Oz is a 5-year-old cat with a unique characteristic that makes her purr-fectly pertinent for news about Australia.
This peculiar pussy’s special snout is adorned with an amazingly accurate map of Australia!
Incredibly, Oz is from Australia.
The Oriental Longhair breed first made news when she was shown at the Royal Easter Show in Sydney a few years back.
Lucky for Oz that her unique markings clearly resembled Australia.
When it comes to Down Under-related cartography, be particularly careful when it comes to the Map of Tassie, which has an entirely different meaning to what it suggests, but considering Oz, at least maintains the pussy connection.
Colorful Japanese entertainer Kyary Pyamu Pyamu will play one show in Australia later this month as part of her Nanda Collection World Tour 2014.
Demand to see the performer probably best known for her flamboyant 2011 viral video “Pon Pon Pon” has been enormous and her only Australian show on March 23 was shifted from Sydney’s Metro Theater to the considerably larger UNSW Roundhouse.
The often infantile 21-year-old whose full stage name is Caroline Charonplop Kyary Pamyu Pamyu (her real name is Kiriko Takemura) is currently among the best-selling contemporary performers and is easily Japan’s best-known singer among 20-somethings outside of her homeland.
Although Kyary Pyamu Pyamu has a reputation outside of Japan as being something of a non-conformist, most of her innovation comes from a marketing team playing on the image she cultivates cleverly. Nonetheless, there’ll be no shortage of color or noise at her show. Kyary Pyamu Pyamu’s Nanda Collection World Tour 2014 comprises shows in 15 cities in 10 countries over a five-month span from February to June this year.
Pon Pon Pon
Mottainai Land
Fashion Monster
Tickets for Kyary Pyamu Pyamu’s sole Australian show are available through Ticketek
「シドニーが高い」、「アデレードが蔵穴」など、Googleオートコレクトで検索すると最初に表れる提案がオーストラリア各州の州都にとって決して好意的な結果ではないとメルボルンのヘラルド・サン紙が5日報道した。
メルボルンは「シドニーより良い」とブリスベーンが「退屈」。ダーウィンが意味不明の「ダーウィンが俺の仲間だ」。
タスマニア州州都ホーバートに対してオートコレクトがまず書くのが「どんなオーストラリアの州の州都か？」。豪首都であり、州ではなく、オーストラリア首都特別地域に位置しているにも関わらず最も聞かれているのは「何州にある？」。
唯一良いと言える結果がパースから来て、同市に対して「俺の街であり、大好きだ！」。
各市に対しての英語でのオートコレクト表現が以下の通りだ。 Sydney is expensive Melbourne is better than Sydney Adelaide is a hole Darwin is my homeboy Brisbane is boring Perth is my city and I love it Hobart is the captial of which Australian state? Canberra is in which state
（元記事＜英語＞）’Sydney is stupid, Brisbane is boring’
Google Provides a Better Image of Australia’s Biggest City
Sydney Opera House is undoubtedly a symbol of Australia around the world, but is regarded by many Japanese as one of the “Three Great Disappointments” among World Heritage Listed sites, according to Japanese AllAbout.com.
It’s been common for centuries for the Japanese to rank lots of tourism-related sites — look at Katsushika Hokusai‘s famous Unfortunately for Australia’s Harbor City, the Sydney Opera House is generally regarded as one of the most disappointing World Heritage Sites, joining other disappointments such as the Eiffel Tower (Tokyo has a bigger replica of its own) and Mannekin Pis (which Tokyo also has its own version of). Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji as an example — and there are literally hundreds of sites within and outside the country that the order-obsessed have graded, particularly in terms of Top Three lists.
It’s unlikely disappointment with the Opera House is connected with the drastic drop in Japanese tourist numbers to Australia, which have more than halved in the decade since 2003, and many critics acknowledge that the symbol of Australia’s biggest city located on Bennelong Point is delightful when viewed from a distance, especially when the view encompasses the Coathanger, the Sydney Harbour Bridge, another icon of the city.
Just in case anybody gets their nose out of joint at the “best seen from a distance” complaint about Sydney Opera House from among many Japanese, it’s worth noting that an identical sentiment is almost universal regarding Mount Fuji, a sacred and highly revered site, which should put the view into, er, perspective.
世界有数なお大晦日行事がオーストラリア最大・最古都市シドニーで行う。
One of the world’s most renowned New Year’s Eve parties takes place annually in Sydney, Australia’s oldest and largest city.
日本で紅白歌合戦が行うと同じようにシドニーでは同市の有名なハーバー・ブリッジとオペラ・ハウスを背景に豪華な花火大会を開催する伝統がある。
Just as Japan has a New Year’s Eve tradition of the Red-White Singing Contest, Sydney’s custom to mark the end of one year and herald the start of another involves setting off fireworks with its famous harbor bridge and opera house as a backdrop.
世界中から真夏のシドニー大晦日を楽しめるために大勢がやって来るし、今年俳優レオナルド・ディカプリオとジェーミー・フォックスがそこでパーティを開いて新年を迎えた後個人ジェットでオーストラリアと時差18時間があるラス・ベーガスに飛べ再び新年を迎える予定だ。
People come from all over the world to celebrate the midsummer fireworks spectacle, with this year’s celebrants including Hollywood superstars Leonardo di Caprio and Jamie Foxx, who plan to welcome the new year in Sydney, then hop onto a private jet and fly to Las Vegas to take advantage of the time difference and be ready to greet the start of 2013 all over again.
生でシドニーの大晦日花火大会を観賞するが予想100万人で中継など世界中に10億万人に見られるそうだ。
About 1 million people are expected to see Sydney’s New Year’s Eve fireworks live, while another estimated 1 billion worldwide will watch the event on television.
Kylie Minogue
シドニー花火大会が1980年代に行ったが、毎年シドニー湾が中心となる花火大会が本格的に1996年から始まって比較的に最近のイベント。2012年ニューイヤー行事ではオーストラリアで大人気歌手カイリー・ミノーグがプロデュースする。
Sydney’s fireworks are a comparatively recent event, starting in the 1980s, but with the city’s iconic landmarks only taking center stage in annual events that began only in 1996. Australian superstar singer Kylie Minogue will be a producer of this year’s fireworks display.
ちなみに、皮肉的にシドニーの花火が世界中に有名だが、オーストラリア人と花火が複雑な関係がある。日本で真夏を象徴しどこにでも売られている花火がオーストラリアでは個人レベル手には入れない。乾燥しているオーストラリアでは火事を起こしやすい花火の使用が禁じられている。
Incidentally — and ironically considering the fame of Sydney’s fireworks — Aussies have a complicated relationship with fireworks. Although most Japanese regard fireworks as a symbol of summer and setting them off is a tradition with crackers and the like on sale in stores nationwide, it has been almost impossible since the 1970s for individual Australians to buy fireworks, which are banned for individual use, ostensibly due to the danger of fire in the tinderbox dry heat of the summer Down Under.
