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From: tanaka@til.til.com (Yokichi Tanaka)
Subject: Re: Good Luck Letter
Organization: Togai InfraLogic, Inc.
Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 21:46:58 GMT

In article <BvpILq.EIv@acsu.buffalo.edu>, v999s3m2@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Chili O'Cima) writes:
|> Hello news readers;
|> 
|> I have got a letter of "GOOD LUCK". This letter says that I will get
|> something good if I send 20 copies of this letter to my friends within
|> four days, and that if I do not, I'll be die in the several days. 
|> Moreover, it mekes me to keep secret.

It doesn't sound like a good luck letter to me.  It's more of a
threat ... isn't it?  And you didn't keep it a secret, but you
haven't died yet, right?  I've gotten one of these before.  Did
it mention all these people who had good things happen to them
after they distributed the letter?  It's BS.  How would the 
letter writer know?  Under the pretense of "good luck", it's
telling you horrible things would happen if you didn't propagate
this letter.

Good and bad things happen in everyone's life.  Even if something
bad happens to you, it's not because you didn't do as you were told
in the letter.

|> I know the existance of the kind of letter but I've never got one
|> before. Indeed my Japanese friend sent it to me.

Nice friend.  The Japanese version is called "shiawase no tegami" or
something misleading like that.

|> Further, I guess some of you deal with such a GOOD LUCK letter. Then 
|> I want to ask you what you did at that time. Will I really be happy if
|> I follow the instructions? I got the letter 2 days ago, but nothing 
|> good is happen!

Resist the temptation.  End it.  That's what I did.  Nothing bad
has happened to me or my family.  Do you think anyone would be
happy receiving such a letter?  I wouldn't give this to my friends.

-- 
Yoke (Yokichi) Tanaka      Togai InfraLogic, Inc.    "fuzzy"
tanaka@til.com             Irvine, California, USA
uunet!til!tanaka           714-975-8522
In case you're wondering ... I am male.
"Blanks get the job done."   (from Repo-man)
From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Mr. Kanekawa
Date: 16 Oct 92 06:19:14 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.MergxWS00WBL41hudS
	<1992Oct16.005812.9677@cs.ucla.edu>
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Mr.Kanekawa,

                I have great respect for you. I wish that when I grow up
I will be half the man that you are.
From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Really! I have thought about it!
Date: 13 Oct 92 06:55:18 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.weqiBK600iV3A1iIg3
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Cuz,

            Glad to hear from you. You and many others have the wrong idea. I'm
not a crusader. What I am is an artist. As I said before, I treat all
people the same. Personally, I don't intent to piss no one off, but if I
does get pissed off than what's up. I consider it an accomplishment to
post what I have because now I know who I dealing with for the most
part. I have no hatred toward Caucasaians at all. Again, Personally, on
a physical and pyschological tip
they don't affect me at all. To me its an humanity issue. I know the
Histroy of Nihon. One of my ancestors, Asano Takuminokami, hold a
profound place in the History of Nippon. You Chill. I don't care if the
"Power of the White Minority"
gets pissed off. I been pissed off for a long time. I started when I got
off the Plane from Nihon and two "people of Color" robbed me of four
hundred dollars.
And, when the some of people of the "black pigmentation" dicided to mug(six 
times) did I got to some isolated place and said its only me. Thank you
for your suggestions. I considered them very well and its freshmen
material. I lived with 
a with a person of the Black pigmentation for four and a half of the six years
that I've been here. If I were racist I would be racist to the Black person
not only would I have ample reason, (I've also been jumped (beaten up)
three times by as many as four dudes). but, they are an easy target.
But, instead I
tried to change the situation. I am not Korean-Japanese or vise versa.
Although, now I wish I were. Your right I'm not your brother, sorry for
the inconvience
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: c9005189@wombat.newcastle.edu.au (I feel like a spectator at a ping pong match" - ADMIRAL JAMES STOCKDALE DURING VP DEBATE #1.)
Subject: Has anyone heard of this person?
Organization: University of Newcastle, AUSTRALIA
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1992 03:34:00 GMT


			ATTENTION - FRENCH ORCHESTRAL CONDUCTOR

Howdy folks,

Has anyone in Japan heard of the French orchestral director/conductor/arranger
Paul Mauriat.

He frequently tours Japan with his grand orchestra, "Le Grand Orchestre de
Paul Mauriat".

If anyone has seen any of his concert tours can they tell me what it was like?

He last toured Omiya in 1990 from September to November...

Also, I am after a list of the available Paul Mauriat CD's in Japan.

Could someone please email a list of all available titles?


						Thank you


						Peter Longworth

						University of Newcastle
						AUSTRALIA
From: wdw@math2.sma.usna.navy.MIL (Wm. Douglas Withers -- math  FACULTY <wdw@sma.usna.navy.mil>)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Three-legged Rika-chan
Date: 12 Oct 92 14:25:03 GMT
Organization: U.S. Naval Academy

I just got finished looking through the October 15th issue of JOSEI SEBUN.
This is a Japanese magazine targeted at women (which I am not), so I don't
look at it often.  After reading the story about three-legged Rika-chan,
I think perhaps that life has been passing me by.

Rika-chan is a doll sold in Japan very similar in concept to Barbie in the
USA (and, I suspect, similar in cultural importance).

The first reported sighting of the three-legged Rika-chan came from a female
middle-school student in (I think) Yamanashi-ken.  She had gone into the
restroom alone and found there a Rika-chan doll.  This particular doll
differed from most in two important respects:  (1) it had three legs; and
(2) it was alive.  The doll addressed the student, saying `I'm Rika-chan,'
and then sprang up and jumped out of the window.

This was followed by more than 30 reported sightings, apparently always by
female middle-school students.  Their stories seem to agree on the following
points:

(1)  The doll is definitely animated.

(2)  The doll is normal-doll-sized, about 20cm high.

(3)  The doll seems to made of ordinary plastic, except for the extra leg,
which seems to be covered in human skin (a nice touch, that).

The doll says various things on different occasions, but apparently always
including `I'm Rika-chan.'

A spokesman for the company which manufactures Rika-chan vehemently denies
any plans to market a three-legged version.

P.S. A point of interest, although probably not too surprising, is that
Rika-chan is blond.

P.P.S.  The REALLY scary thing about this magazine was the number of
advertisements for various types of anatomy modification.  Just flipping
through, I came across three full-page adds for bust-enlargement devices.
-- 
Els Withers                   email: wdw@math2.sma.usna.navy.mil
Department of Mathematics     phone: (410)267-3192 / fax: (410)267-4883
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis, MD  21402-5002     Senri no tabi mo ippo yori...
From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: the Rikiya Asano rants
Date: 12 Oct 92 01:07:15 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Mr. Crispin,

               You really don't get it do you? My first impression was
to come domn really hard on you.But,after I considered the source. I
laughed. But that soon turned into disgust and insult. You do a great
disservice to your own humanity. To chose such an awfully disgusting
title to put on me. But, sorry I'm more secure than to lose control over
your idiosyncraries. I'm however surpised
that any Japanese are your friends. You should know that only old
basters like you have a memory of the feeling of such shit. And, you can
quote me,"Either your a stupid old baster or a dumb young fuck!" Now, I
believe that that's as rude as I can get. Are you Happy? Have I became
your enemy? Now, you have a direction in life.  You sound as though
you'er British or simple shit like that.
Don't get me started, Sir.
From: robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Back-woods places (was Re: Actually)
Date: 15 Oct 1992 18:56:14 GMT
Organization: U. C. Berkeley Open Computing Facility
NNTP-Posting-Host: headcrash.berkeley.edu

Where are the places to go without turning into country-style bar-b-q?
Age&group has an awful lot to do with the treatment you get.  If you were a
young man travelling alone, you are more likely to be treated with suspicion
and hostility.  This is a universal rule regardless of race.  A young couple
will fare a little better, and an older couple with kids are likely to get
the best treatment, at least on a business basis (checking into hotels, etc.).
Yes, there are white-suprematist camps in back-woods places; see the video\
"Betrayed."  I guess my advice would be to stick to the cities in the
South, but being in the countryside is safer on the East or West Coast.
Particularly New England, Japanese tourists are rare enough there while the
regional economy is well off enough that they do not have permeating
xenophobia.  Most Japanese living in New York city are pretty well off, since
they are elite company employees or going to NYU, for those from good 
families who didn't make it into a good college in Japan.  The West Coast
has all kinds ranging from the occasional elite to the mud at the bottom, such
as the lady working illegally at the local restaurant, so the overall image
of Asians on the West Coast is somewhat more negative.  It's like parts of
the South where there are lots of Blacks, there is more contact and more
hostility at the same time.  Nevada in general is kind to Japanese tourists,
as is Utah.  Other Western states are somewhat more hostile, due to
ethnic homogeneity.  Of course, i should also say that New England states are
95-99% white population.  It's a complex picture.

Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu ()
Subject: Re: My Grandfather...
Keywords: food
Organization: clearer than blir
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1992 07:11:11 GMT

In article <1992Oct13.064202.26163@u.washington.edu> yoichi@carson.u.washington.edu (Yoichi Ii) writes:
>robohen@ocf.berkeley.edu (Henry Robertson) writes:
>> ...
>>Which goes back to what someone was asserting about Japanese food earlier,
>>you cannot convince me that anyone, Japanese or American, is willing to spend
>>$100/meal on a regular basis for good Japanese food.
>
>Frankly, you cannot convince me to spend $100/meal on a regular basis 
>for *any* food, no matter how good.
>
>> ...
>>Of course, variety is nice and people will occasionally splurge for a
>>high-priced restaurant, for a nice sushi set with coca-cola and Marlboros,
>> ...                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>Surely you're joking, Mr. Robertson.  Sushi&Coke?!

Another interesting thing: Asian restaurants (especially teriyaki places
owned by koreans or vietnamese) provide coke as the default drink of choice.
Sure, you can say that they do this for uninformed Americans who don't
know how to eat, BUT second-generation Asians seem to prefer coke with
their *own* ethnic food. Except Japanese. I've NEVER seen a Japanese drink
coke with, say, teriyaki chicken. Go figure.

I personally think that coke tastes quite good with most fried,
sauce-based Asian food. (Teriyaki, stir-fry, tonkatasu, etc.) But I
wouldn't drink it with sushi that's for sure.

-- Tad Perry   Internet:    tvp@gibdo.engr.washington.edu
               CompuServe:  70402,3020
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 23:47:49 -0400 
From: Shinya Fujimoto <sf1x+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: HANSHIN TIGERS

I wanted to post something earlier, but I just couldn't think of
anything NICE to write because of the big shock of Tigers losing to the
Swallows..... 

This year, as anybody may see (even the Kyojin fans), Hanshin Tigers
played many, I mean MANY, terrific games.  None of the stupid
commentators (probably except for Kohji Kawato), had predicted as Tigers
being even in the A-class this year.  But I, and many Hanshin fans, had
believed that they will win the penant.  Not like the Giants fans who
love their team when they're strong, Tigers fans always believe their
loving team to win the penant from the beginning throughout the season.

So this year, despite of being surrounded by Kyojin-fans in this city of
Pittsburgh, I kept on saying that Tigers are going to win.  Nobody took
it serious, until when they found out that Hanshin wasn't falling behind
even after the all-stars.  You see, I was very proud.  I believed the
team that nobody thought would be up there, and now that they're there I
can be proud of it.

No, actually I'm not proud of myself for believing the team, but I'm
proud of myself that I'm a member of the Hanshin fan community.  

This is the difference between Kyojin fans and Hanshin fans. 
Kyojin-fans simply want their team to win, but Hanshin fans just want
their team to be playing.....even if they're losing.

This year, .....yeah they lost.  But you all saw how much the Tigers
fans love their team.  Look at the crowd of people at Koshien this year!
 The Giants finished second....same as the Tigers, but look at the
difference of the crowd and the cheers!  Shows how much Giants fans lack
something inside...

At this point, all you Giants fans may say that the Tigers fans go crazy
because they haven't won for so long.  But I tell you, that's not it. 
Even if the Tigers win the pennant for the next ten years, I'm sure the
number of crowd wouldn't change!  That's the Tigers fan.

Next year......of course,  the Tigers are going to win the pennant!! The
only team with team ERA in the 2.XX.  The team was refreshed this year. 
With Shinjyo and Kameyama starting from the top of the season, there's
no team that can come above them. 

Right Yoshiko, Yajima-san, Kyojin-fans?

					Shinya Fujimoto (Kansai-jin)
					Carnegie Mellon University
					Dept of ECE
From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Where is Zhi Zhong Zhang?
Date: 16 Oct 92 11:29:08 GMT
	<7334@bigbird.hri.com.hri.com>
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Where is ZhiZhang Zhong,

                            I like your name. What does in mean? What
part of China did your parents come from. Are you in college? Do you
have a job instead;
or both.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: rtang@sunee.uwaterloo.ca (The One Your Mother Warned You About!)
Subject: Re: Long Hair
Organization: University of Waterloo
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1992 09:14:19 GMT

In article <1992Oct12.012942.3886@nntp.csl.sony.co.jp> kono@csl.sony.co.jp writes:
>In article <2AD87162.15185@ics.uci.edu> , 
>	jchilber@bonnie.ics.uci.edu (Jeffrey Allen Chilberto) writes 
>>What reactions should
>>I expect in both the social and business environments
>>since I am Italian and have long hair?
>
>No problem.  Today many Japanese male have long hair in working place.
>But in general Japanese are sensitive to neatness. So be careful if you
>need good first impression.


Hmm, but how long is "long". Are we talking about ....
Oh, it covers the ears, and curls a bit, or 
are we talking about Heavy Metal band members?

_I_ have to know, since MY hair is LONG...somewhere between
the 2 examples I stated above, with a strong possibily of
being in a business situation with Japanese.


RT
From: mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU (Mark Crispin)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: this `Koryo' stuff
Date: 15 Oct 92 01:35:22 GMT
Article-I.D.: Tomobiki.MS-C.719112922.1062517886.mrc
Organization: University of Washington
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Mime-Version: 1.0

`Koryo' is an old name for Korea.  It comes up in modern context since it is
the north Korean name for Korea under the north Korean reunification proposal.

Specifically, north Korea's proposal is a unilateral and somewhat arbitrary
formula calling for the creation of a so-called `Koryo Democratic
Confederation'.  This formula does not provide for any democratic procedure to
reflect the free will of the Korean people, nor does it propose any
institutional channel for dialogue.  Furthermore, it unilaterally defines the
name, the form of government, and the basic domestic and foreign policies of
the proposed `Koryo Democratic Confederation'.

The north Korean pre-conditions for the establishment of the confederation
are:
 . the government of the Republic of Korea (South Korea) must resign.
 . the Republic of Korea must abandon its anti-Communism policies completely.
 . US military troops must withdraw from Korea.

Although this confederation is allegedly based on `mutual recognition and
accomodation of different ideologies and political systems in the north and in
the south', north Korea contradicts itself by also insisting upon:
 . a unified national armed forces
 . a single seat in the United Nations (both Korean sides are presently
   members)
 . uniform foreign policy

Furthermore, north Korea insists that inter-Korean exchanges and cooperation
can happen only after the confederation has been formed.

Simply put, `Koryo' refers to reunification of Korea under north Korea's
terms, and the complete and unconditional surrender of the Republic of Korea
to the so-called "People's Democratic Republic of Korea".

Those of us who are old enough may remember that similar words were used in
Vietnam in 1975.  The 1975 conquest was allegedly *not* to annex the south
into the north, but to overthrow the corrupt government of the Republic of
Vietnam.  The Republic of Vietnam was to continue with its pre-existing social
system, but would be confederated and at peace with the north.  As history
shows, this charade lasted for only a year before annexation, the so-called
`re-education camps', and the boat people (not a few of whom were former Viet
Cong who were truly clueless about the nature of what they were fighting for).

It can probably be assumed that the individual who repeatedly posts about
`Koryo' is influenced, either directly or indirectly, by north Korean
propaganda.
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: cmr@world.std.com (Charles M Richmond)
Subject: Re: 50 YEARS AGO TODAY: October 11-14 - Guadalcanal
Organization: Integrated International Systems Corp. One Longfellow Place, Suite 3309, Boston, Ma.
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1992 03:06:38 GMT

tylee@austin.ibm.com (Ty Lee) writes:


>In article <MS-C.718923095.1103527590.mrc@Ikkoku-Kan.Panda.COM>, Mark Crispin <mrc@Ikkoku-Kan.Panda.COM> writes:
>> As anxious eyes in Washington and To^kyo^ watched, war power poured into
>> Guadalcanal.  The Japanese side sought to wipe out the American beachhead; 
>> ...

>What does this news item have anything to do with the issues to be talked
>in this newsgroup? Does this author intend to cite his little history
>book on the net? This is not a place for teaching. Nip-phile is he indeed
>by examining the machine name "Ikkoku-Kan".
>-- 
>/* The opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of IBM's.         *\
> * Take care and have a nice day.                                            *
>\* Ty Lee                                                                    */


These little bits of history are posted to soc.culture.japan on a regular
or irregular basis. Some of us enjoy them, while most of those who do not
are polite enough not to try to interfere with other's enjoyment. His posts
are certainly more pertinent to soc.culture.japan than irrational whinings
that a frequent poster to soc.CULTURE.JAPAN might have named a machine in
Japanese.You might even find some value in the translation, if you have
the time!


Charlie

P.S. See the machines listed in my .sig!


-- 
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*  Charles Richmond 	Integrated International Systems Corporation        *
*  cmr@world.std.com	(Temporary) cmr@koneko.shr.dec.com		    *
*  Specializing in UNIX, X, Image Processing, and Communications.           *
From: ra01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Rikiya Asano)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Parkash and Kenji
Date: 16 Oct 92 06:39:54 GMT
Article-I.D.: andrew.UerhEuy00WBL81hxNQ
	<11736@astem.or.jp>
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA

Mr.Gulrajani and Rikita,


                               Maybe I am more organized that you.
Maybe, I don't have the same classes as you do. Maybe, we are not the
same intelligence.
Maybe, education is not as inportant as learning about humanity and
where I am in life. Maybe, you two should give my father a little break
an pay  my tuition.
From: andrew@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Andrew Sung Hyun Kim)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: this `Koryo' stuff
Date: 15 Oct 92 02:25:31 GMT
Article-I.D.: news.1992Oct15.022531.7742
Organization: Northwestern University, Evanston Illinois.

In article <MS-C.719112922.1062517886.mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> Mark Crispin <mrc@Tomobiki-Cho.CAC.Washington.EDU> writes:
[.....]
>Simply put, `Koryo' refers to reunification of Korea under north Korea's
>terms, and the complete and unconditional surrender of the Republic of Korea
>to the so-called "People's Democratic Republic of Korea".
[.....]
>It can probably be assumed that the individual who repeatedly posts about
>`Koryo' is influenced, either directly or indirectly, by north Korean
>propaganda.

Come on lighten up... the term 'Korea' is derived from 'Koryo',
so, why all this fuss.   The least of worry about the
unification of Koreas is what name to call it after the
unification.  I supposed, I am 'influenced' too... :)

Andrew Kim
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: rehir@gauss.med.harvard.edu (Hirokatsu Watanabe 432-2275)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
Subject: Re: Buddhist Sects
Date: 16 Oct 92 16:32:10 GMT
Article-I.D.: hsdndev.1986
Organization: Harvard Medical School


   I heard that 'So^ka gakkai' and 'So^ka gakkai International' were
excommunicated by the Head temple of Nichirenshu^ in 1991.
   Maybe their battle is continued. 
   What did this battle affect in USA?

   'Shu^mon Arasoi wa, Dochirage kattemo Shaka no haji' (In the battle
between the groups of Buddhism, It will be Buddha's shame in either 
sides's win.) :-)

********************************
*      Hirokatsu Watanabe      *
*------------------------------*
* Mo^karimakka?  Sapparidesuwa *
*         Maido Ookini         *
********************************
Newsgroups: soc.culture.japan
From: jwebb@oak.math.ucla.edu (Janet Y. Webb)
Subject: Tea Ceremony and Okaishi
Organization: UCLA Mathematics Department
Distribution: soc.culture.japan
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 92 15:55:41 GMT

Firstly, does anyone know of a tea ceremony group in the LA/South Bay area?  I
have been practicing the Sansai school of T.C. native to the Izumo region for
the past six months and would like to continue if not in that particular school,
then in the more well known Kyoto one.  If anyone knows of a T.C. group or
is interested in practicing T.C., please Email me.

My second request is for recipes on how to make the sweets that are served
in T.C.  Usually it's the sweet azuki bean paste wrapped in sweet mochi or
a geletin made from the azuki beans, but there are many others as well.  I have been looking for a cookbook on okaishi but have only seen one in Japanese.
I would really appreciate some recipes.  Again if you have any, please Email
them to me.

Thank you.						Janet Webb
							jwebb@math.ucla.edu