of 2010 through 2014, but we will endeavor to be more active than in the past few years. Another significant change will be eliminating the emphasis on Japan and Australia. From now on, the site will just be about the day-to-day bullshit undertaken by the site owner. Cheers!
If post-European colonization Australian has any sort of religion, there’s a good argument to be made that it could be the indigenous code of football, known as Australian Rules. For most Australians in the southern part of the country, footy provides them with the closest opportunity they will have to a tribal allegiance and generally loyalties toward their team are fervent and frequently location based even now (and almost exclusively the further you go back into the past). The Australian Football League (AFL), administer of the sport, to this day tries to spread the Aussie footy message overseas, but the…
Australians have a special way of spreading Christmas cheer Ploughing snow is a big no-no, we have sun over here Christmas pud is a pav instead, while lunch is on the beach Cold ham replaces turkey, And we have three servings each Kangaroos help Santa out, ‘Cause reindeer just won’t do For they don’t know the bush so well, roos just bound on through Forget the fur lined boots this year, thongs are what we need Rudolf will have to sit it out, while Skippy takes the lead But don’t you worry, have no fear, Santa’s used to us down…
オーストラリアメルボルン市が19日付4年連続「世界で最も居住に適した都市」として選ばれた。 先週、ニュージーランドのオークランド市とタイで世界で最も友情的な都市と選べたことに続きオーストラリアの住み良い環境が世界に認められ続けている。 「世界で最も居住に適した都市」が英国エコノミスト誌の調査ユニットに選ばれた。クオリティ・オブ・ライフ世界ベスト10都市中4都市がオーストラリアにあり、メルボルンの他シドニー、パースとアデレードがランクインした。
この頃、東京では大量な雪が降り続けている。あまりいいことがないが、その結果一つがTrippy, the Ice Kangarooの登場である。 日本初の氷カンガルーだろう!
Dancing to AKB48, watching infant girls playing with toys, lingerie and lightning striking were among the 10 most-viewed videos on YouTube in Japan for 2013. Here’s the Top 10. No. 10 Dancer Kenji Ebina Performs on America’s Got Talent No. 9 Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure Trailer No. 8 Lightning Strikes Odakyu Line Train No. 7 Anpanman Gogo Elevator No. 6 Haruna Kojima Peach John Lingerie No. 5 Samantha Thavasa Workers Dance to AKB48 No. 4 Anpanman Conveyor Belt Sushi Toy No. 3 God Eater 2 Trailer No. 2 Anpanman Spinning Dreamland No. 1 AKB48 Roadies and Other Employees Dance to AKB48